BootCamp 10 Trains, Wrecks, Engineers
This post concerns not only wrecks and engineers and wreck clearing units but trains. The prior post concerning wrecks and engineers and wreck clearing units came into play when I was designing my scenario which also incorporates trains. I went to the manual and the only thing about trains points you to Bootcamp 10. The reason I went to bootcamp 10 is because of the following. I can not load Inf units into a troop train ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. But I can load anti tank guns etc. into a troop train and can load Inf units into a supply train which makes no sense. In Bootcamp 10 sure enough, the game has Inf units loaded in troop trains. I unloaded the inf units and next turn I tried to load them back into the troop train and the AI would not allow it which confirms what happened in my scenario design where I could no load Inf units in a troop train. So it seems that there is a definite bug in the game mechanics concerning what can and can not be loaded in trains. Last but not least, I can not load anything in a supply car and do not see how you can even use them. Has any1 used supply cars? The wrecks come into play in Bootcamp 10 because the trains can go no further than the the hex in front of the wrecks and that is where the wreck clearing units come into play. As far as the last post concerning engineer tasks, different engineer units had different TO&E. Combat engineers would not have a bulldozer in their back pocket to clear wrecks nor would mine laying engineers etc. Each engineer unit had specific tasks to perform just like a brick layer would not do any welding on a building. Yes you can climb over the wrecks but it takes more time to do so and vehicles just aren't going anywhere and that is what the wrecks simulate. You get enough junk piled up on a small narrow road or bridge and you are not going anywhere :) "A Bridge to Far" :) I have to try and remember that this is just a game and the designers did what they did and we can only hope things will change, but as far as the train thingy goes, the trains need to be Revamped entirely in my opinion because it just doesn't make any sense.
Cheers
Joe
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