Bolt out of the Blue 5.3

[Aaron]

Map looks great Taffy, thanks! And your mod sounds awesome, hope you can get it playable sometime soon.

Wonder if you or Aaron have ever considered adding "Objective" points to airfields, SAM installations, and other key locations? Seems like there should be some incentive/reward for defending/capturing these hexes.

Incentive in capturing Sam sites is the SAM interception modifier doesn't effect that area, so if the .pdt has 20% air interception and 20% SAM interception and you try bombing something in that area it has 40% chance of not making it to the target but if you control the SAM site it only has 20% chance to be intercepted. In the game there is actually a SAM coverage view in the top menu.

Aaron

To "Control" the SAM site it would have to be actually garrisoned by one of my units, right? Or once I capture the hex is it disabled for the rest of the game?

Yes, the way the game is you must have a counter on it, doesn't matter what it is could be just 1 man.

The Pact player has plenty of security that releases at 0800 on the first day. Its either this or the global modifier which will give the 20% everywhere on SAMs even 100 miles in your rear your planes will be intercepted by SAMs. I didnt like that. Not perfect but i think better than before. At least now as the Pact player moves forward and takes ground NATO will be losing SAM coverage