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el_Gato

To start, I'd like to point out that I have played both BOA and ACW, so I'm familiar with the game mechanics. I just have a problem with how they're implemented --- or not. First, the Jena scenario starts in October, and by mid November, the weather is "Harsh / Frozen / Blizzard" every turn until th...

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Did you have Bragg in charge? Sounds like what happened to him in real life. :siffle: Have you ever seen Fort Pickens? It was a tough nut to crack, apparently, as it never fell to the CSA. Yah, I have. And Ft. Pulaski, too --- another pre-war fort designed to almost identical specs. I suggest you c...

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Moltke Always expect hvy casualties if you assault a fort right away! Did you siege the forts at all? If you're not on assault posture, you can start a siege that in time may breach the forts walls making future assaults a little easier. Also, why not bring along some siege guns! Just start another...

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So then, POW Exchange only benefits VP and NM levels, no actual physical increase in the conscripts number?

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To conclude: the CSA is designed fine, and the 'leave us alone' strategy is not realistic. He must attacks, as historically if he want to have a chance to win. Au contraire, mes ami . I recently finished off my first Campaign as the CSA (See the Help to Improve AACW forum, "Campaign Results" thread...

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Late January, 1864: As the CSA, I still control Fort Jackson LA, Fort Marion FL, and Fort Clinch FL --- yet Union units labelled as "Garrison Troops" have magically appeared at all three locations. But since I have them occupied by Confederate troops, these Union garrisons are all parked outside, wi...

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Just finished the 1861 Campaign as CSA: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/elGato8/End.jpg Or, perhaps a better turn of phrase would be, it finished itself. Made it to Jan 1864, and it ended in a stalemate. CSA morale was 148 (max. 175), and USA was 55 (min. 60). (I blame it on McClellan winning ...

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According to my sources, C.S. Winder date of rank is 7 March 1862.

Of course, he was killed in action on 9 August 1862, so...

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Unless, like me, you happen to want to keep yr chain of command. Seniority be damned --- if a general is assigned command of a Corps (or Army, or Division, for that matter) he should remain in command until I remove him. Otherwise, every time two organizations end up in the same place at the same ti...

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Should this happen? I had a one-star (Cleburne) division commander promoted to two-star, and his new seniority (21) put him above his corps commander (Bonham - 53). Cleburne automatically assumed command of the Corps, while retaining his division. I've seen officers be in simultaneous command of a B...

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Yah, tell me about it.

I've had Braxton Bragg in the Far West for most of the game (it's now Winter 1863), and he's still only a one-star. Kind of odd, in that IRL his date of rank for Major General is Sept 1861 (so why does he start as a Brigadier?), and he made 3-star by Apr '62.

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So, then, I'm attacking with a Corps (of two Divisions), across a river, into Lexington, KY. The unit defending the city retreats before I get there, but I run into a Union Independant Command in open terrain, outside the city: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/elGato8/snap209.jpg The Union forc...

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Right now we all basically buy enough replacements to refill our starting armies and then we basically ignore the pools until a half year or so goes by and we need to buy a few more. Let the currently destroyed regiments stick around instead and you’ll see lots of under strength regiments going int...

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So these are supposed to be the famous Laird rams? Need a little re-name then, as the "Liverpool Rams" title had me scratching my head. Maybe them showing up in NC isn't so far off, after all. According to this site: The Laird Rams The original idea was to build the ships in a Southern port using th...

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Sept 1863: Message arrives "The Two Liverpool Rams --- CSS Scorpion and CSS Wyvern are Under Construction in Great Britain" or some such. I check the GB box: Nope, not there. Search around a bit, and come across them in Wilmington, NC. Locked down, but fully built, and "available in 2 turns". Now, a...

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I'm in Late-Oct. 1862 with my CSA game. In general I have followed the following strategy. 1) Build up in the East and focus on consolidating positions in Winchester, Fredricksburg, and Manassas with strong (800-900+) Corps. Avoid major engagements, let the Federal troops break themselves upon my e...

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Maybe the other guy did not have any POWs to trade? Hmmm, that's a possibility I hadn't considered. Would be nice if after choosing to repatriate POW's you recieved a mailbox message stating "X amount of POW's returned", or "The USA doesn't agree to exchange, you recieve nothing". Some kind of feed...

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I agree that the weather must change and that is it overdone (Snow in Mobile in May is a bit over the top). I do beleive that excessive rainfall can adversrely affect trafficability for a moving army (particualry for wheeled transport and artillery), and when combined with near freezing weather can...

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How does this work? I've had it come up for signature several times already on the Politics screen --- signed off on it every time --- and I've yet to see any effects. Is it supposed to increase my conscript companies the next turn?

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Oddly enough, in my 1861 Campaign, I had Lee un-locked 2 turns before the "Lee Takes Command" message. I wonder if there's some random dice-roll involved with his activation?

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I have restarted the 1861 Campaign again after several false starts, but I'm having trouble with my War supplies, can't get enough to build sufficient units and to improve my industry. I,didn't have this problem on my other starts, the only thing I have done differently this time, is to fiddle with...

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I haven't really noticed the behavior you mention, but.. Ever since BoA the game engine seems loathe to allow two armies to occupy the same region. In many cases they should. I've had cases where two opposing corps occupied the same region, without a shot being fired. Just recently, I had a corps d...

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But that is not what I understood us to be talking about. Those battles were not the "let's walk in here and see what happens" fiascoes wargame players tend to create. Gettysburg --- perhaps the most famous battle of the ACW --- was exactly that kind of battle. Pettigrew's Brigade (of Heth's Divisi...

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When you enter enemy-held territory and launch an ill-advised attack, you may want to run away, but your adversary may not be so willing to let you, particularly when most of your troops are only as fast as shoe leather will allow them to be. Point being, after most large ACW battles, the "winner" ...

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She's been locked in place (Richmond, VA) since arrival, becomes un-locked Late Feb, 1863. I seem to recall her spy bonus is only effective with the stack she's with, so I decide to move her to the ANV. The very next turn , Early March, 1863, I'm informed that she's been arrested, and removed from t...

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A bit OT: notice that a force carelessly left out of supply will eventually dissolve to the last man. But a real army, unless besieged or surrounded a la Vicksburg, doesn't remain in situ and starve to death. This is where a 'TacAI', if one existed, would awaken and march the force back into a supp...

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If you read Pocus' introduction to this thread we are not abandoning the command struture and they are not talking about limitless Armies and Divisions. At least that is the way I read it. I don't think the sky is falling. As for this voting business- I am not a big believer in democracy, I prefer ...

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I think the actual confederate losses are OK, assuming the Union broke before reaching melee... but since the union took so many casualties and kept advancing, by the sheer force of inertia it should have reached the trenches and then losses in the 2-3000 for the rebs would make more sense... That ...

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Despite what impression I may have given in the "HQ and Support" thread, I'm ambivalent on the excising all HQ's issue. Like several others have stated, I wouldn't be bothered by seeing Div HQ's gone --- I think there should be a requirement for Corps HQ's instead --- but I think Army HQ's need to s...

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Jagger wrote:Will troops take hits when on the march in the hot, humid, sticky, miserable summers in the deep south????

Yah, good qeustion...

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