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Old April 1st, 2012, 12:23 AM
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Default Re: OpFire during unload

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Why does everyone assume this was rushed? I'm talking about a secured VHex cluster that was cleared like 3 or 4 turns ago. I go back with a damaged APC. I gather the lagging/damaged units and drop them off discovering that now that the smoke has cleared from all the fighting 1 MG previously unfired/detected has LOS and KAPOW!
So it still sounds like you made a tactical error, who was on look out guarding the Vhexes the enemy has time to move units in place or it just waited for a juicy target rather than give its position away.
I would call that delaying tactics & suggest you should be more cautious in the future or you will be caught out again.
Think about it its a common tactic, heck snipers were near enough invented for it.
Your guys got out of their ride milled about having a smoke & securing their equipment before heading off on foot because the area is secure. The MG crew cant believe their luck its such a good target they have to risk giving their position away.
To me the game simulated things pretty well, okay in RL the MG crew would probably bug out pronto which the AI probably wont do but they did their job.
I would say then the code works just fine simulating what would likely happen, its what sets this game apart from other games over the years this game has been tweaked so what happens feels right. Yes it can be frustrating at times but thats war nothing is certain & its those surefire things that turn to poo that keep you on your toes.
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