Forum Fodder...Dan's Haiku Corner Version 3.0

[RedDevil]

Hello Blitzers:

Time for another well meant diatribe.
As always feel free to call me on every detail...but be kind...I'm off my meds...

First of all...I log in and this RED DEVIL guy seems to have reincarnated!
I don't believe we've met?...you scare me...you are enthusiastic...
Nice to see you talking up the forums.

Things are quieter on the forums these days, but rest assured a lot of us are head down and killing, with little time for chat.

SO

Why can't I unload my LST's/LCVP's, etc., into DEEP WATER?
Yes...it would be stupid...but the game graciously prevents you from doing this.
This is the same game that will perversely run you into a minefield or a blocked hex to teach you humility.
It would seem the spirit of the CS game (which punishes you for movement errors) would allow idiots to unload in deep water and sink the unit?
Yes, I am that idiot.

AND

Why can't engineers blow LOW stone walls?
(I believe Jason is working on this one as it's effecting his brilliant new scenario depicting Operation Sea Lion)
(It also effects my not so brilliant old saw-nario The Longest Day...and countless other scenarios...but you don't hear me bitching...lol...)
You could really extend this to include bocage.
Seems like a well placed satchel charge could remove some grapevines pretty handily?
And to go off the rails with it...why can't they demolish a pillbox or bunker after it's been taken from the enemy?

FURTHERMORE

Is it possible to eliminate the strength value / transport value for COMMANDERS?
I.E., a commander with a 4 rating on foot requires a 4 strength jeep to be carried.
While commanders seem to gain hubris at an exponential rate as they climb, I don't believe that carries weight?
Patton's ego may have taken an extra jeep to carry...

LASTLY

The KING TIGER still  appears to have a 12 hex hard target range while the TIGER has 16.  We've had this discussion before and this is not any attempt to stir up "what was a realistic shot" debate.  I think everyone is aware the game in general allows longer shots than what was historically accurate.  What is true however, the KING had the superior 88mm main gun and it should get remedied?

I think Jason was going to help fix this, maybe it fell through the cracks?

As always, this is only meant to stir up some nice debate.
I've got another 413 or so topics to talk about but for now...

Keep killing.

Dan

HI Dan, IT's good to meet you.. even if the nom de guerre scares you 
 I like my opponents like I like my "edible pets" in the barnyard... Fear the Hatchet..

Having spewed destruction around here in the past, it's been a good return to the fields, the swords are clashing , the smoke is rolling, and the other guys are killing me..  well some of them are.. mostly I'm doing the killing, but one has to let thy opponent win sometimes to ensure repeated victories are lined up!

I always enjoy the discussions about what the heck things going on in the CS series

 I still cannot find those minefield maps I paid good coin for in that pub over in Munich, that wizard keeps making them invisible to my defenders, and I always find them after a leg or 2 gets tossed into the air.

the AI decision path along the roads, is really pulling teeth, how can they not follow that well paved road right though the forest and everyone is always out picking mushrooms in the woods instead of heading to the battle?
 I know this is Jason's doing.. he always did like 'shrooms.... dang Canucks..

I also love the retreating shots..  any transport should simply be nuked from a shot, not retreated 60 miles back to their jump off points, I have had motorcycles disrupted and they still even kill my cheapy panzers when Assaulted without the extreme assault rule checked. I shot an entire company at transports only to get a disrupt and 9 retreats.. sorry guys but that's just some serious issues in the results chart.. maybe they need a special one that has destroyed in the chart more than once..

more to come..  once the shock of having Outlaw josey wales beat me up wears off

Dev