Brille

It's actually surprising that this thread is still so active. We know at this point that none of these features are coming with Engine 5. For one thing it's probably well into development (possibly getting hung up on some particularly difficult bit of code), so it would be too late to add anything new to it by now anyway. And for another thing, they've already announced it's going to be about performance, not features.
But, if we are still adding things to the features wishlist for some eventual engine upgrade (not Engine 5, but some future feature-focused engine upgrade) then I really need to voice my support for a shoot and scoot command. I didn't need it back when I was playing RT. But now that I'm exclusively playing WEGO the inability to shoot and scoot is a serious handicap. One way I could think to implement it would be as a reverse command that becomes active when the vehicle shoots. Or perhaps it could be a sort of pause order that deactivates when the vehicle shoots. I could just really use some way of shooting and scooting in turn based play.

Adds to the wishlist:
- adjustable/alternative firing times for pre planned artillery.
5/10/15min are not that flexible. In fact as the oponent I know exactly when I need my forces to hunker down and when not.
Plus some maps are very big or you want to move more cautiously. 15min maximum here is just to short sometimes.
So either you should be able to adjust the minutes yourself or have at least a wider variety. Maybe it could even be possible to synchronize with the ingame clock.
So for example that you can Type in the exact daytime as it is. "I want that artillery firing at 12:35 on that hill !")
 
- different/ more tac ai behavior especially concerning tanks.
I often witness that tanks duell things out even when they are heavily outclassed or in a bad situation.(Side to the enemy)
So user input is often required to make them retreat. 
So for example If a Sherman (short 75mm Canon) encounters a (King)Tiger up front at medium to long range, He should more often than not have the tendency to drive the hell out of there and /or smoke. Especially when Said Tank is already aiming and firing at him. 
As it is now usually the tac ai often evades other Tanks when damage is already done (partial Penetration, wounded crewmember).
A better Crew morale would add to this.
Often times crews seem to be unimpressed from non penetrating hits.
And Im Not saying that they should always abandon their vehicle. But it should at least have more of an impact in their ability to fight back.
I remember in CMBB you could knock on a T34 with multiple Panzer III at a time. You rarely would penetrate him but the constant plinging of shells often drove the Crew inside crazy,forcing them to retreat or even abandon their tank.
Another thing would be the other way around: In the old games crews would get more nervous when they repeatedly hit a tank without penetrating him. Untrained crews even could get shaken uppon that to a degree that they would steer their tank out of the way.
Also to this: Cover arcs should be Not as absolute as they are now. In the older games it was dependant on the experience and current morale of the unit if they hold on to it.
So it could be possible that Units would negate the arc entirely if they feel threatened.
So in general what I am trying to say is that units should be more acting in self preservation than they do now.
 
 
 

I don't trust 'em. I recall playing Blunting the Spear a couple year ago. It was the final battle of the campaign, a big one too, about a battalion. Battalion commanders surely drink a lot of coffee.
To get an idea of the scale of this battle I offer this wide shot about half-way through it.
 

 
That's a big battle. If we could focus in on the upper center it would reveal a situation which played out like a white flag ruse. Trees are turned off. The two soldiers who surrendered were visible to me, but not the one laying down with the LMG. Thinking the position was secure I advanced to cross the open ground beyond (you can see the smoke deployed in anticipation), but as my troops neared the captured soldiers the hidden Ivan opened fire and you see the damage he's done. The bastage.

Be wary of surrendering soldiers. Not all their mates might have signed on.

Well I would not call it a bug. Its just like the game functions, limited as it is.
When buddy aiding, the unit only picks up ammo it can actually use (plus high priority equipment). Anything else will be discarded from the game entirely.
And since in this case the buddy aiding infantry had No PAK40 in their pockets they just threw that away.
Pak Crew(5m away):"hey guys we still need that !"
Buddy aiders: "Sorry there Leutnant, Mülltrennung (waste Separation) comes before all else in the german military !"

 
 
 

The most practical use of this feature you can see with organic mortars. They usually come with their own Trucks (on map) and some extra ammo in them.
If you then setup your mortar and drive one of these trucks beside him, He will use the loaded ammo too.
This works with all ammo types as far as I know. You just need a unit "in need" next to it.
It can also be used with MANPADS for example.
So instead of loading your soldiers with all the spare rockets, just keep the vehicles that has them close to the operator with the launcherunit.
They will grab another once they are out of ammo.
 
A thing that I Just discovered recently for myself is that ammo sharing between infantry doesnt need both parties to be alive.
I had a PAK 40 and their ammo bearer team next to it. The latter got whiped Out by a stray direct hit of a 85mm shell.
Then I saw that the Pak still got access to the spare AP and HE rounds they were carrying. But once they got Buddy aided the rounds also vanished.
 
So even dead/incapacitaded soldiers can work as some sort of ammo dump.
 

Usually it is an indication for other enemy units still around in close proximity.
I had the same instance recently with my germans in CMRT. Two of my soldiers were raising there hands and the soviets were standing so close that they could have given them a high five.
But one of my fireteams that was like 30m away kept them from totally giving into the soviets. Just as that fire team crawled further away and was out of sight, those 2 fellows finally started their long march to siberia.
So you need to clear the surroundings first to really get them. And always keeping an eye on those prisoners in spe...these bastards tend to pick up their weapons again if you keep them unchecked.

Usually it is an indication for other enemy units still around in close proximity.
I had the same instance recently with my germans in CMRT. Two of my soldiers were raising there hands and the soviets were standing so close that they could have given them a high five.
But one of my fireteams that was like 30m away kept them from totally giving into the soviets. Just as that fire team crawled further away and was out of sight, those 2 fellows finally started their long march to siberia.
So you need to clear the surroundings first to really get them. And always keeping an eye on those prisoners in spe...these bastards tend to pick up their weapons again if you keep them unchecked.

Well I would not call it a bug. Its just like the game functions, limited as it is.
When buddy aiding, the unit only picks up ammo it can actually use (plus high priority equipment). Anything else will be discarded from the game entirely.
And since in this case the buddy aiding infantry had No PAK40 in their pockets they just threw that away.
Pak Crew(5m away):"hey guys we still need that !"
Buddy aiders: "Sorry there Leutnant, Mülltrennung (waste Separation) comes before all else in the german military !"

 
 
 

The most practical use of this feature you can see with organic mortars. They usually come with their own Trucks (on map) and some extra ammo in them.
If you then setup your mortar and drive one of these trucks beside him, He will use the loaded ammo too.
This works with all ammo types as far as I know. You just need a unit "in need" next to it.
It can also be used with MANPADS for example.
So instead of loading your soldiers with all the spare rockets, just keep the vehicles that has them close to the operator with the launcherunit.
They will grab another once they are out of ammo.
 
A thing that I Just discovered recently for myself is that ammo sharing between infantry doesnt need both parties to be alive.
I had a PAK 40 and their ammo bearer team next to it. The latter got whiped Out by a stray direct hit of a 85mm shell.
Then I saw that the Pak still got access to the spare AP and HE rounds they were carrying. But once they got Buddy aided the rounds also vanished.
 
So even dead/incapacitaded soldiers can work as some sort of ammo dump.
 

Not a silly thing at all. At this moment I doubt that my oponent knew I had a Panther in there. His second T34 simply tried to avoid the foes to it´s front, which were some Panzer IV and one ATG with narrow LOF. I guess that shot that was deflected at the beginning came from said PAK40 (some 800m away). So while repositioning he just happens to run into the Panther there. ^^
 
I played this scenario too via PBEM but as far as I recall those were JS1 tanks, not T34. Roughly the same gun but better front armor.
But I agree, those were a pain in the ***. My oponent placed one of them behind some trees and most of my shots were absorbed by them. The shots that came through bounced of...
If I remember correctly I lost 2 Panzer IV and 1 or 2 Panther to him. Only a flanking maneuvre of 2 Panthers silenced him finally. (I guess I have a video of that somewhere too)
The reinforcements of some heavy soviet SPG came very surprising too. Most of the shots were deflected but I guess the volume of fire they took did enough damage to came out on top.
This was the scenario where the accompanying Stuka had the bright idea to drop his 1000lb bomb on a lone truck. So much for the air support.
 

Nice movie…
Even though I don't understand the second T-34 movement at 0:20. After backing off to relative safety he moves forward again offering his flank to a known enemy, with no apparent overwatch?!
It could have been me doing such a silly thing, but this time I swear it was not…😄

Oooooh yes.
I'm presently playing "Angriff" H2H (very nice scenario by the way). WIth my fleet of Panthers and Panzer IVs I was full of confidence. Since this happy time, a pair of those damn T-34/85 wrought havoc among my poor panzers. Part of my Panzer IV were ambushed and lost three of them to a hidden T-34/85, who then won a 1:1 frontal duel versus one of my Panthers, and a few days ago the SAME T-34/85 won a 1:3 duel against most of my remaining Panzer IV, knocking two out within a minute a forcing the last one to retreat into a SU-152 line of sight… I think I hit this tank at least three times but all the 75 bounced off helplessly…
Annoying to say the least… 🤬

@Vacillator @Phantom Captain
Thank you both for the kind words.
It was a battle some while ago. But it was in this one that I learnt to really respect the T34/85.
Though I won this battle in the end I had some difficulties there. The 75mm canon of the Panzer IV often deflected of the armor or had shown no effect on the T´s. And even shots of the Panther bounced of more regularily than I have anticipated. Truth be told those were mostly hits with odd angles on the turretsides but it gave me the creeps none the less. 
 

@Vacillator @Phantom Captain
Thank you both for the kind words.
It was a battle some while ago. But it was in this one that I learnt to really respect the T34/85.
Though I won this battle in the end I had some difficulties there. The 75mm canon of the Panzer IV often deflected of the armor or had shown no effect on the T´s. And even shots of the Panther bounced of more regularily than I have anticipated. Truth be told those were mostly hits with odd angles on the turretsides but it gave me the creeps none the less. 
 

Yeah great work @Brille.  Dare I say your video highlights what a great game this is?  Of course viewers may not get that unless they play it themselves.

A glimpse of @Mr.X's upcoming Tiger Trail campaign.
Here, close to the Nieman River, the glow of burning enemy vehicles illuminate my men as they pass in the falling darkness.

Awesome!  It looked like that Panther was in a perfect hull down ambush spot!  Very cool video.
In one of my battles with @FlammenwerferX he had a JS-2 in a hull down spot just like that but further back on a ridge and I stupidly moved a Tiger and a Panther directly across his line of fire with my sides utterly exposed, one after the other, and both ended up burning wrecks at the end of the turn. 

Well that I call very unlucky. But it shows that even the 76mm T34 can do something in the right place.
 
I remember a game back in CMBB where one of my early T34 got a lucky shot into the side of a Tiger while in full reverse.
My oponent was a bit upset after that to say the least.
 
 

That is the scenario Im currently in. I thought the Cat is refering to the Panther in the title. But the more Panthers I loose (or almost loose) I have the feeling that the roles are reversed now.
 
Usually those JS2 take at least 1 to 2 ranging shots to be actually on target.
In 2 Cases now the Panther commanders only could See the muzzle flash and a short sight of the behemoth before they got taken apart.
@PEB14
Then you must have been very unlucky in this instance. Most of my Stug loses and kills were one shot penetrations. If the vehicles itself wasnt destroyed the Crew was most likely vaporized because of the cramped interior. Its the same with all the turretless tanks actually.