<t>Hi Greg, Arralen,<br/>
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I agree with Greg that the game sometimes forces a commander into bad tactics- but this is easily modified in setting up a scenario (I only play email so no problem)<br/>
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I agree with Arralen that one can easily change the experience ratings if one chooses and ...

<t>Hi, I just want to stir the stew a bit...<br/>
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First of all, statistics such as "5-1 kill ratio" are absolutely meaningless without a tactical (and even strategic) context. Here's an example:<br/>
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In Vietnam, the F-4 claimed a 7-1 victory ratio over opposing MIG's. This was possible ...

That's correct B.A.- I had asked Paul a while back why I was getting higher bazooka percentages at 2 hexes than 1- the 2 hex number is % to hit (and good luck once you've done that) and the 1 hex number is % to kill.

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<t>Hi Larry,<br/>
I agree with you completely- in fact I almost always take infantry over tanks and then try to confuse my tank heavy enemy into error upon error...<br/>
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I was just responding to one of the main lines in this thread in which someone was saying that they were able to charge ...

<t>Hi Larry,<br/>
I read your post above and just want to say- all good points- I'm just arguing my points rationally and have no real world experience (wait- I have experienced the real world- just not in terms of tanks). <br/>
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I was actually thinking of your story about the M1 (didn't ...

Wow, Does Windows ME actually work?

<t>I also want to mention that the comment I just made about the AI was not meant to be disparaging to Matrix- the current state of the art is that AI is pretty bad in all games. I know, I've modified the AI of several games and it takes a tremendous amount of time even to see marginal improvements ...

<t>I can attest that in the game, against a real opponent (read human), an infantry company will not succeed unassisted against a tank platoon in open ground- in fact you will lose every single time as the infantry if you are required to cross any distance (say 200 yards).<br/>
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Infantry ...

<t>This whole issue of whether to micro manage tanks and allow them to reverse was dealt with months ago<br/>
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- no one produced any evidence of a tank actually reversing 50 meters across terrain while under fire in combat and surviving.<br/>
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- U.S. operations manuals of the time do not ...

<t>I just want to point out something about the English verb "to elect." That is: it carries the same semantic value as Latin "legere" from which it is drawn (the past participle form)- it simply means "to choose."<br/>
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That being said, we must say that Hitler was elected for his office- of ...

<t>I often find that concentrated .50Cal fire combined with mortar strikes (even just ~80mm) goes a long way toward slowing a tank platoon down- If they're slow, then they're not doing what tanks do best- moving, exploiting etc. <br/>
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I discovered the real effect of .50Cal on armor in an email ...

<t>I agree with you Gallo Rojo- The Soviets would have defeated them anyway- It would have taken longer as more troops could have moved east, but the strategic bombing campaign would have continued and there were just too many determined Russians. But, if Hitler hadn't violated his treaty with ...

Hi Nate,

Go get Go!Zilla and download in chunks- it might take a while but you'll have the game nonetheless.

Cheers

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That'd be great- I have not played the game in months due to a lack of VCR-

If it helps- I run PII 350, 128RAM, Voodoo 3 3000, plenty o' drive space...

Cheers,

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Let's see, so far this makes at least 3...

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<t>Nobody posting here should get discouraged into not communicating. Hammerhead brought up some concerns which Paul addressed with his usual grace. Everyone should keep doing that.<br/>
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Hammerhead, you should know that there was a long debate that resulted in the reduction of the front turret ...

<t>Of course, you'll be lacking a few important but often overlooked weapons: A decent halftrack; A true heavy machinegun; A flame tank with a main gun on it, and a couple of other things. The Germans have their weaknesses too. Just hope your opponent buys a lot of tanks and you face him in the ...

<t>Confirming garry and Fuerte that the VCR replay is definitely still not working. Sometimes a few minutes, other times a few seconds. Artillery is set to 'slow' on both machines but neither has ever seen an artillery replay. Replay file sizes are in the 2 meg range, but what you actually see is ...

<t>I'm convinced that PBEM is a lost cause. Forget it, something got screwed up in the switch from 2.3-4.0 and no one seems to know what. In the middle of a big battle in 4.4, I just had a 9 second replay (at 2+ megs of download). I have not seen an Artillery replay since 2.3. I've said it before ...

<t>I'll agree with Fuerte- I am not making ridiculous statements. Email is unplayable without the replay. The game is obviously unplayable if your units disappear. Everyone else is complaining that "but the Tiger can't be worth 200 points, it's gotta be 204..." or "But the Germans had an ...