my pzc feature wish list

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Would like to join the debate.

About the engineers and mines, I´m on the side of the guys arguing for not having the constant intel on all mines placed by the player. What are my arguments? One comes from the game´s engine, for example - imagine you have every minefield´s position displayed on the map. Now imagine a minefield from which you already withdrew 100 kms away from, you still see it on the map, then it suddenly disappears, or is going down on strenght - you now know for 100% that there is an enemy present, even more - that there is an engineer unit present clearing the minefield!

Now for example, if you play without Limited Air Recon rule, and have a good air support in the particular scenario, you can now send an air recon to see the unit (if such a change in the system that would allow one to see all his minefields on the map already wouldn´t reveal the enemy engineer unit itself), and than after spotting the engineer unit send some bombers to disrupt it´s job.

So, there are some ways of gamey tactics possible now - I can imagine some players placing the minefield on the important bridge crossing, and then, even if far away from it, using the tactic I´ve explained in the above paragraph, constantly disrupt enemy´s attempts to clear the minefield. Or another case - if such a change would also reveal units that take a step on the minefield, you would find yourself with having very good intel on the enemy unit in T-mode some 100 kms away from the front. Air guys would do the job again here very well. I must say this is far from reality to have such an intel.

Such an intel itself could be the reason for placing the minefields in first place, causing cassualties to the enemy less important.

That´s just what came into my mind when thinking about this change for a while, maybe I´m completely wrong.

One more point, if the guys in the division shouldn´t forget during the night about the minefield that they knew about turn before at 3 hex visibility for example two kms away from them, well I say - you shouldn´t too

I mean, they should remember - you should remember, you´re their commander, they can report only what they can see at the moment, that is 1km away at night, I think it´s commander´s job to keep the track on the minefields spotted before and plan accordingly.

I would change this suggestion of having the ´´friendly´´ minefields on the battlefield for engineers being able to create obstacles. I mean, they can now creat IPs, Trenches, now even Bunkers, minefields as always, but not the relatively simple thing as placing some barbed wire, choping down some trees and put them on the road and everything else that the Obstacles in the game represent.

Should be all from me for now, I´m going to hide behind me shield now, your turn guys!