Artkin

Sure the SPGs are nice, and are a definite game changer. I believe they are one of the most modern versions in the world. But as Europe's most prosperous economy, they are letting Poland do all the heavy lifting. I've only stated my opinion on it once. The best game changer in Ukraine was NLAW and Javelin. Those without a doubt did the most to stop Russia's advance more than any other Western aid. Germany's contribution helps, but people are dying, what's going on isn't right, and it's time to end it already. NATO's foreign policy goals are pretty much fufilled. Russia can't scratch them after this. This is all before the nuclear problem though. If Ukraine wanted to use leo2 to spearhead their attack onto russian soil, that'd be different

Lol yeah, it's by far the best. Every master released was a work of art. You have every caliber of weapon that you could think of. But watch out, someone released crazy maps for SF2 that bumps it up significantly

So Germany will throw its NATO boys under the bus instead when the time comes for it? Everyone else is sending heavy equipment now. Are they waiting for Putin's grace? Leo is so widely used that it is a great alternative to M1 Abrams. The FCS is less advanced, it's an older tank than the T-90s being used.

Ok cool, just making sure there are no technical mishaps. My opponent has scored in tournaments for different games so I wasnt sure of I was holding anyone up

They could also reliably hit the repair crews at work too. It might be a good idea if UA is able to keep these locations under surveillance

What is displayed on the hud is correct. If they all have NVGs on their models but the hud down below says only 1, then trust the hud. You might have mods installed or it might be a bug if you dont.

True to life is so much better than balanced imo.

I never recieved any turns back

yep about 1 round every 10 seconds in direct fire mode for a mounted German 81mm mortar

@37mm and @Aquila-SmartWargames have done some pretty amazing stuff with importing content to the game. I'm sure one of these guys can help you out. Edit: oh right this is the thread

This typically means that one side has more developed AI plans for it. In this case the allies have the more developed ai plan, so you will want to assign that side to the computer

Of course. To load a scenario click "Scenario editor" Then click "Load" in the top left when the scenario editor opens. From there a window will pop up displaying 6-7 folders. Incoming/Outgoing Email, Saved Games, Scenarios, Master maps, Quick Battle Maps, Campaigns You are looking for the scenario folder. Click that and you will see a list of scenarios that you can open and edit. Just save the scenario with a different name when you are finished so you dont overwrite the original.(CMRT Night At The Opera2) You can even move scenarios/maps between title to title. That is when CM really starts getting interesting.

Thank you! Hopefully more shots coming from this pbem. I am very excited for this one

A lot of good stuff: "10) @oryxspioenkop 's list contains 60-70% of our equipment and 50-60% of the enemy's."

Men At Work

I will submit more vids of positive conscript encounters to prove my case!

The game feels so much better like this. Firefights are longer with more ammunition expended per kill. Close quarters battle inside houses is now possible, with troops taking time to search rooms before they find the enemy. My men rarely kill everyone in a house before they have to storm it. Not everything is perfect. Snipers miss often, AT guns shoot much much slower, javelins and other atgms take longer to fire (I find this pleasant considering how fast AT weapons can be whipped out), and the troops can stay ducked for a pretty long time. If the fanaticism is bumped up they will be more responsive. I find Extreme to be the sweet spot, since Fanatic limits the natural behavior of the AI. If you forget about troops on a balcony they can be mowed down turn after turn and will never move under fire. Here is an example of an improved experience. If my assault troops saw the enemy in the house earlier (look at 0:19), they would have killed them with rifles from afar. But since we were able to get in close enough they opted to toss a grenade through the window:

Do a lot of Europeans heat their homes with NG? Or drive NG vehicles? (I dont know) To me it doesn't seem as practical as controlling oil

Yes from the RU. They already control most of Ukraine's oil reserves and the grain is pretty much what they'll be fighting over if they keep pushing West. The RAND document mentioned NG as an alternative, but I'm unsure of how useful that would be compared to having oil.

Russia is not a hugely modernized country. They aren't going to be producing microprocessors anytime soon (Just an example). Their population and that area in general are probably pretty good at what they do already. So grain and oil fits the Russian economic portfolio perfect.

Yeah I couldn't see Putin turning back after he started the invasion, especially after the dash to Kiev.

Damn, oh well. Personally I disagree with the RAND author. Having control of all that oil is pretty significant. Perhaps less so as the years go by, but for now, oil will probably have to be imported from greater distances and in different ways, driving up the price. Of course the main war goal wasn't about the oil, but if they took Kiev and pushed South/North up the Western side of Dniepr, they probably could have somewhat safe operations (Excluding partisans). It is true that the Russians reserves are greater but I don't believe that's significant. From the RAND document: "Russia is in many ways more dependent on gas exports to Europe than the EU is on imports from Russia. According to the 2021 BP Statistical Review (PDF), in 2020, Europe—excluding Belarus—accounted for almost 78 percent of Russia's overall natural gas exports. " So to me perhaps Putin and Xi discussed economics when they met, and China decided they would buy Russian gas after the war started. Not sure what's up with India, I believe they are buying from Russia still. I agree. It seems like Europe is getting blackmailed from the start.

I can already see big issues, one off units, and also if some core units are never used in the campaign then it would be unfixable. I try to limit the Red Shirts personally. It makes no sense to have them outside of the core file. They make you careless

A RAND document from April 11th agrees with you. "Ukraine does indeed control Europe's second-largest known reserves of natural gas, almost 80 percent of which are located east of the Dnipro River." https://www.rand.org/blog/2022/04/russia-does-not-seem-to-be-after-ukraines-gas-reserves.html

I believe the numbers were 80% oil production or extraction or whatever from the Luhansk and Donbass regions. There were also other parts included in that I believe. And the second % was of grain production. The area around and NE of Odessa (pretty much around the Dniepr) produces a lot of grain.