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LAVA

Very nice! Outstanding portraits! BTW, I hope you guys take the opportunity, in some way, to make the game not only a pleasurable gaming experience but a learning one as well. Lots of folks are put-off by the complexity of the era. Perhaps you folks could do something about that. A glossary of terms...

LAVA

Korrigan wrote:You mean the abilities to resolve oneself the tactical battle with miniatures and then to be able to enter the results to resume the strategic game. Right?

Yep..

That is what he means.

Frank Hunter's Campaigns on the Danube has such a feature.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Unfortunately his army was called "army of the Mississippi'. Pretty close historically, actually... After the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862, the Confederate's western defenses were shattered. To prevent the potential loss of the Mississippi River a two pronged counter-stroke was attempte...

LAVA

THAT...

Is one heck of map!

Based on satellite imagery?

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Magnificant!

La carte est absolument belle.

C'est un projet gigantesque qui capturera l'imagination de wargamers dans le monde.

Les vœux de vous le meilleur de chance.

Vive AEGOD!

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source di·vi·sion /dɪˈvɪʒən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-vizh-uhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 9. Military. a. (in the army) a major administrative and tactical unit, larger than a regi...

LAVA

Well...

Shouldn't a division have a minimum of two brigades?

Ray (aka Lava)

LAVA

Thanks for the compliment Marcus. Actually I abandoned the game as I was pretty much overwhelming the AI. I then started a new game, cranked up all the AI settings, and the tables got turned on me. Yikes! Right now I've taken a break from the game, awaiting AGEod's change to the Division HQ's. In th...

LAVA

Hi! I used Sheridan at the head of a cavalry division in one game against the AI. Used him to secure my flanks on the offensive and was able to take several cities fairly easy. They were pretty much unopposed... moved too fast for the AI to counter? Prior to detaching them to work as an independent ...

LAVA

goodwood wrote:doesn't have to be same stack just army area of control right?

Indeed.

Once you have created an army any 2 or 3 star general in the general region will be able to be promoted to Corps Commander of that army, irrelevent of any troops he may have under his command.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

It takes 60 days or more to get them to the Mid West. Is there a way to get them roughly where u want them? Send them by rail. It takes 72 days to send an officer from Washington to St. Louis. Hit the rail movement button and it takes 34. Send an officer from Washington to Cincinnati it takes 42 da...

LAVA

Personally...

I've never encountered such a disparity of losses from battles during the game.

I wonder how often such totally lopsided results actually occur.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Rafiki wrote:I don't see any reason to tie the number of divisions into any of the organizations (armies, corps, etc)

History... perhaps.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Well... You are going to need independent divisions for amphibious warfare by the Union, so a hard and fast rule of no divisions outside the Corps stack, may not be a very good idea. In fact, it is probably not very historical as well. If you tie the number of divisions to the number of armies, it w...

LAVA

Not sure I agree. In my games so far, I've had problems getting enough division HQ's even for my front-line stacks, but that might just be my style of play, I guess :) Well.. According to Pocus, that problem is going to go away when he takes out division HQ's, making it very easy to form divisions....

LAVA

Due to the hefty Command Point discount a division gives, I'd say they are quite important anyway. True... Which could lead to a lot of "divisions" running all over the map. I can see this happenning already with the confederate AI's use of raiders... which, instead of small units pushing into your...

LAVA

Actually... I would have perferred that the game used the following mechanics: * 3 star + army HQ = Army * 2 star + corps HQ = Corps * 1 star + any 2 units = division Making divisions isn't really all that important in a strategic sense. It's the development of Armies and Corps which is the most imp...

LAVA

Ops...

Was a bit behind the posting.

Go for it AGEOD... looking forward to your future improvements.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

After some debating in the beta forum, we have decided to remove the HQs from the game. Thus, I'm not sure why this has been put to a vote... a) slightly simplified game Yep... it appears folks are struggling with the initial learning curve of army construction. Have to say, it took me a couple gam...

LAVA

#2. A very important issue, I have not seen the AI add a signle Divisional leader. It keeps their leaders outside of divisional command, even if they are Brigadiers. Are we really sure that this makes a difference? For some reason I seem to remember Pocus saying that during battles what matters is ...

LAVA

Check my thread called "Divisions". A very interesting experiment with equally interesting results. The fact that the AI uses the HQ's when given them is good news. It would support more scripting to balance the game, rather than scraping the system for creating armies. The fact that it doesn't tra...

LAVA

Though last night I had an idea to do away with Headquarters entirely (or rather to make them pure support units and not mandatory). :fleb: Well... Best to think this one out very carefully. By taking away the HQs, you will make a very fundamental change to how this game is played. Now, a few folks...

LAVA

Sure!

I did make it to the winter, and even captured Rolla, but KY... sigh.

I like your strategy a lot Marcone, it gave me some ideas too.

Thanks.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Well... Definately interesting stuff. In my present game, I decided to give the AI all the advantages. Difficulty setting is very hard, FOW is full, AI given more time, Aggressness medium setting (as high seems to be a kamikaze setting) and full randomized generals. The game started with battles at ...

LAVA

Well...

I don't see it as a big priority.

If you like playing as the yankees, then naval power is real important. Dragging your fleets around can be cumbersome, but it's really no big deal, at least to me.

Ray (aka LAVA)

LAVA

Well... Regional HQs could be implemented without skewing the gameplay by script... that is, when they become available for the player to use... like the Army HQ's which overtime become availabe to use. They can also be limited in number the farther away they are from the Capital. That said, I have ...

LAVA

I would love it even better if the Navy was abstracted the same way that rail capacity is. You could probably do it... But I sure hope you don't. If you want to destroy the game's historic flavor, taking away the ships is the best way to do it. The big problem here is movement. It is a reeeeal pain...

LAVA

Korrigan wrote:[*]Load CSA Turn, pass your orders. (Here, I advice to first click "Save turn" if you want to back up later). Click "End turn".

Okay... I just did it... Strange, but it works!

Ray (aka "the not so bright" LAVA)

LAVA

are you keeping open rail lines to depot cities? I only had to do that because it was winter with severe weather. I knew eventually there would be a battle, and didn't want any losses. Otherwise, I've been okay. Except, in the far west, where the small isolated forts don't seem to be able to keep u...

LAVA

So... How does one do a hotseat game? Could someone give me a fairly detailed explanation? This is what I think.. 1. I start a game as the yanks, do the orders and save "yank side" 2. I start a game as the rebs, do the orders and save "reb side" 3. Now go into Explorer, extract the reb.ord file and ...

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