Supply Questions and the Russian War 1941-1944
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:20 pm
After turn 3 of the Russian German my Axis opponent, who I hold in the highest esteem, feels that the scenario is dysfunctional in respect to supply. We are playing the TOAW 111 version, with new supply rules on and high supply off; the documentation is mute in regards to the settings. We assumed this was correct given that it the latest version was designed for TOAW 111. Are these the proper defaults?
The Axis has all but destroyed the Soviet forces by end turn 3, and there is very little left on the map beginning turn 4 to stem the rout. He has a very aggressive play style and feels that the supply state of his units is too low considering proximity to rail lines and that we are only in early July. He notes that he 2 Pz divisions rest on a rail line (max supply) for a turn and they only went up by 10% supply.
Questions:
1. How does the AI decide to distribute supplies?
2. Does each unit get assigned a fixed percentage of the total stockpile based on the number of units in the OOB; that is do each of 10 units get 10% of the total but the actual amount depends on efficiency of distribution and distance to the supply source?
3. Or do the units most in need get supplied first up to a certain threshold before others get supplies?
4. Is there any way to knowingly direct supplies to a certain group of units?
The only tricks I get from the manual to maximize supplies is to place a cooperative HQ on a RR and then the units in that hex or immediately adjacent get a boost of 50%.
Thanks
Marquo
The Axis has all but destroyed the Soviet forces by end turn 3, and there is very little left on the map beginning turn 4 to stem the rout. He has a very aggressive play style and feels that the supply state of his units is too low considering proximity to rail lines and that we are only in early July. He notes that he 2 Pz divisions rest on a rail line (max supply) for a turn and they only went up by 10% supply.
Questions:
1. How does the AI decide to distribute supplies?
2. Does each unit get assigned a fixed percentage of the total stockpile based on the number of units in the OOB; that is do each of 10 units get 10% of the total but the actual amount depends on efficiency of distribution and distance to the supply source?
3. Or do the units most in need get supplied first up to a certain threshold before others get supplies?
4. Is there any way to knowingly direct supplies to a certain group of units?
The only tricks I get from the manual to maximize supplies is to place a cooperative HQ on a RR and then the units in that hex or immediately adjacent get a boost of 50%.
Thanks
Marquo
