Walrus26

Hi. Been lurking about whilst making the transition from CM:BB to CM:BN with limited gaming time. I have an observation which supports the OP and one that counters it. Bocage + Pioneers + Blast + Vehicle Pathfinding = NIGHTMARE. The second mission in the Panzer Lehr campaign had me pulling my metaphorical hair out as one of my pioneer squads (in C2 along with the others) would not execute the blast command I gave it, whilst the other squad I was using nearby to do a similar job carried it out. I had to micromanage the hell out of the vehicle movement plotting afterwards, and even then it didn't appear to work consistently even when routing vehicles to the same plot points as other ones! AAAAArrrrrgh definitely not fun. And this game is heavy on the bocage, right? On the other hand, it was truly a satsfying achievement for me to get my FO into position to call in the howitzers on a very worthy target, listen to the radio chatter and watch the fire mission inexorably get more and more accurate with each volley....leaving me to mop up what bits of US soldiery that weren't mangled in the destruction. This was followed up by blasting a couple of further bocage holes with Panthers positioned behind the pioneers with target arcs already assigned........after a couple of very bloody minutes the trapped remnants of the american force surrendered in a very realistic fashion and I was pleased (in a smug way, I have to admit) that planning and good tactics got me a total victory with only 14 deaths and another 14 wounded. (OK only on veteran level at the moment) Did I mention the nice feature whereby your casualties that might be able to be rescued by buddy aid light up with red X's when you select that squad? What's German for "no man left behind"? I did this on real time (but with huge amounts of pausing due to the vehicle micromanagement hell I encountered) - I will go back to WEGO probably, but the thought of having to wait for a minute whilst a halftrack or tank gets itself in a tangle in anything other than a safe area does worry me. Just my 2p worth, back to lurking.