Updated Korea'85_Alt and Danube Front'85_Alt

[Volcano Man]

Good observations. I am currently playing in a team game as the NKPA. The allies were initially causing great loss to our attack across the DMZ, but this might have baited them to stick around longer than they should have. There is a fine line in the campaign where the allies must withdraw, but it seems that the natural tendency is to hold on until they are incapable of withdrawing. The way the _Alt is designed, the NKPA are weaker and more susceptible to loss but they have the capability to replace those losses. The allies must cause losses without the intent of stopping them initially, just cause losses with the goal of accumulating the most VPs that they can, then fall back. In is probably pointless to try and stop the NKPA horde until they have been drawn further down the peninsula and when their supply levels begin to drop and the weather gets worse.

Oh well, on the one hand it is good in the _Alt if the NKPA does not need any help. I say that because once the US reinforcements arrive with M60s and M1s the NKPA will be hopelessly outclassed since the best tank they have is the T-62. I would rather that the NKPA can meet success until this point, otherwise the situation would be completely hopeless for the NKPA from the start. I do think that in the _Alt the allies are *initially* at a disadvantage, and must be played by the more experienced player.

In regards to WMD, what I found works best is to not use them UNTIL the US reinforcements arrive, or until you are in a situation where the street fighting in Seoul requires extra force to overrun the city. In the case of the former, you can judge whether you need to use the WMD (which are greater in number than the allies' tactical nukes) to block the roads that the US units are counter attacking along and buy time. Or you can use them on large concentration of those units -- but it of course should be a last resort. I think it is a good thing to represent it that way, you are reluctant to use it because it would open up Pandora's Box, so to speak. In the case of the latter, it might be necessary to use the chemicals to overrun Seoul if you get too bogged down. But both are judgment calls. I would certainly avoid using them right for the start.