Battle of the Bulge today (Saturday) -- please join me 3 pm Eastern

[Brooke]

Welcome to This Day in WWII: Battle of the Bulge!
 All are welcome to play.
 Runs on January 25 in Special Events II arena at:
-- 3 pm Eastern.
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Late-war allies vs. Luftwaffe.
Tank battles and base capture is vital part of the event.

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.  Please join me, and bring your friends.



More details:  http://www.ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/550.html?task=view

[Brooke]

This event runs Saturday, January 25th.

[zack1234]

Are we allowed to drop bombs on gvs?

[alpini13]

kind of strange that no panther tanks or tank destroyers are on the axis side, they were a large part of the battle of the bulge....and how about skorzeny's special  op tanks?

[Brooke]

kind of strange that no panther tanks or tank destroyers are on the axis side, they were a large part of the battle of the bulge....and how about skorzeny's special  op tanks?

I would like to do that, but I'm not well experienced in tanks.  I need some input on how to balance that.

For example, M18's on one side and Panthers on the other probably isn't balanced enough, or is it?

[Brooke]

Are we allowed to drop bombs on gvs?

Airplanes can, but airplanes are enabled only during the 1st hour of the event.

Also, the airplanes will be needed to take out VH's and such, or a capture will be nearly impossible.  So I think they spend most of their time going after things other than GV's.

[BaldEagl]

I would like to do that, but I'm not well experienced in tanks.  I need some input on how to balance that.

For example, M18's on one side and Panthers on the other probably isn't balanced enough, or is it?

Just leave the Firefly's up to balance against the Panthers.

[Brooke]

Just leave the Firefly's up to balance against the Panthers.

Are Fireflies nearly as good as a Panther, or is a Panther way better?

And how good is an M18 vs. Panthers?

[BaldEagl]

Are Fireflies nearly as good as a Panther, or is a Panther way better?

And how good is an M18 vs. Panthers?

Firefly's are slower speed wise with a slower recoil as well.  Armor and gun strength are close enough.  The M-18's much faster than the Panther with a similar recoil and gun but limited armor.  Any of these can kill the others.

If you're looking for true balance my guess would be 2 Fireflys for every M-18.  I'm guessing that in this scenario ground speed will play a role and M-18 vs Panther gives that edge to the M-18.  Firefly vs Panther gives the edge to the Panther.

[Brooke]

I ended up enabling Panthers, M18's, Fireflies, Jagdpanzers, and Tiger I's for the whole event.  Seemed ok for balance.

[Copprhed]

So, how do we find out the results?

[captain1ma]

something for your viewing pleasure: http://youtu.be/2pYEGrrFBmc

its not that great, but it was fun to make! 

[Brooke]

So, how do we find out the results?

Final score is here:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,358464.msg4753828.html#msg4753828

And logs of who shot down whom are here, in the "TDI" section:

http://ahevents.org/event-logs.html

Thanks for playing! <S>

[Brooke]

something for your viewing pleasure: http://youtu.be/2pYEGrrFBmc

its not that great, but it was fun to make! 

I love it!  Great job!