ShatterBone

I decided I'd give it one more go before I rage quit in frustration... and then I managed it! I only won a minor victory, but a victory is a victory, right? I didn't take the objective, but I won out on casualties, with four dead and three injured, compared to double or triple that in German casualties. Lessons learned? Always keep my heavy weapons close up behind the infantry. Next mission looks like it's going to be a messy affair. The maps really channel you into kill zones, though. It's like half the battle is with the terrain, rather than the Germans, trying to find spots where I can bring enough of my weapons to bear on the enemy, while the bocage constantly forces you into narrow avenues. Pretty realistic, I guess. Thanks for the responses, anyway.

Sorry, I can't find any way to edit my thread's title. I've done some searching, had a few more goes, still without any success. I might have to put this one aside for a while, or just play quick battles until I can win consistently, although I feel like I win quick battles because they are dynamic and the AI can't account for all possibilities, rather than winning because I outwitted the scenario designer. I've played a lot of wargames, but this one is definitely the toughest I've ever tried.

Okay, I pretty much remember making a similar thread for CMSF a while back, and now that I've finally gotten the hang of that, I've plunged into CMBFN to become stuck again. I'm trying to do the US campaign (the one at the bottom of the list), but can't get past the second mission. I've practised on some quick battles, and (finally!) managed to get a few victories, but the campaign is a whole different ball game. My first few attempts on the second mission was to push down the road, which turned out to be an obvious no no, because my infantry got shot up left and right, while an AT gun was sighted all the way down the road and turned my tanks into burning metal. My next attempt was to blast my way through bocage with cover from infantry and tanks. They ran into minefields, but not enough casualties to halt my advance. This worked better, but I ran out of time before I could properly take the objective, although my casualties were not very heavy. My last attempt has been to blow through bocage again, but go further up the map before swinging right to attack the village, but I tried to advance faster to give me enough time to take the objective and ended up having an entire platoon wiped out by an MG42 as they ran into German infantry in the same bocage lane. One of my tanks got nuked by an AT gun and I gave up because of too many casualties. Anybody got some advice that might help?

Thanks for the tips. I've been advancing much more slowly now, putting lots of fire down on any positions that shoot at me. The battles go better, with my casualties staying much lower and in some cases, just single digits. Now I just need to search for that illusive win. :cool:

Hello. I own all the CMSF modules, but have never managed to get into it all very thoroughly. I bought the NATO pack and have finally been working on learning the game and putting some serious time into it. I've started with the Canadian campaign, but it's all going a bit wrong for my command skills. I've played through the first few mission four or five times each so far, but I'm getting hosed and haven't managed a single victory yet. I've tried various tactics so far, but I've had the most luck with killing anything in the open with vehicles, then advancing into urban areas with dismounts and vehicles behind for support. The severity of my losses in terms of score at end of missions makes me wonder if I'm missing anything really obvious? I've read all the manuals. Thanks