02-28-2015, 05:30 AM,
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warstudent
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Why the Saipan reduced Marines?
On the APL website regarding Gold Club member journal for 2015:
Riflemen of Saipan looks at the 1944 Marine rifle platoon, a powerful organization designed for maximum firepower to repel Japanese banzai charges. We may have made them a little too powerful in Saipan 1944, and so we've included a full set of 24 Marine Rifle platoons with a lower (but still pretty awesome) direct fire value.
http://www.avalanchepress.com/gameGold15Equinox.php
I remember at the time of the release of Saipan 1944 the uber marines were discussed here on PG-HQ. I also recall seeing on consimworld in the PG group during that same time that APL Supoort defended the high value and said words to the effect it should probably be even higher. What prompted the change by APL?
warstudent aka Jim
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03-13-2015, 08:22 AM,
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warstudent
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RE: Why the Saipan reduced Marines?
(03-13-2015, 03:02 AM)Poor Yorek Wrote: Larry made a separate thread, but thought a link to the following Daily Content article here might be useful:
http://www.avalanchepress.com/SaipanRifle.php From the link:
In the early printings of Panzer Grenadier: Saipan 1944, we gave the Marine Rifle platoon an enormous direct fire rating of 10, making it the most powerful infantry unit in the game series (the Soviets have some AK-armed infantry in Hammer & Sickle with the same firepower rating, but they have a shorter range). That’s probably a little too much, and later printings pull that back to a mere 8:
So Saipan has DF 8 marines officially?
warstudent aka Jim
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