A Letter to Ed ‘Volcanoman’ Williams

[Kool Kat]

Ed:  

Your Malta scenario -  0622_01 Operation Herkules_Alt (30-Turns) has significant play balance issues.

I and my opponent discovered these issues back in summer 2019. Ladder Commanders agreed to update the respective scenarios with more explicit descriptions on play balance and optimal play parameters e.g. solo or HTH, etc.

You stated that you were halfway through play testing the scenario and when complete would provide players an update and make some minor adjustments. That was in July 2019. I posted a reminder in the thread in August 2019.

Nothing. No updates. No comments from you.

If you don't plan to complete the play testing and post results - why not tell us?

Currently, here are the available Malta scenarios listed in El Alamein '42:

0622_01_Malta.scn
0622_01_Malta_Alt.scn
0622a_Malta.scn
0622a_Malta_Alt.scn.

0622_01_Malta and 0622_Malta_Alt.scn scenario descriptions:

Malta, June 21st 1942: This quote, from Italian Count Ciano, sums up the situation of 1st Panzerarmee in North Africa, "Because of the revival of Malta as an air base and the numerous sinkings in the Mediterranean, supplies for the First Panzerarmee have fallen far below normal requirements. Unless Malta is weakened or paralyzed once more, this situation cannot be remedied." The plans to take Malta had long been on the drawing board, indeed, some Axis strategists deemed it essential to crush this island for the war in the desert to succeed. [Size, medium]

Note in these scenario descriptions, there is no mention or recommendation on suitability for play against the AI or human versus human opponents.


Now, the other two listed scenarios - 0622a_Malta.scn and 0622a_Malta_Alt.scn have the following scenario descriptions:

Malta, June 21st 1942: This quote, from Italian Count Ciano, sums up the situation of 1st Panzerarmee in North Africa, "Because of the revival of Malta as an air base and the numerous sinkings in the Mediterranean, supplies for the First Panzerarmee have fallen far below normal requirements. Unless Malta is weakened or paralyzed once more, this situation cannot be remedied." The plans to take Malta had long been on the drawing board, indeed, some Axis strategists deemed it essential to crush this island for the war in the desert to succeed. [Size, medium] *Designer Note: Victory Levels optimized for Human vs. Human play.


So Ed, again what is to be done with 0622_01_Malta and 0622_Malta_Alt.scn scenarios? 

Are you going to make "minor adjustments" to them and update the scenario descriptions accordingly?

OR if not, how about removing these two scenarios from the DB so other players don't mistakenly play them?


OR if not any of the above, how about telling us you will not follow through with what you said you would do?

Pretty simple.


"A man's only as good as his word." - Rodd Thunderheart