A couple of noob questions:

[zovs66]

Playing as Russians or early war Americans will have low morale level units. Playing with the Germans, SS or British increase morale units, as units gain more experience they can withstand more punishment, but getting plastered by a bunch of artillery will never make them happy, or seeing a bunch of friendly units getting whacked either.

[Andrew.Hope]

Again I appreciate the responses. A final question for now: anyone have any tips of finding the enemy's HQ unit, specifically against the AI (I don't play PBEM). I typically detach a recce unit solely for this purpose (and dedicate a substantial part of my core forces for the protection of my own HQ unit), however even with the most patient right-clicking to look around I only ever find the enemy's HQ unit if I happen to drive into the same hex that it's in and it flees in terror.

Are there any tips against the AI specifically for location HQ units? As a man who is constantly outfoxed by the computer player I am hoping there are a few tips I can use to level the playing field, rather than wasting artillery guessing where the enemy commander might be. I play on 200x160 maps so this is an even tougher find than it might've been.

[jivemi]

Dunno about that; I rarely look specifically for the AI HQ. Rather concentrate on eliminating other units, especially high-value ones. But your idea is intriguing and may deserve merit.

[scorpio_rocks]

The effort and resources put into tracking down 1 unit which is designed to be hard to find are much better focused on destroying / routing "standard" units.

Killing the HQ won't win you the game on its own - killing your oponent's fighting force will!

[DRG]

If you were playing a PBEM campaign then finding your opponents HQ would be beneficial but in a regular generated battle unless you manage to find it very early on in a very long game you are not going to do much but add 50 points to your score

Don