Bitter

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ParaBellum: OK, this thread is about how you play CM. Are you using your tanks for fast, dashing flanking moves? Or do you use them as mobile AT guns from hull down positions. Is arty (heavy, and lots of it) the holy grail for you? You won't leave home without SMG squads and quad 20mm flak? Do you faint if someone is offering you a TCP/IP game with a turn limit of 2 minutes because you are a "wait, I've got to assess this situation VERY carefully?" type of guy? In a PBEM, do you need a week just to figure out what units to buy? Or do you think "hell, it worked in Starcraft, so let's try it again!"? Do you race towards the VLs and defend them or let your opponent take them and then pound hin with all you've got? Are you cautious, sneaking forward with half-squads or are you dashing through the woods with a whole company? Do you also get heart problems when you recieve a PBEM turn and your opponent writes something like "Hey! Interesting turn..." or something like that? Come on, tell me! [ 08-31-2001: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>"give me artillery or give me death!"

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ParaBellum: OK, this thread is about how you play CM. Are you using your tanks for fast, dashing flanking moves? Or do you use them as mobile AT guns from hull down positions. Is arty (heavy, and lots of it) the holy grail for you? You won't leave home without SMG squads and quad 20mm flak? Do you faint if someone is offering you a TCP/IP game with a turn limit of 2 minutes because you are a "wait, I've got to assess this situation VERY carefully?" type of guy? In a PBEM, do you need a week just to figure out what units to buy? Or do you think "hell, it worked in Starcraft, so let's try it again!"? Do you race towards the VLs and defend them or let your opponent take them and then pound hin with all you've got? Are you cautious, sneaking forward with half-squads or are you dashing through the woods with a whole company? Do you also get heart problems when you recieve a PBEM turn and your opponent writes something like "Hey! Interesting turn..." or something like that? Come on, tell me! [ 08-31-2001: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

With the announcement of the upcoming Combat Mission 2 forthcoming, I thought I stick my two cents in on a few topics. Why are flame thrower personnel so damn slow? I find them SO slow they completely miss all the action--their "move" speed is almost a crawl compared to a squad's "sneak" speed. This also makes them great targets. Conversely, the light machine gunners "move" speed is TOO fast comapared to a squad's "sneak" speed. Why are the Combat Engineers more "disturbed" that regular troops when any firing comes near them? My uncle was a Combat Engineer and they are as tough as nails and work under very dangerous conditions effectively. Why can't Combat Engineers clear barbed wire and road blocks, and why given enough extra time, cannot regular troops clear mines?