Gentlemen,
Your comments and concerns are always welcome.
First, let me say that HPS' main function is in the production and distribution of their games, they do not concern themselves with the game details. They do not contribute in any form or fashion to the game mechanics, design, or playtesting. We, the designers, are soley responsible for the scenarion design, OOBs, MAPs, PDTs, Campaign files, Org files, etc...
Second, you make the assumption that a major battle was fought at Rocky face ridge. This is not correct. You will not find an official OOB for the individual battles. The batteries that have been omitted are not placed for several reasons. First, my main source for unit placements came from Scaife's Book titled <i>The Campaign for Atlanta.</i> The missing batteries are not mentioned and must be assumed to be in reserve or otherwise left off the map. However, I found examples where corrections could in fact be made, and they will be introduced in a later patch.
I will be glad to research each needed correction. Just send me an email.
OOBs are very tricky. Jim Dunnam and I went over each O.R. report, but not each article written about the campaign. The OOB is O.R. based, not article based. Also, keep in mind that our OOBs do not show artillery crews, only tubes, so thousands are missing because artillerist are left out.
The "what if" scns were much more liberal with using most available units, but historical scns only used units that were shown to have participated. But as I mentioned, some units could have been present and in reserve, but since this cannot, in most cases, be officially shown, they were omitted. The editor will allow you to add them, but this will cause balance issues.
Anyway, keep the comments coming, I'll make notes and corrections as needed.
Lt. Col. Richard Walker
I Corps
Army of the Mississippi
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division
"Defenders of Tennessee"
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