Choose your targets

[m113apc]

And good day to you Bob.

Well, I haven’t tried that function yet, where I can order my unit to open fire at a specific type of enemy units. I know about it, but haven’t tried it yet. But I sure will give it a try.

Anyway, this is a great game; actually this is the first game I ever played on a PC way back. And here I am, many years later still playing it.

[PanzerBob]

Yes I've been playing this game since it's inception as well, it just never gets boring!! I've tried a few others but there always seems to be limitations of one sort or another, especially in their scope, plus the Campaign options in this game seem limitless. Heck, with the addition of MBT they for all practical purposes and some not so practical are limitless. I know people who have stacks of games now collecting dust still searching for THE GAME. Why search further? Some have seen the light some not.


Let us know how you do with the "ambushes" I'm going to form a "Ambush" section with my present German vs. AI Campaign and do some more "experimentation"! I'll brief the results sometime in the near future, but I need a delay or defense for it to work the best.


Bob out

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

A tip for your ambush, use pueppchens or steirlgranates to ambush enemy tanks, they're deadly

[PanzerBob]

Yes they are! LOL

Bob out

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

i learnt this the hard way... in a night battle

[m113apc]

Dammit, any well disciplinary infantry/ground unit with a slingshot, catapult, tin opener or similar lethal Ÿber deadly weapon can pop up your tank like hot knife through butter .

I know this because I’m a hardcore tanker in this game, and I go inn charging, through dense forest, towns, whatever, a long time before my small infantry units arrive. And I bleed, and die, but with great fun .

So, ambush in this game. I learn it every time I advance or charge the enemy positions.
Great fun..

[reverend]

I just wanted to add that I originally came from WaW as well. However, the advantages of the winSPx CD versions (map editor and resolution) brought me to buy those two as well.

In the beginning, I really missed the opfire confirmation. Especially against human opponents, it seemed exploitable to move units around in order to draw opfire chances before beginning the 'real' movement.

If you have the CD version, the opfire filter then works like a charm. You can specify which target to engange, in what area, against how strong armour, at what range, ...

I didn't miss opfire confirmations after that, and neither will you.

[JohnHale]

So two of you have seen the light? Well done!

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by reverend

I just wanted to add that I originally came from WaW as well. However, the advantages of the winSPx CD versions (map editor and resolution) brought me to buy those two as well.

In the beginning, I really missed the opfire confirmation. Especially against human opponents, it seemed exploitable to move units around in order to draw opfire chances before beginning the 'real' movement.

If you have the CD version, the opfire filter then works like a charm. You can specify which target to engange, in what area, against how strong armour, at what range, ...

I didn't miss opfire confirmations after that, and neither will you.

I dont go mad with the feature, but it was handy as Iran to set my chieftains and TOW to engage Iraqi T-72 and discount any T-55 etc, which my lesser stuff was left to shoot at. Or in WW2, to set up my 17 pounders to hit on tiggers, panthers etc and leave P4s to the cromwells and regular shermans.

The ambush area is useful now and then to only fire on targets in a small area of critical import, and leave any others to deal with later.

Andy

[Charles22]

Careful guys, as I have heard before on this forum, if you are playing the AI, be aware that the filtering can give you a very significant advantage, as the AI does not have the filtering available.