I think that it could become part of the game, but frankly it's not easy in that particular game to monitor the entire map like that, so you have the commputer with a tremendous advantage. In another game, it makes a little more sense, but in that game, specifically, it does not. Also, that is the kind of thing I've had to work hard to deal with effective, which is the difference between a game and a simulation.
I wou;d like to see supplies as an issue in some games, but I think that a game is still effective at showing tactics even if it doesn't have these features. The truth is that supply is an interesting and deanding job, but from the outside it isn't that interesting to the average person, including gamers. If a game becomes too complicated, as all of you know without me saying anything, it isn't really much fun anymore. That's why I would like to see a game integrate that feature, but I don't really see it being a viable part of Time of Conflict, SoundRTS, Castaways, or the like. The game I think that could easily portray supplies the best is Galaxy Rangers, but that game doesn't seem to receive much in the way of public attention anymore. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 6/21/12, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dark, > > Exactly. Every successful campaign has to have good supply lines. Cut > off those supply lines and no matter who the enemy is they will grow > hungry, run out of ammunition, run low on fuel, etc and either have to > conserve their supplies weakening their effectiveness or withdrawl. > > For example, one of the most well known battles of World War II, the > Battle of the Buldge, really came down to an issue of supplies. Early > in the battle the Natzis were kicking the allies collective rear ends. > However, the allies won that battle because the Natzi tanks and trucks > ran out of fuel and the Natzi infantry ran out of supplies. In short, > the Natzis didn't have enough supplies to sustain their combat > effectiveness and lost the battle. had the Natzis remained supplied > they would have cleaned our clock. > > I think any game like Time of Conflict should include a certain level > of supply lines because while sacking a village or town for food, > ammunition, etc is feasible in the short term there always should be a > steady flow of supplies from the home cities. Cutting off a convoy of > fuel trucks required for a heavily armed tank brigade would be a > damaging blow to the tank brigade because they won't be able to > refuel. Bombing trucks full of food bound for a large infantry would > probably cause some infantry to die of starvation or become weak. > Basically, anything you can do to disrupt the enemy supply lines will > give you an edge in weakening their effectiveness later on. > > Cheers! > > > On 6/21/12, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: >> I'm afraid I don't agree decota. >> >> A unit of scouts or foot soldiers may be able to carry enough food and >> use >> forage, meaning they can be away in the field for extended periods, while >> the protection of supply trains plays an extremely large part in >> campaignes, ---- after all remember Wellington's famous saying that an >> army >> >> marches on it's stomach. >> >> this is just as true now, even though the methods of supply are trucks >> rather than ox carts, ----- indeed gorilla opperations in many modern >> wars >> involve either putting supply trucks out of action or making the roads >> impassable to such trucks, thus leaving soldiers without food and >> amunition. >> >> As I said, I think resources or food as a unit should really be part of >> military stratogy games to replicate this, even as a simplified system, >> sinse traditionally it plays as large a part in war as formation, >> weaponry, >> >> terrain or any other factors. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
