throwdjohn Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 often during scenarios mortars and FOs run out of ammo, tanks get made worthless (gun damage) and tanks crews bail. is it better to send these units with zero combat effectivness off map, or should i just find a nice secluded little corner and hide them in it? does exiting troops off map cause morale to go down? i haven't noticed any kind of morale detriment but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Kulin Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I do believe it will cause your global morale to go down as I think it is based on the units present on the map (live and dead). So if you remove live units from the map the proportion of dead units ralative tothe total units will increase and morale goes down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwdjohn Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 damnit. so i have to actually protect all this worthless junk. maybe ill use them in banzai charges. what, they worked god for japan. hey wait im serious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colonel Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 yeh, my gunless tanks usually get enlisted for halftrack duties to shuttle infantry around, plus as a mobile MG nest. Empty mortars are moved to a secluded hideout. Crews are a bit tougher. I, like most guys, consider attacking with them to be gamey. Having them hideout to spot is OK, but they don't spot well. On the defense they can delay the enemy by popping up with their trusty pistols and pin a squad if they're lucky. I don't consider them defending to be gamey, since what choice would they have. Even in RL they bailout, find a place to hide, and may eventually have to defend themselves. Interesting point by Andrew Kulin on global moral effects by drawing down the total force. Should be easy to confirm with an experiment. I'll check it out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colonel Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Just ran the experiment and Andrew Kulin is exactly correct. Morale is a percentage of the on map units. So having happy units hide off map will reduce your overall morale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwdjohn Posted April 29, 2005 Author Share Posted April 29, 2005 as of my games today i have hid all my worthless dudes in corners. in the CMBB scenario reluctant warriors they even got a nice piney retreat by a lake....shame it was a tad snowy and icey that day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingofclubs Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Throwdjohn, I use the tank crews, mortar and FO's who have run out of ammo, to guard prisoners in the rear area in CMBB and CMAK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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