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Originally Posted by gila
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Originally Posted by RERomine
It's just as bad when you get behind the enemy. You think they run toward the enemy now; it's much worse when they rout from the enemy rear. Not only do they run into enemy you see, they try to push through their layered defense. Positions you don't see when fighting.
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That's realistic if consider routing units will surrender as to fight anymore.Many were shot down before it was clear they were surrendering.
Or eliminated after surrender being a burden as in Maladey. |
Well, somewhat realistic. I've seen routed units with buddies all around them surrender to an isolated enemy unit only to have the enemy unit eliminated the next turn. I had that happen during a game where I had two enemy tanks surrounded by a company of infantry. Smoke was everywhere because of all the burning enemy tanks around that I had already killed. My unit surrendered to the tanks and the next turn my infantry finsished off the tanks. Having friends all around will tend to shore up your morale a bit.
Also, most people, no matter how panicked they are, can tell what direction the bullets are coming from and run away from them. At the very least, they try to run back in the direction they came from. They might blunder into unknown enemy positions, but should run away from known ones.
Anyhow, I know units rout in the game so I adapt. During assaults, I open large gaps in the minefields so there is plenty of room for tanks to run through if they do happen to panic. For attacks from the enemy rear, I just accept the fact if my unit panics, it's going to try to run through the enemy position. Usually, my point units are support anyhow and loosing them doesn't bother me as much.