Recon spotting

jonnymacbrown · 06-06-2010, 09:18 AM,

How does this work? jonny :smoke:

Liebchen · 06-06-2010, 12:15 PM,

Choose a unit capable of recon spotting, go to the command menu, choose recon spotting.

Unit must have 1/3 of its MP left.

I can't explain the rules defining what is actually spotted, other than that I believe it is limited to units within the line of sight of the reconnoitering unit.

jonnymacbrown · 06-06-2010, 03:49 PM,

The only thing is, every time I try it as you say, nothing happens. Have you ever seen it actually work? jonny :conf:

Volcano Man · 06-06-2010, 04:42 PM,

Make sure you have the Recon Spotting optional rule turned on. Besides that, yes, I have seen it work; I use it all the time.

jonnymacbrown · 06-06-2010, 04:56 PM,

OK, I click on the recon unit, the go to the command menu and click recon spotting. The recon unit then loses some Mps. I see this. Something should then happen. But not. It's dawn in the Ardennes, the enemy is 1 hex away but invisible. I try recon spotting (the optional rule is on) and nothing happens. Am I missing something? jonny:conf:

**Mr Grumpy** · 06-06-2010, 06:30 PM,

Unfortunately there is no hint in the rules to what criteria this rules uses to decide which units are/are not spotted, but at its basic level the more open the terrain the more units you will spot, in that regard dawn in forested hex's will be worse than a daylight turn in open hex's.

That is as much as i know.....

Liebchen · 06-07-2010, 02:35 AM,

Sometimes ya sees them, and sometimes they's hiding too well...

Dog Soldier · 06-07-2010, 04:26 AM,

Works real good in the NA desert!

Dog Soldier

FLG · 06-07-2010, 04:38 AM,

(06-07-2010, 04:26 AM)Dog Soldier Wrote: Works real good in the NA desert!

Dog Soldier

I find land based recon is less effective than aircraft based recon, but that is just personal experience and I couldn't say if it uses different algorithms to aircraft based spotting.

What it does seem to spot every time is adjacent counters, such as mines and trenches, etc.

jonnymacbrown · 06-07-2010, 05:25 AM,

"Works real good in the NA desert!"
I'm gonna keep that in mind next time I'm holed up in Mir Hachim. However it sure doesn't work in the Ardennes and I don't just mean in wooded hexes; nowhere, nohow General. jonny :smoke: