Reverse march...

[totola]

There's not reverse march for the vehicles, right?
Thnks
Bye
Totola

[Mormegill]

Sadly no.
Turning the back of a vehicle towards the enemy in a
firefight can really, really hurt.

[totola]

Yeah, i know: one of few features missing...
Thnks
Bye
Totola

[chief]

totola: this subject has been discussed many times on this forum. Unfortunately nothing can and will be done on this subject due to the limitations of the "game engine". I hope this clears things up a little. I and many others also would have liked this feature but.........

[Jim1954]

totola, about the only thing you can do (once) is hit "D" to pop your smoke dischargers, if so equipped, and turn and run!

[totola]

A Giants fan in Dallas? (well, i'm a Charger and live in Italy...)
Bye and thnks again
Totola

[Jim1954]

Well, not so much a Giants fan as a friend of a Giant's fan.

Long story made short, ..... support for a buddy.

[Vathailos]

A “reverse gear” would cut the movement so greatly that it would be useful only in limited situations. If you’re in high movement cost terrain (snow, shallow water/swamp, thunderstorms) it cuts the movement hexes available drastically (NOTE:except French tanks, which have multiple “reverse” gears ). I’d imagine “reverse” in those conditions would get you a hex at best IMO.

In other conditions, it might be beneficial to keep backing up (however slowly) if you’ve got heavier armor than the AT guns/AFV’s shooting at you can penetrate. I’d trade more suppression, more chance for track damage or artillery strikes for not giving the enemy a shot at my soft bum in situations like that.

It’d be beneficial in those instances I’d guess, but what’s the cost in terms of coding/programming time for this benefit?