ng cavscout

Okay, that's it uploaded. The picture failed to load but I don't care about that too much at this point.
https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-shock-force-2-2/cm-shock-force-2-campaigns/cmsf2-usmc-gung-ho/
This is a six mission campaign featuring Bravo Company of 1st Battalion 8th Marines. I should mention that it's a rework of my much earlier CMSF1 campaign of the same name but it's so reworked that it's really an all-new campaign that takes advantage of all the CMSF2 features. You'll need the NATO module to play this as the Syrian Airborne features in one of the missions. Sorry about that but I guess most folks reading here already have the full Monty.
It's designed primarily to have fun with one of the most unique factions in the game, the USMC, a light infantry formation that punches far above its weight even without the air support that you'll have in these missions. It should also be quite challenging but not too challenging. Mission 3 - CAAT among the Pigeons is intended to be very easy, to allow you to let rip with a rather unique formation within the MEU. 
I look forward to hearing how you get on. Perhaps you can tell me how many kills HITMAN got in your campaign? You're not beta testing this - I've already played this myself but that's a potential issue, it's been tested by one player with a particular play style and skill set. I try to break these missions but I'm not as creative about that as some of you will be  If you find any typos, let me know. I've been scanning the texts these last couple of days and can't see any but that's likely fatigue. Unless something egregious is found, you should be safe to complete a campaign before a revision comes up. I'm hoping that won't necessary but I've done this before and it can always be improved.
With the exception of CAAT among the Pigeons, each mission has several AI plans to give the campaign replayablity. So, if there's enough interest in it, I will return to this to make a new version featuring the German Gebirgsjagers which look like they'd be a blast to play with as well and not need much work to be done beyond making a core unit file and importing the units into each mission. And finally, I want to make a Brit forces Light Infantry version but that will need more work to do.

Although I agree that it is more fun to play against a somewhat matched player I think it's a bit unfair to punish people who try and get in the game ;-). 

I have not had any success in getting out of my setup areas in that first scenario either. It is just a bitch of a scenario. I gave up trying the Soviet campaign (I probably don't have the proper mindset for it). Other scenarios, especially the ones demonstrating Soviet doctrine specifically, are much better at showing how to make Soviet doctrine work. The campaign designers even say in several threads it is a very difficult campaign.
Here is a thread by someone that got a victory in the campaign.
What I have found to be successful, but can't really be used in that campaign scenario from what I have seen, is massive arty prep, direct fire support from tank guns, and rolling forward as fast and hard as possible while the enemy is discomfited from the prep and support fires.

If you look in the manual I laid out the operational level for the Soviet campaign, so you can see how the whole thing would have played out.  As to DLC, we have some good stuff planned and we hope you guys will enjoy it.

But that should be enforced then.
Nothing wrong with a bit of gambling! But it is much more interesting when you don't know the other side, I think.
No, the Soviet system was momentum, yes, but also mass. In this kind of situation rushing down a hill with force equal to that the other side has and without artillery (hell, who came up with the idea to give the US mortars and the soviets nothing?! 😄) would have been the last thing the soviets would have felt comfortable with.

FWIW feedback on the scenario: while I get it's a tournament and so that calls for more 'balanced' games, I'm not really a fan of maps where you start in LOS/LOF of the enemy. 
I'll still enjoy the battle and there are some tactical options available in the of the valley center ;-), it feels a bit more like gambling than tactical warfare. Some more covered paths to the valley would have been nice imo.

I just want the pain to end.

I just want the pain to end.

Like many people, I've often considered ng Cavscout to be one of the Cesspools slowest, most short-sighted & dim-witted members... however he does have the very fine trait of being an easy win.
Three cheers to the Mutha Bootiful Threads best ever sport!

I am doing well Boo Radley, glad to see the old rituals are being preserved. Glad to see the old guard still can put some ranks on the field, somewhat diminished they may be.

Oh Good Gawd! ng cavscout's here, watch the property values plummet.
"What was that horrible scream I heard?"
"Oh, that's just all hope and joy dying because that long-neck swilling Canookistani Wannabe walked in the room!"
ng!! How ya doing buddy?

Shouldn't your infantile scratchings and expectorations be confined to an appropriate venue, say, how about a thread dedicated to challenges and witty banter (not that what you lot have been exchanging can be considered witty). We could have rude and curmudgeonly personalities such as @Joe Shaw and @Seanachai pop in now and then to dispense their sage wisdom (or whatever passes for it these days). We could have a rank and title structure. It would be grand. Maybe we could call it something clever, like The Peng Challenge Thread?

East and West Germans plus Airborne and Air Assault troops please.

The bug report did note that "all" M2 .50 machine guns in the game were affected. So the issue was accurately reported even if not every affected unit was listed by name.
Then you'll be happy to know that aside from getting a free copy of the game to test we are not paid anything for finding/reporting bugs.

Your question doesn't really make sense.  Not for nuttin was a gentle reminder from Elvis to IanL that since Ian is a beta tester he can play around with PBEM+++ and help squash bugs if he wants to know more about it.  The PBEM+++ is a Slitherine thing, but it would be added to the game for Steam Release.  The PBEM system is not Steam's but Slitherines.

No. It is called PBEM+++ (with three pluses) because it is a revised version of the Slitherine PBEM system. The reason is because Slitherine has to rework their existing system to accommodate the larger file sizes CM save files are. There is no reason to be such an ass either. 

In Finland we have lots of forests. The wood line is a bad idea but positions enough inside the woods (lets say at least 20m from the woodline) with clear keyhole fields of fire are the best. Woods also cover any move out of the positions.

This is how misunderstandings escalate into full blown fights. It starts with an innocent criticism or disagreement:
which then gets interpreted as hostile:
and then actual insults start getting thrown:
There's nothing wrong with disagreeing with each other. Healthy human discourse requires disagreement and argument. But you can't let it antagonize you or make you defensive. If you feel attacked by a certain statement stop and reread it a few times until you can find a non-hostile way of interpreting it. If there is no non-hostile way of interpreting a statement then just ignore it. It probably wasn't relevant to the topic of the argument anyway. Above all, never insult or attack the character of your opponent. Personal attacks and hostility are the fastest way to derail what could have potentially been a perfectly rational argument and cause it to devolve into a fight.

and a year early.

If you buy through BFC, you get the opportunity to redeem a steam key and have it on that platform as well 

Thank you

If you buy through BFC, you get the opportunity to redeem a steam key and have it on that platform as well 

I went back again after your first message and went balls to the wall to try and go straight through the ambush zone and push on the village and it went better than previous attempts.
I think something in the briefing that encourages maintaining momentum and forward progress might be useful.
Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah, but how are they at breakfast?

An option to pick a point total instead of a size sounds reasonable to me (admittedly, not a programmer)
That would allow players to pick battles by size, as now, and have as an alternative, the player could pick a point total, up to whatever, 50,000, 100,000, whatever they're willing to subject their processor to. And then the program gives each side their fraction of the points