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SANDBOX BATTLES
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 3:27 am
by Bloody Bill
Hey gents, I am having issues with the sandbox battles. I can never get them to work correctly. I either go up agains an entire enemy army of artillery or they AI Army just moves away from me.
I pick a Brigade or Division battle, Attack option with line of sight. My Brigade moves and goes up against three batteries

Not sure why. Or a division battle will be agains all cav and arty. Or it will be a even force but never fight. Am I diong something wrong?
Re: SANDBOX BATTLES
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:30 am
by Davinci
I’m not sure if this is going to be any help to you, but here goes!
I play with the following settings:
Army vs Army
Hunt them down
Balance Forces – checked
And then use a Custom OOB which will detail which units appear in both armies.
So – try picking a different OOB that doesn’t have that much artillery, and use the
Balance Forces option.
BTW – what you are describing was reported on the forums a long time ago, haven’t heard that much on the subject since then.
davinci
Re: SANDBOX BATTLES
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 5:10 am
by Bloody Bill
@Davinci, thanks I will try what u suggest. If I get time ill go through some old forums to help as well.
thanks
Re: SANDBOX BATTLES
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:04 am
by Jack ONeill
BB,
As DaV said, checking the "Balanced Forces" button will be the biggest help to you in a sandbox action, either "Line of Sight" or "Hunt them down." Also, try choosing "Corps vs. Corps" size actions. You'll definitely get fewer arty units on the field, since I don't think there are any Artillery Corps in any of the OOBs.
Jack B)
Re: SANDBOX BATTLES
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:35 am
by Davinci
Checking the "Balanced Forces" button will be the biggest help to you in a sandbox action, either "Line of Sight" or "Hunt them down".
Jack – didn’t the
Balance Forces option come into effect due to the problems that people were having in the past with
un-balanced forces that
Bloody Bill is reporting?
It seems that I vaguely remember this subject, but I’m not sure!
davinci
Re: SANDBOX BATTLES
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 4:00 am
by Jack ONeill
DaV,
Exactly!
Jack B)