| Louie N | 18 Dec 2015 12:19 a.m. PST |
I got my copy of the book. Hurray I was wondering what people thought of the new morale rule. It sets a base threshold as opposed to a 50% unit size check. If I read it right; that ten unit strong Soviet Tank company will stick around for quite some time. Do you think it would be good change for the WWII version. Thanks |
| Mako11 | 18 Dec 2015 12:42 a.m. PST |
Even longer if you use a 13 unit strong one. Sorry, can't comment on them, since I don't have the rules yet. |
| Lordgoober | 18 Dec 2015 12:52 a.m. PST |
Not quite Louie. The big thing you do have to remember is that the count is taken from those teams that are within 6 inches of the platoon commander, AKA teams that are out of command or spread far out in the Line Abreast formation |
| Louie N | 18 Dec 2015 7:48 a.m. PST |
That is a good point Lordgoober. The brain had not registered that sentence yet. It will mean the unit may not be able to take advantage of its numbers depending on how, and where, the kills are inflicted. Interesting. I wonder if this will create more clustering of units in this version of the game. Thanks |
79thPA  | 18 Dec 2015 9:21 a.m. PST |
^^ I think so; it is the first side effect I thought of. |
| Lion in the Stars | 18 Dec 2015 10:04 a.m. PST |
And the arty should make people want to spread out. A BTR Motor Rifle company should actually be a unit of 12, not the 10 in a BMP company. The two additional vehicles are for the MG/ATGM platoon, which adds 3x PKM and 3x AT7 to the company. |
| Louie N | 18 Dec 2015 1:25 p.m. PST |
I was thinking about this today. Is this scenario an accurate outcome? Imagine a line abreast of 10 T-72 tanks with the unit commander, Capt Ivan, on the far end of the line. Capt Ivan and the tank next to him bite it. There are no friendly tanks within 6" of where Capt Ivan was. The unit has lost it's commander and is no longer in good spirits. Does this mean the unit must test and may potentially send the remaining eight tanks home? Thanks |
| Navy Fower Wun Seven | 18 Dec 2015 2:25 p.m. PST |
Sorry, can't comment on them, since I don't have the rules yet. How refreshing! Good on you mate! |
| Tgunner | 18 Dec 2015 4:54 p.m. PST |
Does this mean the unit must test and may potentially send the remaining eight tanks home?
Yes. And shame on the Soviet commander who does such a boneheaded deployment. |
| Mako11 | 19 Dec 2015 6:42 p.m. PST |
Actually, he'd be in the middle, and/or in the middle and slightly behind the others, from diagrams I've seen, for Soviet platoons/companies. I suspect too, the entire unit knows what their objective(s) is/are, so the loss of a commander shouldn't really be a huge issue in most cases, in the real world, since someone else will just step up to take over, I imagine. |
looks at more open-topped German artillery vehicles.