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thewood

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  1. After TOW and then hearing the RTS talk about CMSF over the last few days I was looking for a reason to not like it.

    Instead, playing with CMSF the last few days has made a believer of me. Yeah a few time saving commands like Hull Down and a real Hunt command are needed, but I gotta tell ya when a game like this is playable on a laptop with a 16Mb video card, I am impressed.

    So my advice to anyone that can't play now...go on ebay, buy a 4 year old laptop for $200 and enjoy.

  2. True...I just ran some tests and they do panick and crawl around a little.

    One note: The default morale ratings in the scenarios for US troops make them supermen. They will run hundreds of meters and lose men but keep on going. They get tired, but keep going. Scenario designers need to note that making all US troops over anything but normal will be sure defeat for Syrians.

  3. I ditto the reverse slope issue. In Wadi Scouts, I target a Stryker with an RPG and it at the top of the rise. I keep getting it can't fire due to reverse slope. If I remember correctly, it eventually fired 5 or 6 turns later. I am not even sure what reverse slope is trying to tell me.

  4. If you want to push people to consider RT, I think some tools are needed. For example:

    Quick way to jump to units (like a list)

    Basic commands to alleviate micromanegement (Hull Down, Shoot & Scoot, etc)

    Event-based pauses ( High Value unit taking fire, arty strike, objective lost, etc)

    Better command management (like right clicking the unit for commands)

    This is what makes it a clickfest. I had the same complaint about ToW. It was a good RT concept but forced the player to be everywhere at once to make sure the really dumb units didn't do REALLY dumb things.

  5. A game that does a good job of assymetrical warfare and has an excellent command and control system is POA2 from HPS. You can buy based upon strict TOE or individual picks. But the individual picks require some adjustmens be made to the Command structure.

    btw, it is wego and has a good TacAI.

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