Remember I'm the equipment guy not the game engine one...
But please feel free to hammer me if needed anyway, but I've been following this for awhile now and I've not seen this brought up in the discussion yet. Is our "simulator" to be found in the game preference page specifically in the
Arty accuracy settings? And how does this tie in with what Andy last addressed above already? If I set it to 100% (I normally use 90% for present day arty.) will that give me the "Excalibur factor"?
And if this cannot be done for whatever reason to support both the GPS ammo types in the field and onboard data targeting packages mounted to the M777A2, CAESAR, G9 etc. etc. then should we not reassess the artillery penalty system. I personally think as is now it
should be reduced by 1/3. This is a combined arms game to my mind no different then TACTICS II, RED STAR/WHITE STAR, COMBAT LEADER, PANZER LEADER, PANZERBLITZ, AFRIKA KORPS, AXIS & ALLIES or many others I've played in the past. The ROE for arty is just too strict. I can see it if weapons like EXCALIBUR could be modeled as the below will show; you'd have a one shot kill opportunity against even heavy armor in essence. Even the engine that drives the AI recognizes the value of artillery in it's armor heavy mindset. Very VERY RARELY have I played game against the AI where I didn't face an opening barrage at the start of a battle and I'd have nothing to answer back with or support my troops with on the advance (Or tactical retreat to regroup of course
.) just my thoughts on the matter for what it's worth.
Taken from
Post #46 from the SP/SPAA Thread...
From Raytheon:
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities...cts/excalibur/
http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2517
From the ARMY of interest focus on all but, especially Slides 7 and 9:
http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2012annual_psr/Milner.pdf
In the field already (EXCALIBUR 1b) and with U2 providing the music how can you go wrong-feelin better already!! Please note the target distances in the upper right corner of the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCUeItvovs
Regards,
Pat