DAR: Moscow Region

RERomine · #1 June 19th, 2009, 08:32 PM

Not sure I can do that with a generated campaign. What the AI takes is based on the cost of my core plus support units. In this case, I used about 22,000 points, so I suspect the AI did the same. The ratio for a "meeting engagement" is 1:1. It varies with other mission types.

Imp · #2 June 19th, 2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RERomine

Not sure I can do that with a generated campaign. What the AI takes is based on the cost of my core plus support units. In this case, I used about 22,000 points, so I suspect the AI did the same. The ratio for a "meeting engagement" is 1:1. It varies with other mission types.

You will have to restart for it to take effect but edit your ini, if you cant find the post with a search I can tell you the line to add. set AI to 130-150% & see how it goes.
Applies to both battles & campaigns vs the AI but if choose 150% keep an eye on your force size to let it have that when its assaulting. You should manage both figures & still remain intact with a few moments of exitment.

The other thing as helos are in your core keep an eye on your airstrikes if not allowed fly them straight off the map they make supporting areas easy

RERomine · #3 June 20th, 2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Imp

You will have to restart for it to take effect but edit your ini, if you cant find the post with a search I can tell you the line to add. set AI to 130-150% & see how it goes.
Applies to both battles & campaigns vs the AI but if choose 150% keep an eye on your force size to let it have that when its assaulting. You should manage both figures & still remain intact with a few moments of exitment.

The other thing as helos are in your core keep an eye on your airstrikes if not allowed fly them straight off the map they make supporting areas easy

Thanks John!! I wouldn't have known to look if you hadn't mentioned it, but I did find it. To start out, I'm setting mine to 150%. Giving the AI an extra 50% might make being on the defending side a bit more challenging, but I've done defends at much worse odd than that. I tried one where the AI out numbered my defending force 6 to 1, but that was WinSPWW2. Came very close to getting a marginal victory out of it. It ended up a draw. I should be able to handle it in WinSPMBT, but I did have a better handle on the equipment in WW2. With MBT, there are just too many years and too many nations to really know it all inside out.

I'm not big on air strikes or helos, but in the three campaign battles I've fought, I always took two gunships in support. More than anything, I use them as a highly mobile method to support hot spots. In those three battles, they only scored a hand full of kills on APCs. I respect the capability of both helos and fixed wing aircraft, however. My air defense isn't neglected.

Thanks again for the information!

Imp · #4 June 20th, 2009, 12:54 AM

No worries if it does not prove exiting enough once summers over which aint long here could do a PBEM with DAR covering if you fancy. Think we are even enough for some carnage to occur. Type it to word or something & paste to forum 2 turns after so no giveaways.

RERomine · #5 June 20th, 2009, 04:48 AM

Works for me. Just let me know when the mood strikes you. In the meantime, I'm going to take another cut at my campaign with it set at 150%. Considering how light my casualties were in my first battles, I'm thinking giving the AI 50% more points will just mean I will have more to kill.

Do you happen to know if the program in MBT is oriented towards night battles? I've got another low visibility battle. It's 10 this time. I'm seeing an average visibility in the last five battles as just over 11.

Imp · #6 June 20th, 2009, 10:36 AM

I think it depends, last campaign I did first 3 battles were low vis as well 6-20 range I think then high 30s -60+. Perhaps assumes it kicks off at dawn or try changing start date mine started in the winter so made some sense.
Okay should make for a more exiting report will wait a couple of months till the suns gone & playing regular so keeps the pace up.
If someone wants to knock up some maps in the meantime go ahead, nothing special needed just place a few villages or other suitable things as objectives on a generated map.

RERomine · #7 June 20th, 2009, 01:11 PM

The first battle in my restarted campaign won't be impacted too much by the low visibility because the location is "Russian Forest". For the most part, it's not possible to find a location were more than a few hexes can be seen at once, much less a distance of 10. I'm chewing on a plan right now. With so many trees, it might take just allowing the forces to blunder into each other.

As before, I've got a couple of gunships, so I could poke around some before the major shooting starts. The AI hasn't been taking area SAMs (might change with more points to spend) and the infantry SAMs have been loaded into APCs until we start shooting.