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by Kolaris
Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:36 am
Forum: Order of Battle Series
Topic: Using Artillery and Subs
Replies: 19
Views: 4377

Re: Using Artillery and Subs

I confess I don't know for sure, but I always assumed it was to let you know Destroyers in that radius will detect you with Sonar.
by Kolaris
Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:11 am
Forum: Order of Battle : World War II - Scenario Design
Topic: Erik's campaigns & mods
Replies: 2608
Views: 425114

Re: Erik's campaigns

So uhhh....Poznan is kicking my ass :o I've played the PC GC many, many times, and while I'm still not as experienced with OOB, I didn't think I'd be running straight into a wall. The key difference seems to be your initial forces and the strength of the Polish air force. In PC you could swat it awa...
by Kolaris
Wed Jun 05, 2019 3:23 am
Forum: Order of Battle Series
Topic: Using Artillery and Subs
Replies: 19
Views: 4377

Re: Using Artillery and Subs

The Gabe Mod on the first page of the scenario design subforum makes some slight tweaks to many unit stats...and an enormous buff for subs, which might say something about their state.
by Kolaris
Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: Order of Battle Series
Topic: Using Artillery and Subs
Replies: 19
Views: 4377

Re: Using Artillery and Subs

I don't know exactly how efficiency calculations is done, but I'd be willing to bet each point lost is worth more than the one before it. So going from 5 > 4 is twice the loss that 10 > 9 is. This would explain why I felt artillery was useless when I started playing. I came in with a Panzer Corps mi...
by Kolaris
Wed May 29, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: Tank attack range?
Replies: 12
Views: 4545

Re: Tank attack range?

Interesting that artillery will be able to return fire now. That was always a frustration I had playing Civil War Generals 2, that if you focus your cannons on an enemy battery, they would somehow find the time amidst the barrage to counter-battery 5+ times and still get to fire during their own tur...
by Kolaris
Thu May 09, 2019 10:03 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: Best feature from the twitch stream?
Replies: 25
Views: 6220

Re: Best feature from the twitch stream?

Right, that's what I thought "Simultaneous Movement" meant...it's just such a huge feature, I figured it would have been talked about more. Amazing that it's being included as an option. I've felt that simultaneous turns were the future for turn-based strategy games for a while now, really...
by Kolaris
Thu May 09, 2019 4:52 am
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: Best feature from the twitch stream?
Replies: 25
Views: 6220

Re: Best feature from the twitch stream?

Could you clarify what you mean by simultaneous movement? I caught most of the stream, but I don't recall any info on that.
by Kolaris
Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:32 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: How to deal with exponential player growth? (soft cap, etc)
Replies: 15
Views: 8708

Re: How to deal with exponential player growth? (soft cap, etc)

I like to play Panzer Corps with a set of house rules, including deployment costs. I can deploy as many units as I want...if I can afford it. Cheap units maintain their usefulness without being throw-away cannon fodder. This has the benefit of essentially being a 'wager' that I can place before a sc...
by Kolaris
Wed May 10, 2017 5:32 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: Suggestions, wishlist and ideas for Panzer Corps 2 gameplay
Replies: 400
Views: 115325

Re: Suggestions, wishlist and ideas for Panzer Corps 2 gamep

I think for "facing" a simple idea would be to tweak the Mass Attack values. If the supporting unit is adjacent to the attacking unit, the current -1. If it's to the flank of the enemy unit, -2. If it's directly to the rear of the attack, -3.
by Kolaris
Wed May 03, 2017 12:00 am
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: Suggestions, wishlist and ideas for Panzer Corps 2 gameplay
Replies: 400
Views: 115325

Re: Suggestions, wishlist and ideas for Panzer Corps 2 gamep

A house rule I've been playing with in my latest grand campaign is deployment costs. I didn't like how cheap units aren't worth their core slot as the campaign progresses, so I came up with this to help keep infantry the mainstay of my forces. 1. Unlimited core slots 2. To deploy a unit in a scenari...
by Kolaris
Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:36 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps
Topic: Lost Units
Replies: 6
Views: 1913

Re: Lost Units

Well all the SSVT units active in Poland were infantry, artillery, or recon. If you want them to have some special armoured units, maybe move the availability of the Panzer III E up by a few months? They didn't go into production until October, but hey this is all alternate history after all.
by Kolaris
Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:37 am
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: I am quite pesimistic about this game...
Replies: 164
Views: 48278

Re: I am quite pesimistic about this game...

I was initially skeptical for a lot of the reasons already mentioned. 3D is not inherently better, nor really that important in the scope of things. But I found myself in a strange place recently, called JPs Panzers Wargame & History Forums. There I was reading about some of the history of the P...
by Kolaris
Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:22 am
Forum: Panzer Corps 2
Topic: Poll: How much RAM does your computer have?
Replies: 23
Views: 24489

Re: Poll: How much RAM does your computer have?

4gb DDR2 @ 400mhz! Only 10 years old!

Hopefully upgrading this summer, when it would be 16gb DDR 4 @ 3200mhz. Just a slight upgrade.
by Kolaris
Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:19 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps : Scenario Design
Topic: [v1.04] Enchanced Movements Mod by Yrfin (EMMY)
Replies: 59
Views: 19806

Re: Test: New movement cost and types

Many thanks! Look forward to testing it. Though I've noticed the movement file isn't refreshed on starting a new campaign scenario like the equipment file is. Oh well. I think the 251/1 has found a sweet spot here, since I normally never considered it an option. But with the Opel Blitz, infantry tha...
by Kolaris
Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:41 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps : Scenario Design
Topic: [v1.04] Enchanced Movements Mod by Yrfin (EMMY)
Replies: 59
Views: 19806

Re: Test: New movement cost and types

I think I'll try 2 movement for lighter guns, that will certainly give them a niche next to the larger calibers.

Another issue with countryside: towed guns have -50% movement, which means that with only 1 movement they can cross 2 countryside tiles.
by Kolaris
Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:06 am
Forum: Panzer Corps : Scenario Design
Topic: [v1.04] Enchanced Movements Mod by Yrfin (EMMY)
Replies: 59
Views: 19806

Re: Test: New movement cost and types

I read your post about movement in the PzC II forums and had to try this out for myself. So far I'm enjoying it quite a bit, especially the importance of roads and planes having to consider the path to their target to avoid mountains. Just wanted to be sure though, none of the new move types do anyt...
by Kolaris
Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:55 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps
Topic: How to change ballistic data?
Replies: 8
Views: 2059

Re: How to change ballistic data?

Having to resurrect this thread because when I alter and then save the 'equipment' file the program fails at the start of any game. I tried an 'Amulet Mod' but that doesn't seem to work with the latest patch (I've just got back to Panzer Corps after a long while out in business). Be very mindful of...
by Kolaris
Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:07 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps
Topic: Messina
Replies: 2
Views: 913

Re: Messina

Ah, my mistake. Thanks for the Editor lesson!
by Kolaris
Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:00 am
Forum: Panzer Corps
Topic: Messina
Replies: 2
Views: 913

Messina

So having no Italian units I'd resigned myself to a MV. However after a few turns and startlingly small resistance, especially in the north, I began pushing forward. I manage to take the US airbase, when suddenly...at least a dozen units spawn all around my task force and annihilate it from all side...
by Kolaris
Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:48 pm
Forum: Panzer Corps
Topic: please help! question about the game system
Replies: 1
Views: 707

Re: please help! question about the game system

I believe if a fixed turret attacks a rotating turret, they suffer a -3 to Initiative. This is to encourage the use of tank destroyers as defensive units, or on the offensive against suppressed targets or with mass attack support. But at a ~3km+ range of late game tank destroyers I find it hard to b...

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