Opfire in 1.04

[Jason Petho]

And, as to opt fire not being changed. Sorry, I do not believe you.

OP-fire was not altered. OP-Fire ability of some units were altered (AT guns, AA guns) but weapon values have not been altered.

OP-Fire effectiveness has always been potent, especially since West Front. Which is why I usually play with ambushes as opposed to direct fire during a turn when on the defensive.

Of course, OP-Fire also has a tendancy to be useless, just as one has turns when they seem to not to be able to hit the broad side of a barn. The CRT seems to cycle, it always has, ever since the beginning; some turns you'll have amazing "luck", other turns all your shots are wasted.

I've had the more potent opt fire experience when using either the extreme assault or the more mild version 1.02 assault rules. I've never seen the amount of totally outrageous opt fire results prior to 1.04.
Like being assured that the new assault rules, in version 1.04, were 50% as potent as version 1.03? Then finding out that the only change to the new assault rule was removing the glitches and bugs that made it a most impossible assault rule? All the while it is the same impossible assault formula. It could have easily been made half as effective as it ended up becoming? But, I digress.

The assault formula was altered to be easier for 1.04, significantly easier from 1.03. Yes, even 50% easier.

There is also the option of not playing with the optional assault rules and indulging in the Disrupt, Surround and Capture of pre-1.04.

Jason Petho