Digging In

[Aaron]

What i think it is saying i believe is that engineers cannot upgrade a Pillbox/Bunker that has been vacated and downgraded to pillbox/bunker (lowercase) cannot be brought back to full strength PILLBOX/BUNKER as you can with IP's and trench hex's.

"In the Hex Info Area, the Fort type is written in text. When forts such as trenches are written as "TRENCH", in upper case, they are in the "normal" state. When such a fort has been vacated, they will be shown in lower case, and be of lessor protection to the defender."

The calculation of the % chance of digging in uses the basic % value in the PDT and increases it with the following factors.

1) Having Engineers in the same hex will double the probability of constructing the new fortification.

2) The probability that a battalion unit will be successful in its Digging-In operation per turn is three times normal as is the case for combined companies with three or more units. Combined companies with two units have a two times normal probability of completing the Digging-In operation. Single companies and platoons have the normal probability.

I believe that rule 2) applies also to engineers, so in the case of a battalion of engineers would be double the PDT % (rule 1) and a further three times for rule 2.

I am sure Ed and Rick can confirm this is the case.

Well well, i think Foul should write a new instruction manual for the series and add all the things that are not well covered.

So if theres a 25 in the .pdt a full Bn would have a 75% chance to dig in and on the last one u mentioned there with the Engineers they would have a 125% chance of digging in is what im picking up here. Now wonder just about every unit digs in every turn.

Thanks Aaron

edited for proper english, dont want you to think im an Albanian trying to take over the site.:)