[" St.Mere Eglise " scenario ! I need help......]

Isn't this scenario one of the scenarios that comes with the game? I can't remember the name, but there definitely is a scenario where the allied paratroops are spread all over a town at night and have to regroup and take over as much as they can.

[Poll: What add features you wait for in CM2?]

Fields of fire.

This would help out the Tac AI, sort of a semi-override feature. You basically would set up a general target area for that particualr turn that the Tac AI will prioritize units only within that arc of fire (you could adjust the angle of fire, from very narrow to very wide).

This would primarily used for armor. Armor is so destructive against infantry that sometimes I want it to concentrate on mopping up a few fleeing infantry units or stranded mortar teams, without it automatically switching to a bazooka 200 yards away that I would deem fairly inconsequential for that turn. Granted some players would prefer to target the bazooka, but it would give players that like to gamble a little bit a chance to temporarily tweak the tac AI for their specific purposes.

[Observations on hull down]

Alright, I took this post pretty seriously and really paid attention in my moves tonight for my PBEM.

I'm on a Mac running V1.05.

The manual DOES state that if YOU are hull down, it will display "hull down" underneath your tank. If your TARGET is hull down, it will display hull down under the TARGET.

Well, just now I had a flanking shot, from higher elevation, on an IMMOBILE Panzer from about 300 yards with a Jackson Tank Destroyer. Yes, he has 90 degrees to me, just sitting duck. As I said, I had elevation, had "hull down" beneath my tank, but so did he.

Now this can't be right. My line of fire was perpendicular to his, there is no way he could have been considered hull down in any circumstances. This did not prevent me from knocking him the f*** out with a single shot (it said kill:excellent) so I'm not complaining. However, it was a "side upper hull penetration." I don't know if that's where my gunner was aiming, or if he just missed the lower hull, but that's the way it worked out.

Bottom line: it seems the hull down calculations may need some tweaking, I don't think there's ever a time the attacking tank can have hull down on a non-hull down armored unit.

[Death to the Meeting Engagement!]

I would tend to agree, the meeting engagement is a little gamey, the way it stands.

I often feel like I'm re-enacting a scene from "Braveheart" with both sides sprinting at each other, screaming, and guns blazing.

Not too much tactics there. Not to mention the germans will always have the slight edge because they can afford to take more chances with their durable armor out in the open, or leading an attack.