Quick Question - Off Board Artillery & Defensive Fire

[Strela]

One issue is that artillery units fire in support of units that don't belong to the same formation. Everybody can fire at everything in range.

If it were possible to change the code so that, when units are fired upon, they only attract fire from artillery units belonging to the same formation/artillery units they can spot for, that would be very nice. I expect that might take time mister Tiller doesn't have, however.

For scenarios where all medium and heavy artillery is off-map, it could unbalance the scenario as is, particularly for scenarios where Allied artillery units are big like Bois du Homme. There are only a handful of artillery units in most smaller scenarios, so the chance of any of them firing is still small. There are also scenarios where the Germans have more off-map artillery.

Perhaps this could be paired with a reduction of the indirect fire modifier to 175% or so to account for more artillery units being able to use defensive fire.

Hi,

Spotter rules still apply for off-board artillery. You will soon find this out in your Bluecoat play through (or the British player will at least...!)

Also I am less concerned about scenarios where there is a concentration of artillery off-board. For example, Bois du Homme was historically won by the weight of Allied artillery fire - you will find few scenarios where there is large amounts of off board guns.

Finally, as this is not a player controlled function and less likely prone to abuse, I think it should be on. If we see significant impacts on scenarios we will adjust accordingly.

David