Panzer Strategy

Panzer Strategy

Tim Oct 13, 2018 @ 12:06am
rules question: consequences of bombing airfield
Hi, Many gamemechanics in the game are not explained in the tutorial. Without a manual/online documentation, I am slowly mastering by trail and error. I acknowledge the challenge within, about skill through adaptation and partly appreciate it too. But there are some game mechanics that elude me completely, for which I have no cutout way to test them. For example:

What is the consequences of attacking/bombing an airfrield? Any planes that are set down there will receive damage. But what if the airfield is empty? IIn the case of supply depots, understand that damaged supply depots can due to their hampered capacity, refuel and reload units worse in their area. Does a damaged airfield refuel planes less? But has it any effect on planes in the sky already? or any that will take off there? The reason I am wondering, is that the AI bombs airfields in the Battle of Britain. I guess this is mostly for historical flavor. But without game mechanical consequences, I fail to see why I should bother caring, (especially if any AA units get barraged to death by English navy).

(Btw do you agree that damaging English navy in the Battle of Britain is a waste of resources and time?)
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Oleksandr  [developer] Oct 16, 2018 @ 3:05am 
Originally posted by Tim:
Hi, Many gamemechanics in the game are not explained in the tutorial. Without a manual/online documentation, I am slowly mastering by trail and error. I acknowledge the challenge within, about skill through adaptation and partly appreciate it too. But there are some game mechanics that elude me completely, for which I have no cutout way to test them. For example:

What is the consequences of attacking/bombing an airfrield? Any planes that are set down there will receive damage. But what if the airfield is empty? IIn the case of supply depots, understand that damaged supply depots can due to their hampered capacity, refuel and reload units worse in their area. Does a damaged airfield refuel planes less? But has it any effect on planes in the sky already? or any that will take off there? The reason I am wondering, is that the AI bombs airfields in the Battle of Britain. I guess this is mostly for historical flavor. But without game mechanical consequences, I fail to see why I should bother caring, (especially if any AA units get barraged to death by English navy).

(Btw do you agree that damaging English navy in the Battle of Britain is a waste of resources and time?)

Hello, Tim. I see your point. If you have any other questions about game mechanics which you cannot answer by "trail and error" and studying in-game info feel free to ask them here. I will do my best to provide you with detailed answers. As of now, there is indeed no manual, so having those questions answered at least here would be advantageous both for you and for other players.
As for your current question: The mechanics involved with bombing an airfield are as follows:
1) Dealing damage to an Airfield building (do not confuse with Airstrip tiles) does equal damage to all aircraft landed on it at that time. (Eg. If you have 2 aircrafts landed on the Airfield, and an enemy bomber does 3 damage to the Airfield, then building AND both aircrafts suffer 3 damage each)
2) Damaged Airfield does not affect the refueling rate or planes which were in the sky before the bombardment. However, it does have some effects (see below)
3) When an aircraft is launched from a damaged (or destroyed) Airfield it receives a penalty which lasts until next landing. This penalty reduces all types of attack of this aircraft and its initiative. When the Airfield has 0 hp this penalty equals to -5 (to all attacks and initiative). This penalty is equally distributed: which means if your Airfield has 80% hp your Aircrafts will receive a -1 penalty, if your Airfield has 40% hp your Aricrafts will receive a -3 penalty etc.
This penalty is removed upon next landing. (So if you then take off again from a full health Airfield you do not have any penalty, otherwise same rules apply again).
As for AI bombing Airfield in the Battle of Britain scenario it is both for historical accuracy and has some mechanical merit as you can now see.
I hope that now this aspect of the game is clear. If you still have some questions left about this mechanic or you want to ask about some other aspects of game mechanics which are not explained in the game feel free to ask. I may not answer them immediately, so please give me a few days to do it. And enjoy the game. :)


Last edited by Oleksandr; Oct 16, 2018 @ 7:10am
Tim Oct 23, 2018 @ 4:23pm 
Wow thank you very much for the elaborate and thorough answer. I had not noticed these game mechanics and I am looking forward to adapting my strategy accordingly. Follow up question: do I understand correctly that airstrip tiles are purely cosmetic? (It would be nice if when the player right clicks an empty hex that the UI would explain you the effects of that type of hex on the parameters etc. like 'Order of Battle' does instead of just showing you an empty info screen.)

The question that is keeping me up the most at the moment is what exactly are the consequences of altering the difficulty of campaign? I tried and did not see any evident changes in the first turns of the first mission. (I am interested if a rerun on Marshal would be worth my time.)

Oleksandr  [developer] Oct 29, 2018 @ 3:12am 
Originally posted by Tim:
Wow thank you very much for the elaborate and thorough answer. I had not noticed these game mechanics and I am looking forward to adapting my strategy accordingly. Follow up question: do I understand correctly that airstrip tiles are purely cosmetic? (It would be nice if when the player right clicks an empty hex that the UI would explain you the effects of that type of hex on the parameters etc. like 'Order of Battle' does instead of just showing you an empty info screen.)

You are welcome.
You are correct: "airstrip tiles are purely cosmetic."
You can land and take off in radius 1 of the main Airport tile.
As for the difficulty there are two parameters which affect it: enemy units strength and prestige gain ratio. Now here is the list:
1.Lieutenant: 200% prestige gain*, enemy units have 8 strength
2.Colonel: 150% prestige gain*, enemy units have 10 strength
3.General: 100% prestige gain*, enemy units have 10 strength
4.Marshall: 100% prestige gain*, enemy units have 12 strength
* it does not affect prestige you gain for “on-the-map” objectives, only the reward for mission completion.



Last edited by Oleksandr; Oct 29, 2018 @ 3:13am
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