Possible Mods

[Larry Reese]

Not for doubling motorcycles myself. Understand reversible double time, but then understand leaving it the way it is too. Maybe the sarge misjudged the distance or angle of slope that needed to be climbed. Whoops... our troops aren't perfect.


Minelaying engineers... I'm all for them being able to lay more, but I think there needs to be some way to force them to take a few turns to do it. Laying a field in a single turn, on the scales we're looking it at, is humanly impossible (not to mention, mines aren't light, they have to come from somewhere and engineers don't carry 500 weight each you know). But then, with the weak supply rules we have in the game, we could assume the invisible ammo trucks also bring the invisible boxes of mines. If there were some way to say pin the engineers to a hex for 6 turns or so to lay a single field (perhaps give them a percentage of success each turn that would average out at success in six turns, something like the digging in button, so the engineers can run for it and leave the field incomplete if they have to), but allow an unlimited number. And of course, then there is the consideration that what we're modeling in CS is really a mixed high density field (i.e. anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines in an integrated lay out with appropriate camo). My problem with mine fields though is that if you're in one and come under direct or indirect fire, there should be some serious morale consequences, and possibly even enhanced combat damage. While we could tie different levels of this to the density of the fields in question, in actuality, the enemy has no way of knowing what the density of the field is.

I think on the blocks issue, the type of breaching you're talking about is represented by the slow movement of units through the breach hex, infantry cutting small passage ways and cautiously advancing and keeping a lookout for mines, etc..., often done in very out of the way places...., while a thorough clearing of main roads and passages, including mine sweeping to assure the area is truly clear would be the province of the engineers. My vote would be leave it as it is.

LR