ATLANTISv2 atl-design-digest #51

From: csd@microplex.com (Christian Daudt)

Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Errors to csd@microplex.com
Now there should be a digest whenever (a) there are 10 emails
or (b) whenever there is an email waiting for more than 48 hours
for a digest to be completed.
So don't get worried if the digest has only 1 or 2 emails, that
just means the list has been slow.
(I hope it works)
If you want previous versions, they are available via WWW at
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From: Mark Hesidence <hesiden@Stoner.COM>
Subject: Atlantis: Attacking
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:31:12 -0500 (CDT)

Some of the rules on attacking:

>Once the attack has been made, the sides are gathered...

>On the defending side are all identifiable units belonging to the defending
>faction.  If a unit has Avoid Combat set, and its faction cannot be identified
>by the attacking faction, it will not be involved in the battle.  A unit which
>was explicitly attacked will be involved anyway, regardless of Avoid Combat.
>(This means that Avoid Combat is mostly useful for high stealth scouts.) Also,
>all non-avoiding units in factions allied with the defending unit will join in
>on the defending side.

That first sentence is wrong as I have seen "identified" defenders with
avoid combat set not join the battle.  This makes for some really long turn
reports if you attack many enemy units set to avoid with a large force.

Perhaps there should be:

ATTACK <unit number>   ; which works as the attack order currently works.
ATTACK FACTION <faction number> ; which should work as described above.

Perhaps even a

LIMITED ATTACK <unit number>  ;where your units in adjacent region are not
                              ;drawn into the battle.

So you don't have to worry about units in adjacent regions wasting a turn
not moving because you had 1 casualty and you don't feel like searching
thru all the adjacent regions and setting units to avoid 1 then remembering
to set them back the next turn. Or you don't want to give your enemy any
more information about your forces than necessary.