On August 1st I was actually able to post a few items on this Forum. For some reason I've been unable to do so again until just now. I was hoping that one or two of the TEAW game designers/programmers might take notice of at least some of my suggestions. I've noticed that quite a few people have stopped by to read some of them, but only one person ever made a comment. Discouraging. The game has so much potential in so many ways. It could be an excellent simulation test bed for so many of the actual warplans and war games developed by the French, Germans, Austrians and Russians from 1900 until the actual start of the war, at least on an operational level.
I was hoping to spark some kind of interest in that sort of thing as well as to encourage the incorporation of several historical enhancements, not mention some minor programming issues. Since I can once again post to the Forum some of my ideas and suggestions (and who knows when this will happen again) I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity. If this is the wrong Thread for this kind of thing I hope someone will let me know.
Here's one of my ideas:
Allow additional staff positions, or at least a Chief of Staff, at the OHL, OHL Ost, GQG, AOK, GHQ, STAVKA or Army Group level, perhaps at the Army level as well. A good CoS should add command points to that parent HQ as well as the lower level commands. A mediocre one would maintain the minimum command point level and add nothing to lower commands. A vacant Chief of Staff position would reduce the command point levels of both the parent and the lower commands. It was after all the CoS who actually commanded many of the Armies on both sides, while figurehead leaders nominally commanded. I realize incorporating this probably requires a larger number of generals be made available at the start of a game.