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I am playing Objective Delta and losing... Echo platoon down... Not sure I am cut out for modern war.... I was doing so well and then...boom... APCs blowing up and Russians everywhere... Also, why would a APC just become immobilized? He was not on a road but still in a green area which is grass I guess. are they done or will they try and get unstuck? My Hummer did that too one time. I saved my game at various points but it feels like a cheat if I actually win, but I don't like to start all the way at the start either. Could be a while before I start "dominating" the smaller scenarios. Is there a listing that ranks the scenarios by difficulty? Also, I feel like the scenarios I have played are kinda puzzly... like there is just one right way to play it, is that true? Got it, bogged means I have a chance, immobilized-toast... grab the stuff and bail I think I am allowing my guys to get scattered and I leave them out in the open too much. So when someone pops up, there isn't enough guys shooting back to reduce the losses of the unit being shot at.

WEGO it is! I did buy Combat Mission back when it first came out, pretty amazing but for some reason stopped playing it. Pretty amazing package then and even more amazing now. Watching the guys launch a Javelin is pretty wild. I am going to mount up Echo platoon and get them through! (I have still have my doubts about thin skinned APCs however, wheeled APCs in civilized areas though make a lot of sense but that thin armor...)

I see my mistake now with Hull down. I was assigning it to a way point but instead to the unit, I will try assigning the command to the waypoint instead. Same with MG and GL units to deploy. I knew that from the training but I apparently I forgot. I will give it a try next game. Just sucks playing for 30 minutes of game time… getting close to the end…. and then “poof” game over…. Sometimes the enemy deployments in the scenario seem unlikely, like they are all scattered around the map just waiting to ambush me, could be sour grapes. Snipers and the like would be scattered around but APCs? I doubt it. The Ambush scenario deployments struck me as realistic (that F*ing sniper just needs to die!) while the Echo platoon scenario with the Strykers seems unlikely. What do I know I guess? New kinds of war and all that. I have interests from WW2 to Modern. I just read Stalin’s Favorite about the 2ndGuards Tank Army and will probably try that next. Tanks with SMGs units on the deck shooting out every window blowing through town at night… Panzerfausts were really bad news, like RPGs today. When I read it, I was shocked as to how many Sherman tanks they had, the book had excellent pictures of them. Fulda Gap would be a must buy also if they go that route. Their server would probably crash. Normandy ’44 looks great and something on the Eastern Front late ’42-’43 would an interest too. I love reading the field manuals and the like although I struggle to apply them in the game. APCs with tanks around are just dead meat in my cardboard and keyboard commando experience. October war theater would be interesting too. Yeah right, not actually 1 minute turns but more enforced paused action every minute. Now that I remembered that I can assign commands to waypoints, I am going to plot out a lot more commands ahead of time and maybe try real time or at least not have to click around and micro manage them every minute. Mainly I struggle being patient and letting the infantry get out ahead, prep fire the various hiding spots, and scout around or advance before letting the artillery/helos do their thing.

That makes sense, I have seen my guys blow up and have no clue where it came from. In WEGO I at least have a chance to figure it out. Fulda Gap? Need to look at that !

OK thanks, I have done that several times but not on a regular basis. Also... real time versus turn based... any mode harder than the others? I play poorly both ways so I don't have much of a read on it yet.

Ouch... lost 3 Strikers in 2 minutes 20 minutes into the scenario... I guess I still have a lot too learn. Objective Delta is pretty much a fail so far. I figure if I lose 2 or more APCs the scenario is pretty much over. Is that correct? Or am I expected to take some losses even in these smaller scenarios? Just got zapped again!! maybe I should stick with boardgames...

Wow, thanks for the great responses. I will follow up on your suggestions and keep at it. A grid system would help, I am going to try and look that up first. I have been playing on Elite level so I didn't learn too many bad habits but when my guys get zapped from out of nowhere, it gets tough.

I am really enjoying the game and I do want to try a PBEM at some point. Skill wise I need some work as I continually get shot up and ambushed in the few scenarios I have played. I am learning to love the realism but it has been some serious tough love. I won't tell you how many times I played the "Ambush" scenario, on the plus side, I know the back of a BTR like the back of my hand now. I have been playing the smaller scenarios to start. Is that wise? I have had a lot of frustration as any single mistake in any part of the scenario can wipe out your force or at least a good portion of it. Should I try the campaign instead? Is there a good hull down video I can review? I can do pretty much everything else but when I try hull down, they move in ways I do not expect. If I have 3 APCs in sight, can I call down a precision strike on all 3 at once or do I have to go one at a time? So far, I can only figure out how to do one at a time and then wait another ten minutes. Helicopters, any way to watch their view of the battlefield? Is there a standard difficulty setting people use for PBEM? Is there a map mod that has contour lines? I really struggle with elevation while playing.