The Ground War

[Blackhorse]

Given the game's 12 hour/ turn scale, I'm curious how ground operations will be represented and restricted.

Will land combat units (LCUs) be able to attack turn-after-turn, or will they become worn down by continuous combat and forced to regroup?

Will LCUs be reduced by disease, especially when they are out-of-supply?

Will Monsoons limit movement and combat?

Will the Burma Road be represented in the game? (Historically, the reason Japan invaded Burma was to cut the Burma Road -- the last overland route supplying China. The effect of the supply line, and of cutting it are poorly captured in Pacwar, IMHO.)

Will guerrilla warfare be represented -- at least abstractly -- so that the Japanese have to garrison rear areas in China and their conquests in Indonesia, the Philippines, etc.?

[ January 03, 2002: Message edited by: Blackhorse ]</p>

[byron13]

Why do they let the Cav pukes on here? Especially from the 11th ACR?

Interesting questions that I haven't seen asked in other threads, though I may be wrong. The only thing I've seen that seems to address any of your questions is that supply (and I think combat) are affected if you get more than X number of hexes from a road. So if you're too deep into the jungles of New Guinea, you are adversely affected. Naturally, you're Burma Road question has different implications.

I think I've also seen where combat eats up a lot of supply points and that the standard combat mode for land units is going to be an attrition mode - not much action that doesn't require much supply. It could be that this was a suggestion from someone as opposed to a fact.

[Blackhorse]

Originally posted by byron:
Why do they let the Cav pukes on here? Especially from the 11th ACR?

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Actually, its the only place we are allowed. We've been banned from all the popular boards. They won't even let us play in any reindeer games.

I think I've also seen where combat eats up a lot of supply points and that the standard combat mode for land units is going to be an attrition mode - not much action that doesn't require much supply. It could be that this was a suggestion from someone as opposed to a fact.

If it was only a suggestion, it was a good one.

[ January 04, 2002: Message edited by: Blackhorse ]</p>