1914 ADF is rediculous

[Glenn Saunders]

I've been reluctant to get involved in any threads on F14 as I have never played the game. However, I needed to jump in here on the remark about MG fire and utilization being different from 1914 to 1918.

Yes - maybe that is the case.

However, I think if you look at the PzC Side of the engine, then you would find fire controls from the earliest war to the latest - I think France '40 to Budapest 45 and considering Allied Fire changes for Bulge and Market Garden would have a greater difference than MG fire from 1914 to 1918.

I know I've read quite a bit about Commonwealth fire control in normandy and later war periods where a lowly sub alteran could call fire and direct VICTOR Class targets using every gun in the Corps - power that was never put in the hands of much higher officers on the Germans and Russian Side. But yet even with this knowledge - it would be difficult to make rules which cover this changing doctrine.

Not every little detail can be modelled by an engine and as a designer I am sure Ed has had many choices to make to model the fighting for WWI. But the arty rules still work OK overall and the results produce the desired effect in the Scns.

I think everyone has to understand that the engine can't do everything for all occasions. And if you don't like the way it works, and you don't like the answer you are hearing from the designer, then you should forward your remarks to HPS Support and not just continue beating a dead horse here.

Glenn