Easy idea to bring back buffs and toughen field capture

[Frost]

My object here is not to introduce any new or original ideas but to suggest some changes simple enough that it can be done quickly and without too much effort by HTC.  If you want to introduce new ideas please start another post so this one doesn't get too far off topic.

My suggestion is that we simply rearrange the field/city setup slightly.  If I remember correctly the ack guns start firing at about a 3k range.  I suggest we move the town to just inside that range so that the ack from the field can just barely cover the town and vice-versa.  This would make it so that all ack from field and city would have to be taken down.  The city would still be far enough away so that fighters and bombers would still not be close enough to take off at the last minute and strafe troops if you had the field capped.

Secondly, place the VH directly in between the field and city so that GVs can get to either one quickly.

I believe that these changes would bring back the importance of buffing to the level it was before and increase the toughness of capturing a field over what it is presently.  I am suggesting these changes because they would seem to be very easy to implement, would be effective and would keep all of the cool strat ideas that HTC has come up with.

[Cuba]

Good ideas.  In addition, I think there should be some structures that need to be destroyed before capture is possible.

I think it should take fighters, c47s AND heavy bombers to capture a base.

[Raubvogel]

I like those ideas Frosty.

[janjan]

VH between the town and field I like.

Closer town to field not. There is enough flying at the ack cover already.

[Tilt]

Originally posted by Cuba:
Good ideas.  In addition, I think there should be some structures that need to be destroyed before capture is possible.
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I like that and would add that the structure that should be removed from the field to the town is barracks (several of them). Taking out barracks prior to dropping troops seems to make sense.

The fact that you then have to rebuild barracks prior to launching another offensive (from that town/field)would also slow the march of a side with overwhelming numbers.

To me heavy bombers (b17 & Lanc)are strategic weapons and should be used against towns, cities, depots, stations and HQ.

Tilt

[Frost]

A mannable ack in the city would be good idea also.

[jpeg]

Originally posted by Frost:
My object here is not to introduce any new or original ideas but to suggest some changes simple enough that it can be done quickly and without too much effort by HTC.  

Moving the town would mean remaking all the maps, thats not a quick and effortless solution

A quick and effortless solution might be to require all acks including the ones in the airfield to be destroyed to capture the town.

Also make it that supplies dont instantly rebuild fields and towns but only shorten the rebuild time

[ET]

Instead of AI train every 5 minutes,make it every 30 minutes.Make all town ack manable.