The Competition & Teaser Thread

[Xaver]

Maybe the problem is you are using in weapons range (i dont count the mortar bug) the weapon max range, this explain for me the 4x250 range in infantry, rifles and LMG have a range around 1.000 or over it and well this units have HMG (specially HT units) and well, this made values are very confusing when you leave the abstract level of PzC scale.

I refer that i remember very few PC wargames where you can control weapons range, here you need be more in vehicle/squad level and inside this have all weapons in unit to assignate diferente ranges, when you are in a scale over this...

Well, i allways think is much better show the firepower in a range list, i dont know if you know "Age of Rifles" here you can see the firepower value at 1hex, 5hex etc etc, the algorithm sure works but using black box system made it excesive abstract for direct fire and we talk here about more hexes than the 3 hexes you can see in a direct fire combat in PzC (i think a PzIV, Tiger or Panther have a 8-12 range).

When i see AT units ranges first thing i think is "well, and what is the real firepower at range 14??? and 10??? WHEN i can shoot with a decent chance to hit and pen enemy armor???" one solution out of engine is give a AT range chart where you can see the weapons with their firepower hex by hex.

SMG... i dont see the unit with range 2 in soft attacks, but for example in soviet "raider" units i expect see a range of 1 for example.

Maybe i feel surprised when i see the HT units with hard attack range of 1, now where AT guns are on map i dont know what weapon can have an infantry unit to have 250m attack range... maybe AT rifles??? because the other AT weapons like mines and Panzerfaust are more 0 range weapons and bazookas and panzershreck are not present.

With the lack of info about the weapons efficiency in diferent ranges we cant see where finish the weapon max range and where starts the effective range... for example at 500m infantry units firepower is more than 2x the max range at 1.000m for example.

Until i play the game i only can do blind theories...

EDIT: i remember the Nap games and arty... you have a chart with the effectivity of guns at diferent ranges, maybe add this information in the PDT is a good idea, you can see in Parameter data a list with the guns firepower in diferent ranges... and infantry... you can give the info by unit types (german Mot german HT, soviet infantry, soviet SMG).