...but how do YOU decide who moves first?

[dakrotee]

If you have Initiatve, how do YOU decide if you will move first or pass it to your opponent? What factors do you consider? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

[Muenchausen]

Terrain, army build, map and initial set-up. I try to get to the objective first and let my opponent attack me.

[askariraven]

Personally i play alot of differnt types of games and going last is a strong incentive.. i usually allow my opp to move first because it allows you to make the better tactics to counter... its easy to counter then to be countered. the only time i change this is when inf are too close to certin units or when he has a flaming unit really close as well... well thats my reasoning anyway.

Thanks

['panzer' Mayer]

If its turn 7 and nobody is in it I will move first an take it Like to day i did it with my panther.

[Fluffy]

My rules are these:

Go second unless:

-You wanna move twice (or 3 times with leutnant) infantry into cover before being shoot

-You wanna use strike and fade

-You really don't want your opponent to use strike and fade

-You have infantry able to go into close assault to a tank

I haven't played with BAR gunner nor snipers, but I guess they can modify this.

[Sniper45]

One thing i look for is if I want to move a unit during the attack phase, if I do, I might want do it as the second player because I might be moving into the other persons line of site and, of course, i son't want to be shot at. If you guys understand what I mean.