Ceasefire Discussion

[Kelen]

:stir: And ideally I would like all of my Armour and AT guns to score first shot kills everytime, my artillery barrages to always hit on target, my vehicles never to bog, and my aircraft to a) turn up, and b) turn up when my enemies armour is sitting out in the open. Unfortunately it doesn't always happen that way.

Going back to the ceasefire thing though, it depends on why you are thinking on calling a ceasefire. If it is because the game has stopped being enjoyable to play, and you just want to close it up and get on with a new one, then it doesn't make any difference as to the points score. Previously I've agreed to a ceasefire where I've been ahead in the game and thought that I was on for a major, if not total victory, but my opponent had obviously gotten so disheartened with his position that it seemed the gentlemanly thing to do. Ended up with only a minor victory, but it meant that we could start another game which hopefully he would enjoy more.

If, however, you are one of those people that are desperate to score every possible point that you can, or simply enjoy trying to humiliate an already beaten opponent, then it is unlikely that you will ever agree to one, (unless of course it is your troops that are being massacred and you want to try and reduce the scale of your defeat, and again score a few more points!)

In my opinion, the ceasfire option is there to be used is it was in real life. Either to avoid the massacre of an already beaten force, or to bring to an early conclusion a battle that has obviously run it's course, i.e. both sides have taken a pounding and majority of units on both sides are low on ammo.

A ceasfire does have to be agreed though, so just because one side offers or requests one, it doesn't mean that the other person will accept. (Again, as it was historically).