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Need help with Soviet artillery - 3/31/2012 7:10:55 PM

AFV

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It is/was my understanding that artillery (counters not support) can participate in deliberate attacks from 2 hexes away. Is this not true, or not true for all artillery units?
I am playing Soviet, and the only way I can get my artillery (counters) to attack is if they are adjacent. If they are one hex back, and chosen along with other combat units (that all have plenty of MP) the attack symbol will not pop up when hovering over the defensive unit. The artillery units generally have 12 MP and have not moved.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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RE: Need help with Soviet artillery - 3/31/2012 8:06:22 PM

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I'm not sure why this isn't working for you. If your artillery counters have 6 MP and are 2 hexes away from the enemy unit you should be able to make a deliberate attack......Do you have any screenshots?

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RE: Need help with Soviet artillery - 3/31/2012 8:10:13 PM

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You need to deselect the non artillery units that are at range. This is kind of annoying to set up, the UI is somewhat clumsy in dealing with it. It could definitely stand some quality of life improvements on this score, because as you move the mouse around you can pick up other maneuver units at range and have to deselect those as well. In high unit density situations it's quite annoying.

For ease of use, your best bet is to group artillery together and not mix maneuver units in stacks with artillery in it. That way the entire stack is eligible to attack at range.

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RE: Need help with Soviet artillery - 4/1/2012 5:36:55 AM

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Thanks for the responses.

Screenshot attached. This is just one of the crappy artillery brigades you start with (maybe thats why?)

It has 11 MP at this point.

I was careful not to select any other units that were at range. In fact, with no other units selected at all the deliberate attack symbol does not pop up when I press shift.

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RE: Need help with Soviet artillery - 4/1/2012 5:41:21 AM

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AT brigades aren't considered artillery for game purposes, AFV. Has to be a unit with the arty symbol, and you don't get any of those until 42.

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RE: Need help with Soviet artillery - 4/1/2012 6:23:04 AM

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DOH!
Thanks man!

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