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Lovely Pics Bud, thanks! Hey, I think the long drought is over! Monday for the Rains, I predict

Thanks Bil for doing this AAR - always a pleasure for us armchair generals. I love the 'Movie' mode shots by the way. So much nicer on the eyes esp. in 'The Green Hell'!

To celebrate St.Patricks day , how about some Samuel Beckett

Hey, check my pic .. yes of course I am high Wouldn't play CM without it!

Please tell me you've tried WeGo. It is what makes CM stand out from the RTS crowd, I believe.

I think your perception of the 'defect' is different from most of of us players. I have been playing v4.0 since day 1. , every fffing day and my experience is that the AI High Explosive awareness has often saved my troops bacon (despite sometimes my best efforts to thwart them) which more than compensates imho for the odd 'running-away-too-quickly' behaviour. So please tone down the hyperbole( and vitriol) and try and understand that your opinion of 'defect' is by no means a deal breaker for most of us ( and BF are not sitting on their fat asses' smokin' cigars - Read Steve's candid post's on BFC's year of 2017).

Balconies have excellent fields of fire. Ambush for thirty seconds then set a crawl and target arc opposite. Return fire is usually absorbed by the balcony and facing external wall while your troops hug the opposite wall. Then sneak back and repeat...

Yes fantastic pictures @Falaise, thanks! Always fascinating (and sobering) to see the real history behind our Pixeltruppen.

Don't worry John. Rep points are for for pubescent girls As someone once said "Don't let the Buggers get you down!"

I have nearly finished 'Honor' and have just started 'Fort Apache' both playing h2h Pbem against @IanL. There is 30 minutes on the clock left in 'Honor' and playing as the Americans I have yet to get across the river. My opponent has cunningly destroyed 2 out of the 3 centre bridges with substained artillery barrages'. I feel both sides have a good chance, the Americans with their Javelins and the Russians with their T-90's. Enjoying all of the BP so far. Many Thanks @Imperial Grunt! And Happy Julian New Year and Happy Orthodox New Year everyone!

To experience a proper CM wargasm, I would recommend h2h WeGo PBEM Iron mode!

Just tried a test to see if I could replicate Scouts not using Infantry Javelins from the original scenario. It worked fine for myself. Scenario - Rollin' on the River. WeGo Iron mode. This scout has picked up a Javelin from an Mechanized Infantry Stryker. The scout fires at a BTR, distance ~360m.

Which game first implemented the concept which has been so central to the Combat Mission series and it's success? Off the top of my head, the board game 'Diplomacy' is a contender.

Basic concept - WeGo turn intervals are inversely proportional to Comand & Control of each opposing side. For example; a side with excellent C2 running throughout the ranks would get WeGo intervals of the thirty seconds. On the other hand, a side with terrible C2 would have WeGo intervals of three minutes. In practice, the side with the C2 advantage would get more detailed control of their forces while the side with the inferior C2 would have to command with more broad strokes (Think Italians vs Americans). The length of the WeGo interval would be a combination of the a static historic C2 rating and the dynamic current situational C2 rating so it could vary considerably for both side within any one battle. This idea would work both in single player and PBEM's but obviously not real time mode.

Geo-political update: I think the Chinese PLA is going to 'pivot' South now after their spies' learned that the Kiwi Army have got both Charles's brain and Steve's good looks behind them

Will try!. Thanks @Euri.

Some shots from a current PBEM battle 'Veni Vidi Vici'. The Mighty Grille let's loose! Dust envelopes the crew. A PzIV and StuG III race up the slopes spitting fire! With covering smoke billowing behind the PzGrenadiers assault the Canadian trench, range less than 15m. A grenade explodes between the brave Canadians! A Canadian armoured car lays down suppressive fire. Two Churchills on either side of the river close in on the railway bridge.

Interesting discussions on the Italian Rifle. So @BlutUndEhre are you arguing from your first hand experience and scientific data that BFC has got has it wrong about the 200m more effective range of the Carcano compared to the M1 Garand? If you can prove your assertion is correct to BFC, they would probably patch the correction in.

Campaign - The Push From Dniprodzerhyn'sk Mission 2 Hammer And Anvil. Russian Player. I am having problems with this Mission from the massed ranks of Ukrainian tanks. Please could you advise me on a successful strategy.

Sorry, it is a PBEM! I would expect it would take considerably longer if they were both buttoned up.

Here is a practical example from a current PBEM of horizontal C2 contact sharing between formation that share no common Chain of Command. The Theatre is CM:BS. The Situation is as follows; A MTLB Motor Rifle Battalion is in a Meeting Engagement with a similar sized force of US Mechanized Stryker Reconnaissance troops. After an hour of a two hour battle, reinforcements arrive in the form of a Russian Company of T-90's. They share no C2 links with the Motor Rifle Battalion. I send the unbuttoned T-90 Company HQ to around 25m from the unbuttoned Motor Rifle Battalion HQ. Picture 1. Within 30 seconds using voice communication the Rifle HQ shares all it's friendly and enemy contacts with the Tank HQ. Picture 2.

I think the below V4 addition is the main reason for the changes in troop behaviour. Soldiers now, I think differentiate HE fire from non-HE fire, all things being equal. V4.0 Manual quote; The TacAI that runs soldiers and vehicles will more proactively, and reactively, attempt to avoid incoming HE fire. Two classic examples are that the AI will attempt to avoid being wiped out by incoming artillery barrages and direct tank fire

You have just described above very succinctly CMx2! The nice side of me would advise you to keep playing and you will learn to appreciate the vast improvements CMx2 has over CMx1 The nasty side of me thinks that after such a complete bull**** second ever post of yours, yes walk away (fast) and please never never return!

Wow @Heinrich505, those are fantastic pictures! Are they jazzed up or au naturel? Your framing and vistas look very professional. Thank you Sir.

Cinderella soon to get one over on her ugly step sister's. Bravo!