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I find that almost all of my truly boneheaded mistakes are the result of impatience:

Tanks outrun the infantry. Or they continue the attack alone after dropping off their tank-riding grunts, without picking them back up again.

Assault without adequate artillery prep.

Recon with the expensive unit that's available instead of the cheap one that's two turns away.

Advance platoons piecemeal because they don't all have enough commands to change their movement objectives. In fact, just generally wasting commands is rather foolish.

Attacking with my Rangers/Partisans before they all arrive. Six Partisan squads on turn 9 are a lot more effective than 3 on turn 6, 2 on turn 7 and so forth.

Of course a lot of scenarios are specifically designed to force you to hurry. (Isn't that right WB?) But its crucial to strike the proper balance between your inner Patton and Montgomery.



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Target, Cease Fire !

1) I never call for reinforcements (I'm too lazy and I want to play with what I have and I don't remember how it is done).

2) I seldom set range (I'm too lazy).

3) I sometimes forget to set the objectives in deployment phase (when Command & Control is on).

There are also some things that I can't do anymore when the VCR is fixed:

1) Move some units first so that the VCR gets filled!

2) Shoot last with the units that I want to remain hidden to my opponent!

...your inner Patton and Montgomery

I've heard it all now! Given the direction of this thread, I think the inner Custer isn't entirely out of the question.

1) Firing at infantry with my halftrack from 3 hexes away instead of the one right next to it that is 4 hexes away. Damn those Brits and those heat seeking rifle grenades.

2) Using armor to mop up infantry that has retreated into smoke.

3) Not being cautious enough on attack with regards to enemy minefields.

Best Wishes,
Johnny Bravo

Advancing faster than i planned and forgetting to cancel the preplotted artillery mission for that hex Not very funny to be shelled by my own 155 mm artillery.

Getting frastrated with a Tiger, changing the preference screen, killing the damn thing, then feel guilty for cheating...

Sometimes, when I see an opponent opportunity to exploit, I jump ahead without having covering fire. More than likey it was an ambush...

Hi, A brand new one!!! Playing allday with paratroops/gliders I thought I had it down so I sent a company and support to back objective area in meeting engagement ( 4xtransport 4x glider). New Blunder? Having the transports and gliders fly right down center of map 3 transports shot down. I considered changing the entry/exit hex but did not cause I thought it would be easier for them to find the LZ (gotta live to get there huh?)

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I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a differant direction!

ALL THE ABOVE, Main being very impatient.
Don

Mistakes I keep making.....hmm.
1) Not buying ammo carriers for my on-board arty. Real pain when the mortars run out of ammo before my attack really gets started.

2) Forgetting to plot preplanned firing hexes for arty. Sometimes those Redlegs take forever to respond to fire mission requests.

3) Wasting op fire on crewmen. Hurts when the AI sends his armor column at me, and all I got to shoot with are tank MGs.

I'm not sure if mentioned allready, but this is hard: I'll buy 88:s and put them at good shooting position. After a while they are getting pinned of op-fire or they can't see anything because of smoke, so it's time to move. Hello. Time to move - who has stolen all the trucks and prime movers?!?

And I cry inside while watching bombardments slowly killing them all...I have forgot to buy movers, happened two times in pbem...

I tried to help my paras in a air assault: I lay arty fire on the landing zones. The result was my paras jumped and landed only to be killed by my own artillery.

Buy a lot of artillery.....but why I don´t use them?

Forgetting to buy the barges for that river crossing. Had to do it all with inf.

Paras attacking before main has loc. enemy and everyone on the board rushes to that vic hex and annilalates to the last man. Smoke i always smoke when i fight keep 2 packs here along side of me doesnt seem to help my men tho. Stupid forward observers doesnt know tanks are faster then men. Obbsessed with those crews trying to get away and 2 squads are hiding right next to my tanks lighting the fuses on charges. Need some one to tell the leaders that they can use mortors they are theres not the commanders.

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Robots wear armor for skin.Grunts wear skin for armor.

In campaigns, all too often I buy my initial core forces without giving adequate thought to what I eventually want to "grow" into. I'm currently playing "Utah to the Rhine" and my core is too small and too tank-heavy.

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Target, Cease Fire !

A newbie mistake I still make is.....hey! I still am a newbie! (I don't care what rank they give me on the forum!)

As long as you can still say "I didn't know that", you're newbie.

When you find yourself more frequently saying "I forgot about that", you're a veteran!

[This message has been edited by GrinningDwarf (edited December 07, 2000).]

Thinking I see his boys, but he doesn't see mine so I think I'll wait until he's little closer, only to see the next turn that my unit's no longer with me or badly cut up.

Biggest mistakes!
Knowing by hard experience that I will be ambushed by doing exactly that, doing it anyway out of lack of resolute, patience, whatever.., and afterwards cursing Wild Bill for placing the AT bunker where I just knew it would be. The result KA.....bOOOOOOO....MMMMMM!
And forgetting to save before all this carnage.
Do not let me even begin with the mines and Soviet SMG squads: Ra ta ta ta ta .......
Fell for the fatherland... etc. etc.

Regards
Molset
"Jakki er ekki frakki nema sidur se"

I still forget to cancel artillery fire on positions I just took. Friendly fire is a contradiction in terms.


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Wait for Death. There's a choice?
Recon

I will use smoke, I will remember to use smoke, I will buy things that have smoke.

Things that go bump in the night
Hummm, it's not bumping trying again.