Symon
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Joined: 11/24/2012 From: De Eye-lands, Mon Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns No one is arguing that they are missing any units/equipment. I was just commenting on the fact the hard coded replacement pools assume their collapse no matter what. What if a Japanese player decides for whatever reason to not conquer the entire DEI? Are you saying the Dutch should wither away and die anyway? Jim Not exactly true. The developers didn't think that way. Dutch are not assumed to collapse, and things were not done to compel that result. It might have that effect, for some, but the Babes DEI scenario, with actual historical units, for both sides, have had the Dutch clean some IJ clock in the hands of a good player. Think on what Harald Velemans is saying. They could not even crew their warships. The Dutch mobilized everybody. Much of their land OOB is Statwacht, Landwacht or Indish Militie. A significant portion of the KNIL is overage reservists recalled to the colors. The armories had squat, so they took what was left and when that was gone brought their hunting guns, pistols, shotguns, and if they didn’t have a gun they were ammo bearers, drivers, scouts, anything to put a man with a gun on the line. When you mobilize to that extent, there’s nothing left to go into a pool. They had no manpower reserves; nothing, nichevo, rien, nichts, nothing. They were using 16 year olds from the primary schools and academies. The militia wasn't much help after the fewmets hit the windmill. Like militias everywhere they took French leave and went home to give what protection they could to the wife and family. Anyone who was deployed in-country in Viet Nam, knows that one. Try talking to a district defense unit commander about an op somewhere. Oh, this should raise some memories. “Cai gi?? O dau?? Xin loi, khong.” Oh, yeah, khong (there’s 7 ways to say no in Vietnamese). Hom, hom, we fight this valley. That valley Chet valley, we no fight Chet valley. Remember that? There was nothing to fill the pools. There were no pools. That is what the game represents. Other opinions may, of course, vary.
< Message edited by Symon -- 3/19/2015 6:39:56 PM >
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