Vark Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 How are the abilities of these essential people reflected in CM? Platoon HQ's offer obvious advantages, but how is the lowly corporal/sergeants input modelled in the game? Is the status of their section ie veteran, regular etc a reflection of their abilities or the overall composition of the unit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Originally posted by Vark: How are the abilities of these essential people reflected in CM? Platoon HQ's offer obvious advantages, but how is the lowly corporal/sergeants input modelled in the game? Is the status of their section ie veteran, regular etc a reflection of their abilities or the overall composition of the unit? They are not modelled at all. The latter statement is correct - their characteristics are for the squad/team as a whole. Doesn't change as casualties mount in the unit either. It's homogenous. Welcome to the forum, by the way. Nice to see fresh blood still coming around even after all these years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vark Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Thanks for the reply Michael, will this change in CM/SF as each soldier is individually modelled? Given that platoon HQ's act as combined super section leaders and their sub-units are punished severly for being out of command, would this explain Squatdog's problem? As for CM, I came to the game through an evolutionary path familiar to probably quite a few CM'ers. Miniatures (1/300) board games (Avalon Hill, SPI etc) then Steel Panthers (real hidden movement!) then CM. Although in need of an upgrade (to reflect better computing capabilities) it is the only game, I have played with a sense of real involvement in the game. Lose a platoon of troops in Steel Panthers, ho hum, two more for the grinder, see a poor section crawling for cover being slowly shot to pieces, or a crew bailing from a brewed tank, hmm, not nice. Paradoxically, watch an enemy tank go up in flames, in CM, and it's the Ken Tout line "burn you buggers, burn!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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