c3k Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 22 9:00 to 8:00 We're in the Final Countdown... Not much. My Abrams and Brad do as they're told. Of note: As the turn ends, a jet engine rips by. I've searched the sky, and there is a tracer coming STRAIGHT at the front of Blue 1, on the bridge. I've ordered him to reverse, then fast, all whilst staying within the confines of the bridge. DMS may be trying to nuke Blue 1 from orbit. This may not work to his advantage. Also of note: I have a soft contact near DMS' setup zone of a BTR/BMP in motion, moving towards my Abrams. Excellent. I'm ordering them to go that way and meet the "threat" head on. The Brad stays, to seal DMS in. Ken out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Turn 23? 8:00 to 7:00 DMS is pulling out all the stops. Or, at least those which are left. And this was a SLOW turn! Well, I lost my scroungers. But at least I lost them in style! The Abrams go on a bug hunt. I don't think they'll find much, but it's fun zipping them from one place to another. They've got 1500hp turbines for a reason. I don't know why White 2 has had the Lase tag on it at start for the last ~10 turns. I'll check with DMS later about that. APS saved the day with Blue 1. Of course, I'm wondering when that bridge is gonna drop! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 "...I'm wondering when that bridge is gonna drop!" Scrounge for Red sappers. 'Persuade' them to take the overpass to the deep blue = Victory! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) This has been an EXTRAORDINARILY fun game. Win, lose, or draw (okay, I can't win), DMS has been a great pbem partner. I'll post an update tomorrow. FWIW, I do NOT peek at the next turn until after I've posted here. No revisionism allowed. It's sordid, in a soiled way. He's got jets and helo's? Or, is this all some Frogfooting going on? Ach. It matters not... He must get to the bridge or the game is a tie! Edited to add: I post mostly pix, because it's easier to mash the F10 button than trying to describe the action. I try to keep the bridge, or some other landmark, in the screenie, so you don't get lost. Fun stuff abounds... Edited February 27, 2015 by c3k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 It has been a fun game Ken. Thank you for your F10s and you priceless penmanship 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) This has been an EXTRAORDINARILY fun game. We enjoyed the AAR too. You should do more AARs, you are really good this. BTW is IanL still alive? Maybe you could send him to kill DMS . Edited February 27, 2015 by agusto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 IanL lives, for now. See http://community.battlefront.com/topic/118353-free-copy-aar-c3k-vs-dms-no-dms/?p=1589579 IanL's fate is not mine to command. His was written in the stars at his birth. Where will they lead him? We will find out, soon enough... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks for the kind words. In exchange, an update... Turn 23 7:00 to 6:00 Abrams are opened up and roam. Bradley fires. Aircraft and artillery are above it all. Immobilizing White 2 is not great, but he is in a very nice position...if DMS is in The Wilds. White 2 interdicts that road nicely, and has good LOS to the nearby area, including any exit out of a gully to its left. Of course, I fully expect some more precision artillery rounds to drop on it. It will not survive the next 6 minutes. I offered the crew the chance to leave the vehicle. To a man, they demanded that they be allowed to remain at their duty station to the bitter end. I acquiesced to their request. THAT'S the kind of men who fight for me. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well, the APS question for Blue 1 just got answered! More in a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis1973 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The moral of this story is simple, get the crack abrams with APS, even if it takes every point you have. They just drive around and kill things. Exactly. So all components for a very interesting game are in place. Just add some Patriot AAM to remove russian aviation and F-15 Strike Eagle to destroy artillery so nothing can even hurt that fantastic superb uberall Abrams 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yeah, a bit of US AAA/SAM defense would be good about now. (It'd be a nice touch to add an optional "Air Superiority" or "Fighter Sweep" purchase option. Its only effect would be to negate any enemy helo/cas. Maybe even make it an element vs. an element. E.g., if I purchase a two-ship element of "Fighter Sweep", it would negate one element of my enemy's air support (assuming a two-ship air support element). Of course, if my enemy bought a Fighter Sweep AND CAS, then his Fighter Sweep and my Fighter Sweep would neutralize one another. Simple, but effective? A similar purchase of counter-battery support could neutralize any off-map arty, one battery per.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis1973 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Yea, like in Steel Panters. Artillery without orders to bombard something conducted counterbattery fire. Don't remember what about aviation. Edited February 27, 2015 by Denis1973 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The only things capable of killing crack APS Abrams are T90s engaging in direct fire and the Khritzema firing its missiles in salvo mode. Precision artillery might also work, but it takes time to arrive that the Abrams can use to change positions. You were really lucky c3k that DMS purchased the units he did, thing would probably look different had he pruchased for example a company of T90As. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 ^^^ On the flip side, my Abrams really haven't engaged in much anti-tank work. The T90's are good, but DMS would've had to give up something else. His arty devastated my infantry (and sent me back to my buxom nurse's gentle ministrations). Would he have given up some arty for T90's? His Kornets have been a pain. Would those have gone? Luck plays a part. Moreso in this one. (I'm being a bit reckless...and the casualty roster shows it.) However, purchase decisions have consequences. You can't just say, "if I'd had 4 more T-90's..." without also adding, "...I'd have given up...". Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Turn 25 6:00 to 5:00 White 2 is doomed. But then, aren't we all? Okay, aren't all of MY guys? Blue 2 and 3 are down to 1 or 2 rounds of AMP each. Blue 1 took a beating from that autocannon strafe. He's backing up next to IanL, between the houses. IanL doesn't want to be anywhere near a tank being hunted from the sky, so he displaces to another building. The endgame approaches, nigh! I'll begin to move Blue 2 and 3 back towards the bridge...just in case DMS has some trick up his sleeve. Ken out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Turn 26 5:00 to 4:00 I find a squatter IanL moves out, trying to go before DMS' brings some sort of destruction down in the last minute. White 2 finds a friend and will say "hello". Blue 2 and 3 move forward, and will begin a big hook back to the bridge. I'll toss some fire at the location where I last saw an HQ survivor in the mid-game, on the way back. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yea, like in Steel Panters. Artillery without orders to bombard something conducted counterbattery fire. Don't remember what about aviation. IMHO, I wouldn't allow already purchased support artillery to be used for counter-battery. I understand how flexible modern arty is. However, things like MLRS/Grad are used for the counterbattery role, moreso than the stuff which supports maneuver units. As well, dedicated support units would not be retasked in the middle of troops in contact. So, I'd make it a pre-battle allocation, with some hefty points needed. Shrug. Just an idea. Heavily abstracted, of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Turn 27 4:00 to 3:00 Cripes. I forgot to post the pix of White 2. He successfully removed the top floor of that building, but I got a hard spot on a fleeing soldier going out the back door, out of LOS. And White 2 can't give chase. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 White 2 bonus Whoever that was (arty spotter? DMS?), it looks like they'll get away... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Turn 28 3:00 to 2:00 White 2's Rampage! [/url Well, it would've been good if it'd worked! Blue 1 will lay down some hurt on that building... Final minute, coming up! Ken out. Edited February 27, 2015 by c3k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMoria Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If DMS is rendered hors de combat like yourself, will this be decided by proxies - hence the brave/suicidal charge of IanL for the middle of the bridge? Or are you just claiming a moral / immoral victory by getting IanL on the bridge, even if the game ends, based on the terms, as a draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Holy Split Personalities, Batman...What happens if IanL kills IanL? Or the other way around??? I feel "like that guy on Scanners..." Really great action here. You both have done an amazing job. I've loved every minute of it. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hey Ken, issue with your last image in that post... what happened to the gunner??!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hey Ken, issue with your last image in that post... what happened to the gunner??!! Let's find out! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Turn 29 2:00 to 1:00 The Penultimate Tumultuous Turn (For IanL's bridge rush, you need to cue the music from Mission: Impossible.) Whew! One more minute left! Will DMS pull it out? Will c3k arise from the grave? Will IanL's bridge rush mean anything? What of Blue 2 and 3? Find out soon... Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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