MPK Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 I'm one of those sick persons that really enjoy spending two days setting up a defence-in-depth on a huge operational map...and for this reason (and because it would be more realistic) I would like to be able to specify buried and surface telephone lines and exchanges on the map. Because I'm really ill, I would also like to see those lines possibly cut by tanks or arty fire, and then I'd like to have to find the break and repair it under fire... Quite apart from the obvious effect on FO's that use line, whole sectors of the map might stop feeding me information... that'd be cool (this assumes new, Borg-less CM engine, natch) At present the only real disadvantage of using non-radio FO's is their slow movement, incompatibility with transport, and long delay times... Battlefront, let's make it even harder... Yes, I do play as the Soviets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generaloberst Guderian Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 That would add a whole new dynamic to it, so long as they don't make communication loss a random thing, but rather the actual result of artillery fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Or even worse... You pick up the field phone and find the enemy on the other end 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Nggggh. That's sick. There should also be the option for atmospheric and topographic interference to radio communications, and spotters with both landline and radio. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 I want wet socks. Wet socks cause blisters, which impair the mobility of infantry. Sock modeling, now. BTS please fix or do something. No, I'm not serious, and anybody who is about this needs to take up a sport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPK Posted May 14, 2005 Author Share Posted May 14, 2005 "...and anybody who is about this needs to take up a sport." Tried it...didn't take. Not complicated enough. Seriously, line communications (represented by thread) were an important feature of WWI and WW2 wargames played on a tabletop with miniatures during the mid- to late- 20th century...old graybeards may remember this era...(this was before home computers, my children). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 MPK, seek professional help, now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPK Posted May 14, 2005 Author Share Posted May 14, 2005 "MPK, seek professional help, now." Do you know how much that COSTS? $150 per hour...and a 50-minute hour at that... I prefer this forum...as therapy. "LINE is effective if a telephone link in good repair exists. Telephone lines are assumed to run in a straight line between two handsets or between a handset and an exchange, or from either of these to a off-table destination via a specified point on a land table edge. They can be surface or buried. Dice if either has been within an area fire beaten zone or a surface line crossed by tracked or half-track vehicles since last used. A score of 1 indicates that a buried line is broken, 2 that a surface line is. Line is laid or checked to find a break at DELAY speed, repaired in GAP mode." 'Wargames Rules For All Arms Land Warfare 1925-1950' - Wargames Research Group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Bolt Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Originally posted by JasonC: I want wet socks. Wet socks cause blisters, which impair the mobility of infantry. Sock modeling, now. BTS please fix or do something. No, I'm not serious, and anybody who is about this needs to take up a sport. LOL Brings back memories: Way back when, I used to joke that un-tied boots was a rule in ASL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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