Major Dolt

Valley of Trouble.(v2?) I'm Currently playing it and I'm not sure of the outcome yet with only 4 turns left. I'm charging the opposing hill now but unfortuantly I had tracked a Panther..unfortunatly becuase he's tracked on that hill with a very good veiw of the battlefield and I'm out of arty. :eek: It is also my first scenario ever, so wish me luck!

Hey now! Just becuase my tag says 'Junior Member' doesn't mean that.... *checks* ahhhrrg...nevermind, you're right. Well, I'd better get back to my little show and tell before we all have to start wearing waders in here. -Bounding overwatch: Will crawling units fire on a target? Say I have multiple infantry units that need to advance on a position, would anyone actually use BO? I notice that running units will fire on a pre-designated position but do they suffer any penalties to 'hit chance', morale, ect... If not, I'd assume that just bum-rushing the position would be my best best, otherwise I would prefer to have 1/2 the squad suppressing while the other 1/2 advances and vice versa to keep the pressure on while keeping in as much cover as possible. Is this an effective tactic in CMBO? How would you move multiple infantry across dangerous terrain quickly?

Co-axel...co-axial...yada yada...whatever. Hey! I said I read the manual...I just never claimed to have a photographic memory or to be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Look at my handle for goodness sake! Thanks YD, makes sense to me. I had a feeling that was the situation, although using the HQ unit as a spotter slipped by me, along with the late falling rounds. Would I need to back up the original .bmps or are they also on the disk in a directory? Thanks for gracing my thread with a BFC presence Moon. *tips his hat* Watch this thread, gotta a couple more questions to throw out once I reach the fort.

This game SUCKS! There is NO WAY the Germans had that many Tigers in the whole #^@&ing war MUCH less than ONE #^@&ing battle!! I hope BFC is sued and they are all hung upside-down by thier big toes with fishing line for this POS! I can't believe I wasted my HARD EARNED $$$ on this crap!!! (I didn't wanna disturb the natural order of things )

*checks his line* Yep, got me a couple of suckers already! :eek: Just so you know...I've just purchased the retail version after hearing all the praise for the series over the past couple of years. I've been looking for a strategy game where tactics play a bigger role than the size of your force. RTSs are stuck in the same 'ol rut and hex based games are kind of lackluster to me...needless to say, I'm a very happy camper right now, this game's got moxy! After my first scenario went down like the S.S. Brown Trout to a FJ counter-attack I realized that I had better put my extra large thinking cap on. I did, and my 2nd battle is going much better. It took me around 10 boring turns to position my units, but to watch my minions perform a massive coordinated assault (exactly as I had envisioned of course ) made it all worth the time I had put in. I just wish I hadn't waited so long to grab this gem. Anyways...enough brown nosing. I have read the manual (*note the swollen noodle*) but a couple of things still seem to elude me... -Mortars and artillery: Can I lay down suppressing fire without having LOS? It seems that it occasionally happens, but I'm unsure of the conditions that apply. When switching targets, does the fire halt immediately or are there ever rounds 'in the air' from the previous turn? -Smoke: After the smoke round is fired, how long before does it take to ignite and provide adequate cover? -Hull Down: Are there any rules of thumb to use to get my armor in a hull down position and still have LOS with my main gun? I'm also assuming that the co-axel MGs are modeled for German AFVs...correct? -Retail Version Mods: Is it true that mods are included on the retail disc, and if so, do I have to install them seperately and what are they in the first place? Thanks in advance.

..says 'Hello' and asks dumb qustions? If not, point me in the right direction. If so, get ready for a forehead smacking onslaught. First one to reply is gonna get it.