LOS and spotting

[dlazov]

Warwick, Yes I remember Troopie, not sure on Jerry, heres the list I vaguely remember chatting and gaming with

Warwick
dlazov
Ed Mortimer
Jon Cassino
Carp
richard854xxx
mk
Zaphoid Beelte Bock
Wonderstuck
Pat Gilland
wwpanzerdk
Dan Combs
Blazejoes & Leopald Leo (da pair...)
carlfinkinstien
B&GStag
Burges

And so on.

good post gone by...

[MajorDisaster]

I didnt know they didnt have better spotting skills. Something learnt there then. I've been using them the same way - on extreme flanks and they can definitely save your bacon. I got a German campaign going and like you say, keep them on the flanks and avoid fights unless in deep sh*t, though where they have come unstuck sometimes is when strolling through 1 hex visibility woodland and suddenly a bunch of T34's carrying infantry turns up where their last turn ended.... ooops. On the otherhand if you aint so unlucky, (or is that just more careful?), they can be used for causing chaos at enemy rear. I put them in 250/1's but you have to be very careful with that for obvious reasons But they handy for getting your scouts across a large chunk of map early on or getting an unlucky pinned scout unit out of trouble. Just dont park up somewhere risky with the scout still on board. I've recently beefed up each of the 2 groups, each one has 2 Aufklarer; 2 250/1; 1 Puma; 1 250/7; 1 250/17. Ok now n then a unit lunches it, but c'est la guerre, sh*t happens. Last delay mission they got bypassed by attacking enemy armour (valuable info passed back to HQ about what was heading where), and went on to scout out enemy mortars. Later on they knocked out 2 Russian rocket launchers, 3 mortars, assorted fleeing inftry from the main battle. So a Must Have Item for sure The amount of times I would have been caught unawares without scouts of some sort makes them worth every point spent.

[DRG]

MajorDisaster said:<snip>The fact that you can tune it to suit is wonderful, (especially for this game genre), but I guess I have felt that's kind of "cheating" when I play any sort of game? <snip>

It is impossible to build a game of this complexity that could suit all players all the time. The Newbie playing for the first time is not anywhere near the level as someone playing for years. If we only built it for one end of the spectrum we lose the other end because it's too hard for one guy and too easy for the other THATS why those preferences are in the game and why the game is set up for somewhere in the middle. If you buy a motorcycle and ride it for the first time do you think you'd be capable of racing the Isle of Man ? If the game is too easy or too hard THATS what the preferences are for it's not "cheating" if the designers encourage people to use the feature.

Don

[MajorDisaster]

"Normally "discussions" about game systems tend to involve people who have never been in a tank, in combat."

Sorry, I dont realise that was the rules here - Keep your mouth shut about gameplay unless you're ex-forces?
(sigh), my comment about "cheating" was a purely personal view on gaming in general. Again, hush ma mouth...
But you're totally right! If I had serious pot shots taken at me, the last thing I'd wanna do is try to re-enact the experience. Having my butt roasted for politicians' Real Wargames? Ha, ha you gotta be kidding me :-) Nah, I just havent grown out of playing toy soldiers... or arguing(joke).
OFF TOPIC - And the TT is for lunatics - all those dry stone walls? I done Mad Sunday a few times - scarier than your 1st solo lap of the Nurburgring ;-)

[DRG]

Well "MajorDisaster" if you want to take a comment I made to one person and turn it on yourself be my guest. If your names not dlasov that remark wasn't directed at you personally.

You are free to express whatever opinions on the game you have if you are "ex-forces" or not but if someone who HAS been in a tank, in combat, comments on an issue that holds a BIT more water than someone who hasn't...... yes?

Don't expect me to sit back and not respond when I think you don't understand something which is what I feel is happening here. You said it feels like cheating to adjust the preferences, I said don't let it feel that way, that's why the controls are there as we have been pointing out to people for years.

Don