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Gregor_SSG -> RE: Regarding automatic refit (8/14/2004 4:14:51 AM)
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ORIGINAL: wodin
After reading the discussion over at Run 5, this is part of the game that is new and very interesting.
Could someone from SSG explain it as Im sure there are people here who would be very interested in this new aspect of the game.
I was and I've been reading posts at Run 5 and didnt know anything about this change from KP.
Some changes from KP.
Extended Movement must now be paid for by using Reserve OPs. Mileage varies for different types of units, but in general the situation is as follows.
Move your maximum Regular Move every turn = slowly drain Reserve.
Move you maximum Regular Move every turn and use Extended Move = quickly drain reserve.
No Reserve = No Extended Move.
Bear in mind that Allied units landing in Normandy will start with no reserves!
Also, units not in the front line get bonus OPs through a process called Automatic Refit added to their reserves and also recover timed losses more quickly.
So in BIN, the player who can resist the almost overwhelming temptation to move every unit as far as possible and to put every possible unit in the front line will have a significant advantage in terms of mobility.
The Germans will start with significant reserves, but they will use a lot of them racing around the map trying to fill big holes in their line. They will find it very hard to leave men in reserve, and once in the line, the Allied air interdiction will make resupply a torturous process.
This change makes for some very tough but very interesting decisions. Ideally, you want to use Infantry and Artillery to create a breach, then introduce your fuelled up mobile formations, using their extra mobility to outflank or surround defenders, while picking of their slow moving support troops.
You get to try this as the US in the Breakout scenario, although you don't get your armour until a week into the scenario, as it was being refitted behind the lines. While you're waiting though, you get the undeniable pleasure of carpet bombing Caen.
From the manual this is exactly how to qualify for an Automatic Refit:
1) Not rely solely on Basic OPs
2) Start the turn on a supplied hex
3) Not have used its Action Capability the previous turn
4) Not have been attacked the previous turn
5) Not be adjacent to enemy units this turn
Important Note: In a turn, if a unit qualifies for Automatic refit, and it has a step or steps with timed replacements, then the wait time for those step(s) will be reduced by two rather than one.
Also, above the unit's movement bars in the Unit Display area is a Reserve OP gauge. You can see how many Reserve OPs you have, how many of those you can spend this turn and if you use them to move, you can see them being spent.
Gregor
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