Vaarna_Aarne
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So is anus going to return to old-fashioned artillery? And when are we getting us MAJESTIC StuG IIIs?
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PG3 - Let's take all their potato!
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Merkwürdigliebe
Arcane
Vaarna_Aarne said:
Talking about majestic weaponry I wants me a 88mm PaK 43, those things are absolute monsters. Though I have to admit the StuG III is a pretty nice piece of hardware as well.
Vaarna_Aarne
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I claim privilege to first StuG III, it is a matter of national/company honour.
eklektyk
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Vaarna_Aarne said:
same question
and also Update!!!
spectre
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Starving for an update, eh? That was the plan actually.
No, seriously, I got bogged down with work. Need to translate 20 pages worth of an automatic shitter technical specs for tomorrow morning. After I get my shit together, an update will come, somewhere in the early afternoon.
Yep. Old-fashioned artillery it is, at least for now. In PG3 the only two stats that are crucial for arty is range and number of attacks each round. Anything less than 3 range is actually suboptimal in practice.
StuGs should be around in a mission or two, thouh I'll see about the stats. I've been sticking to the 88, because of it's impressive range.
As you'll see in the coming update (teasing much), kindergarten is officially over and we need to use the best shit if we want to pull major victories.
Which we want, major victories mean moar promotions and additional unit slots, which means more people can join the fun.
No, seriously, I got bogged down with work. Need to translate 20 pages worth of an automatic shitter technical specs for tomorrow morning. After I get my shit together, an update will come, somewhere in the early afternoon.
Yep. Old-fashioned artillery it is, at least for now. In PG3 the only two stats that are crucial for arty is range and number of attacks each round. Anything less than 3 range is actually suboptimal in practice.
StuGs should be around in a mission or two, thouh I'll see about the stats. I've been sticking to the 88, because of it's impressive range.
As you'll see in the coming update (teasing much), kindergarten is officially over and we need to use the best shit if we want to pull major victories.
Which we want, major victories mean moar promotions and additional unit slots, which means more people can join the fun.
Gondolin
Arcane
spectre said:
This applies to the entire PG series. I always upgrade to the 15 sFH as soon as I get the chance.
anus_pounder
Arcane
Don't care what equipment I get as long as you know how best to use me. Update ?
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
Well if StuG is wronged by this game, then put me in something else that results in mucho burning KVs. Infantry, gun, tracked, whatev. Just -> Dead KVs.
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K. Got my shit together on time. Update time.
We go for Moscow men, that much is certain. The Red Army has plans to threaten our flank.
It seems prudent foil their plans and move on until winter strikes.
Fuhrer notices our lack of performance lately and is stingy with medals this time.
Ten turns for a major victory. Thankfully, we have a bit more time than the last time.
On the other hand, we have three objectives to capture.
This may necessitate that our forces are split into two Kampfgruppen yet again.
First, we welcome new blood in our ranks,
Mr. Cassidy the Anti-tank guy
approves of this appointment to the 88.
Heinz Katz gets a new toy. I cringe for a bit at the 8 strength, but that's the pain of using prototypes.
Anyways, the Air attack and Air Defense stats are stellar, which is what counts here.
The map for this scenario looks like this.
Difficult terrain ahead. Heavy wooded areas and many meandered river may block our path to the objective.
Thankfully, the objectives are neatly located so that we have a reasonable chance of taking
a few secondaries along the way.
We deploy. AI usually place the arty first, since we always get the first turn.
And what matters is that it ensures our arty can reach enemy lines, should the scouts make contact.
Speaking of which...
Scouting reveals enemy positions just nearby. The wh40K tank, a ZIS AT and a fearsome KV 2B
Hwavy armor blocking our advance just up north.
Thankfully, it seems that in PG3 the most "advanced" tanks are often understrengthened, which means they are much easier to kill. You can fuck about for an wntire turn until you kill a strength 15 T26, while a strength 8 KV usually takes but a few airstrikes.
Plotting artillery, ready for pre-emptive shelling.
Proceed. Feuer frei!
Due to the river bottleneck, we cannot really get close enogh to use the ATs
With level 6, Katz receives a new veteran order.
Pretty useless, unless we try to shoot us some infantry under AA watch. Which we won't.
For the record, the previous two are:
(o) Cautious attack - ignores reserve fire on enemy aircraft (sometimes results in more kills, sometimes it doesn't)
(o) Scouting run - increases the spotting range. Very useful.
The situation on the front is as follows:
Bee flanks the enemy positions and camouflages. It's actually pretty safe, as the T35 is thorughly shelled and will most likely lose the next turn on refit.
Gondolin scouts the road. No enemy detected.
This time, Merkwürdigliebe will secure our starting objective.
Hidden movement...
Infantry, enemy ATs moving at your current position
As the proverb goes, if one sows rapeseed...
Komm Schweinhund, Ich sehe grosses Schwanzlust in you!
Ziel verbrennt.
Meanshile, serrated nails a LaG33 trying to retaliate.
We strike back. The T35 is thoroughly shelled. HooDoo gives it some heat...
And hellraiser mops up with the captured T34.
We scout the perimeter around the first objective.
Enemy anti aricraft neutralized. Requesting support.
Authorizing Fallshirmjaeger
Securing aifield next to objective.
Meanwhile, Heinz Katz kills the offending LaG33.
Yeah, that's what we get for using the 8 strength aircraft. With air combat results being pretty random,
the Fw is already 25% damaged.
Sitrep time.
We're on the first objective as planned. Artillery is in place and we're ready for an assault.
Scouts were sent ahead. Bee finds the KV that ran off on us, and Gondolin secures the road to the city to prevent reinforcements.
So, guys, I'll just leave youe here for the time being, Skyrim gotten downloaded and all...
K?
We go for Moscow men, that much is certain. The Red Army has plans to threaten our flank.
It seems prudent foil their plans and move on until winter strikes.
Fuhrer notices our lack of performance lately and is stingy with medals this time.
Ten turns for a major victory. Thankfully, we have a bit more time than the last time.
On the other hand, we have three objectives to capture.
This may necessitate that our forces are split into two Kampfgruppen yet again.
First, we welcome new blood in our ranks,
Mr. Cassidy the Anti-tank guy
approves of this appointment to the 88.
Heinz Katz gets a new toy. I cringe for a bit at the 8 strength, but that's the pain of using prototypes.
Anyways, the Air attack and Air Defense stats are stellar, which is what counts here.
The map for this scenario looks like this.
Difficult terrain ahead. Heavy wooded areas and many meandered river may block our path to the objective.
Thankfully, the objectives are neatly located so that we have a reasonable chance of taking
a few secondaries along the way.
We deploy. AI usually place the arty first, since we always get the first turn.
And what matters is that it ensures our arty can reach enemy lines, should the scouts make contact.
Speaking of which...
Scouting reveals enemy positions just nearby. The wh40K tank, a ZIS AT and a fearsome KV 2B
Hwavy armor blocking our advance just up north.
Thankfully, it seems that in PG3 the most "advanced" tanks are often understrengthened, which means they are much easier to kill. You can fuck about for an wntire turn until you kill a strength 15 T26, while a strength 8 KV usually takes but a few airstrikes.
Plotting artillery, ready for pre-emptive shelling.
Proceed. Feuer frei!
Due to the river bottleneck, we cannot really get close enogh to use the ATs
With level 6, Katz receives a new veteran order.
Pretty useless, unless we try to shoot us some infantry under AA watch. Which we won't.
For the record, the previous two are:
(o) Cautious attack - ignores reserve fire on enemy aircraft (sometimes results in more kills, sometimes it doesn't)
(o) Scouting run - increases the spotting range. Very useful.
The situation on the front is as follows:
Bee flanks the enemy positions and camouflages. It's actually pretty safe, as the T35 is thorughly shelled and will most likely lose the next turn on refit.
Gondolin scouts the road. No enemy detected.
This time, Merkwürdigliebe will secure our starting objective.
Hidden movement...
Infantry, enemy ATs moving at your current position
As the proverb goes, if one sows rapeseed...
Komm Schweinhund, Ich sehe grosses Schwanzlust in you!
Ziel verbrennt.
Meanshile, serrated nails a LaG33 trying to retaliate.
We strike back. The T35 is thoroughly shelled. HooDoo gives it some heat...
And hellraiser mops up with the captured T34.
We scout the perimeter around the first objective.
Enemy anti aricraft neutralized. Requesting support.
Authorizing Fallshirmjaeger
Securing aifield next to objective.
Meanwhile, Heinz Katz kills the offending LaG33.
Yeah, that's what we get for using the 8 strength aircraft. With air combat results being pretty random,
the Fw is already 25% damaged.
Sitrep time.
We're on the first objective as planned. Artillery is in place and we're ready for an assault.
Scouts were sent ahead. Bee finds the KV that ran off on us, and Gondolin secures the road to the city to prevent reinforcements.
So, guys, I'll just leave youe here for the time being, Skyrim gotten downloaded and all...
K?
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Ha, you really thought I'd be stopping for the next gen crap when there is still much potato to liberate?
In truth, I'm runningo into Internal Server Errors here.
We will assault soon, but first the enemy takes their turn.
Kommand, we're being bothered by enemy MiG
At the same time, Bee meets face to face with the KV. Ouch.
Drat, they got lucky.
Indeed, they KV stopped its movement right next to Bee, revealing their camouflaged positions.
The MiG is quickly removed by combined effort of Serrated and Heinz.
It appears that drunken ruskie sailors are settled in this town. Flush them out men.
Permission to lead the assault, General!
Granted. Gott mit uns, Kameraten
CAssidy shells the drunken sailors to oblivion
And the town is quickly taken. For decisive action Cassidy receives a commendation.
No fair.
The T60 nabbed by Gondolin quickly buys the farm, courtesy of Carius
Recon, I want intel on the secondary objective.
Reporting on enemy positions. The resistance is miniscule.
Gut. It seems feasible to take it.
We are at the crossroads here. We need to split our Kampfgruppe.
Reinforcements arrive unexpectedly. We'll use tham as city garrison.
Had I known it, Merkwürdigliebe would have advanced with the main group.
Merkwürdigliebe cleared to proceed and randezvous with Kampfgruppe 2.
Blood!
Psychic shells the infantry on our way, and we move forward to take the objective.
Paratroopers move in to capture the airfield.
Heinz Katz mows down a straggling IL
Squadron strength at 50%, it is advised that we withdraw and resupply.
HooDoo moves north to scout the second main objective.
The KV is a tough cookie. JoKa is damages and the bombing runs are not as effective.
Meanwhile near the secondary.
Hmm. This proves to be a nuisance. Raze it to the ground, artillery.
Proceeding.
Heavily dug in, 15 overstrengthed partisans.
We'll be here all day.
No we won't. Artillery, I want support.
Firing at target. Damn, they're still there.
And finally.
Carus takes the town. No treat for him
Fotze! Don't know when to die
We cannot allow them to regroup.
I am on it.
Current situation is as follows, we are split into 2 Kampfgruppen, Anus, Garf, Merkwürdigliebe, Bee take the eastern route.
HooDoo secures tha advance to the north, thankfully, no ambushes along the way. The plan is thus, Gondolin stays to fuck with the partisans, Psychic, Cassidy, Hellraiser and Carius move to the objective.
Once our reinforcements randezvous with the main group, they will be assigned as garrison.
In truth, I'm runningo into Internal Server Errors here.
We will assault soon, but first the enemy takes their turn.
Kommand, we're being bothered by enemy MiG
At the same time, Bee meets face to face with the KV. Ouch.
Drat, they got lucky.
Indeed, they KV stopped its movement right next to Bee, revealing their camouflaged positions.
The MiG is quickly removed by combined effort of Serrated and Heinz.
It appears that drunken ruskie sailors are settled in this town. Flush them out men.
Permission to lead the assault, General!
Granted. Gott mit uns, Kameraten
CAssidy shells the drunken sailors to oblivion
And the town is quickly taken. For decisive action Cassidy receives a commendation.
No fair.
The T60 nabbed by Gondolin quickly buys the farm, courtesy of Carius
Recon, I want intel on the secondary objective.
Reporting on enemy positions. The resistance is miniscule.
Gut. It seems feasible to take it.
We are at the crossroads here. We need to split our Kampfgruppe.
Reinforcements arrive unexpectedly. We'll use tham as city garrison.
Had I known it, Merkwürdigliebe would have advanced with the main group.
Merkwürdigliebe cleared to proceed and randezvous with Kampfgruppe 2.
Blood!
Psychic shells the infantry on our way, and we move forward to take the objective.
Paratroopers move in to capture the airfield.
Heinz Katz mows down a straggling IL
Squadron strength at 50%, it is advised that we withdraw and resupply.
HooDoo moves north to scout the second main objective.
The KV is a tough cookie. JoKa is damages and the bombing runs are not as effective.
Meanwhile near the secondary.
Hmm. This proves to be a nuisance. Raze it to the ground, artillery.
Proceeding.
Heavily dug in, 15 overstrengthed partisans.
We'll be here all day.
No we won't. Artillery, I want support.
Firing at target. Damn, they're still there.
And finally.
Carus takes the town. No treat for him
Fotze! Don't know when to die
We cannot allow them to regroup.
I am on it.
Current situation is as follows, we are split into 2 Kampfgruppen, Anus, Garf, Merkwürdigliebe, Bee take the eastern route.
HooDoo secures tha advance to the north, thankfully, no ambushes along the way. The plan is thus, Gondolin stays to fuck with the partisans, Psychic, Cassidy, Hellraiser and Carius move to the objective.
Once our reinforcements randezvous with the main group, they will be assigned as garrison.
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
An important question:
Surely this game doesn't try to make T-35 into anything else except an utter piece of shit?
Surely this game doesn't try to make T-35 into anything else except an utter piece of shit?
anus_pounder
Arcane
What about a cast line-up every few updates to show how the prestigious army officers are doing ?
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HooDoo spots some enemy movement in the north.
The enemy appears to be moving to reinforce the right flank.
Bee scouts the secondary, minimum resistance is seen.
The KV is finally reduced to scrap by Garf.
Moving over to resupply, fighters, please assist.
Next turn, Gondolin finally gets rid of the ruskie peasants.
Took me the entire day chasing them through the fricken potato field.
In the enemy turn, Garf assisted by anus ambushes the incoming T34
Merkwürdigliebe and Serrated finish it next turn.
WE begin siege of the secondary objective.
Should be good, I see only limited resistance.
Kampfgruppe 1 begin offensive on the objective!
Conducting reconnaissance.
Bombers moving in to disable enemy armor.
Dropzone is clear. Fallshirmjaeger deploying
Fallshirmjaeger reporting, the airfield is secure.
Textbook aerial assault, men
HooDoo probes enemy defences, revealing the presence of enemy artillery.
Reporting in, no casualties, sir.
The assault goes as planned.
Hidden Movement...
Partisans attack our auxillary tank. Fuckers must have tactician, as they injure it badly.
Negersheisse, where did that komm from?
Enemy attempting flanking maneuver. Where did that infantry come from?
Situation after enemy movement - our auxillary Pz IIIG is badly shot up.
We have multiple contacts incoming to meet our advance.
Let them come. We will blast them to meet papa Lenin.
Three turn for a major victory. The final assault is underway. Keep your fingers crossed.
Opening fire at enemy gun emplacement.
Supressing town defenders.
Paratroopers, they're all yours.
Minor objective secured. I am honored to serve.
This is our panzer, damaged by the partisans last turn.
Meanwhile the other flank.
Anus gives a good shelling to the enemy units attempting to flank us.
Merkwürdigliebe takes the objective. Higk Kommand recognizes his valor.
The enemy is driven back.
Meanwhile, Carius moves in cautiously to capture the major objective
JaKo silences the Artillery and HooDoo assaults the city from the south.
Little room for maneuver here. It'll be tight.
On the other flank, we setup our positions for an attack. Merkwürdigliebe deploys and is screened by camouflaged bee.
They shouldn't see us coming.
What the... how did they?
We're being overrun.
Hold fast, support is on the way.
For fucks sake, where did all that come from?
We will hold!
Gott in himmel!
NOOOOO!
RIP Bee. First casualty of the war.
Merkwürdigliebe managed to secure a foothold on the other side of the river. The terrain is difficult, slowing our advance.
Unaware of the tragic situation on the other flank, Carius proceeds with the assault.
Azira takes the objective.
Err, danke shoen herr Fuhrer. We SURELY need yet another 88.
Back to the other side...
I will pound your sorry anuses to fokking oblivion!
We're dug in and deployed. They won't get past us.
Don't let bee go unavenged men. Press on!
Fuck, we're being flanked
God damit, I am spent!
Mutter Fickern, bring it!
Bring it! I fucking dare you! I'm taking you all with me
RIP Merkwürdigliebe. You will be missed and your valor will not be forgotten.
I'll rip these fucking comies a new one
Die, die, die!
Ha look at them run.
Disengage for fucks sake, do onot overextend.
Fool, you're outside mi firing range. Go back!
Luftwaffe proud to assist.
Bomber is down. Should be a bit safer here.
No it's not.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
Lost contact with our panzer division. Wheareabouts of offizer Garf unknown.
Our offensive is crippled here. Waiting for assistance from the other Kampfgruppe.
Major victory is forfeit. We still have a few turns for regular victory though.
It will be tight, still.
We got flanked by filthy peasants again. They came out seemingly out of nowhere.
Our artillery is out of action for this turn.
We quickly mop up the advance to the objective.
The road is clear for Carius and Hellraiser. We have full artillery support. Nothing should go wrong this time.
And it better won't cause it's the last fricken turn.
The enemy appears to be moving to reinforce the right flank.
Bee scouts the secondary, minimum resistance is seen.
The KV is finally reduced to scrap by Garf.
Moving over to resupply, fighters, please assist.
Next turn, Gondolin finally gets rid of the ruskie peasants.
Took me the entire day chasing them through the fricken potato field.
In the enemy turn, Garf assisted by anus ambushes the incoming T34
Merkwürdigliebe and Serrated finish it next turn.
WE begin siege of the secondary objective.
Should be good, I see only limited resistance.
Kampfgruppe 1 begin offensive on the objective!
Conducting reconnaissance.
Bombers moving in to disable enemy armor.
Dropzone is clear. Fallshirmjaeger deploying
Fallshirmjaeger reporting, the airfield is secure.
Textbook aerial assault, men
HooDoo probes enemy defences, revealing the presence of enemy artillery.
Reporting in, no casualties, sir.
The assault goes as planned.
Hidden Movement...
Partisans attack our auxillary tank. Fuckers must have tactician, as they injure it badly.
Negersheisse, where did that komm from?
Enemy attempting flanking maneuver. Where did that infantry come from?
Situation after enemy movement - our auxillary Pz IIIG is badly shot up.
We have multiple contacts incoming to meet our advance.
Let them come. We will blast them to meet papa Lenin.
Three turn for a major victory. The final assault is underway. Keep your fingers crossed.
Opening fire at enemy gun emplacement.
Supressing town defenders.
Paratroopers, they're all yours.
Minor objective secured. I am honored to serve.
This is our panzer, damaged by the partisans last turn.
Meanwhile the other flank.
Anus gives a good shelling to the enemy units attempting to flank us.
Merkwürdigliebe takes the objective. Higk Kommand recognizes his valor.
The enemy is driven back.
Meanwhile, Carius moves in cautiously to capture the major objective
JaKo silences the Artillery and HooDoo assaults the city from the south.
Little room for maneuver here. It'll be tight.
On the other flank, we setup our positions for an attack. Merkwürdigliebe deploys and is screened by camouflaged bee.
They shouldn't see us coming.
What the... how did they?
We're being overrun.
Hold fast, support is on the way.
For fucks sake, where did all that come from?
We will hold!
Gott in himmel!
NOOOOO!
RIP Bee. First casualty of the war.
Merkwürdigliebe managed to secure a foothold on the other side of the river. The terrain is difficult, slowing our advance.
Unaware of the tragic situation on the other flank, Carius proceeds with the assault.
Azira takes the objective.
Err, danke shoen herr Fuhrer. We SURELY need yet another 88.
Back to the other side...
I will pound your sorry anuses to fokking oblivion!
We're dug in and deployed. They won't get past us.
Don't let bee go unavenged men. Press on!
Fuck, we're being flanked
God damit, I am spent!
Mutter Fickern, bring it!
Bring it! I fucking dare you! I'm taking you all with me
RIP Merkwürdigliebe. You will be missed and your valor will not be forgotten.
I'll rip these fucking comies a new one
Die, die, die!
Ha look at them run.
Disengage for fucks sake, do onot overextend.
Fool, you're outside mi firing range. Go back!
Luftwaffe proud to assist.
Bomber is down. Should be a bit safer here.
No it's not.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
Lost contact with our panzer division. Wheareabouts of offizer Garf unknown.
Our offensive is crippled here. Waiting for assistance from the other Kampfgruppe.
Major victory is forfeit. We still have a few turns for regular victory though.
It will be tight, still.
We got flanked by filthy peasants again. They came out seemingly out of nowhere.
Our artillery is out of action for this turn.
We quickly mop up the advance to the objective.
The road is clear for Carius and Hellraiser. We have full artillery support. Nothing should go wrong this time.
And it better won't cause it's the last fricken turn.
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Yeah, I was planning to do so at the end of this update. Almost done quickly shopping together a scoreboard with all the kills listed at the end of the scenario. Will be doing that once every few updates.anus_pounder said:
I used one at the very beginning of the Konev campaign. Quickly ditched it. The mobility is atrocious, making it useless in combat. Although, other stats looked semi-decent.
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An challenger appears. The lone KV desperately attempts to halt our advance.
Press on! We need that city. We need the potato.
An artillery barrage by anus and psychic commences.
The defenders cower.
Pioniere, flush the maggots out!
Will do, Kommand.
Mopping up, securing the objective.
And lookie yonder. Our very own pet KV.
Er.
Anybody wants it?
We're running short on Panzer, just sayin'.
We liberated 1850 potato. Could have been worse. At least kills went up this time, but Isense the Fuhrer
will not be pleased.
Debrief time
First thing first. We shall forever hemeber our fallen brothers. Their gene seed will be preserved to breed
the next generation of fine Aryan warriors.
K. It's cool to drool over the scoreboard now.
This was a tough one. I admit, I got cocky after quickly rolling over the bottom half of the map.
Unfortunately, I forgot that the AI has a habit of pulling stuff out of its ass near the map edge,
where its deployment zone is.
But, that's not an excuse. I'll have to conclude that the AI isn't that bad as I thought first, it is capable of flanking and lining up its assault in an intelligent sequence. the problem is, it seldom has the resources to do so. With the upped difficulty, it has an expandedl leader pool to rely on near the map edge, but that'd be the only place where it can really shine.
There were also difficulties in advancing due to difficult terrain, which slowed our attack near the end. With hidsight, I could have split our forces differently, perhaps splitting the luftwaffe more evenly. Unfortunatelt, I assumed the central objective will be more heavily defended.
Ok then. So, Anybody calling dibs on the KV? We're short on good armor, so it'll be a waste not to use it. Garf lost his ride, but is MIA, so we'll see him again in the next scenario.
Speaking of which, a sneak peek.
Winter's Wrath
We move on to Leningrad. The winter's here, so it'll be a tough ride.
We're grinding to a halt. The Fuhrer is not pleased. We desperately need a success.
We also got a new toy from the Fuhrer. Hopefully it'll appease the AT fans. although, tbh, the 88 still has better combat stats.
This is our next objective. I predict heavy resistance at Smolensk, so no dicking about. Primary objectives come first,
we'll take the others if an opportunity presents itself. Especially, the objectives near the SW and NE map corners will have to wait.
We got some reinforcements for this scenario, including the 18cm.
Ok, so this is it for the time being.
Press on! We need that city. We need the potato.
An artillery barrage by anus and psychic commences.
The defenders cower.
Pioniere, flush the maggots out!
Will do, Kommand.
Mopping up, securing the objective.
And lookie yonder. Our very own pet KV.
Er.
Anybody wants it?
We're running short on Panzer, just sayin'.
We liberated 1850 potato. Could have been worse. At least kills went up this time, but Isense the Fuhrer
will not be pleased.
Debrief time
First thing first. We shall forever hemeber our fallen brothers. Their gene seed will be preserved to breed
the next generation of fine Aryan warriors.
K. It's cool to drool over the scoreboard now.
This was a tough one. I admit, I got cocky after quickly rolling over the bottom half of the map.
Unfortunately, I forgot that the AI has a habit of pulling stuff out of its ass near the map edge,
where its deployment zone is.
But, that's not an excuse. I'll have to conclude that the AI isn't that bad as I thought first, it is capable of flanking and lining up its assault in an intelligent sequence. the problem is, it seldom has the resources to do so. With the upped difficulty, it has an expandedl leader pool to rely on near the map edge, but that'd be the only place where it can really shine.
There were also difficulties in advancing due to difficult terrain, which slowed our attack near the end. With hidsight, I could have split our forces differently, perhaps splitting the luftwaffe more evenly. Unfortunatelt, I assumed the central objective will be more heavily defended.
Ok then. So, Anybody calling dibs on the KV? We're short on good armor, so it'll be a waste not to use it. Garf lost his ride, but is MIA, so we'll see him again in the next scenario.
Speaking of which, a sneak peek.
Winter's Wrath
We move on to Leningrad. The winter's here, so it'll be a tough ride.
We're grinding to a halt. The Fuhrer is not pleased. We desperately need a success.
We also got a new toy from the Fuhrer. Hopefully it'll appease the AT fans. although, tbh, the 88 still has better combat stats.
This is our next objective. I predict heavy resistance at Smolensk, so no dicking about. Primary objectives come first,
we'll take the others if an opportunity presents itself. Especially, the objectives near the SW and NE map corners will have to wait.
We got some reinforcements for this scenario, including the 18cm.
Ok, so this is it for the time being.
Johnny the Mule
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Onward, Landser!
What ability do the tank commanders get at level 6?
What ability do the tank commanders get at level 6?
Johnny the Mule
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Manual, in case interested in unit and promotions specials http://www.mediafire.com/?t5dw6d400aowcrj
Gondolin
Arcane
Three officers down... god damn.
Merkwürdigliebe
Arcane
Noooooo!
If a reincarnation is possible I want to command an assault gun/tank/tank destroyer if possible.
anus_pounder
Arcane
I would ask for the tank, but I'm guessing you're playing with restrictions that allow only the most basic actions when commanding out-of-specialization.
spectre
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We'll see about the reincarnation. Right now, I've got enough spare officers to burn through, but there's no telling if the casualty rate is maintained (not really in our interest, so I'll do my best).
@ Johnny the Mule
Yeah, you get Aimed Fire, it's pretty much what it says in the manual. Ultimately, I'll try to go to wedge attack for at least some of our tnak crew, but right now the promotions are scarce.
On the other hand, I would have to spend an extra time explaining who is who. This could work with 3D Assault, where the task force is a lot smaller than in SE.
I'll post the update soon-ish, I'm sorting the screenshots as we speak, then I'll play the second mission to give me some material for a larger update.
@ Johnny the Mule
Yeah, you get Aimed Fire, it's pretty much what it says in the manual. Ultimately, I'll try to go to wedge attack for at least some of our tnak crew, but right now the promotions are scarce.
Unfortunately yes. With hindsight, it might have been better to turn that on for the sake of the LP.
On the other hand, I would have to spend an extra time explaining who is who. This could work with 3D Assault, where the task force is a lot smaller than in SE.
I'll post the update soon-ish, I'm sorting the screenshots as we speak, then I'll play the second mission to give me some material for a larger update.
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