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Copper Head

I think very few people actually fully understand the information displayed in the battle resolution screen. Trying to understand what has happened in an engagement is beyond the hope of most mortals.

Copper Head

In no particular order... 1. More regions in the vicinity of northern Virginia, especially around the Peninsula and Shenandoah areas. This would open up more strategic options for players regarding army movements, etc. 2. A much more easier to understand battle resolution screen. I’ve been playing t...

Copper Head

Guys, Just checking out the 'Thunder at the Crossroads' scenario and noticed playing the Union that the 2nd Division of Second Corps has a divisional HQ unit. Is this a new unit or a slip up charting back to the times when they was divisional HQ's? Plus I had a funny result at Gettyburg where the ba...

Copper Head

Guys, Just checking out the 'Thunder at the Crossroads' scenario and noticed playing the Union that the 2nd Division of Second Corps has a divisional HQ unit. Is this a new unit or a slip up charting back to the times when they was divisional HQ's? Plus I had a funny result at Gettyburg where the ba...

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'there is a lock on the picture of a unit that is 'locked'. inactive leaders has a brown enveloape i the right hand corner of the larger unitbox (for a lack of a better word) ' Yes but I'm thinking of the time when you have a whole row of units in a stack - if you could see straight away (without c...

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When units are locked, inactive, etc some sort of visual representation on the unit portrait would makes things a clearer and easier to spot.

An inactive leader could be greyed out. A locked unit could have a large gray lock graphic somewhere on the portrait etc, etc.

Copper Head

Hehe I can see the potential is there for a flame war but I dont think we're at that point yet

Dont get me wrong, I think the game is really good and I do enjoy playing it but its just those little things that I feel if done differently could make a great game even better.

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'An overtly complex and illogical system? It works great! It is perfectly sensical. ' No it isn't. You have three different rules/processes for creating divisions, corps and armies for what is in essence the same thing - grouping units under a leader. Therefore, if you agree to this then you must a...

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'And then you thow out the window the wonderful promotion system of the game that takes into account seniority, political cost, battle record, history... and force you the face the same problems Lincoln or Davis had with their generals on history. With this you will have a boring, generic and shall...

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' I don't think it makes any sense to change half the game and dumb down all the system because a few new players have 5 minutes of the first time they try to make a division' It's not dumbing the game down. Its streamlining an overtly complex and illogical system for something that makes sense. ' T...

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" I wouldn't want the cost to be built into the promotion of a leader because you might want to promote him when he's eligible but wait to assign him a command at a later date in a different theatre. " If you were to implement the the above suggestion then they wouldn't be any need for the 'eligible...

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" ...and then, for example, you will have "Mr ACW fan" ranting about why the hell promoting a general would cost him more WS than building a couple of ironcalds if "a promotion" is just a "piece of paper" " I agree, but the cost could be viewed as the expense of gathering/creating the divison staff,...

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Here's a concept... Remove the costs and checks for creating divisions, corps and armies. Let the player create these units at anytime. The limiting factor would be the generals you have available. Have 4 ranks of generals... Rank........................Can Form General.....................Army Lieu...

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Sorry but I totally disagree. " Force organization is one of the core concepts of the game, important and complex not "the most simple thing ". Forming a division should be easy! All you're doing in collecting a group of units under a leader.....thats it....nothing more. The steps and checks you nee...

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I'm coming from the point of view that game mechanics should be intuative to the user. A designer shouldn't force the user to consult the manual in order to find out how to the most simple things. Dont get me wrong, I love this game and think overall its a great design but certain areas do need a re...

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This current game procedure to create divisions is a really poor design feature. A lot more thought needs to go into this to make it more intuative to the player - the sheer amount of questions regarding this process backs up this claim. Why does an Army require a staff to form but a corp doesn't? W...

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Addressing the unit headcounts, getting them lowered

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Forming Divisions/Corps/Armies needs to be reworked.