Scorched earth tactic

[Secret Master]

Infra is lost due to combat yes but that is not the point of scorched earth. The point is to avoid combat while luring the enemy inside the territory, and leaving them no means to sustain themselves logistically. Tank duels in a city damage the building, this is simulated yes. Blowing up railways while avoiding combat altogether isn't.
Destroying factories is fine but it is not a tactical move. It doesn't help defeat the army that is passing through that area, while the option to blow infrastructure does.

If the infrastructure is gone, then does it matter if you pressed a scorched earth button or not?

 

[kalauer]

If the infrastructure is gone, then does it matter if you pressed a scorched earth button or not?

It does when you don't have to put up a fight first to induce destroyed infrastrucutre. Viktor_Vetex is right pointing out the difference here. If you follow this strategy, you'll want to avoid major battles alltogether and make the enemy suffer attrition by low supply, most likely accompanied by guerilla warfare. This is not what is simulated with infrastructure destroyed during engagements.

Regardless, I believe if properly balanced, this feature might be interesting but of very limited use to most countries most of the time, as they do not have the space to do it to alarge extent. May very well only be useful for Russia and China, maybe Raj. But given that there most likely already is low infra in these regions... No, I guess the Impact of this Feature would be just too little. Unless one comes up with some especially interesting mechanic to it.

 

[Secret Master]

If you follow this strategy, you'll want to avoid major battles alltogether and make the enemy suffer attrition by low supply, most likely accompanied by guerilla warfare. This is not what is simulated with infrastructure destroyed during engagements.

But with rapid advances, would you have the time to properly do scorched earth? Without opposition, properly coordinated armored/motorized forces will have no problem overtaking the area before you demo everything in place.

With WWII tech and infrastructure, you can't press a button and scorch, say, the Ukraine, in a single day.

 

[Viktor_Vertex]

But with rapid advances, would you have the time to properly do scorched earth? Without opposition, properly coordinated armored/motorized forces will have no problem overtaking the area before you demo everything in place.

With WWII tech and infrastructure, you can't press a button and scorch, say, the Ukraine, in a single day.

Yes, if you begin it early enough, its the whole point of the tactic...

 

[kalauer]

Yes, if you begin it early enough, its the whole point of the tactic...

Yes, I also believe it would be doable. But exactly this "early enough" might be hard to balance. And it is definitely no opt-in/opt-out tactic but requires complete committment from the very beginning. Which makes it even less "fun" to play, an aspect one should not neglect completely.