Air power.........

[dgk196]

So far, it looks like 'not'!

I've had this discussion elsewhere, basically it came down to this.......

CS is a 'ground-game'. Some airpower was put in, but 'simplified'.

Well, one thing WWII was not was a ground war. It was a 'combined-arms' conflict.

I just thought, that given the attention to detail on some aspects of the game, and the continuing efforts, might it be possible to begin to expand the workings related to 'airpower'?

No effective commander who had access to airpower elected not to use it.
From direct support to interdiction to strategic uses. Granted 'strategic' wouldn't directly be used at this level, but the other two would.

A good comparison would be Naval warfare in WWII, think some of the battles would turn out differently, if you had a sim that did not include 'airpower', accurately?! Well, the ground war was pretty much the same.

Not convinced? Why where the Germans 'movements' limited from the time the allies landed on D-Day to the end of the war? How many games have you played, 1944+, and maneuvered, as the Germans, without any 'fear' of being attacked from the air? Why did the Germans need 'bad-weather' for their 'Bulge' offensive to have any chance at all? Remember Patton's 'weather' prayer? He new he needed airpower.

Many of the narratives of WWII battles are written either by the 'ground commanders or people relating the history of a certain division/corp/army and usually only mention airpower, in a limited way, relative to the events taking place generally.

I like the CS game very much, but, I would have to rate it a 3 on a 1 to 10 scale as regards its handling of airpower at this level. Will it get better? I think so, the team seem to be open to looking into just about every aspect of the game, a good thing!

I wish they would put together a team just to address the airpower in the game. Maybe get some feedback from the people who play it, surveys would be nice, with updates as to the methods being developed.

There is much to be gained from having all of the aspects of the game done to an equal level. If it where already a fact, the airpower being addressed, you would wonder how you ever played the game without it!

Dennis :)