Normandy 44 Bunkers

[Volcano Man]

In my Utah scenario in the tourney we are pretty much historical with it coming down to the wire. Unfortunately tourney results must be taken with a pound of salt because lots of people play differently. Also it must be kept under consideration that Normandy '44 is unlike any of the other PzCs, almost as different as the desert titles. Unless someone has played Normandy '44 extensively then the veteran N44 player will always have an advantage. Case in point was round one where my German opponent in the Utah sector withdew immediately to form a defense (a sound strategy in another PzC title), and because of doing so I gained about 200 points more than I have given up in my round two as Germans. Historically the 91st Luftlande Div and the STURM moved forward as quick as possible and took the fight to the airborne. I guess what I am trying to say is, as the Germans in N44, you have to be very aggressive on the defense and depending on who is playing against whom, you may see wildly different results from game to game.

As for unit release tweaking, unless it is something small and unless it has a big impact on the game then I am going to leave it alone. I can't describe how much time Normandy '44 and the constant revisions has sapped away from me and my ability to work on other things. Since Normandy '44 has been released I am on my 34th revision of the alt pack. I am not saying that there won't be at least another 34 revisions in the future, just that one change in a scenario in Normandy '44 requires the same exact change to 10 or 15 other scenarios and I just want people to be mindful on what they ask for. There comes a point when another brush stroke ruins the painting and where "good enough" is probably as best as anyone can hope for it to be. Unit releases in particular take a long time to change when you are dealing with multiple scenarios given that you cannot simply edit them in the list, you have to delete and then create them all over again (unless text edit them and that is not particularly fun and is prone to error). So the point is, unless there is a simple suggestion for releases and unless that simple change has a huge impact on the campaign then I am going to leave them as is or else I could be making minor tweaks on N44 for the rest of my life and not get anything else done. ;) I just do not want to deal with the "I think unit X should have a 20% release instead of 30%" or "unit Y should be released one turn sooner / later" type of debates and suggestions. However, if you see something grossly incorrect, like a unit that is released a day before it should be, then let me know.