MC Changes

[Volcano Man]

Remove the ZOC for company units? No, I don't think that will happen, it would be too destabilizing to the games that already exist. Besides, a (NATO) company sized element could hold a 1.6km area, and especially project itself beyond that (NATO company frontages are something like 3-5km depending on the situation whereas WP battalions frontages were that same amount). However, you can remove the movement costs associated with ZOC movement by changing the ZOC movement multiplier value in the PDT to something like 1.

I still don't see why that would be a good thing though, NATO needs all the help they can get when it comes to holding the line with company sized units. Besides, everything I have seen in MC points to the fact that companies can indeed hold a ZOC chain front line but they can't hold it for very long because of fatigue accumulation.

As far as what Cpt Cav is referring to (two hex isolations), I think the only way to get rid of that sore spot is to allow units to retreat into a ZOC if it is from a NON adjacent unit. In that regard you would still get isolations from that situation but you wont be prone to being eliminated from such assaults as they would be able to retreat. Of course the assaulting side could follow it up with another assault after the retreat but in most cases the distant blocking unit is NOT a powerful combat unit, and so would be unable to inflict an effective second assault.