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[Volcano Man]

There is an indirect fire modifier in the paramater data for artillery. I notice that the Russians are set at 50%. Doesnt that mean that russian artillery is half as effective on indirect fire as German (or American) artillery?

Yes, it does. The _Alt has always factored this in that the Russian artillery is half as effective as other nationalities so their indirect mod is set at 50%. This was done from the start to model exactly what everyone has brought up in this thread as the difference between their artillery versus say, US or German -- I just didn't say anything earlier. ;)

So, the idea that Russian artillery is equal to US or German is simply not true, they are half as effective as they should be on an attack factor basis alone. So, you can imagine, if they had full effectiveness of their artillery, how devastating they would really be. They have great guns and a large concentration of them as well. It really doesn't make sense to castrate them even further in this area; the artillery IS the Russian Army's one virtue (amongst some others of course).

In other words, they are quite well penalized enough in this area I think. Now whether someone thinks this modifier should be even lower or higher is something else I will not alter; it will not change in the _Alt scenarios that I work on because 50% has been thoroughly tested in many titles to be "about right". Others can alter it if they so desire though...