Paheej

Yes, at some point developers need to sunset and/or limit the scope of their projects. Although it is unfortunate hopefully the developers have taken this feedback into consideration for the next game.

I agree with David, in the scope of one battle wounded/killed has the same overall effect. If however the game was based on an entire campaign rather than one battle it might do to assign personnel as wounded, who would come back to the fight weeks or months later.

So, this game is pretty awesome. The art style is incredible and I love the sprites running around, reminds me of the old days of Red Alert 2 with the Sprites running around dispensing justice with extreme prejudiced against your foes. Anyway I've decided to do the Confederate Campaign first and it took me six tries to get any condition besides Major Defeat. I've read through the guide and even watched online videos of people playing the first mission. It looks like this link: generated the best results. Although from a cursory review of forum threads the union has seen major buffs since this video was done. On my sixth try I managed to beat Arriving at Gettysburg with an Epic Victory against the Opportunistic AI (that's the easy one for you who never play besides the hardest difficulty). A link to the victory image is here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=727280554 For those of you who hate links, summary is: Union Losses (AI): 2800 Confederate Objectives (Me): Oak Ridge, Oak Hill, Seminary Ridge, Herr's Ridge Confederate Losses (Me): 3777 Basically I got lucky by outflanking my opponent by placing infantry brigades east of Oak Ridge, when the Union Army was able to identify my units I saw it re-positioning its artillery units, as soon as I realized this I moved all units directly into the Union army in the technical term we call "the bum rush." Not wishing to allow my units to engage his rear or flanks the AI retired from Seminary Ridge and fled Southeast through Gettysburg proper. So my questions are: 1. Should I continue my campaign with this result, or is the loss of 1,000 extra men this early on day one too untenable of a position to succeed? 2. On Day One, Battle Two, there is a metric asston (greater than crapload but less than a fuckton) of Union Soldiers already on the field. I am assuming I should wait until I have artillery superiority before attempting to advance against the enemy forces onto the two victory objectives. Is this the correct assumption? Or should I simply wait out the entire afternoon slowly chipping away at the enemy forces with artillery fire. 3. When advancing against a Union fortified position . . . A. Should this every be done from a frontal position? B. Do I need to move up my infantry units, then run up my artillery units, then set them to canister, then charge after the enemy is reloading? C. Do I need to do wide flanking maneuvers behind hills so the enemy cannot see my troops move, or does the AI know/predict my unit positioning? 4. Jesus molester union volley fire shits on confederate troops. Do I need to fix enemies with tier one infantry and then frontal charge with tier two infantry? Or does my charge always need to be on the flank? Things I am pretty sure I know: 1. Put the artillery on hills or gaps in your line that allow them to have LoS and cover. 2. Don't charge constantly. Try to have morale above 25% when charging and condition above 50%. If possible try to get as close as possible to the enemy before charging. If possible have your general around to boost that morale. 3. Set units in a safe area near the general but not on the front lines to rest. 4. Don't send units to do things are on their own. They should have at least one battle buddy brigade. And preferably some artillery support and brigades to watch their flanks. 5. Use the elevation tool (M). I leave it on all the time. 6. Don't run unless you have a really good reason to do so. 7. Tier 3 units are awesome, use them at your plan's critical point. Try to shoot the Union tier three units with shell's or canister. However I will take any other advice anyone can give me. Such as "git gud", "stop sucking", "you're terrible", etc.