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Re:The Future of RTS by yskchu on Saturday December 26, 2020 @09:32PM (#25548333)
Adding another game with good logistics to the list of games:

The Wargame series from Eugen (the most recent one being Wargames: Red Dragon)

Logistics is a huge part of it, your armies can run out of ammo, or be stranded without fuel - there are dedicated units used for resupply.

Supply dumps, supply columns, and their protection, is a big part of the game as well.

Re:The Future of RTS by izacus on Sunday December 27, 2020 @09:33AM (#25551273)
The other part that Wargame series does well is unit intelligence and move a bit away from crazy clicking.

You can trust your AT squad to understand that other infrantry needs to be shot at with a gun and that tanks should be engaged with Javelins. This makes the game way more strategic and fun to play than something like Starcraft where you need to babysit moronic units and manually trigger their abilities. In Wargame you can focus more on positioning, information collection and movement instead of having to focus on clickathons to win. By the time shots are fired, the winner is probably already decided.

Re:The Future of RTS by __turbobrew__ on Sunday December 27, 2020 @09:45PM (#25556239)
My main gripe about the wargame AI is that there needs to be some sort of fire control for ATGMs. Too many times have I seen a jeep roasted by 4 hellfire missiles because all the apache helicopters in a squad engaged the same target.
Re:The Future of RTS by Macha on Sunday December 27, 2020 @07:01AM (#25550453)
Note that Eugen have moved onto steel division. Mechanically it's mostly an evolution of wargame but moves the setting from cold war -> modern day of wargame to world war 2
Re:The Future of RTS by LoSboccacc on Sunday December 27, 2020 @09:01AM (#25551071)
Steel division 2 is completely broken at the moment, with axis enjoying ridiculous Winrate and tournaments relegated to mirror matches for the inability of eugeen to balance the game

Some mods fix the most glaring problems, but they require investing in all dlc and make almost impossible to find an online match