DAR: Poland

RERomine · #1 January 14th, 2009, 12:27 PM

I think you are correct and that the objectives being scattered doesn't matter as much since it was a meeting engagement. It did seem to have a single minded fixation on capturing the forward most flags first. This resulted on large numbers of AI troops passing laterally in front of a position I had on one hill. They would return fire, but not stop and engage my position.

It makes sense that the AI defends grouped objectives better. I suspect that goes back to the original code years ago where all the objects were grouped. To be honest, I've never paid much attention to which battles seem easier, scattered or grouped objectives. Grouped are easier to plan for and attack, but scattered are more difficult to cover once you have them. The odd isolated AI units can come and pick one off easier.

Charles22 · #2 January 14th, 2009, 03:12 PM

Yes, it's pretty funny, that it seems no matter what you do, if you flip the patty over, the other side is cooling off. Take for example the discussion we had about my very high maps. The AI did get compensated somewhat by my not attacking in the absolute best way I could, but otherwise it was obvious while my defense was tougher with that sort of map, so was his. Then again, I'm not so sure I have played a total offensive action since the grapeshot patterns were allowed. I must had played some, but the memory isn't sufficient for that far back. All I know is that I get about the same sort of defense consistently in meeting engagements.

So the same thing with your grapeshot objectives. Your attack could suffer more, at least in terms of gathering objectives, as I do recall when I played that way it seemed to be, but I don't think it's because the defense was geared for it at all, but only because I thought it was. You have a more difficult total nab of the objectives, whereas the same thing goes for the AI when attacking you.

I didn't bother to look at the enemy forces after the battle, if it would had let me, but it sure looks like you and I both destroyed the entireity of two Polish armored companies.