mudder Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 I'm getting slaughtered every time I attack a position with a trench. I've tried flanking the trench with infantry guns. Moving around behind the trench and out of frustration a frontal assault. Anyone have any good tactics to assault a trench? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Bring in more firepower, keep the defenders pinned & wait for them to get routed. It just takes time. Assaulting strong defenders is suicidal. Can't say more as a generic advice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan1 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 I would like to add few tricks as well: Use special units abilities like fire throwers if you can get them close without being seen in woods or in a city, move and sneak at the last moment, they fire with a devastating effects - usually routing the enemy. Do not send them alone but keep them with other units attacking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS was 71331 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 The trench symbol I position on the map shows a simple thick straight line, but does the symbol accurately depict the trench as it's treated by the game. If my machine gun is positioned along that line and shooting straight down the trench, are the men in that trench completely vulnerable? I don't expect so. I bet the game model of that trench is a lot different from a thick straight line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 No, trench offers equal protection to all directions. Well, maybe less to fire coming from above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hensworth Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Originally posted by Sergei: No, trench offers equal protection to all directions.The same holds for proximity to a wall, for that matter. It doesn't matter whether your firing at infantry over the wall or along it, the grunts are protected as long as they keep their heads down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula2 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Trenches are tough. More firepower works for almost any situation. HE never fails to discourage a determined defender. High trajectory shells work nicely. Nothing is a one-size-fits all situation but whenever possible I like to have supressive fire from multiple angles and multiple weapons types. 90 degrees even helps, especially if the HE is limited. Then (if possible) and once the enemy's (hopefully) pinned I try to assault the trench from the edge. This usually often means the enemy can't bring his whole broadside to bear. I try to use a leader with good morale and combat bonuses. If I can get a flamethrower in that corner behind the assaulting units, he's gunna lose that trench to me. If the trench is slightly behind a crest it's very difficult to even supress him. It's worth the effort to work your way around behind him or to the side of him so that crest no longer plays to his advantage. Crests seems to work in the reverse of the height advantage that these guys are tellin ya to try to get against trenches. That's my observations anyhow. Sometimes I just plain bypass this tough nut if at all possible. One of my favorite plays is to ignore it so he's forced to vacate it in order to deal with a crisis somewhere else on the board. someone'll come along and say "smoke!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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