Defense vs Offense

[Andrew]

I am not disputing that holding a proper reserve, not getting surrounded and counter attacking where possible are good tactics. What CptCav says though is spot on. Currently you don't need any significant material superiority to break through a well prepared position. In fact I would argue that as things currently stand you don't actually need to manouvre that much. With moderate weight of numbers you just go through the enemy position, exchange casualties at more or less a one to one ratio and the attacker with the most survivors eventually overwhelms the defenders. In games like Anzio for example, the Allied defensive positions are not effective enough to outweigh superior German firepower and they can't even inflict one to one casualties. By disregarding his own losses the Germans just basically grind down and overrun the Allies in their "superior" positions. I am not convinced the system as it stands is at all fair on the defender.