<t> I am talking about combat result probabilities and what is and isn’t within the realm of possible combat results. There’s nothing to corroborate the idea that it’s out of the realm of possible results for the RN to been dealt a crippling blow over the course of 4 or 5 turns – or whatever the ...

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I really don't want to be so critical of the game as a whole,but loosing both the worlds main Battlefleets,all within 5 turns of war starting is absolutely nuts!
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At the beginning of the Great War Winston ...

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I agree with Steiner, this series needs to head back to the eastern front!

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<r> It currently costs too many movement points for Soviet armor to launch deliberate attacks in 1941. There's a ton of big Soviet Mech units in the south that could potentially play havoc with the overextended German Lvov pincers, and German regimental breakdown units. But without the ability to ...

<r> I've tried the Ploesti Bombing campaign in several PBEMs. In one particular game that <I><s>[i]</s>actually<e>[/i]</e></I> went on beyond the Russian 1941 uber-winter offensive, I committed huge numbers of Red medium and hvy bombers to the effort in both 1942 and 1943. I'd guess I committed 2/3 ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Empire101<br/>
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Remember with Ammo factories that the upper ceiling for storing ammo is 50, so its a good idea to plan your expansions when you need to build up stocks ( say over the winter ).
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That's something I was meaning ...

<t> Nice. But it is amazing how quickly the AI rebuilds the Russian Army. Expect to see Infantry and Garrison units popping up in every Russian City and Fortress the turn after you complete this sort of encirclement. Grab Brest Litovsk as quick as you can. If the AI gets a regular infantry unit into ...

<r> Speaking of single volume works on WWI, I just started reading "<B><s>[b]</s><U><s>[u]</s>A World Undone<e>[/u]</e></U><e>[/b]</e></B>" by G.J. Meyer. It's pretty good thus far. Meyer also wrote "<B><s>[b]</s><U><s>[u]</s>The Tudors<e>[/u]</e></U><e>[/b]</e></B>" -- the same book that was the ...

<r> One of my 1914-18 campaigns as the Central Powers vs. the AI I focused a lot of PP's on building German and Austrian submarine fleets. They actually are pretty effective at sinking convoys -- once you figure out the AIs convoy routes. You need 8 or 9 German U-Boat units and 3 or 4 Austrian Subs ...

<t> Pedantic alert: The M4 Flamethrowing tank didn't make an appearance in NW Europe until fall\late fall of 1944....and even than it was available in only extremely limited numbers -- like 4 or 5 or some such thing. The handful of flame throwing Shermans were employed experimentally against the ...

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On top of that, it's beautifully written (or at least, his writing quite appeals to my personal taste).
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I see what you mean. Great write-up with a lot of unanticipated humor by the author. Great stuff ...

<t> Yeah -- agree. In one of my "me as the Central Powers vs. the AI" i had Austria focusing on Rail Gun Research because I was interested in seeing if they were worth the effort. I didn't start the research until early 1915. I purchased a couple of additional labs for Austrian Artillery and ...

<r> This title may have been mentioned above already, but a month or so ago I finished reading "<B><s>[b]</s><U><s>[u]</s>Three Armies on the Somme<e>[/u]</e></U><e>[/b]</e></B>" by William Philpott. It may have contributed to me buying CtGW. It's not the page turner that "Castles of Steel" is, but ...

<t> thanks Jim. It's been awhile since I played anything from BattleFront. It sounds like a rather odd business strategy on their part. <br/>
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Nothing to do with anything...Not exactly the same as Battlefront's weirdness, but speaking of business models for computer games, I also thought ...

<t> I agree with Dale's comments. I haven’t played Battlefronts game. <br/>
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For its scale and even with the various abstractions CtGW is a really good simulation. I've played through the 1914-18 campaign on both sides vs. the AI several times each since I purchased it and I still feel like ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: J P Falcon<br/>
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It's funny how different gamers have such opposite views because I have loved the HQ activation system in GoA as it forced you to plan your attacks carefully and not allow you to throw everything into the pot at once. I do not want to turn ...

Sooo...were the folks that were complaining about H2H issues before now comfortable with this aspect of the game?

<t> I'm curious if compound angle of impact is considered within the games armor penetration model. A lot of guns -- on paper -- look to have the ability to perforate this or that level of armor thickness. However in reality attack angles are most often the compounded effect of actual plate ...

<t> I think a 3D real time squad level sim -- like Close Combat – is a brilliant idea. Combat Mission has been very successful. It’s a great sim, but I never liked the orders plus WEGO aspect of the game. I always thought Close Combat and real time continual activity by players was such a ...

<t> I really like the art work associated with the "Commander --The Great War" 3-D unit renderings. But I play with the NATO symbology because for me it seems less cluttered and less confusing. <br/>
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Having said that, I'd love to have the option to turn on some of the 3-D sprites for a few ...