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I know that WitE is not an updated WIR, but a whole new system and much as I like WIR I am not expecting a re-hash of the old game. However, how much can be allocated to the AI to relieve the workload.

For instance, with WIR, selected HQs could be put under AI control, which was of limited use with capabilities of AI at the time, but it could provide some realism and help operate peripheral fronts. Allied forces, such as Finns, Rumanians, etc. had their own command structures and political imperatives, which would mean that they will not always do as you instruct. Under AI control they could have some independence and add some historical uncertainty.

It is easy to imagine that you can do better than OKH when you have complete control of all forces, but the Finns in particular had their own priorities. [:)]

If I were you I'd prefer to control all your forces in a pbem... the game is very realistic and it will be much more interesting[:)]

You cannot turn over control of HQ's to the AI. However, there are some issues involving support units (battalions of artillery, engineers, tank destroyers, etc.) that can be turned over to the computer. Also, air units will automatically rotate out when they take excessive losses. There are many air functions that are either handled automatically, or where you can tell the AI to execute what it thinks is the best missions. These things can speed up and simplify things for you.

Thanks for the comments, looking forward to seeing the finished game. [:)]

[font="times new roman"]At the start of my turns the first thing I do is select the Recon air mission and then select the AI button and the AI flies a whole bunch of recon missions for me. I put the message filter to 1 so I don’t slow down the process. What I see is a bunch of recon symbols flash up one at a time and hundreds of enemy units showing up. The cool thing about the Fog of War in this game is that the better the recon you do (Detection Level or DL) the better your combat chances will be. If you’re going to bomb airfields, you’ll want to get the DL up to 4 on the airbases. Air units can only recon up to DL 4. If you want to get it up higher you have to move next to the unit. Also at the DL level will determine what is displayed on the unit. The second thing I do is select Bomb Airfields and then hit the AI button and let the AI bomb the enemy airfields. For this operation I increase the message level so I can get an idea of the damage I’m doing (you also go to the losses page and see them to). There are other things that the AI can do like move your Support Units around based on the Level of Support required by each HQ. The Level of Support is player set. You can also lock this so the AI doesn’t go messing around the HQs your happy with.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]Hope this helps.

Kid, are you very satisfied with the AI competency in these air operations? Do you think that if you spent the time to manually conduct all of these mission that the outcome would be noticeably different?

Really Ron has done so much to aid, Joel flips it to Gary, and Pavel checks everything, being Russian (really the Baltic States). Guys listen, it's research, testing, and repeat...

The short answer is yes. Air units use up miles not turns, so a unit can fly multiple missions in a turn. You can always fly more recons in the areas you think requires closer attention. Also, you can manually bomb more airfields. I'm hoping that some of the other missions like, Bomb City, Bomb Unit and Air Re-supply will be automated. On turn one, as the Germans, I normally destroy around 3,500 aircraft using the AI. I'm on turn 17 now and I'm destroying a lot fewer each turn. Some turns I opt not to fly the bomb airfield mission using AI because I want to make sure that I have lots of missions left for ground support. If you let the AI run the missions, it will fly a lot of them. To manually attack you select the mission type and then right click the target. The computer selects the correct type of aircraft that are in range and picks how many to send on the run. If you want more control, you can Shift + right click and then you get the option to select the units you want on the mission form a list of units within range of the target.

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Do you think that if you spent the time to manually conduct all of these mission that the outcome would be noticeably different?

I don't think there would be that much diffrence.

Sounds good.

Sorry if this has been asked. Can you give HQ's orders to carry out or does every division/piece have to be manually ordered? I'm not sure if that is what you meant with  " You cannot turn over control of HQ's to the AI ".

Each division/counter must be moved by the player.