Offboard or Onboard Artillery?

[Greybeard]

In MBT and WW2 there is one thing to remember when considering your artillery purchasing. Off-map counterbattery fire..

you need to look at your opponents off-map artillery capabilities.. if he has artillery that out-ranges yours, then it might be wise not to purchase off-map batteries. Not so much in WW2, but especially in MBT off-map artillery will CB your opponents (or yours) with often devastating results..

In a recent game of MBT, we agreed to purchased nearly all off-map artillery - he purchased 105's probably because of the ammo supply and cost.. problem was, that by the end of the game, he only had 1 or 2 batteries left, as all the other's had been CB'd to ineffectiveness by my off-map 130mm batteries.. his 105's had no hope of CB against mine, as the 130's range far out-stripped the 105's.. while my 130's cost more, and carried less ammo, careful use resulted in all of my artillery still firing by game's end.. (there were 175's available for his use - which have greater range than the 130's - so even 2 would have been quite a problem for me)

do a comparison.. and if your available artillery has no ability to counter-fire, then don't waste the points on off-map, and stick to on-map..

Greybeard