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) One very nice touch was the use of the Do-217s to prevent the Russian AI from building aircraft. At first I didn't quite "get" how they were supposed to be utilized, but it quickly dawned on me just what these stripped-down bombers were supposed to accomplish. I really liked how they performed a suppression role, even without ammo. Of course, once I had taken the first three or four Russian airfields, I started loading them up with bombs and actually suppressing the airfields phsyically. In fact, during the course of the whole scenario, the Russians only fielded two planes (a tac bomber and strat bomber), which appeared on turn 10. Again, very nice use of units for a role outside their usual responsibilities. ). Overall, the scenario's difficulty felt just right for the start of the Barbarossa campaign; I was able to take all of my objectives, but it did come at the cost of a lot of unit experience. Of course I'm not going to complain -- I know things are only going to get tougher from here on out.You know... this was pretty insightful. Honestly, it never occurred to me that a player could use strategic bombers to 'neutralize' enemy airfields to prevent aircraft triggers from spawning them in. But this is how the trigger works, it says: If Allied Flag on Airfield = 1, then spawn aircraft on turn X. I just assumed everyone would race ahead and capture all the airfields, but neutralizing them with bombers accomplishes the same goal, it prevents Soviet aircraft from "spawning".dshaw62197 wrote:[At first I didn't quite "get" how they were supposed to be utilized, but it quickly dawned on me just what these stripped-down bombers were supposed to accomplish. I really liked how they performed a suppression role, even without ammo. Of course, once I had taken the first three or four Russian airfields, I started loading them up with bombs and actually suppressing the airfields phsyically. In fact, during the course of the whole scenario, the Russians only fielded two planes (a tac bomber and strat bomber), which appeared on turn 10. Again, very nice use of units for a role outside their usual responsibilities.
Wow... and here I thought I was being dense because I didn't pick up on what appeared to be the Do217s' true role.Honestly, it never occurred to me that a player could use strategic bombers to 'neutralize' enemy airfields to prevent aircraft triggers from spawning them in.
That type of mission would work well in a Battle of Britain scenario.I may have to keep this in mind in the future, allowing players to neutralize airfields to prevent spawning of enemy air assets.
That's also how I did it in the Minsk scenario.Kerensky wrote:Honestly, it never occurred to me that a player could use strategic bombers to 'neutralize' enemy airfields to prevent aircraft triggers from spawning them in. But this is how the trigger works, it says: If Allied Flag on Airfield = 1, then spawn aircraft on turn X. I just assumed everyone would race ahead and capture all the airfields, but neutralizing them with bombers accomplishes the same goal, it prevents Soviet aircraft from "spawning".
When hasn't this been the theme of the DLCs? Take real historical events (Giraud wassigny, bzura Piatek, Blucher Oslo, and so on) and transform them into game objectives.dshaw62197 wrote:
Overall this scenario wasn't too difficult; while there are plenty of Russian forces in the center, a good encirclement pretty much dooms their defensive position. This scenario was striking in that it forces the player to move against Vyazma in much the same way the actual battle was fought; nice work taking the "history" and turning it into an enjoyable, playable scenario. (And Kerensky, you'll be relieved to know I was much more thoughtful of my recon units in this mission, and all three survived the battle, although not in the best of shape LOL!)
