Austrian Strategist

I would like (a) screenshot(s) from the purchase units page in a typical QB. Thanks!

No, the Germans are called 'Axis', and the Russians are called 'Axis of Evil'. Or the other way round, I am not sure.

I can´t relate to this quote. 1) I have never found Allied Armour very effective. They die like flies. With Allies, esp Americans, I rely on Infantry (lots), Artillery (lots) and cheap Vehicles (lots). Against Allies, I am always happy when they buy Armour. They die like flies. 2) Have you tried to swarm the Tiger with Infantry? To immobilize it, or even drive the crew out, with heavy Arty? Or simply buy a Plane? Maybe I am dreadfully wrong here, but I find the Super-Heavies unimpressive. On the Attack, they are slow, and too risky anyway. AT Mines. Fionn Rules are like Psychoanalysis: They are the illness they are supposed to cure.

Pts Value should take care of that. The more powerful, the more expensive. Mistakes in this department would be the only justifiable reason for Balancing Rules I can think of.

Can we look forward to being rid of any kind of 'Balancing Rules' in CMBB? :cool: Or will it all start anew? ('Minefields are unbalanced because blah blah yada yada yada, Russian Warm Coats are unbalanced, because Italians don´t have them yada blah blah...)

Best CMBB AAR I have seen so far; you´d make a great FO.

The side that has the cooler toys. Early War: Soviet. Middle War: Germans. Late War: Both.

Pawter, please answer my email! Thanks.

Being political hardliners, they were more fanatical. And there were stricter health requirements for the SS, while virtually no one escaped the army, so, yes, on average SS was more fit.

That´s what I mean. Russian Prisoners in Germany and German Prisoners in Russia had a short life expectancy, and the soldiers at the front more or less knew this, which discouraged surrender (pockets being the obvious exception). Also 'Morale' was usually high on both the German and Soviet side, however, my personal explanation of this tends not so much to heroism or political ideology, rather the liberal use of the firing squad in both armies. I am slightly uneasy about this kind of 'morale' being equaled to efficiency in CMBO (only one value for both). We will see how CMBB approaches this. (One of the few important things that CMBO does not simulate is that German soldiers, on average, were more afraid of their officers. Which is not quite the same as being 'Veteran'.) [ July 11, 2002, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Austrian Strategist ]

Scipio: You are right for CMBO, but not CMBB. At the Russian Front surrender was comparatively rare, because both sides used to kill their prisoners (at least by neglect), and that was well known. In the West this should be different, but it´s too late for a major CMBO patch, I suppose.

You sure Waffen SS Divisions existed before 1943 at the Eastern Front? Anyway, I´d say nothing special above and beyond what the system provides for is needed. Equipment will be correct (somewhat better than Heer) I suppose, and probably Fitness will be a notch above average, because that was the main selection criterium for the SS after all; morale should depend on the scenario, as usual.

Btw, I don´t consider CDV the Bad Guys, either. Probably they are simply very afraid of the Political Correctness Mafia tm; and it may well be they are right to be afraid.

I am not fighting any fight here, good or otherwise. I just wanted to explain (to Steve and others), why this is an issue at all, and that people are not just trying to annoy BTF. As I said, I understand BTFs decision, I only want to make clear that not everybody who declared they are unhappy is whacko.

You should rather ask: Who is not buying CMBB? Otoh, this thread would then vanish fast, because no one would post...

As long as they do not relate to Combat Mission. But this one does; which I was trying to explain. My point is that people are not 'whining about something unimportant'. That is, unless you consider Free Speech unimportant.

Please hold it; before you all start bashing Scipio, he (and others) have a point (even two; I will presently explain them). But first: Steve, I fully understand your decision, and yes, it´s a minor issue, sort of. Like most others here, I am a big fan of your company, will buy CMBB even if Waffen SS are called Space Hamsters, and I even have a quote of yours truly in my sig. This all said, I´d like to explain WHY, for some over here, this is, indeed, a (political/emotional) issue. I National Souvereignty Brits, French, Italians and, yes, Austrians oppose having, effectively, forced German laws on them. We didn´t vote on those laws, and we don´t like it, as a matter of principle. Americans, please ask ourselves: Would you not mind, as a matter of principle, having Canadian or Mexican law imposed on yourselves, without a chance to vote on it. Please understand that this does make some people very angry, even on a minor issue such as a game. II Free Speech Yes, it´s a Free Speech issue as well. German authorities do not care a bit about preventing Neo Nazi activities. Such activities have gone on in the eastern part of Germany for quite some time, virtually unchecked. German authorities do care about their image, very excessively so, at the expense of, among other things, Free Speech. To give but 2 examples: I know of a case where some people were punished for printing an anti-fascist publication that had a Swastika on it. This is as absurd as it gets, but, in Germany, a very normal thing. Second example: The institution that is blackballing games at will in Germany is, afaIk, a private association. The state could not put arbitrary limits like this silly Waffen SS issue on anything, because that would be against the German Constitution. So what we are talking here about is a private holier-than-thou ignorant Mafia limiting Free Speech in Germany. I think this should explain why Europeans -Germans and non-Germans- have a serious issue with all of this. BTF -and even CDV- have nothing much to do with it; it´s a problem with German political culture really. Thanks for your consideration.

A 'no frames' variant would be one possibility. Or simply add the contents on the mainpage like you add links. My system doesn´t show frames, so I can get to your homepage, but I can´t get to any content pages. Simply do link to them (like you would link to another site). Thanks!

Your frames don´t work in my browser. Please add contents as links at the bottom of mainpage.

Pursuit/Delay QB type: Attacker has LARGE advantage (~3:1), but needs advance fast and far. Defender only needs to slow him down. A T T A C K E R S T A R T S H E R E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLAG1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLAG2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLAG3 . See what I mean? This should be added to standard QB types in CMBB, I think. [ July 07, 2002, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: Austrian Strategist ]

Skelley: No SS. Army only. Gleep: No Gebirgsjaeger. Army only.* Redwolf: Grrr! :mad: (I actually did play this QB, before I started the thread, and it was fun, and seemed balanced enough.) *Edit: Gebirgsjaeger, being mostly Austrians, are far too strong against any opposition, which is correctly modelled in CM. [ July 02, 2002, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: Austrian Strategist ]

Maybe I am extreme here, but I think they should be 'area effect weapons', bad at hitting any target in particular, but good at spraying suppression over a wide arc. My .02.

'Reinforcements...we are in URGENT-NEED-OF-REINFORCEMENTS!!...Headquarters...can you hear me???...'

'To Hit' probabilities seem to be on the high side in CMBO, I half way agree with Scipio here.

The correct chance of winning for the Allies was about 66%, give or take a few. The Allies have a better chance of winning, because this is historical. Their superiority in economy/population numbers was enormous. [ June 29, 2002, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: Austrian Strategist ]