So, for example, it would be great to have units of Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division show up for the Liberation of Paris, appropriately experienced, and that could indeed happen if the designer creates the units at that time for that scenario. But that seems artificial and mildly disappointing to the player, I gather. He would rather have the division develop into the formidable fighting force that it was in reality, under his guidance.bru888 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:27 pm I learned from Erik how players love their core units, even in single scenarios, not to mention campaigns. They want the capability of upgrading core units or resurrecting dead ones; they like their accumulating experience over the course of the campaign; and there is a challenge in trying to keep favorites "alive" (i.e., never having them killed in the first place). So there must be a Free France core (although some special FF units can indeed be auxiliary).
But this is the arc of this unusual campaign: From West Africa to North Africa to East Africa to Syria, back to North Africa, to southern France, to the Indian Ocean, (skip Normandie-Niémen because that will be all air units), to the Mediterranean, to Italy, to northern France, back to the Mediterranean, back to northern France, back to southern France, and then finally the City of Light! (I had a feeling when I started that sentence that it would wind up looking ridiculous but I was determined to finish it!)
This means I must come up with a unit nomenclature that is non-specific but memorable to the player. I will do my best.
Can't do that unless the component core units, generically named, are in the campaign from the beginning. Besides, another complaint that we have seen is, if we do have certain core units earlier in the campaign, then making more of them later on, so as to be properly experienced and specifically named for the situation in the scenario, leads to "core unit glut." That is, a bunch of core units hanging around and not being used.
This is a game, after all, and it has to be fun to play. So what I am thinking is, over time, the player will be provided with, or have the opportunity to purchase, core units that will become experienced and serve as, say, Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division when the time comes. If he has played well, that is. And when the time comes, of course, the text will mention "Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division." The player can make the association in his mind that the experienced armoured core units in his reserve are this famous fighting unit.
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