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Bing -> (3/6/2003 7:22:53 AM)
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Fixed AI elements such as infantry guns and such are a problem only if I let them be that way. Besides, visibility is limited in battle 2 - at least it is in the battle I played as number two - the 150mm will get a shot or two, then I figure out where he is, call in the 120mm mortars and that usually keeps them quiet until mobile units can deal with them.
Generally I try to send a leg or horse unit to deal with enemy guns and arty. You can blast away all day with 76mm HE and have little effect. As a test (different scenario) I fired 200+ 76mm at a German 88 emplacment, most of them point blank. Plus thousands of MG rounds. Eventually the crew became discouraged, but the piece was so far as I know never scratched.
Course, that doesn't indicate pro-German bias of any kind. Nooooo. Also, we know about the indestructible German 50mm mortar crews, right? In fact, most mortar crews are unbelivably resistant to enemy fire of any kind.
Per usual the AI cheats. In a battle as short as most we play, Nebelwerfen (correct plural?) should have one or at most two reloads, depending upon who you believe regarding the elapsed time during a turn. Good 'ol AI just keeps reloading and firing. Nebelwerfer boys found my mortar park and a rocket took out my ammo dump, with the usual fireworks, interestingly no damage to the mortars lined up in three adjacent hexes. Shor is pretty when she goes off, Newt. I believe the AI pays no attention to limited ammo rules, or to ROF except in a limited way.
No real complaint - the game is still as playable as any.
I whacked the nasty Germans anyway and got a DV earlier than almost any other battle I've played recently under v7.1 - my guess is it came from killing a lot of leg units and knocking out almost all the tanks.
A good sized task force was going for behind-the-lines Russkie VH's at the end, but they were not allowed to even start shooting. Odd. Figuring out the scroing system, even after all these years, could keep a person up all night - if it was worth that much effort to begin with.
Bing
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