3D Extreme Zoom-Out Mode?

[John Given]

Hmm, well I don't see any real reason to remove anything per se, considering that variety is one thing that makes a game great.

I have a real good use for 3d extreme zoom out - spotting enemy artillery / counter-battery fire.

At the beginning of a scenario, I set to extreme 3d zoom out (view 3) and trace the origin of the 'yellow dotted line' to get a good idea of where the artillery originated from.

2d extreme zoom out (view 5) is important on very large maps to get a good tactical overview of the situation. If I am playing a corps-sized dynamic campaign, this view is a must for organizing your forces, especially during the set-up phase of said campaign (when you set up all your bunkers and IP's and such).

Afterthought edit; you could make the (fair) argument that 3d extreme zoom out was never meant to be used to help spot the origins of enemy artillery. It always felt like a glitch in the game to me...but if that was really true, then why were the 'yellow dotted lines' included in the game in the first place?