Prisoners vs KIA

ATCS · 11-30-2006, 08:49 PM,

From a pure gaming aspect (for final scores in ladder matches, for example), would it be better to try and kill off any POW's your opponent has captured? Since prisoners count double what casualties count towards the final score, it would appear that it would be worth your while to save some mortar round to drop on that MG squad that surrendered, especially in a close battle.

All moralty plays aside, does this not make good *gaming* sense? Just wondering how others see this....

Mike

Der Kuenstler · 11-30-2006, 09:37 PM,

I thought your own men, if taken prisoner, disappeared from your view in-game so it would be really difficult or impossible to kill them yourself. Can anybody else confirm this?

Zemke · 12-01-2006, 12:02 AM,

They do, unless you have LOS on them, just like an enemy unit.

12-01-2006, 12:59 AM,

Area fire the buggers.... traitors all of them... walking away with the enemy..!!

Bootie

British Tommy · 12-01-2006, 02:22 AM,

If you manage to get another unit close to the captured unit, then you 'recapture' it but the unit is then unarmed Cry

Send them back to the rear lines as quickly as possible! :)

Kil Roy · 12-01-2006, 02:30 AM,

Area fire at them so they cant move to the rear area. then try and set them free like stated before. Or if you cant get near them: BURN THEM save the points.

Soldier · 12-01-2006, 03:05 AM,

None of the above is worth doing. Why expose the unit doing the firing (mortar or other type) to the enemy, etc.. :-)

Fubar1 · 12-01-2006, 03:16 AM,

Saving points by killing your own guys

Is there no honor, bring all of you up on court marshall charges ;)

Kil Roy · 12-01-2006, 03:24 AM,

Well Soldier nothing is 100% but, if your troops were captured then there are enemy troops there to do the capturing. So you get two things done. Hold your girly men turn coats in place and suppress the guys who just captured them. In one game an AT team gave up to a HT that moved near them after they were pined by small arms fire. So the next turn I turned my 80 mm mortar on the AT team and the HT. I killed 1 of the AT guys and the HT. A couple of turns later I got the other guy back because he had panicked and would not move. So there is one instance that it worked. So it was worth doing.

Soldier · 12-01-2006, 03:46 AM,

Well, if you put it that way, of course the enemy units near by are fair game. I feel that wasting ammo just on a crew or a depleted friendly unit and exposing yourself to the enemy is not worth the few points.
Also, not sure that one can even fire on his own units, even captured one's!?
Lastly, it is a very "gamey" tactic for sure.. :-(