TOEE gets my respect for how far it went in trying to replicate intricacies of 3rd edition that no other game tried to replicate. It was a real 'wow' moment for me when I realized just how much of the ruleset it simulated. It faltered in a number of other areas (it was and is glitchy as hell even with fan patches) But the fidelity to the ruleset really showed what 3rd edition could do tactically, and it was great.
