Slitherine

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:35 am Hi all,

New player since beginning of august. After 25+ years of PG I finally upgraded..
I did not go for PC2, that will have to wait a few more years

I started with the vanilla campaign but decided after Norway that it was too similar to PG and I wanted some new scenarios
Playing at colonel level through my first grand campaign and am now at the deployment phase of Vyazma.

I thought I was missing some heros so I inspected my units once more. It turns out I have Bar and Wirnsberger after all.
I don't have Lent because I skipped spoils of war (was a little bit afraid it would cost me..)
But I cannot find Rondorf. I should have had him in Smolensk where I had a DV.

Did I miss something because of which I did not get Rondorf? Should I maybe have deployed the flamm panzer?
I decided not to field it because it got a lot of damage and it is more of an infantry unit than an armour unit.

Thanks for a great game and all of the community content. Until now I have especially been learning from Braccada for core composition and deployment.
I think my core already is pretty big at this stage at 52 + 4 (including 3 freebee tanks).
So core-wise I think (and hope) I am already prepared for the later stages of the campaign .

Thanks!
Tom

PeteMitchell wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:14 am You should try the mod Battlefield Europe by McGuba

faos333 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:52 am hello, Heinz Rondorf and Helmut Wirnsberger both appear in Smolensk Grand Campaign 41.
There is an XL file called Panzer Corps Reference ver. VII with the time all heroes and free units appearance, try to search it.

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:35 am Hi all,

New player since beginning of august. After 25+ years of PG I finally upgraded..
I did not go for PC2, that will have to wait a few more years

I started with the vanilla campaign but decided after Norway that it was too similar to PG and I wanted some new scenarios
Playing at colonel level through my first grand campaign and am now at the deployment phase of Vyazma.

I thought I was missing some heros so I inspected my units once more. It turns out I have Bar and Wirnsberger after all.
I don't have Lent because I skipped spoils of war (was a little bit afraid it would cost me..)
But I cannot find Rondorf. I should have had him in Smolensk where I had a DV.

Did I miss something because of which I did not get Rondorf? Should I maybe have deployed the flamm panzer?
I decided not to field it because it got a lot of damage and it is more of an infantry unit than an armour unit.

Thanks for a great game and all of the community content. Until now I have especially been learning from Braccada for core composition and deployment.
I think my core already is pretty big at this stage at 52 + 4 (including 3 freebee tanks).
So core-wise I think (and hope) I am already prepared for the later stages of the campaign .

Thanks!
Tom

Moniker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:33 am If you had a friendly unit on the hex where Rondorf was to appear when he was due to appear then he won't appear. This happened to Lt. Joker in a video that has since been deleted from YouTube. He made Rondorf available in the next battle by using the editor.

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:02 am

Moniker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:33 am If you had a friendly unit on the hex where Rondorf was to appear when he was due to appear then he won't appear. This happened to Lt. Joker in a video that has since been deleted from YouTube. He made Rondorf available in the next battle by using the editor.

That could well be the case. I will find out this afternoon, thanks!

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 7:24 am

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:02 am

Moniker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:33 am If you had a friendly unit on the hex where Rondorf was to appear when he was due to appear then he won't appear. This happened to Lt. Joker in a video that has since been deleted from YouTube. He made Rondorf available in the next battle by using the editor.

That could well be the case. I will find out this afternoon, thanks!

On the other hand, don't heros always appear in already fielded units and not in new units?
If this is the case then it cannot be a case of Hex already taken I think.

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:54 am Now I definitely have to restart from Ostrov.. Although I will shell out for a Pz IV for him.

heinzrondorf wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:07 am

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:54 am Now I definitely have to restart from Ostrov.. Although I will shell out for a Pz IV for him.

I like giving him a Panzer II Flamm and then keeping him in that until I upgrade him to Tiger I (since he has a +1 MOV rating) usually around the start of GC43. He will get loads of kills in Panzer II Flamm (with his additional +1 ATT and +2 INIT) against Soviet infantry so you will reach the second hero quite quickly but the Panzer II Flamm of course requires some baby sitting because of its poor defensive stats.

/Heinz Rondorf

faos333 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:36 am agree

heinzrondorf wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:07 am

PanzerTum wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:54 am Now I definitely have to restart from Ostrov.. Although I will shell out for a Pz IV for him.

I like giving him a Panzer II Flamm and then keeping him in that until I upgrade him to Tiger I (since he has a +1 MOV rating) usually around the start of GC43. He will get loads of kills in Panzer II Flamm (with his additional +1 ATT and +2 INIT) against Soviet infantry so you will reach the second hero quite quickly but the Panzer II Flamm of course requires some baby sitting because of its poor defensive stats.

/Heinz Rondorf

turn4441 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:30 pm PS, sorry for the off-topic response above. Just thought the most recent posts would get the most notice in order to add to the Capturable Units/Scenario Special, Etc. column of my spreadsheet. Also, thanks to Pete and faos333 for keeping the memory of my spreadsheet alive for new PC gamers to find. I know it has very much helped me. If anyone has ever found anything else that is missing, I'd be glad to update it and repost it.