<r>Believe me, Treadhead - once you play the game you'll be hooked and life will never seem the same... When you see this game you will feel like every wargaming dream has come true all at once with very little left wanting, and anything that is left out of the game is sure to be under consideration ...

<r>I'm afraid even with compression a secure pbem game quickly goes over the 1mb level. I have one now on 1.2mb per turn because we gave ourselves plenty of points to spend. With increased map size and more units still this is surely going to go up again to the point where I will have to set aside ...

Thanks Paul - just the info I wanted.

Cheers
Al

<r>Not had any problems with secure pbem games at all thus far and currently have 2 on the go, both past turn 10.<br/>
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I have noticed in the past [strange but true] that sometimes when I save the zip file from Outlook Express into the directory I keep my zipped files that something goes wrong ...

<t>seconded big time on pbem campaigns. It would ass a whole new dimension and possibly help create the feeling that, against a mighty opponent, losing one battle might not necessarily mean losing the war. Adapt, readapt and plan using the situation in the campaign at any given moment. Sounds bloody ...

<r>Good Paul - but please can the cost of artillery units after the adjustments have been made be looked at carefully?? If the effectiveness is to be increased and spotting made more effective [which judging from what I have seen would be a good thing] can the cost of artillery pieces reflect their ...

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I agree with you wholeheartedly and raised this in a thread a few weeks ago. I think the hit percentages are ok really - it is the easy way planes are shot down that gets me. However Paul has confessed in an earlier thread that plane vulnerability was an error on his part ...

<t>Lethality has always been a point of great debate. In the old days of sp1 artillery was nigh on useless. By the time sp3 was out it was a waste of time ever buying expensive equipment because even an 81mm mortar could knock out a tiger. Even say 60mm US rounds destroy German armour from time to ...

<t>Thanks Larry - your expertise is appreciated.<br/>
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However I think Paul may be right - each time a spotter calls in fire onto a target hex surely he will adjust it according to the fall of the first group of shells. Even if spwaw does not account for this zeroing in on the target it surely ...

<r>Yup - I agree, the target hex stays the same. In spww2 the target hex shifts with the miss - different therefore in waw.<br/>
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However my quetion really centred on the "miss". It seems to be missing in the same direction every turn. ie if I ploy fire on a target on turn one and the miss ...

<t>Glad to know that will happen Paul - air power is an integral part of combined arms tactics. I am certain the damage aircraft do on a pass is about right though - it is still far too powerful in spww2 and I like knowing that multiples strafes are going to be necessary to cause significant damage ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Spunkgibbon:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>Some of the points costs seem a little excessive for the British. I don't know about the other Allied sides, I've mainly played the British so I can't comment on the others. <br/>
For example the Firefly costs more points ...

<t>I think this had been stated before in earlier posts, but I thought I'd add my two penneth....<br/>
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The decision to make aircraft far more inaccurate seems fine by me. If in reality it took 5 sorties per armoured kill, then so be it and we all have to live with low hit percentages for our ...

<r>Bill,<br/>
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I would love to see some kind of accompanying campaign software as a couple of people here have already mentioned. I have created a rather clumsy campaign using a grid like map on Excel and a long winded set of "rules" - it works ok, but it is just too difficult to manage. For ...

<t>Can I just say a big thanks, along with everyone else, to Matrix and the whole team. My download on my poor old 28.8 modem took me over 20 hours and was completed last night but I am sure it is worth it. Cant wait to play.<br/>
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Noticed straight away that the balance of the unit costs has ...