Cameroon Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 Ok, my conscript pillboxes just up and abandoned when they ran out of ammo. They had taken no casualities, had not had their status changed and were not in danger from ANY source on the board. I wouldn't care much, except that when they abandon they bring down both your victory level and global morale. And of course then the crew is available for being shot at and killed. Do non-conscript troops not leave the safety of their shelter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 It worked the same way in CMBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameroon Posted September 25, 2002 Author Share Posted September 25, 2002 Thanks for the confirmation Pvt. Ryan. Still highly annoying And as conscripts I couldn't even give them really small cover arcs (heh, amusing if I could give it to the rear of the pillbox) to keep them from using all their ammo. Sigh, well for the future anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauCoupDinkyDau Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: It worked the same way in CMBO.Wow. I never noticed that! Maybe because I never even got close to running one out of ammo before it died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 It is annoying, but if you think about it, if the pillbox was overwhelmed by the enemy and you could not get the crew out, they would just be killed or captured anyway. By abandoning they give you chance to herd them to the rear. One way around this is to place your pillboxes so that they have a more restricted field of fire - not so much that they don't cover enough area to be useful, but so that they don't have LOS to the whole battlefield. I had made an Omaha scenario in CMBO with plenty of pillboxes. They did a great job of holding off the troops on the beach, but eventually they ran out of ammo and the Americans had it easy after that. Some of us asked BTS to increase the ammo supply for pillboxes, but the reply was that any more ammo would have been ahistorical and that we should learn to conserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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