Unit Facing Direction more critical ?
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2026 2:55 pm
Hi,
so I know in the manual this is addressed as considering the units smart enough to face the right direction and keep an eye on all sides as much as possible, but I still wonder if that's enough?
I was playing the last scenario of the Czech campaign, and knowing I was facing a bunch of Leopard units with just T-55s, I keep the Leopards distracted with most of my units from the front （our east to west movement） plus barrages of artillery; while I was sending T-55s from the back (hills covered in forests) and hopefully attacking the weaker rears by surprised (and given their Leaopards numbers are much lower, being hopeful it would be enough having them sandwiched between the two forces).
However, 4 hexes away, while I was still fairly covered/concealed (around 70-73%) the Leopards were already firing at me before I had even shot at them.
I'm not military, but I found it hard to believe that the units, under fired from the front and from artillery, still had all that much capacity to detect and shoot at my T-55 coming from the back forest.
Would it make more sense to have units LOS extending further, with increased accuracy and maybe in a 180 degrees fov in the direction they are fighting or moving? And much less to their backs? Of course, once they are attacked, this would go back to normal, and (I guess this is already in a way working like this) dividing their attacks between the two directions.
It just that right now units LOS seemed to be working in 360 degrees at all times, making flanking and rear surprise attacks kind of much less successful or worth the risk.
so I know in the manual this is addressed as considering the units smart enough to face the right direction and keep an eye on all sides as much as possible, but I still wonder if that's enough?
I was playing the last scenario of the Czech campaign, and knowing I was facing a bunch of Leopard units with just T-55s, I keep the Leopards distracted with most of my units from the front （our east to west movement） plus barrages of artillery; while I was sending T-55s from the back (hills covered in forests) and hopefully attacking the weaker rears by surprised (and given their Leaopards numbers are much lower, being hopeful it would be enough having them sandwiched between the two forces).
However, 4 hexes away, while I was still fairly covered/concealed (around 70-73%) the Leopards were already firing at me before I had even shot at them.
I'm not military, but I found it hard to believe that the units, under fired from the front and from artillery, still had all that much capacity to detect and shoot at my T-55 coming from the back forest.
Would it make more sense to have units LOS extending further, with increased accuracy and maybe in a 180 degrees fov in the direction they are fighting or moving? And much less to their backs? Of course, once they are attacked, this would go back to normal, and (I guess this is already in a way working like this) dividing their attacks between the two directions.
It just that right now units LOS seemed to be working in 360 degrees at all times, making flanking and rear surprise attacks kind of much less successful or worth the risk.