An endless op
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:08 am
Combine TBF's 3 campaigns and 39 maps into one 765 day op, 11/8/42 to 8/5/44.
With 4 branches of scenario choice, two if the US wins, 2 if it loses, every scenario ever created in the Editor could theoretically be added to this op. Each new scenario would only need to be named as one of the 4 branch decisions in a previous scenario. Right now I think there is only 1 branch, whether you fight Shiba or Kasserine, based on your reputation fighting at Longstop. That's two different paths thru the campaign. Add 4 branch decisions after every scenario and the number of paths thru the op multiplies.
Then it becomes a matter of how much op time elapses while you're on each scenario. So at 13:30 on 9/26/43 I might be playing my 2000th battle of the op, in my 7th op hour fighting a Tine Valley scenario where the Germans have the high ground and beaucoup AT guns and I'm down to my last 2 M4s. If I win I'll have the option of either being surrounded by panzergrenadiers at Troina or splitting my force in half to attack separated objectives at Cerisy.
If I lose I get to chose between defending a checkerboard layout with halftracks and mg jeeps on Ganji or ambushing a German light vehicle convoy at Bou Chebka. Meanwhile, in your op its 13:45 on 9/26/43 and you're starting your 1647th battle of the op defending against a Italian beach landing at Omaha with nothing but parachute infantry, mgs and mortars.
With 4 branches of scenario choice, two if the US wins, 2 if it loses, every scenario ever created in the Editor could theoretically be added to this op. Each new scenario would only need to be named as one of the 4 branch decisions in a previous scenario. Right now I think there is only 1 branch, whether you fight Shiba or Kasserine, based on your reputation fighting at Longstop. That's two different paths thru the campaign. Add 4 branch decisions after every scenario and the number of paths thru the op multiplies.
Then it becomes a matter of how much op time elapses while you're on each scenario. So at 13:30 on 9/26/43 I might be playing my 2000th battle of the op, in my 7th op hour fighting a Tine Valley scenario where the Germans have the high ground and beaucoup AT guns and I'm down to my last 2 M4s. If I win I'll have the option of either being surrounded by panzergrenadiers at Troina or splitting my force in half to attack separated objectives at Cerisy.
If I lose I get to chose between defending a checkerboard layout with halftracks and mg jeeps on Ganji or ambushing a German light vehicle convoy at Bou Chebka. Meanwhile, in your op its 13:45 on 9/26/43 and you're starting your 1647th battle of the op defending against a Italian beach landing at Omaha with nothing but parachute infantry, mgs and mortars.