<r> I have always enjoyed playing WWII & Eastern Front type games, but the simple fact is that it took an almost perfect storm of Soviet blunders at an obscene level for the Germans to even have a CHANCE at victory. One of my favorite books on this topic is "Inferno" by Max Hastings. In it he ...

<t> Yes, there was plenty of deception-- there were also plenty of cases where the intel guys knew EXACTLY what was where and why but the "leadership" didn't want to hear it for whatever reason. Cherry-picking intel-- a military/political tradition since armies have been around. [:'(] IMO, unless ...

<t> Before making any major changes like this that are not optional/configurable, I would suggest Alvaro maybe host a few polls to gauge the actual interest of at least the people that read there forums. Personally, I think FOW is fine as it is. I also think the game complexity level is right in the ...

<t> Sounds great! This could just be a personal thing, but I have played a number of wargames that seem to have INCREDIBLY complex COMBAT calculations under the hood and in the cold, cynical world we live in ([:D]) I can't help but be suspicious whether all is working as designed. If I attack a poor ...

<t> There is another thread on page 3 (Reinforcement/Upgrade Question) that discusses it. Sorry, I don't know how to link it here. Alvaro recommends 50%, but guess it depends on whether you are in the middle of serious fighting, more occupied with building, etc. Yes, the more you increase it the ...

Got it! I have no problem with it, it's just not something I can recall ever seeing implemented in quite that way before. Thank you for your patience.

<t> Thanks Michael T & Alvaro-- very enlightening! I never would have thought that upgrades were incremental like reinforcements-- I assumed that if a unit showed as upgraded that meant the entire unit was upgraded. So if a unit shows as "Breakthrough 1943" it doesn't necessarily mean every point of ...

<t> There is info in the manual that addresses each separately (upgrade speed tied to logistics; repairs up to 20% per turn), but I see nothing about how they INTERACT. Which has priority if both are available? Does all of one happen before the other? Are the production points allocated split down ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>- Do you have to be full strength first to get an upgrade?<br/>
- Will reinforcements happen first then upgrades, the other way around, or is it a random thing?<br/>
- Are the costs significantly different?<br/>
- Is all this magic and we should just shut up and be ...

<t> Assuming I am even interpreting the system correctly, I'm just a little confused about the lumping together of advancements (upgrades) & reinforcements. They are two different things, but are controlled by one setting. The table in the manual (p.57) gives the pecking order of units receiving ...

<t> Since advancements can't be chosen by unit, I guess you have no choice but to pick one in each category and stick with it? If, for example, you pick to speed through "breakthrough", then all your armor/mech units will be eventually auto upgraded to that. If you later want "heavy armor" your only ...

Got it--thanks!

<t> Just got the game and trying the "hold shift and hover over enemy unit..." thing and it's not working for me at all. Have an enemy unit with three of mine adjacent and "hold shift" doesn't do anything. Using ctrl to select additional friendlies does work for me. Is this a feature that went away ...

Math is, like, the WORST! [:'(][:)]

Alvaro,
Respectfully, it seems you are still missing the claim: If you kill an enemy HQ, why would YOUR commander be killed...

Sounds like y'all are talking past each other a bit: You destroy an ENEMY HQ and the result is YOUR commander dies? Wow, that's harsh! [:)][;)] Gotta be a bug...

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It's a balancing act with no perfect answer.<br/>
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Cheers,<br/>
Cameron
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Ain't it the truth![:)] Personally, I appreciate your pretty extensive answers on WHY you chose the direction you did.<br/>
While ...

<t> That's a nice generic/general statement, but ignores the context of this game. In a game with this title, you would expect to be able to at least somewhat duplicate what happened historically. It seems to me that there was a real balance problem in that if the early days were duplicated/allowed ...

<t> It seems the devs did this largely to prevent the Germans from steamrolling the Soviets after a big breakthrough in early days. Can certainly make an argument (I have [:)]) about it being "ahistorical", but it seems to be an intentional design decision to balance overall gameplay. Still, love ...

<t> It has only one campaign, but there are soooo many options (decisions, logistics model, "what if" items, difficulty, etc.) that it never plays exactly the same. If you leave "historical deployment" off, the setup is jussst enough different to impact your tactics. I don't have WITE-- frankly, it ...