dsl190 -> POWs during battles (3/9/2007 4:37:25 PM)
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Hello, can anyone please give me some advice about a couple of aspects of detailed battles? The first thing involves POWs. Sometimes during the course of the battle a unit will surrender to me (usually when surrounded) and will then change to my colours. I then have the option to move it. Do I need to move these out of reach of the enemy and do I need to guard them throughout the remainder of the battle in order to to prevent them escaping and rejoining the fray? I have been doing this (which is a bit of a pain as it can tie up otherwise active units) but after a while the POWs seem to disappear. When this happens have they escaped or have they merely been transported automatically away from the battle and into secure captivity? A second point which strikes me about detailed battles is that once the retreat has been sounded, the enemy seems to disappear from the field at the speed of light. I find effective pursuit almost impossible as their fleeing units, even infantry, seem able to outrun my troops, even my cavalry. I recognise that men fleeing for their lives would in reality move pretty quickly, but these seem to become Olympic sprinters! Even those who are surrounded seem able to slip through my lines and leg it at high speed once they hear that bugle call. After hours of fighting, it would be nice to be able to drive home a victory by inflicting significant damage during the pursuit phase of the battle but I don't see how this can be done. Am I doing something wrong? Any advice would be welcome. Although I am new to CoG, I must say that it is a fascinating game, particularly once you get over the initially steep learning curve sufficiently to play a reasonable game and start wining battles. But I do wish that some things were explained a in a little more detail in the manual.
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