(08-19-2010, 10:06 PM)Mike Bowen Wrote: It is very hard to hit artillery with artillery but there was as I understand it a lot of CB fire in particular by Indirect Fire
I wonder therefore
a) Is it possible to modify this so that Indirect Fire causes more losses to artillery and
b) would that in your view be correct or desireable?
In my experience the fieldguns can pick off and disrupt guns with their fire, albeit it requires quite a bit of it (which is not unreasonable since the required volume there of depends on the state and quality of both units), but I assume you are talking about the howitzers (indirect fire). If that is the case, yes, counter battery by indirect fire was historically effective but not for actually destroying the enemy, rather it was effective at suppressing enemy artillery (making them take cover and stop shooting). Regardless, this suppressive and effective counter battery was something that evolved as the war progressed, and several artillery related improvements are planned in the series to represent this.
In other words, it is felt that for 1914 the current is perfectly adaquate, but for 1916+ it certainly requires the planned changes I hinted at above (the details of which I will not discuss here). So, rest assured that artillery will (or should) evolve appropriately in the series, including effective counter battery fire.
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