War in the East Q&A

[Stelteck]

ORIGINAL: morvael

Yes, but their impact is small (few guns when compared to divisions).

Thanks for the info.
These units may still be interesting as they are available in january 1942 when no arty divisions are available. (First arty division october 1942).

[morvael]

Yes, unfortunately they can't be merged to make divisions later, so all experience gained is wasted.

[Denniss]

It may be possible to merge-disband a Brigade into a division of same type at the same hex so no all experience is lost.

[morvael]

Good idea!

[Stelteck]

Small question :
If i disband a fortified zone with 3 added supports, like sapper regiments.
Did support units will be disbanded too or did the support units return to the HQ of the fortified zone (Like stavka ?).

I wonder also if a well-fortified fortified zone with 3 heavy artillery support is a good idea to defend key place (like sebastopol) or if an additional rifle division is more effective.
There are hints in the manual about artillery in fortified zone being more efficient, but i do not know if it is real.

[821Bobo]

Yes, they return to the HQ.
FR have very poor staying power, they are no match even for Axis minors. Use them only to build and preserve fortification level.

[Stelteck]

Thanks for the answer.
I was not thinking of fortified region alone but maybe with 3 203mm artillery regiments support units.
Probably too expansive for a low efficiency.

It is difficult to evaluate the efficiency of artillery in the game whatsoever as we have little feedback of how many ennemy CV were suppressed.

[Photonesque]

Several Questions:

1. How to use the searchbar in this forum? It always says that it cant find anything or the search term is too broad.

2. What are the changes for the alt cv grand campaign? Does this favour one side more?

3. How can I prevent scouting? The manual is very sparse on what plays a factor in this.

[morvael]

1) Something is broken, I couldn't use search function too.

2) This should be deleted. It was a scenario with more accurate method of calculating CV (strength on counters), but as of 1.09.01 it's now a game option.

3) If you mean recon flights, then not much can be done. Axis produce a lot of recon planes, Soviets are more constrained but should the need arise they can do a lot of recon too.

[Photonesque]

Thanks for the quick answer.

To 3. I dont mean recon planes, I mean ground battles. Sometimes it says "The defending forces were scouted" , which is in some cases quite unfortunate if you have a cv advantage and want to make the enemy retreat.

[morvael]

If you attack with too little forces, attack may be converted to scouting battle to save you some losses. It's a loss with reduced casualties.

[821Bobo]

You are actually lucky with the scouting. It means the defense was to strong but instead held you got scouted.

[821Bobo]

ORIGINAL: morvael

If you attack with too little forces, attack may be converted to scouting battle to save you some losses. It's a loss with reduced casualties.

But its not counted as a loss so no morale drop for attacker and boost for defender.

[Stelteck]

Small question about maximum fortification :

Max fortification in swamp is 2.
Max fortification in town with port and fortified zone is 4.

How about town with port in swamp (with or without fortified zone) ? [:D]

[morvael]

I think swamp cap has priority.

[Stelteck]

Thanks.
Another question :
Is it at the beginning of 1943 that rifle corps price switch from 20 to 10.
Did tank corps have a similar pattern or stay at 20 ?

OK after a search in the manual i can answer my own questions.
So Yes and stay at 20.
Thanks.

[sthuacheng]

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[sthuacheng]

1 i don't know why my game doesn't have music and sound effect

[redmako101]

Is there a way to change which unit counter is on the top of a stack? Say if I have a stack of a Panzer Division and an Infantry division, and wished to cycle between which was on top.

[morvael]

ORIGINAL: redmako101

Is there a way to change which unit counter is on the top of a stack? Say if I have a stack of a Panzer Division and an Infantry division, and wished to cycle between which was on top.

Unfortunately this feature exists only in WitW.