Thin Red Line Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 When, by player's decision, a night battle is skipped in an operation, is there a new set-up phase (different than the nigh set-up), or does the battle start with the set-up done before ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 There will be a new setup-phase. In fact, depending on how you shift around your forces during the night turn, the front line might also be recalculated, even if there is no combat (reflecting infiltration, probes and so on that happened in between the battles). Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted December 8, 2003 Author Share Posted December 8, 2003 Thank you Martin for the (light speed) quick reply. So it means that if i deploy far behind in the night set-up, the day after set-up zone can be reduced in size ? [ December 08, 2003, 04:16 AM: Message edited by: Thin Red Line ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 It has happened to me. While defending, I set up farther back for an ambush in the night thinking I would move up in the morning. Much to my surprise, that wasn't an option. I was pushed back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biochem can be fun Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I guess I have a question that goes along with this thread. In a recent operation, I opted out of the night battle, but the night battle happened anyway. This definitly made me think in defensive terms (i.e., I didn't develope an offensive), however, no one ever attacked! In the setup phase of the next battle my forces were moved back from their positions. I should mention that my forces did some good offensive work in the prevous battle and during the setup phase for the night battle I'm talking about, were in good defensive positions at the most forward portion of the "line" established by the previous battle. My question, I guess, is this--do I need to attack to maintain the current line even if the "enemy" doesn't attack? Maybe this question is more situation dependent than can be answered in a general repley, but I'd like to understand this kind of situation more. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 Good question BCBF but unfortunately i don't have the answer. Maybe stealh infiltrations of the ennemy were the cause of the fall back ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 BCBF - if you have opted out, but the battle happened anyway than it means that both sides are eligible to choose, and the other side has chosen to fight, overriding your choice of not fighting. If no real battle developed then most likely your forces "missed" each other. This can happen at night with the short LOS distances. It's possible that the opponent tried to infiltrate/flank and somehow went around your defensive positions. I would suggest that it's always good to do what soldiers would do in real life - keep a few patrols out to find the enemy. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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