z fire

[GUNSLNGR]

Yes Greybeard, I've experienced all that first hand...

I conducted my own, non-scientific study into the accuracy of the so-called z-fire, and the results are somewhat surprising...or not depending on which side of the debate you lie (or is it lay?):

First, you definately have better accuracy on a targeted hex if you don't move that turn or the previous one. I found that infantry and armor would hit 100% in hexes 100 meters or less away if they had not moved.

The rub is at about 200 meters and beyond. If you have line of sight and z-fire at a hex 200 meters away the accuracy, or really how many bursts hit a given hex, drops considerably. For infantry, I saw a drop as much as 50 to 75% at 200 meters. Armor seems to do a little better up to about 250 meters, but then its accuracy drops off as well.

Now, the other argument on the unrestricted use of z-fire beyond LOS also had some interesting results. When shooting beyond line of sight, whether moving or stationary, hits went down dramatically. This is kinda obvious, but what was interesting was how far off. At around 1500 meters, a tanks accuracy was pretty close to nil with round hitting up to 200 meters or more off target.

So standing firmly behind my 0-7 record against you worthy opponents, I'd say that z-fire in SPWW2 is fairly accurate to the "real world". In so much as, if you use it like it was meant - to suppress troops you can't see before moving other units or keeping the heads down of something unseen but located - it works pretty well within reason. If you want to just blast away with every unit you've got, you'll probably get some results depending on how the other guys is deployed - but mostly your rounds will land in empty hexes. And you will cause great frustration on your opponent...which is maybe what was originally intended.

Thank you for your support,

GUNSLNGR