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ORIGINAL: bdtj1815

I bought this game on the day it was released and I think it has many things going for it. What I did not realise when I paid my £70 was that I was not buying a finished product. So far I have had to download six patches and still I read that the "game will only be balanced" when enough people play it who can point out its faults.

35 years ago my first wargame, bought as a present for my fifteenth birthday, was "Drang nach Osten" by GDW. In real terms it probably cost more than WITE but worked "straight out of the box" and is still playable today without amy major modifications.

When I bought WITE I wish someone had written on the Matrix website that "this game will be great when you all find what is wrong with it now".

ORIGINAL: victor charlie

To expand on that; the ability of a large amount of units being kept in supply by a small port as opposed to being in beachhead supply, thereby allowing them to rout after losing a combat cannot really be justified?

ORIGINAL: bdtj1815

I bought this game on the day it was released and I think it has many things going for it. What I did not realise when I paid my £70 was that I was not buying a finished product. So far I have had to download six patches and still I read that the "game will only be balanced" when enough people play it who can point out its faults.

35 years ago my first wargame, bought as a present for my fifteenth birthday, was "Drang nach Osten" by GDW. In real terms it probably cost more than WITE but worked "straight out of the box" and is still playable today without amy major modifications.

When I bought WITE I wish someone had written on the Matrix website that "this game will be great when you all find what is wrong with it now".

ORIGINAL: victor charlie

There is a bug with the Italian and Rumanian reinforcement air squadrons. In that they turn up with no planes.

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

ORIGINAL: victor charlie

To expand on that; the ability of a large amount of units being kept in supply by a small port as opposed to being in beachhead supply, thereby allowing them to rout after losing a combat cannot really be justified?

That's a good point, although I myself do have a minor issue about the way some towns are shown as little dots on the map, when they were a bit more important than that.

I'll add your comment to the list - thanks.

ORIGINAL: victor charlie

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

ORIGINAL: victor charlie

To expand on that; the ability of a large amount of units being kept in supply by a small port as opposed to being in beachhead supply, thereby allowing them to rout after losing a combat cannot really be justified?

That's a good point, although I myself do have a minor issue about the way some towns are shown as little dots on the map, when they were a bit more important than that.

I'll add your comment to the list - thanks.

Could we get a graphic or a mod making the black dots something a little bigger and better?

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

Somebody made a map that had the name of every town on it, but I don't think he shared it as a mod. Maybe something like the towns in the red box, but better, with a few different layouts. This took me about 10 minutes, but I would prefer if the devs created this as it might be overwritten by new patches...

ORIGINAL: Josh

Really liked that last one Markus. I too have the feeling I'm missing something not having major bridges around, they were after all important. You can either blow them up (with X-change of probability of failure to do so) and you'd have to repair them as well with engineers. Great choice of using that particular fond type, matches the map quite well. I do think however that including roads for supply, uhm, well the devs would have to do a serious rewriting of code.
Yeah adding the names of towns/ cities on the map sure does add to historical flavor.

ORIGINAL: cookie monster

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

Somebody made a map that had the name of every town on it, but I don't think he shared it as a mod. Maybe something like the towns in the red box, but better, with a few different layouts. This took me about 10 minutes, but I would prefer if the devs created this as it might be overwritten by new patches...

He did share it as a mod. Located here : tm.asp?m=2643336&mpage=2&key= scroll down to post 41

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

ORIGINAL: Josh

Really liked that last one Markus. I too have the feeling I'm missing something not having major bridges around, they were after all important. You can either blow them up (with X-change of probability of failure to do so) and you'd have to repair them as well with engineers. Great choice of using that particular fond type, matches the map quite well. I do think however that including roads for supply, uhm, well the devs would have to do a serious rewriting of code.
Yeah adding the names of towns/ cities on the map sure does add to historical flavor.

Agreed - I was thinking about the next game, I guess. Europe? GOT to have roads and bridges for Western Europe...