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    Those JagdTigers

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    Well that was short, the JagdTiger died because of a side superstructure hit.

    I think it's from a squad that was about 30m in front of it, grenade perhaps?

    I am surprised that a grenade on the side of a tank would take it out, it wasn't that easy in ASL.

    No matter, I had fun, will try another QB.

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    The "sneak" command: Does it work for you?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    I mostly just use sneak and hide for HQ units, I very rarely use Sneak.

    I Move, then I Hide. Then I wait.

    Or I Crawl, if I don't want to attract too much attention.

    But I'm going by the words, I don't necessarily go by what the AI actually does.

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    I wish there was a way to tell troops to do the two following things automatically:

    In low visibility: Sneak ahead carefully, but as soon as you see something drop to the ground and hide.

    For Recon: Sneak ahead carefully, but as soon as you see something sneak back, now I have a marker on the map.

    Those are the only two things I would like to see. Saying you can plan it using combinations of Move, Crawl and Hide doesn't really wash, because the point of these movements is to move one way, but as soon as there is contact do something specific.

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    High cost of CM for non-US residents

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CavScout:

    If American cars are "crap", as you indicated, then they will fail in the market. But how can one truly guage the quality if they are not allowed to be sold?

    Cav

    <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    If it weren't for easy availability at dealerships and for image-based advertising, that might be true. My wife and I discovered that in Canada it is easier to buy a new car than to rent one for a couple of days. You don't need as much ID to buy a car, and the car itself is used as collateral for the loan.

    Unfortunately most people don't care about publications like Consumer Report. People still buy Cadillacs and Corvettes, even though they consistently rate Poor to Very Poor in terms of quality.

    But then not everyone buys cars for quality.

    Business owner at least tend to lease their Cadillacs, for tax deduction purposes and because then they don't have to worry so much about quality, it becomes the dealership's problem.

    In another economic sphere, for example here in Canada they just restored healthcare funding to 1994 levels (barely), but no one is currently measuring health outcomes -- which procedures in the health system actually help patients vs. those that do not. So the money is going into infrastructure, general funding for medical and nursing services, etc. but no one has ever bothered to measure what helps patients and what doesn't. They are going by "experience" and by the political crisis of the day. Government asks lobby groups what the health priorities are, as well as opinion polls of course.

    It often comes back to that, doesn't it -- "products that do well in the market do well because they successfully fill a need" -- but people can be misled into believing they are being served by products, and that boosts sales.

    All sorts of tricks are used -- addict people, make people associate opposites (alcohol and fun when alcohol in fact is a depressant), who knows what else. Emotion instead of information, like on billboards.

    Political and economic models are just that, models. In life no country is truly "capitalist" or "socialist" or whatever other models exist out there, they are a mix of things.

    Currently I would argue that capitalism is on the decline because of all the mergers and takeovers that have taken place. At least the capitalism people usually picture, with many small to medium companies competing for limited customer dollars. We now have oligopolies and monopolies (monopolies are not illegal in the U.S.). Because these firms are so big, they can mold customers' perceptions to "create new markets". In other cases they can force customers to buy their products, as Microsoft started doing by forcing people to upgrade their software all the time.

    I am not going to continue this debate, it can probably go on as long as the Peng thread on this board. tongue.gif

    I just want to play CM, and maybe SFC. (Geez why did I take a day off from work?!)

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