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  1. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Juju:

    Hi Sergio! I just knew you'd drop by. You want that Hoegaarden now? Or perhaps Guinnes? Frosted mug?

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    What the hell, pour me one of each.

    And while you're at it slide over a bowl of pretzels and a PBEM set-up smile.gif

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    "I do like to see the arms and legs fly"

  2. Yep, me too... frown.gif

    Except in my game the AI bombarded the woods with 81mm motar rounds while the opposing platoons were blasting each other at point blank range.

    After 2 turns of that both side's survivors panicked and retreated out in different directions! smile.gif

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    "I do like to see the arms and legs fly"

  3. You make up for it somewhere else. You might get only one 75mm bunker at +25% but you will also get an extra shreck or MG team.

    Consider this, If you knew what his OOB will be at each increment then you will have very little FOW. The game gives you a random OOB to make it more interesting (although the ratio of new units needs to be fixed).

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    "I do like to see the arms and legs fly"

  4. I have played VoT numerous times against both the AI and PBEM and it's my belief that the Germans (at default settings) have the firepower needed to win this scenario. IMO, what the Germans need is not a 25% increase in forces, but a 25% increase in the amount of cover on their side. Consider this...

    Roughly half of the Germans firepower is tied to fixed implacements (Bunkers, Pillboxes, 150mm IG). Another 10-15% are MG teams, mortars, and shrecks. Although they are in theory mobile, they are only effective from a static position. This means that the German player, after set-up, will do very little manuevering during the battle. This forces the German player into a static defense, and gives the amis (with an abundance of arty and excellent LOS from their hill position) a clear advantage. If one could increase the cover by 25% (my guess) then:

    A) your fixed implacements benefit by making them harder to spot

    B) your manuever elements (inf. platoons) can re-deploy without a storm of fire coming down on their heads.

    Sure an increase in force strength would be welcomed, but it will only give you more static targets. What the Germans need is to negate the arty advantage, cover is the only thing (short of a counter-battery duel)that would do that.

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    "I do like to see the arms and legs fly"

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