Overwiew of my troops

[DodgyDave]

Murat, the original game, have a A4 carton (hope that is spelled right) with info on two pages, front page top part, show reinforcement, second economic and manpower and last part corps and fleet strenghts, thats just 1 page and the A4 lets you keep track of your own nation along with 6 minor states!

in this game, i have to constantly click 3d button from the left, once or twice for my own nation and each minor, along with clicking on each minor corps to see what they got and then make sure there is enough money on each nation.

To me, it seems silly, that what was on 1 A4 page in the original game, have been spread out into 3 places and to find out your current reinforcent, you need to click each month, to see what is coming, thats just alot of work for what, keeping stuff hidden for you? lol

so yes, i suggest they make it simple and easier to get an overview off, like using the normal turn sheet as the original game had, instead of complicating things as they have done.

but its only a suggestion

[Murat]

Some people want to see EVERYONE'S A4, not just their own. I have no problem seeing your own, just a problem with people getting to see everyone else's, that would ruin the game in my mind.

[DodgyDave]

no no, not saying we should be able to see each others turnsheet , but just find the economic phase longer then it should have been, because to get the right info, you now have to look at more places, i dont see this being better for the game.

i like most of this game as it is, but i loved the simple turn sheets, especially after trying being france in this game, so many minors at times to run, so keep making mistakes, so would prefer the simplier way to do that part of the turn.

so until they might add that into the game, then where can you download turn sheets, that is the same as in this game, as i note my boardgame turn sheets dont match the game setup?

[Grognot]

Given that it's a PC game, which makes even heavy FoW very possible (although brutal for an AI!), it might be interesting to experiment with heavier FoW (like not knowing even an up-to-date location of a corps).  It's a little weird knowing where all the corps are, even within the most remote areas of Russia, although coming up with suitable rules might be tricky. 

[zaquex]

It would be very useful and probably not to complicated to duplicate the reinforcement information on the "buy armies screen" and the "activate corp screen" and it would be great help. Its all about playability and i asume that matrix wants people to buy and play this game. I have no problem making notes while I play but would prefere to keep such activities to a minimum.
 
At this momement enhancements/fixes to the game needs to be prioritised based on how much they would improve the playability/quality of the game compared to how much time and effort it takes to create and iimplement the changes.
 
I know enough about programing to know that bug fixing and alteration of existent code is usualy more time consuming than actually writing it. So we need to cut the developers some slack, they cant fix everything at once.
 
 

[Mynok]

It would be nice to be able to put, say, a guards SP in garrison and have it retain its identity as a Guards SP when it next is placed into a Corps, but this would allow a power to build more Cavalry, Guards, and/or Artillery than could be placed in Corps unless code was added to check the overall strength of an Army by troop type.

Seems it would be easy enough to run a limit check when the unit purchase is attempted and keep the total strength points within the national limits without forcing the purchase of a corps to save them reverting to infantry.

[DodgyDave]

i am coming with suggestions, i never demand stuff, i see something i think would be more simple in the original way or alternate way, then i say so, if it gets added eventually depends on those who owns the game.

I like the game, but must say, looking forward to an increased AI, as the PBEM games are slow, so need to fight AI more

[JavaJoe]

I've always found the managing of the correct corps for the correct army type to be one of the fun things about EiA.

Having a nanny bot nudge you to not make a mistake kind of takes the fun out of it...no?

[DodgyDave]

i am not asking for a nanny bot, i am asking to get the turn sheet of the regular game back, because they spread out the same info, to just make it harder to do economic phase, which i find silly