Total War in Germany 3.0

[Elxaime]

Aaron -

Per the post above, what you could do is deploy as fixed units the national defense units of each side behind their starting borders, e.g. Interior Ministry, Police, National Guards, etc. to cover major cities and VP hexes. Then you could have a limited number of mobile reinforcements of these "security" troops for each side to be used to move and cover the rear areas in enemy territory.

Has the "patrolling" function been enabled for Modern Campaigns? If so, these units can be placed in patrolling function to help counter enemy special forces deception units. You could also add some NATO special forces "deception units" or give some of the selected NATO home defense forces this function (did West German heimat units have guerilla war training or capacity?). You might also add some bunker/pillbox emplacements where certain areas are airbases/fortified zones, major HQ (e.g. a defense ministry building) if that is realistically applicable.

I think if this is done right you eliminate a number of problems. No longer does enemy rear areas - at least in their own territory - become wide open spaces. You reduce possibility of "gamey" play with helos and airmobile that way - especially if you add belts of point defense AAA and SAM.

On another new topic, and not to give you a headache but I had to ask. Are there Surface-to-surface missile batteries missing from each side? Didn't both WP and NATO have more Pershing and Scud missiles for launching than what is in the game? I mean those with conventional warheads of course.