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Irinami
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My men are smarter than me!

Post by Irinami »

Okay gang, listen up.

US Army, January '39, Western Europe. I took 1 Mech Inf. Platoon and a Team (along with a fourth, the CO) of US Cavalry. This initial scenario is always huge, but the enemy's points (France) were as they should be. So here's what happens:

I've got A0 in an M3 halftrack, and they're running along a road. It's been about 5 turns since we've seen the enemy, so I just click at the end of the road and watch 'em scoot. Suddenly I notice that my M3 is empty. I also notice that about halfway down the road, A0 LEAPT OUT of the M3 halftrack?!! Yes they did! They were moving at 20mph, and they leapt out 5 hexes from an entrenchment hex that appears empty (of course, I know it won't be).

What the heck? Did my A0 just say "HEY YOU STUPID PLAYER!! There's enemy here! Screw it--men, out of the truck!"

(Next turn: My A0 gets completely wiped out by an enemy opposite that entrenchment. Well, they were smarter than me, but not fast enough. :( )
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Ezikel
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Post by Ezikel »

Ive noticed that, but sometimes they do it for no reason. Ill be driving along, and i know where the enemy is and they'll jump out. The HT will go one extra hex then stop, i turn him around and pick them up and carry on... he'll get maybe two hex's and they'll jump out again.

The only time a unit has ever done this when there was enemy in sight was when i got a tad tired of a tiger so i was running my engineers right up to it in an HT through heavy cover. Needless to say, they wadded through the fire, the tiger died as did the HT, but they jumped out 3-4 times before i got there.
OFFICIAL: Stop! Stop, will you?! Stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one
is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?! Even,
and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say 'Jehovah'.
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