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Accept the default deployment. Do not reposition or issue orders to your teams before battle.

What about sort through AI teams to give them the best possible mix to fight the human player?  ie replace Pzsrk teams with infantry or MGs if playing vs a human intantry BG?

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This is a good thread from awhile back with some ideas for making a better playing experience versus the AI (using your own house rules).

ORIGINAL: Bamilus

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This is a good thread from awhile back with some ideas for making a better playing experience versus the AI (using your own house rules).

LOL, that thread was started by Xe5.

Whatever. Good reference for everyone else [:D]

After playing CC for quite a while I got bored with beating the AI like a rented mule.......so.... and it isn't fair, but for a real challenge, I set elite versus recruit, bolster the AI unit selection (like SL's suggestion), and reduce my own manpower to 2 platoons (I do however carefully choose/substitute units for my 2 platoons).

Then the game becomes a real test of stealth & ambush, with team co-ordination paramount (every man is of value and every loss a problem). Using terrain to best tactical advantage is critical as are air, mortar & artillery support.

Although it "slows down" the game, I find this approach promotes pulse-pounding small team commando-type action and killing/reducing the enemy forces without incurring losses is the only way to win maps. I get to know, and get invested in the squads, and even individuals. I tend to rename units to promote this. After action reports mean checking leadership, moral and health levels in prep for the next action.

Unfortunately with this setup, banzai-charging bridges is out of the question and winning any battle "quickly" is unlikely, so winning the GC in LSA as the Allies is a real long shot.....but I'm going to try.

reboot,

I tend to do your approach too. At least I did that for CC2 once I learned to master the AI. I like that better than accepting the default deployment.

the default placement works well for the parachute landing maps in LSA as it helps simulate jumpers being scattered all over Hell's Half Acre as they frequently were

The AI always accepts the default 'scattered all over Hell's Half Acre' deployment