Moderator: MOD_SPWaW
ORIGINAL: Charles_22
This sort of thing ought to be interesting come CL, because CL will have 6 weapons slots. I'm curious if each weapon will have men dedicated to them? Of course if there's only one LMG man, and gets knocked out, perhaps a rifle man switches to the LMG. I'm not sure CL is going to be 'that' detailed.
ORIGINAL: Keke
ORIGINAL: Charles_22
This sort of thing ought to be interesting come CL, because CL will have 6 weapons slots. I'm curious if each weapon will have men dedicated to them? Of course if there's only one LMG man, and gets knocked out, perhaps a rifle man switches to the LMG. I'm not sure CL is going to be 'that' detailed.
CM is that detailed.
always takes his place, unless there's only one man left when losses are tallied, which, if CL did 'what I said' on the prior post, it would be nothing new. So, having said that, what I meant was that the detail would come in where there were individual soldiers names assigned to each gun. If Pvt. Biggles if manning a rifle and one of his LMG mate goes down, then Biggles wouldn't show as rifle anymore, but as the LMG man. Hmm, seems like adding individual names to guns, I'm guessing, isn't worth the return. Perhaps it would only be worth it if there was a chance the men were pinned down enough that nobody could reach the LMG where it had fallen. I don't think CL will be 'that' complex is what I meant, where you have a large database just for random names to guns.
ORIGINAL: Kevin E. Duguay
Igor,
It was something I toyed with but found to be impractical for your above stated reasons. Players would almost have to keep the two units of their squads either together in the same hex of at least as close together as possible. People not sure about historical tactics could end up with a bunch of 2 man LMG team all over the place and no where near their parent units. Just think about how hard it is to keep your platoons together inside a company formation, now double the units!! Nightmare!![X(] Might work in a very small scenario but anything bigger than a few platoons? Forget it!
ORIGINAL: Keke
ORIGINAL: Charles_22
This sort of thing ought to be interesting come CL, because CL will have 6 weapons slots. I'm curious if each weapon will have men dedicated to them? Of course if there's only one LMG man, and gets knocked out, perhaps a rifle man switches to the LMG. I'm not sure CL is going to be 'that' detailed.
CM is that detailed.
ORIGINAL: RockinHarry
Keke..do you mean CM=Combat Mission, or Combat Leader=CL (as Charles_22 meant)?
While we are on the matter, how well do you think deals the Combat Mission (battlefront.com) game with the squad LMG?[&:]
ORIGINAL: Tombstone
So the practical results of this mixed rifle concept will be a tendancy to do more casualties to units on the move, and that infantry will tend to inflict less overall suppression on other units. Right? Damn, it sounds like a no brainer. What are the general thoughts about infantry combat in SPWAW right now? It often feels like hammering away with small arms fire until the unit retreats, then... easy kill. That's not necessarily a bad thing, and it means that a couple of squads have difficulty pushing a single entrenched squad out of its position. I guess it degenerates once you get a lot of units in the field though, cause my 20 infantry units can concentrate their fire on 2 squads and make them retreat, then I can occupy those positions and my 20 infantry squads can massacre 20 entrenched units along a line. This mixed rifle thing would help to mitigate this... man it sounds like such a good idea. THEN you can make assault squads that have more weapon slots full and it will simulate much more offensive infantry squads that would have a REAL effect when used on the offensive.
Tomo
ORIGINAL: Tombstone
The range? Dunno, but my first guess would be 8-12 hexes. My first opinion would lean toward 8 cause I think too much action happens at the limit of rifle range in SPWAW. The LMG shouldn't go much farther than the rifles for practical use reasons.
Tomo
ORIGINAL: Tombstone
I know there are instances, but I think it makes the game SPWAW play that way ALL the time. Practically speaking the game plays ahistorically as a result. If we reduced the ranges to something modelling practice rather than technical effective ranges we'd get a better result out of the game.
ORIGINAL: Keke
ORIGINAL: RockinHarry
Keke..do you mean CM=Combat Mission, or Combat Leader=CL (as Charles_22 meant)?
While we are on the matter, how well do you think deals the Combat Mission (battlefront.com) game with the squad LMG?[&:]
CM = Combat Mission
It has the combined firepower you are looking for...And no, its not that detailed as having individual men manning individual weapons. When losses mount squads tend to keep most valuable weapons, like LMGs, over rifles and such.
ORIGINAL: Kevin E. Duguay
Any body going to tell me how to post a senario??[:(]
