Title: Short review of changes after last big patch - how it affects gameplay . Post by: orson on July 30, 2018, 07:08:46 PM So lets start with the one I missed in the first read of patch notes , the ability to only allow pre - planned artillery . After playing most campaigns I had seen most of the casualties had been due to artillery , now the ability to plot reactionary strikes is gone (if you choose) and the game feels a lot different , ambushes are a lot more effective and on map assets like mortars become the weapon of choice for hasty barrages . I now want to play through all of the campaigns again for the fresh feels . Now another support feature is the ability to add multiple targets , first select the asset , mortar or cannons , locate the target marker on the map , right click it to alter its position , right click the 3d map and drag to form a new target marker select your ammo type select salvo type select delay confirm your target with the Add fire task button . Repeat as many times as you have ammo , for each following missions add 5 delay FM0 - immediate , FM1 - add 5mins , FM2 - add 10mins etc , etc On a side note , I wish we had the ability to change the shape of the target area . Either from a standard circle , point target type ,with the ability to draw out a larger circle for a wider area , and change the shape from circle area to elongated rectangle sheaf or draw out a large square area . Possibly just make the ability to manually input the final desired accuracy of the barrage . More support changes on how they are handed out at different organisation levels , means that now you may end up with assets available that you had not expected , while playing several battles I have had air support I wasn't expecting (might want to limit the schnapps ration for the fighter pilots , the FW190 are drunk :facepalm: ). I reckon the last patch was a definite improvement , both in gameplay and UI , some changes like being able to hide the events menu to not get the ding sound , saved my sanity :-* I hope to see some interesting things in the future "(*cough*EXCEPT FOR TACTICAL UAV*cough*)." :-X Title: Re: Short review of changes after last big patch - how it affects gameplay . Post by: Tanker on July 30, 2018, 07:26:50 PM Orson, WRT your first paragraph: the ability to allow only pre-planned artillery. Is this a user option? Can we have pre - planned and called artillery during the turn or we can choose to limit it to pre-planned only. Is this correct?
Does this feature apply only to off map artillery? Is this option selected in settings? Title: Re: Short review of changes after last big patch - how it affects gameplay . Post by: orson on July 30, 2018, 08:17:18 PM Orson, WRT your first paragraph: the ability to allow only pre-planned artillery. Is this a user option? Can we have pre - planned and called artillery during the turn or we can choose to limit it to pre-planned only. Is this correct? Does this feature apply only to off map artillery? Is this option selected in settings? If you go into options , in the difficulty section " Use of artillery " - Normal , Only pre planned and the last setting is Maximum :o , pre planned being the ones you set up during deployment , this is the same for the AI , but you can set delays , and so can the AI , so you can still expect positions to be shelled during the game , but no new strikes can be called by either side once the game is in play . |