Questions of a Newbie

[steelwarrior]

What is the XP max 100?

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by steelwarrior

What is the XP max 100?

The maximum a unit can achieve is about 120, but since higher experience levels are much harder to attain - those would be rare.

Andy

[Griefbringer]

I did a little test, and managed to purchase units with starting experience of up to 140.

I simply turned off the historical training preference, set the quality to 120 and purchased US ranger scouts (formation experience modifier +13). Thus the units purchased had their starting experience in the 120-140 range, with the highest scores being exactly 140.

That said, I have no idea what are the practical possibilities of getting the experience beyond 120 in an actual campaign play. The highest experience rating I have managed to reach so far has been 116 in a French long campaign (Char B1 with 82 kills).

[Griefbringer]

When are XPs added to units - cause after killing an enemy troop it does not show any difference - maybe after the battle...?

At the end of the battle AFAIK. There is a special notification also given at that point for every one of your units that goes above certain experience limits (eg. once they go over 80 experience, you are informed that they are now a veteran unit).

Where do I see how many turns a scenario has?

Look for the entry "Lenght" at the bottom of the screen - that is the total number of turns for the given battle.

What does the option training mean?

On the preferences screen? When it is on, historical quality ratings will be used for the forces (depending on year and country). If you set it to off you will be able to pick yourself the desired quality scores.

Can I somehow reduce the inportance of artelliry or completly turn it of - cause I enjoy more the armour/infantry fight then juts getting blown of or blowing of from far ;-)

On the preferences screen, you can lower the arty effectiveness rating to make artillery fire less dangerous.

Will hidden units (for example in woods) ever be spotted before the shoot?


They can be, but it is difficult. You will need to use a unit that can get close enough to spot them without getting spotted in return. Size 0 unit moving one hex at a time might be able to do it sometimes.

Are assaults a special order or done automaically?

It is attempted automatically when the right circumstances are fulfilled - the enemy tank is in the same or next hex, and the attacking unit does not have much suppression on it.

What is the XP max 100?

It is quite high. Maybe 140 or so?

[steelwarrior]

Hi,

thanks again for the answers - now it really looks that the AI gets new units tanks already twice from outside the map during a battle - they just appear from the edge of the map???

[Griefbringer]

Sometimes the AI keeps part of the force off the map in the beginning of the game, and they instead appear as reinforcements on some later turn.

If you are playing scenarios and campaigns, you can find also yourself receiving reinforcements during the game.

[steelwarrior]

Does XP also increase the accuracy of shooting?

[Griefbringer]

Yes, experienced units tend to be more likely to hit the enemy with shooting.

They can also get quite nasty in close assaulting enemy tanks.

[steelwarrior]

Great - thanks - any plan for a Steel Panthers 4 ;-)? Really like the game - the way you moded it!

[steelwarrior]

My units do not seem to be able to enter a hex with another unit of mine or a destroyed enemy unit - and they cannot spot further then the destroyed enemy untis...any solution for that?