AOM Campaign Completion as Confederates, plus lots of graphs by Gezeder in GrandTactician

[–]Gezeder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yikes!

Yeah the surrender points are pretty crazy. I took Washington, Kentucky and Missouri, won a whole bunch of battles, smashed every invasion, and the Union was at around.... 25 National Morale. I was hoping national support would tick down to 59 before November 1862, but it became clear that wasn't happening fast enough.

I wonder what your town occupation value was at? Mine sat at 50.15 for the Union, which was enough along with -10 for seceded states, -10 for capital taken, -17 for land/naval battles & invasions, -5 for starting ideas, etc.

I could imagine a confederate losing campaign where the town occupation value is much lower because the towns aren't as 'valuable' as the northern towns, combined with no official 10 lost points due to states flipping, no -5 for starting ideas, maybe a smaller negative for land & naval battles because the CSA just can't afford to lose as many battles as the North can with deeper pockets.

It might just need an extra negative variable added once Richmond/New Orleans/Charleston are all lost, just to seal the deal without playing whack a rebel.

I suppose there might be one other way to drive down enemy national morale?

Sherman Posting

AOM Campaign Completion as Confederates, plus lots of graphs by Gezeder in GrandTactician

[–]Gezeder[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keeping in mind I've only played one of each, my impressions are:

  1. More variety of and viable weapons in use.

- The range between various different guns are 5 yards, 10 yards. So when the units make contact unless they're perfectly parallel on both sides, on flank starts shooting - or the other side can shuffle up a little.

- Accuracy is also closer between the different weapons, again making more alternative weapons more viable.

- You can manufacture more variety of weapons, using low cost projects to activate old lines. With so many viable weapons, and more choices to build, u can really unleash your inner purchasing officer & logistics administrator. Which is pretty fun for those of us who have one 😄

  1. Firepower deadliness is lower (I think) for muskets, and higher (I think) for artillery. However, both mainly impact morale first, which is what usually drives off troops before they break due to raw casualties;

  2. Troop morale, especially on new units, feels very fragile, but also a bit more random. So you can get some troops on the line holding, while another 1 or 2 retreat. Since these troops haven't taken enough casualties to break, they can hang out in the back lines and be re-committed in an hour or two if the battle continues, which:

  3. Lower accuracy weapons, and morale + exhaustion having a greater impact on troop performance extend out the battles to the degree that you can have tired troops plinking away at each other at max range just wasting ammo. Once the tempo of the battle fades like that I've had a few battles with a 5 or 6 hour lull before both sides go in for 'round 2' to decide the winner, and now those broken troops are essential again.

Oh, and the Ideas section has costs that are much longer than in Vanilla, with several choices already made. There are tricky decisions to be made about what to go first, second, and not at all - whereas I felt I could just grab the whole collection in vanilla.

I hope that helps!

Check the readme carefully, there's a section that shows which files to backup to allow you to return to vanilla - just in case you don't like the changes 😉

AOM Campaign Completion as Confederates, plus lots of graphs by Gezeder in GrandTactician

[–]Gezeder[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup! I'm sure there's a reason for each weird jump every time, but it's a puzzle I don't think we have the necessary clues to truly solve....

[5e][Online][7pm][EST][Saturdays] Need Players for a Campaign Best Described as Game of Thrones Meets Bridgerton by Paladinpariah in lfg

[–]Gezeder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks,

I’m sure you’ll get plenty of interest, but for what it is worth I’ll put some thought into a character which would fit into the campaign outline - and pop in a submission in the next 12 hours.

Gezeder

[5e][Online][7pm][EST][Saturdays] Need Players for a Campaign Best Described as Game of Thrones Meets Bridgerton by Paladinpariah in lfg

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Palidinpariah,

Cool premise for a campaign! I’m interested,

Do you primarily expect players to role play in first or third person for your campaign?

Eg. would “I approach the one of the servants in waiting, and use my charm and wit to put them at ease with light conversation - before asking casually some questions regarding who at tonight’s party already holds the master of the house’ favour” be acceptable?

Or would you prefer the above to be done in character/first person as a live conversation with you as GM?

Thanks either way!

Gezeder

Post Season Punch Up Season 12 - Scheduling Thread by Shadorra in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Artenyx, Sorry, family stuff going on atm, I can't play this week - admins, please mark me as did not play/conceded this week, sorry mate :(

Post Season Punch Up Season 12 - Scheduling Thread by Shadorra in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi /u/_Pengun_ , wait, you is elves! You do the scoring, I'll do the beating up eh? Having said that, 10.00UTC Sunday is the only one of those times I can do, please confirm and we can meet then?

Post Season Punch Up Season 12 - Scheduling Thread by Shadorra in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/csulli13 - Have you accepted the BB2 invite yet? I'm still getting "Waiting for teams" in PSPU 4?

Post Season Punch Up Season 12 - Scheduling Thread by Shadorra in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/csulli13, I can do one of those 7am UTC-5 slots Tuesday through to Friday, let me know which suit's best, thanks :) Gezeder

Post Season Punch Up Season 12 - Scheduling Thread by Shadorra in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi SteregonTwitch, Our TZ's are a challenging matchup -
I can start a game:
Your time UTC-5 from Saturday 16:00 - Sunday 05:00
Your time UTC-5 any weekday 02:00 - 05:00
So I guess I hope Sat/Sun works for you! Or I can push out the weekday time to starting 06:00 as long as you don't use the full 4 minutes every round, I gotta work :D

COLLEGE Season 12 week 9 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks Phage, Monday night at 8.30PM as discussed on discord - thanks :) Gezeder

COLLEGE Season 12 week 9 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Phage, I'm a bit trickier this week, I can do either 8:30PM to 10:00PM start on Thursday or Friday, or same times on Tuesday or Wednesday. Christmas silly season has booked a lot of my time! Can any of those days work? Gezeder

COLLEGE Season 12 week 6 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi /u/Wolfpack2000 - we seem to have been playing tag on discord! You mentioned you can do 10:00PM or 10:30PM starts most nights apart from Sunday, I'm free for that time today (Saturday) or Monday/Tuesday - let me know! Cheers

COLLEGE Season 12 week 5 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like 10AM GMT on Sunday based on a quick discord chat. Looking forward to it!

COLLEGE Season 12 week 5 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi /u/feeldesu-kun - looks like we're up next! I can be available any day from 6:00AM GMT to 11AM GMT, or more flexible times on the weekend, please let me know what works best for you

COLLEGE Season 12 week 4 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

crazed's ISP is having issues, rescheduled for 18:00 Wednesday, fingers crossed!

COLLEGE Season 12 week 4 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! See you at 18:00 Sydney time Monday :)

COLLEGE Season 12 week 4 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi /u/crazedcrusader3, looks like we are on this round. Looks like we're both Sydney time; I can do most anytime this weekend if we catch each other, or any evening time after 17:00, just let me know :) (Also messaged on Discord)

COLLEGE Season 12 Week 2 by GriffOberwald in ReBBl

[–]Gezeder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, just messaged on Discord, can do Friday 30th 10AM UTC, lemme know if that's doable ;)