Supply Units

[Currahee]

Hi Weasel,

I can't disagree with your logic, but the way the system works, units in low supply are penalized only on combat power, not movement points, so it's necessary for the scenario designer to insure that units perpetually at zero supply (and 33% readiness) aren't still able to overwhelm their properly-supplied adversary. The easiest fix is usually to simply increase the force supply level or proficiency or supply radius or formation supply proficiency, or some combination of those, of the defender (in this case, the Russian); so that attacks by ill-supplied German units simply shatter. We actually have a large number of scenarios that need these kinds of adjustments, to play properly. So, this is fixable, but must be fixed in the scenario editor.

What has exacerbated this problem, is that many scenarios, especially the older ones, have low force supply levels for both sides; so both sides basically play the entire game, after the first move or so, on "empty". Then, proficiency becomes all, and the side with the highest proficiency simply pushes the other around. This is simply poor scenario design. In your example, though, the designer has to deal with both sides; if he simply increases the German force supply level, to achieve a realistic level of supply, it makes the game even more one-sided; that's why I say the real fix has to address the Russian, and specifically, why their units are so pathetically weak, that they can be pushed around by unsupplied German units.

Hope that helps!!