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As Losenis noted, select Custom Battles in main menu. The historical Devil's Den battle is located in 2nd Days Afternoon battles and Picket's charge in those of 3rd Day.

I have played many times this battle as the US against Nick for testing. The situation is indeed very difficult for the US. They have the numbers but lack of elite units. In contrast, CS are outnumbered but have elite units and the best ground. Moreover the forest ground does not allow to exploit the US better numbers, since it will delay any advance, giving time to your opponent to prepare and shell you for long before you meet him. The only chance for the US is to exploit darkness. Most suitable path for advance is one of the two edges of the map. There, there is some open ground that will allow your troops to move fast and attempt an outflanking. I had tried the left one, between Culp's and the left edge of the map. I used the dark and prepared the assault moving the majority of my forces unseen to the left but I kept some forces to commence a diversion attack at Wolf's. When everything was set I launched the attack on Wolf's. I tried to "persuade" my opponent that this hill will be my main objective and lure him to converge some of the forces from Culp's and Benner's to repel the attack. I used the worst brigades, some batteries and the General. In the right moment I launched the main attack in column formation at the left (the best units should be assigned here). There is some good ground south of Culp's for the artillery to have good LoS on Culp's (stay alerted for the Louisiana Tigers and shell them if appear) but you gonna need some batteries as well for the main (far left) advance for canister. The tactic is hard because soon you'll have many units at the edge and will be difficult to assign orders. Also you gonna need a couple of brigades to commence a suicidal assault on Culp's from the south, against the artillery. This is important so the opponent will be confused and split his attention to many locations, and most important, will attract his artillery fire, giving a chance to your main assaulting column to advance rapidly and take positions west of Culp's (avoid "Run" or use it for very short periods). When the main assault is on the move, move your General form the right to the left to support it. Also the units from Wolf's diversion assault (if they are still operational) should be re-assigned to converge to the center, between Culp's and Wolf's, to keep busy the opponent and if possible to block the transfer of forces to support Culp's. After a hard fight it is possible to seize Culp's with the superior numbers (and canister). Then move your remains there, re-deploy, recover and move on Benner's. I have not managed to win this battle -my best performance was just to seize Culp's which I lost later- but if my opponent was not Nick I am sure I should. This tactic can be used the way around (main assault at the right). Effective coordination, moving unseen and right timing are the keys for the US to win at this map.

Well, though personally I would never use such tactics, I have no problem if my opponent does. Every exploit of the current circumstances is acceptable since that is the substance of the term "strategy". And every game, no matter how perfect it is, will have flaws that may be exploited. UGG, however, offers countless opportunities to experiment in strategy in a more "traditional" military way. Talking about Generals, here is an example of using the General in an aggressive way: I had to attack as CS at Devil's Den map. The plan I came to, was very risky but promising and completely based on the General (Longstreet). The later is considered the best General in UGG and has the largest command radius and exactly that was the advantage I decided to exploit. So, I split (!) my force and send most of Hood's division (3 brigades), including the elite Texas Brigade to a long maneuver, south of (Big) Round Top and positioned them in the back of the enemy line, almost at the mid-right edge of the map (US artillery almost broke the plan). Meanwhile I waited for McLaws division to enter the map and take positions. My plan was simple: I would launch a simultaneous attack from the west and east. My objective was the forest at the Cemetery ridge, just south of the VP. If I could advance my troops in that area which provides excellent cover, then the battle would be actually over and to my favor. The biggest problem was that the troops located in the east had not a General support and despite their eliteness they would be doomed. So the crucial strategic factor was assault sync. To the action: when McLaws division took position I launched the simultaneous attack from east and west: rantevouz point the mentioned forest. From the west, I followed a path between Wheatfield and Devil's Den. My opponent tried to halt my advance and attacked me from north (peach orchard), the south (Little Round Top) and the east (from the forest which was my objective). My attack from the east forced him to keep forces at the forest so his attack from that point against my western advance was weak. Also using a couple of good units, I delayed his counter-attack from north and south. Soon, a safe corridor was created and managed to advance Longstreet just when my east units were starting wavering. Now Longstreet could also support those units which soon recovered and re-attacked. The result was to seize the forest and position my tired units in the woods to recover. My opponents had the most part of the map and all three VPs but I had split his forces in two and captured a strong position at the center of his front line. The rest was easy. I defended easily this position and when my units recovered I launched an assault on Little Round Top to the south. My 3rd Corps that came as reinfs swept the north part of the map and soon the battlefield was mine.

Generals are not fighting units but they may be panicked if they get very close to the enemy or caught in the middle of an infantry engagement. If they do they will retreat (its flag will blink in white) and remain temporarily out of player control until they recover. For that they have an auto-evade system to avoid proximity with the enemy. Try to protect your general behind your infantry line. If the enemy attacks your front line and your General falls back, re-order him constantly to stay closely but behind your line and support your troops. If, however, there is a crack in your line you must decide quickly what part of your split line he will support because if there are hostile units between 2 parts of your front the General will not be able to move from the one part to the other (or you'll have to outmaneuver the enemy which might be fatal for your troops since both parts will be found without support during the General's outmaneuver).

Hi Razgirz! As you've guessed, the tablets hardware limitation forced us to present an alternative release of UGG for these devices. For the next battle we are focusing to add more new mechanics/features than transfer more existing features from PC to tablets.

It does not make any difference. The General will replenish all units inside radius that belong to the same Corps (highlighted green) in the same way. Units do not have to be covered completely by the command circle, thus the replenishment will be triggered even just a couple of sprites at the side of the unit touches the command circle. Note, however, that the replenishment speed is depending on the so far performance of the unit in that specific battle. A unit that has suffered a morale drop once will replenish it faster than another that has suffered twice and so on.

If your arty units refuses to target the assigned hostile unit, either its target is out of its individual line of sight or it is blocked by friendlies. If you have enabled the LoS Indicator (default option in Gameplay options), you can see the individual line of site for a few seconds when you select the unit. If you have disabled it then you have to hold left click shortly on it to see individual LoS. If you order a unit to select a specific type of ammo then your unit will stick on that until you re-assign a new type of ammo (or Auto).

No, it does not. Run mode and battle action (especially charge and melee) drain units' Condition. If your only action for Iron in the very first battle is just to advance and position it to McPherson forest (just after it enters the field and takes its initial position), then its Condition should be no less than 80% (without using Run mode or take any action meanwhile). In the next battles units carry their Condition from the previous one and do not replenish it. Do not miss to use your General to replenish units condition (I Corps for Iron).

UGG is a deep tactical game and a list like that would not offer anything while it could mislead the player. Elite/Crack units have a better reload time, however, there is also the Condition factor that should have taken in mind. Units with higher Condition reload faster and so on. That means that you cannot relay just in the rating of a unit because reload status is a dynamic factor and not a static one. In contrast, efficiency (kill rate) is a more solid factor because here the elite/crack units have always the advantage against lower rating units. But here should also be taken in mind the followed unit tactics in the battle. For example a unit with lower eficiency will make more lethal volleys if fires at the flank or rear than an elite unit that fires at the front of a hostile unit. The terrain also affects the efficiency (high ground, cover, etc.) so the position of the enemy and the way of the attack can further enforce or reduce it. In a few words the rating of a unit is not so important as the tactical use of it. An elite/crack unit has theoretically better initial statistics, but in practice, it is the command by the player that will finally determine how efficiently it will perform in action. R.E.B Blunt has already noted one of these tactics about the use of elite/crack units (and more generally in his splendid tutorial) but there are many more the player can discover on the battlefield of UGG.

All units have a rating system 1 to 3 stars for normal, superior, elite (or trained, veteran, elite/crack) units. The stars are shown in the unit's panel on the commander's portrait and additionally for iOS beside the unit's indicator in battlefield (the little shield over the unit).

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Thanks for the feed back. We shall check the issue.

Thanks for your kind comments! To keep things simple, all units are set to auto fire when a hostile units comes in range. If your arty unit fired on friendlies then this is a bug, however, has never reported such an issue. Retreating units are out of player's control until they recover. If a unit has lost over 65% of its manpower, then it would withdraw completely from the battle and permanently (it won't be available for the next battles of that campaign).

We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Custom battle is an one time play form 20 to 60 min. (depending on the battle), so there was not a included a saving system. We estimated that there was little to offer for the resources it could take (adding such a system in custom battles is not just a simple expansion of campaign's saving). During the Early Access period has not been almost a single request about it, so we finally decided not to include one (as you've noticed, there are still no requests about it). We've noted, however, to reconsider it for our next game.

@ Deathjag If a unit loses 65% of its force, then the next time that will suffer a morale drop shall withdraw permanently from the battle. If a unit gets repeated devastating moral drops (0%), there is a good possibility to withdraw permanently from the battle (no matter of the number of men). Try to keep your morale damaged units temporarily in safe to recover before throwing them again in the heat else you risk to get panicked and finally withdraw. It is not clear your problem with commanding your units, please provide more infos and if possible a screenshot.

Yes there is. Flank attacks result more casualties/morale drop and rear ones even more. Only artillery solid shots inflict the most casualties in flank attacks (longer row of men available for the single solid ball). There is no extra penalty than normal firing except the delay in advance. You can have a good idea by watching the increase/decrease rate of the graphical bars and the symbols in unit's panel (see the guide for details about the bars and symbols http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/4387-ios-guide/)

The key for this battle is... Benner's hill! Both sides should rash asap to capture the middle VP and "Hold" positions. The forest there offers good cover and the side that seizes it first will have the advantage if: the same time secures Benner's hill. Then move your arty on that hill to dominate the field with its heavy fire power and support the defense of the middle VP. If you manage to place your arty there, battle is over.

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CS have an advantage in melee. If US let the engagement to be determined by charges/melee then indeed have no chance (in any map). Try to use the US advantages (better volleys, artillery) and turn the CS advantage to a disadvantage.

Do not fall straight back. Your units are light but they are 5 of them against 2 heavy brigades. Surround and harass them as much as possible. Hit and run the slow infantry brigades, do not stand for long in volleying and make sure that they won't fall in melee (attack, fire, Fall Back, reload and repeat constantly). Calef can shoot few shells or a couple of canister on the flanks before move to safety (keep firing while re-deploying). If he is being charged and you see an inevitable loss, counter-charge with a light unit to buy time for Calef. It is better to sacrifice a light unit than loosing your arty. You cannot halt the attackers but you can delay and tired them, so Iron and Cutler have an easy work to do. Your first objective is to make sure that Oak Ridge will remain unoccupied (send Cutler straight away and Hold him in that position). If you play it right, Davis will collapse and forced to fall back just before Oak Ridge. For Archer most likely you'll need Iron brigade to finish he job. Here is one of the "openings" I prefer for US: Here, I try to move 2 skirms to the flanks of the 2 CS brigades (I actually want the attackers just to turn a bit and expose their inner flank to my 3rd skirm unit). The middle skirm will couple with each of them to create 2 to 1 situations against Archer or Davis (and repel the Heth's skirms). Cavs guard Archer and support skirms where is needed.

It is depending on the case, for example how many times before that, the specific unit lost its moral (the most the times the slower the replenish)? About reload its condition status is also important, however it should reload in any case even if it did very slowly. A screen showing the unit along with its hud would be very helpful here. P.S. This is a troubleshoot sub-forum related with forum issues and not with the game. The topic is transferred to the Support sub-forum.

We have some new ideas about MP battles and a sample of it will be presented with the imminent patch: one single battle for all the first day engagements! The battle starts in the morning with Heth and Buford skirmishing and continues non stop until the afternoon. CS 2nd and 3rd Corps, and I and XI US Corps gradually arrive along with the... escalation of the battle. It is a fantastic battle! We are planing to do the same for the second day (though here both armies will be almost fully deployed and have to address possible h/w performance issues).

We are sorry for the problem, there is an issue with the load screen. It will be fixed with the imminent patch that will be released the very next days.

Welcome to our community! Use often fall back to lure an Ai unit and strike it from the flanks with other units. Also group your arty units, assign them a group number and a specific type of ammo. By having all of them in auto, will result to fire often and get tired too soon. These will be useful when you'll meet the frenzy Risky...

Sorry folks, most likely we are gonna need a couple of days more, the imminent ios release consumes most of our resources.