Question for custom scenario designers

[Big Dawg]

I have played some scenarios where I am able to disrupt/destroy units easier than others.

I have even had scenarios where a unit will take hit after hit, turn after turn without receiving any damage.

Are there different settings that can be used when creating a scenario?

Thanks.

Jack

[Von Luck]

Depends what you mean by settings you could put 2 Batt's on the map one with morale of 4 the other with a morale of 9 same goes with defence etc etc.

[Mr. Guberman]

dawg,

outside of morale, there is nothing you can do to augment a unit's abilities...outside of the choice of unit...and it's strength...

...look for a turn...I am on the boards...for a little while...until the Old Lady finds out about me...

cheers

curt

[Von Earlmann]

Yeah the lowering of morale does wonders for slowing down the great halftrack assaults too :-)

[Von Luck]

LOL Getting very critical in your old age Earl.Hope you and your family are keeping well and your getting enough Lobsters.As Homer would say Droool.ie as to the lobsters.

[junk2drive]

What started this thread was my questions to the dawg. I'll snip from our emails:

J2D:

In a EFII game I have surrounded an improved hex with 4 or 5 German platoons in it.
7 T34s fired twice at one platoon and had no effect. What do I have to do to kill something in these games?

BD:

Is it an IP or a bunker?

J2D:

Just an IP with a 50pt VL. I held it with 2 tanks for a while.

I was trying to disrupt the troops to assault it. I hit it with 122mm arty first and disrupted one of four troops. No HQ in the hex.

Next turn the same thing. 7 T34 41 firing undisrupted from one hex into the hex.

I can understand a few bad dice rolls but something doesn't make sense in this instance.

So it is just a die roll? Not a rock, paper, scissors thing where I shouldn't use tanks against troops?

In the same battle, German engineers would destroy my tanks but my engineers had no effect. Is the game biased by year and country?

[XLVIII Pz. Korp]

J2D,

Re: Engineers. The German engineers have a very deadly hard attack of 18 at a range of 1 while their Soviet counterparts were never issued AT equipment by the designers. Consequently Soviet Engineers attack hard targets at a humble strength of 1. Believe the Germans are intended to be combat engineers while the Sov's are construction. (?).

Re: T-34's at pointblank. Very possible and at times likely. You do not mention what the terrain is where the IP is positioned. Since it is a VP hex I'll assume it's probabaly at least a village. Now lets look at the modifiers. A T-34 fires with a soft attack of 11 at a range of 1. An improved positions reduces the attacker's fire by 25% to 8.25 which in turn will be reduced by the other terrain in the hex, I assumed a village which modifies fire to 70% effect reducing your 8.25 attack to 5.77, fractions lost, and a final attack of 5. Note less than half of your original 11. Are the defenders Wehrmacht or SS? Defense strengths of 7 or 8? Are they stacked with a leader?.... he raises everyones morale reducing the chances for disruption or retreat. So ultimately each of your 7 SP's of T34's is making a die roll on probably a 1:2 table with only a 25% chance for any effect. And you may in fact be having an effect (causing morale checks) but the defenders are just not breaking.

Hope that helps a bit.

[junk2drive]

Yes it helps, thanks.

The most serious boardgame I've played was Axis and Allies, and computer games have been individual unit based. I'm having a tough time with how attack and defend values are determined and what the TEMs are.

BTW, Parrying the Thrust was the scen. By turn 10 I was toast.

[XLVIII Pz. Korp]

J2D,

Next time you play, hit F3. Brings up the CRT, all the terrain modifiers, (which are cumulative), terrain morale modifiers (which I forgot to mention earlier), and all sorts of interesting info.

[junk2drive]

Thanks

I have trouble remembering all the things about these games.

I need to lock myself in the bathroom with the manual for a month or so...