NGP'85 Patrolling feature....huh?

[Lowlander]

A motorized unit can also patrol.

A-AH !!!, but me thinks a "X" unit could patrol and also suffer no fatigue or casualties even at night against say three or four "XXX" enemy units.
Even if they were also all in patrol mode.

If they are gonna go into patrol mode, then why should it not be as recon spotting, I.E. move forward into another hex/hexes.
And take casualties and incur any fatigue.
Does'nt each sides patrols cancel each other out ?.

This can have a BIG impact in attacker v defenders, as which side would have the most aggressive patrols, or is it patrols against a picket line ?.
Also you can peform other tasks like entrenching while in patrol mode.

Does the two hex patrol range still function during soft or blizzard conditions, in soft going foot can only move one hex in marsh/swamp hexes.

So maybe it should be only rear area security units which can utilise this game feature.

[HirooOnoda]

And yes, it only works against Partisans (although logically it should be applicable against any units in Deception mode as well. Yet it isn´t).

I was under the impression patrolling was effective against SF as well.In a recent D85 game I actively patrolled roads where I knew there was a deception unit in order to negate their effects.I thought it was working.
Was it just wishful thinking ?

Kurilatai,

Go back and re-read my initial post. Having patrolling infantry in the very hex my units were disrupted in didn't do anything for me.

So yes, you got lucky.

[HirooOnoda]

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that Patrolling does indeed have other advantages; it is not simply an anti-partisan police feature only like most people think. In other words, just because there are no partisan in DF85, it is still a very useful feature if you know how to use it.

Thanks VM. You learn something every day about this game.

[Dog Soldier]

Very true VM! It works the same in PzC.

Dog Soldier