Estimated ammo expenditure during fire misson would be helpful

[CMC]

Good day to all and hope everyone is enjoying this incredible game experience as much as I am! 

 

However, there is one issue with the game system that has been troubling me since the very earliest CM games.  I have the hardest time trying to estimate how much ammo expenditure a fire mission will use.  It would be very helpful to have an additional line in the fire mission panel that gave you the estimated amount of ammo usage based on your guns used, mission type and duration. This could be presented in a specific number or percentage. 

 

Thoughts?

Edited February 1, 2015 by CMC

[akd]

This is a very good suggestion.

[John Kettler]

CMC,

 

I did some specific number crunching on the best way to use artillery back in the CMBN Forum. I looked at ROF, both starting and sustained, fire density per unit time and several other parameters to establish how much ammo was expended, over how long, for each type of shoot specified. At the extremes, it went from Drizlzle to Smite. After doing the analysis, I concluded the way I'd been using artillery was inefficient. Have been up since 9 AM yesterday and don't recall what I concluded, though. Here's one such table, but it's not mine. Have done a lot of digging, but so far, nada.This has the CMRT Russian Data sheet, which clearly answers your questions for every available weapon. Several people identified issues, but DAF went hog wild with his research and analysis. 

 

Regards,

 

John Kettler

Edited February 1, 2015 by John Kettler

[CMC]

John,  thanks for the info.  That helps, but it sure would be nice to have a visual que in game.  Especially for the scenarios where ammo is extremely limited.