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ASL and Sb - Sadly you guys are probably right. A man can dream however.... IanL - Believe it or not I had it all planned out about 12 years ago. Not sure if I can dredge up my brilliance from back then but will give it a go. - Hobo

Raptor - BF made a "strategic" decision many years ago to abandon dynamic campaigns in CM1 and to focus solely on building the world's greatest tactical wargame (although sometimes it feels more like a warjob) that we all know and love today as CMxx. I disagreed this this decision from day 1 but BF has steadfastidly held to their decision. Think of it as the broad vs narrow front argument that confronted Ike. I want a broad front that includes dynamic campaigns as championed by Eisenhower. BF has sadly selected the narrow front strategy as pushed by Monty. I am not alone in my opinion as of there have been at least two attempts at great cost and time outside of BF to remedy their decision. However, with that said, I have invested just a few hundred dollars while BF has their livelyhood invested in their decisions. Frankly I think they are heading in to a box canyon but then again I am just a poster on a forum and do not have to live with my opinion. If I have not answered your question I will be more direct. There are no major campaign system bugs. The entire approach is flawed. Lastly to BF, thank you for your efforts with the entire CM series. Hobo

Yes I will buy all of this stuff and probably play 10% of the content in the hopes that I get rewarded sometime before my death with a real, playable, fun and major bug free campaign system....either that or send me a unicorn.

Bill - Sorry to be late jumping on the "Your the greatest AAR player/writer of all time bandwagon", but I am there. Thank you for doing this. - Hobo

Todt? General Todt is leading a double life as a panzer commander? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Todt PS - Guys I a have been lurking on this thread for a month or so as a potential replacement commander if need recruited by the mighty kohlenklau.

Minor set back. I say give em both some re-enforcements and let the battle continue. Brits didn't give up when the German's bombed Pearl London and they are surrendering here. Churchill just will not stand for it.

Not sure I am up for the CO, but would be happy to assist as an XO Capt. Nixon type of role. Do you have such a position? T

As a known lurker and player in waiting in the Russian campaign I want in on the ground floor.

Hey Jon - Looking forward to it. As a scenario designer, what do you need to take the AI to the next level? Asked a different way, if you had one or two reasonable feature request to improve the AI, what would they be?

Sorry to be a broken record, I simply want a return to the way that operations were done in CM1 (with a few fixes and enhancements of course):}

Well, technically, you did retreat back one AS:}

In that case I would probably area fire and back out of there and approach from a different direction. As it stands it looks to be a 50/50 chance of success.

Can you spot him with a target command? The scary thing is that his gun is pointing right at you. If it was pointing in a different direction you could area fire for 15 seconds and see if that locks him on target or perhaps hunt a square or two ahead.

How many of you constantly try to move the camera around when watching a video? After a minute or so I get so engrossed in the action I forget it is a video. SLIM - Sorry about your loss.

That all makes sense on why the BP is not completely ready. Thanks all.

Slim - Thanks for taking the time to put this together as I really enjoy watching two skilled players going at it. I really like the counter-attack strategy at the road bridge but have a couple of questions: Why commit the troops without using your panther to soften up the remaining Ami infantry first? I figure a couple of turns lobbing HE at the tree lines would give your pixeltruppen more of a chance of getting across the bridge without taking too many casualties. It looks like there is a spot down by the crossroad in front of the bridge where your Panther could provide great support for the village fight and your troops crossing the bridge. Am I seeing it right? BTW, I would really hate to be in that village right now. Way too much led flying around for my comfort.What are the chances that in real life that ATG would get away from your troops and come crashing down the hill in to the road? It would be funny as heck if gravity was modeled in to the game to that degree. Perhaps a feature for CM4. Thanks again and out. - Hobo

I dont mean to be pushy, but curious why we have to wait for you to get back to the US for the completed BP to be released. Cannot BF release it on their own like they have every other game, update, and expansion?

Did the FOs pay off their gambling debt to the arty platoons?

I do all of what is said above about organizing the mess you are given in the setup screen. However, one thing above all that will make your life easier is to simply play smaller battles. Frankly I prefer platoon plus a few support units sized battles.

For starters, tell him not to stand up and throw it like a baseball. If he is impressed in to the front lines from the stenographers pool, I would not suggest he even try it as they do have a nasty habit of bouncing back if the throw is short. Other than that, tell him to attack the krauts and let him figure it out.

I wish you tremendous luck as this is something I have dreamed about for a long long time.

Sad to see this happen but like many expected it . This project really needs a strong Angel with both deep pockets (Curt Schilling, are you out there..) and deeper experience (BF, this is how you build your legacy...) . I was prepared to invest $500 but got turned off with an exchange not on this board. I really hope the right person finds this project to be a worthy investment of their time and helps CO get to the finish time as their basic thesis is correct.

I will support it somewhere from Lt to Major. We can discuss it at Blacksburg Monday night if by some chance you are in the area.

I felt you needed to be very aggressive here because of the time constraint and quality of the opposing troops. Just my 2 cents.

You had me up until the Go Buckeyes. Go Hokies!