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Capture of Capital
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:57 pm
by petebeadle
Can anyone tell me what effect the capture of a capital has for you and your enemy? I'm assuming a large NM loss, but can't seem to find the answer anywhere.
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:10 pm
by GraniteStater
My experience is just the North.
I've captured Richmond and had the game go on until I took every Southern objective - March 65.
I just had a very recent game where, to be succint, I had caused a lot of casualties and outright wholesale destruction of Southern armies. When I captured Richmond in Nov 62, it was the Victory screen and I had just Nashville, New Orleans, and Richmond.
IOW, I had raised my own NM so much through the bloodletting (technically, the destruction of opposing elements) that the capture sewed it up.
So yes, NM is affected, but it's the total context that's important. My recent game was somewhat unusual for the AI - I would expect longer, rather than shorter games.
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:40 pm
by cobraII
there is about a 50 national moral loss and gained when capturing national capital. not including the moral points gained through destruction of enemy units there.
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:36 pm
by soloswolf
The objectives screen will tell you the NM value of all objective cities.
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:18 am
by GraniteStater
Those aren't the VP values for the Objective?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:15 pm
by nemethand
It can be devastating
As the USA, in one of my PBEMs, I lost it against Bory somewhere in early September, and with it, lost the game, also.