AlanSA

That was a great AAR. Very informative. Looking forward to your next effort

A particularly brutal scenario even by CMFI standards. Degenerated into a surrender-a-thon as both sides try to throw in the towel first.
 

On the contrary. Makes it even more enticing.

CMSF2 & CMBS : Airbursting ammunition being used against soft skinned vehicles and exploding harmlessly above them.
 
My old bugbear the retreat mechanic issues.
 

I have to be careful because of the NDA. But essentially it's that units in real combat during WW2 did not provide a continuous play-by-play on the position and status of every single enemy unit they can see to every friendly unit they are in contact with. If they can actually see an enemy the enemy can at least potentially see them back, so getting on the radio to tell Lt. Scrub "you know that Panther that was parked next to the barn? It drove 120 meters to the southwest, stopped and killed 3 of my men. Thought you'd like to know" would usually not be a priority.
If course that doesn't mean that sort of information was never shared in the heat of battle. A dismounted squad of Soviet tank riders that was just in LOS of a German tank is certainly going to tell the T-34 crew all about it when they mount back up. But the game doesn't do that. Personally I think the current model is too conservative to be of much use but that's just me.

When you spot the typo after the edit window has passed....
 
"the rationale" obviously

Excellent thanks. Always interesting to see how other players tackled a scenario once you yourself have completed it. 
 
In this case rather depressing given how few casualties you suffered in comparison to my effort. Although in my defence it was only my 3rd CMFI scenario.

Excellent thanks. Always interesting to see how other players tackled a scenario once you yourself have completed it. 
 
In this case rather depressing given how few casualties you suffered in comparison to my effort. Although in my defence it was only my 3rd CMFI scenario.

Excellent thanks. Always interesting to see how other players tackled a scenario once you yourself have completed it. 
 
In this case rather depressing given how few casualties you suffered in comparison to my effort. Although in my defence it was only my 3rd CMFI scenario.

This must be a very difficult and scary time for this man, his family and friends.  I hope for all of them he is able to make a full and speedy recovery. 
It has become common to attack people, both verbally and physically, who hold a different opinion.  As a result some think nothing of insulting a man suffering from a life threatening virus during a world wide pandemic.   This is probably also an example of why politics are discouraged on this forum.  People just can't be trusted to be kind (or at least not un-kind) to each other.  Even during a pandemic that could take any of us, our family, or friends.   

It is indeed present in all the titles but it affects all troops not just those that are panicked. Here's an example of Nervous troops running off after a grenade thrown by their own side explodes.
I notice it fairly regularly with devastating results as an entire team usually gets wiped out as they run into the teeth of the enemy. Again not panicked or green troops. 
I'm hopeful though it will be addressed with Fire and Rubble with it's focus on urban warfare which is where I find this bug appears most often.
 
 

One element that has genuinely changed for the worse is the loss of ChrisND, and his twitch streams. Those were superb content, both in terms of engaging with the player base and highlighting upcoming releases. I can't make a claim that that kind of presentation is cost effective, but it's certainly missed.

Churchill found Smuts to be a rather nice Afrikaaner.
 
and us English 'soutpiel' South Africans speak perfectly good English thank you very much. Unlike most Brits.....

Churchill found Smuts to be a rather nice Afrikaaner.
 
and us English 'soutpiel' South Africans speak perfectly good English thank you very much. Unlike most Brits.....

Churchill found Smuts to be a rather nice Afrikaaner.
 
and us English 'soutpiel' South Africans speak perfectly good English thank you very much. Unlike most Brits.....

I have no doubt some players think that. However I don't. I've made an attempt at constructive criticism of an issue I have with the game and I'd appreciate constructive replies. Hopefully that's not too much to ask.
The Youtube link is working now.
 

I'm suffering on Passage to Wilcox. I've had to adjust tactics to simply flatten every building from afar. Bastards still survive collapsing buildings but are quickly wiped out once in the open.

For those of us stuck in the 3rd world Steam is a godsend. Their regional pricing structure  means some games are up to 35% cheaper than US prices.

We had a company here flying old cold war jets but unfortunately after one of their English Electric Lightning's crashed at an airshow the company shut down and sold off the remaining  jets. A real shame.
As for Ju52 I've been fortunate to be in one. Alas only while it's landing gear was firmly planted on the ground as passengers weren't allowed aboard doing it's airshow demonstration flight. Attempts to arrange a stowaway by virtue of being the pilot's kin proved fruitless.
 

Nice. I on the other hand am looking at making my first CM2 game purchase and this thread has all but confirmed CM:FI as my choice.
Not to derail the thread but a quick question regarding Quick Battle AI. I'm currently watching some of ChrisND's excellent YT uploads and have been impressed by the AI in CM:BS Quick Battles. Have the older titles like CM:FI and CM:BN benefited from improvements in Quick Battle AI over the years with updates?