El Savior

I believe some maps might help a little: Campaign in Sicily, 10th July Campaign in Sicily, 11th July These are West Point scans from http://www.dean.usma.edu/ Edit: Darn, no Sardinia in maps... But it might help anyway. :eek: El Savior [ October 14, 2003, 11:22 AM: Message edited by: El Savior ]

I was talking about waiting tank to open hatch and exploit this feature. In CMBB you know the tank will open that hatch soon. In real life, this is not going to happend every time. I think snipers are now little too effective. In multiplayer I could loose 50-70% my commanders because of this feature. I'm totally prepared to loose *some* commanders to enemy sniper fire, but not so many (and only coz' game will auto-open buttoned up tanks). And more about gamey part. Because of this feature, sniper is too common in battles - really bargain for 20-30 points. I'm not 100% if there was so many snipers historically. Annoying yes. Hopefully in future patch we can get more freedom in this matter. I like the idea of opening hatch automatically in the end of turn. [ February 25, 2003, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: El Savior ]

I agree. But still, I would like to keep my commander alive. When you loose your commander it will cosiderably affect your tank performance. Good 'gamey tactic' is to sneak sniper near a buttoned tank and wait. After couple of quiet turn, commander will pop-up and... *explode*. :eek: Next bring your tank killers and shocked target is history. This works great in multiplayer against human player. This is lame, if you have earlier buttoned up you tank coz' you saw something... One questions thought. How much actually loosing commander will affect? Spotting decreased, what else? Anyone?

Just couple of days ago I played pure armor (5000 points in big city!) against human German. I buyed one platoon of SU-122 and IS-2 and four platoon of T-34/85. SU's get their ass kicked in few turns by King Tiger. T-34 is useless against King Tiger if you're planning duel, IS-2 optics are too bad ja King Tiger will also eat it alive. Still T-34 is you're best change! Hit the throttle, and surround your enemy. 3-4 T-34 per King Tiger and über German tank is history. In my game, I knocked out 3 King Tiger (all hits to rear armor), 4 panthers and one Sturmtiger. My losses were one IS-2, ALL SU's and four T-34/85. I won 90%. One more thing, try to sneak VERY close, German optics are superior... :eek: [ February 24, 2003, 05:32 AM: Message edited by: El Savior ]

Next time I will be better prepared for your über-snipers. Maybe 350 mm shell will do the job... Hoping for rematch soon. CU. El Savior [ February 18, 2003, 12:00 PM: Message edited by: El Savior ]

Those stupid commanders... :mad:

Is there any way to keep tank buttoned all the time. It is very annoying to button up tank and my crack crew will open hatch in middle of next turn. If I know there's enemy sniper nearby I want keep my commander alive. Or is the only way to weld that hatch... :confused: