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  1. I go in at 6 tonight. The restaurant busniess never sleeps.
  2. Lets not forget the reason for the heavy air war over Germany during WWII. For a long time, the United States and Great Britan had no front with the Germans. They could afford to build massive bomber fleets during WWII because untill mid 44 there wasn't any land troops to support (no other way to spend there massive "MPP" in direct conflict with Germany). All their efforts to create a second front for Stalin was through the air. If the US and GB had a land border with Germany from 42 on there probably would not have been the massive bomber fleet build up.
  3. I don't know about that. I was, untill about 1.5 years, ago a console gamer. I had debated for 6 months on if I should buy a computer and do my gaming from there. 1000+ price tag is a big investment. Anyways, I bought a copy of PC Gamer that was their award issue. CMBO won an award for something and had 1/2 page article. It seemed like the game I always wanted, so I had my friend download the demo for me. After playing the demo, it convinced me not only to buy the $45 dollar game but also a computer. I went to my local computer store and they had never heard of CMBO. I had to go back to the article and find the website to order the game. So without that article, you would be denied my talents as a military genius as well as many others I presume (as well as my $45 dollars).
  4. posted by Fionn I am suprised he didn't attach some fast response art. elements to his forward screen. Some 120s in an overwatch position of his FSE's would have damaged you more and allowed that plt. to stay in the fight longer. This not only would cause more casualities but also slow the center of your attack. These 120s also could harrass your forward elements all the way up to the MLR. It would be hard for these "tired" foward elements to rest before hitting the MLR if they had to stay a step in front of that targeting order.
  5. posted by Jason C Can't you just play the reverse and play with green and conscript. Those guys bugger out at the first sound of of gunfire. Most green or conscript squads will panic and withdrawn after a couple of casualites. The one thing I don't like is the fact that when your global moral drops past a certian point your whole force surrenders. I doubt the my 3 hmg teams and 3 81mm on board motor teams would surrender (position near the back of the map) because the 2 companies they were supporting got mangled. They would quietly sneak off.
  6. Fionn, So ,as I understand it, you are not using these inf. to engage the MLR. Is your breakthrough dependent upon your artillery and support afvs (in this case M8) to destroy the enemy units in the MLR? Thus allowing you to breakthrough these suppressed/destroyed units with these tired forward inf. units.
  7. Fionn, I was watching the movies and I notice all your forward units were tired. You even had some that were weary. Is their lack of combat effectiveness worth the ability to keep pace with your attack? In my experience tired and weary troops get cut apart as soon as they have any lasting contact with a rested enemy. Your tired and weary (all of them will be weary if you keep this pace up) troops should shatter like glass once encountering the enemy's MLR and before the reveal much info about that MLR. Also, if you give them a rest while your reserves catch up they are prone to be hit by artillery. I am interested to see what happens in the next 10-15 turns. [ June 03, 2002, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: Cooper ]
  8. IE, I believe AA-radar improves the damage done by fixed defensives (flak guns that are not seen) to bombers and Air fleets attempting to damage strategic resources. Not for sure though. But I don't believe there is a clear cut "attack number" you improve. I do agree that the technological advances by one side or the other will greatly influence the choice of action by the players. This adds great benefits to the replay value of this game. [ June 02, 2002, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Cooper ]
  9. posted by fionn I going to have to agree here, the commander's moral is key. Back when I first started playing CM, I can't count the number of games I could have won had I kept a aggresive attitude. example game starts, VL are taken by both sides, shot are exchanged, pitched battle begins, damn I am taking a beating (this is before I could estimate size of enemy force by points and realize the damage I am causing him), damn I really am getting my a@# kicked, better hold on to what I got and hope for the best, game over draw. Then you look at the map after the battle and you see that if your threw those 2 plt. of inf. in reserve into a counter attack (instead of reinforcing the mlr) you could have won the battle. When you think you are "losing" you make decision based on "Saving your remaining manpower/afvs/support units" instead of "destroying the enemy" I believe that is the key, and if you look at your own games (that you lost) you will find the moment that you decision making changed. I know I do. ps. BTS needs a spell check in their forums for the non spelling bee champs like me : ) [ May 31, 2002, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Cooper ]
  10. posted by Galatine Lets not forget that the UK and US will have a lot of MPPs to spend. From 40-1 on there is no western front and if the Axis player has already turned the Med. into an Axis lake, all those Mpps have to be spent on something. Before D-Day (which I think by 44 will be very hard to pull off) the US and UK should have alot of MPPs to spare. A MPP ratio of 3:2 or even 2:1 for the cost of stragtic bombing will hurt the axis player more than the allied one.
  11. Don't forget we are talking about the Eastern Front here. While it is the mother of all land wars it was also (probably) the most savage war in history. The accounts of war atrocities seem to never end and the bestiality of these attacks scare you. I really doubt a russian commander had any thoughts of reducing civilian casualities on enemy occupied town (German or Russian). The same thing goes for the Germans.
  12. Straha The only thing is, as stated above, to protect your surface vessels from air attack when your fleet is outside the protection of land based fighters. For the British, it is a bold gamble. Do you risk your one advantage (Royal Navy) to stop Germany from taking Norway? Are those resources in Norway that important to deny Germany? Or are those surface vessels that would be casualities in that attempt (successful or not) better served to help against the hordes of U-boats that will be attempting to cut-off England.
  13. Without a HQ (guessing from the importance of the HQ conveyed by Mr. Carter and Super Ted) it doesn't seem your units can do more than garrison. Any attacks made without them better have very limited goals or they will fail. You must not be able to purchase a British HQ untill later or such a strike would seriously unbalance play. That or a large number of german units to begin the game, enough for the attack on Poland and deter an Allied advance through western Germany. [ May 07, 2002, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Cooper ]
  14. I have been following this game with great interest and like what I am seeing but I do have a question. What will happen to play balance if the Allied player makes very aggresive moves during the beginning of the game? Most (99%) of Axis players will invade Poland first. This means a sizeable number of German troops will be in poland during the first couple of turns. If the Allied player lands the BEF along with a purchased HQ unit (Monty) + french forces you have a sizable strike force that could thrust deep into Germany. I really don't think most Allied players will allow the Germans to take Poland, Norway, Denmark (and gobble up all those resources) the way Super Ted has and not make Germany defend their western border. Plus, if germany is forced to defend its borders rather than take countries Italy will be less likely to join the fray. Do the british start with little to none ground forces, can they not purchase a HQ until later or is this early stike option open to the allied player. I guess we will have to wait and see untill the demo comes out.
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