wiscoleeds wrote: ↑Mon Sep 15, 2025 8:02 pm

eskuche wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 12:53 am Still looking for another MP opponent, pref playing Allies for multiple reasons

I'm ready for the challenge you posted on 8/28.
Cheers
Wiscoleeds

Hope I selected all the options correctly. First time as Axis in MP. Good luck! Let me know if there are any issues.

More thoughts on balance for MP: The Allies don't have much to spend prestige on up to 1943. Any Soviet fights that you try to train up experience-wise can be picked off immediately, and upgrades being limited to the far east and 4 trains only, with only a few models worth considering, has been a sa...

Cinched last turn DV on Malta. Played very carefully because it looked like naval units had weird rebalances. This is despite using 2 class-change units that apparently couldn't upgrade on the Allied objectives. They still did their job as decoy with 3 artillery behind the during rain :) Also used a...

Aircraft: they are way too expensive, and without the cushion of GC39-43 :) I can't afford to elite reinforce too much, and even green reinforce (I know it's not 0% green unit experience) costs quite a bit given how strong, relatively, the enemy fighters are. Given the relatively fewer unit slots, I...

Update on AK playthrough on FM Rommel. Eked out decisive on Gaza line. I haven't played AK in a very, very long time (6-8 years?). I also couldn't figure out which were the core units, so I briefly broke rule-of-1 to kill more mines with pioneers. 4 units lost so far, including the hero IT Breda. ht...

Sonja, mind sharing the difficulty excel file?

I think it's that you cannot overkill, so the actual math is that 80% of 3 killed = 2.4, leaving 0.6 (rounding up to 1) to fire back.

Still looking for more opponents! Standing open games online with password "1".

Comment on multiplayer balance. I have been successful in Africa as the Allies in multiple games, taking Tripoli by spring 1942. However, nothing happens, and my units are sitting there doing nothing. Yes, that's quite early. Perhaps there could be some extra British units spawning in that case, re...

Whoops, then. Yes, AK seems a bit harder than I remembered. Luckily the 10/4 overstrength Matilda II's still exist to fund the war effort

Gotcha re: AA. I thought that if you swapped to a flag-capturable mode (AT) that it would convert, but I might be wrong.

Trying AK as well as main campaign on FM Rommel. Updates to follow!
Quick thing I've noticed: fixed Italian AA (and Norway DE AA) can move. I don't think I have the absolute newest update but didn't find that in the updates from a cursory search.

Comment on multiplayer balance. I have been successful in Africa as the Allies in multiple games, taking Tripoli by spring 1942. However, nothing happens, and my units are sitting there doing nothing.

For something different, I recommend Sonja's well constructed and imaginative mods "DAW - Der andere Weg - The other way" and "D2R - Das 2. Reich - The Second Empire". Sonja has posted a lot of information, including some tips, on the threads for these mods, especially DAW, whic...

Still looking for another MP opponent, pref playing Allies for multiple reasons

I have reached the gulf of tarent recently and am now gonna start to destroy the italian main battle fleet. It was really nice to fight the italians for once, although some of the missions stretch on for a real long time. Also the italians are very weak. The only time I really take any damage is wh...

Looking for an MP game, prefer Allies as I don't have time anymore for massive 10 hour planning turns

Nice to see you're still going! Random thought browsing through the pictures. Did you ever fix the bugs with the normal vs. special Emil variants? I recall a very high attack value difference as well as a camo difference which led me to use the non-special variant for a long time.

Gentleman I have a couple of questions for you. 1) Did you guys go North or South for the Kursk battles? 2) Did you get a DV in the Kursk armory's? If not how close did you get? Did you have trouble getting the bonus tanks? 3) This question is just for Eskuche, are you going to be able to play the ...

Here are some things you can do: 1. Change graphics > efx.txt to any other name. This removes the shooting graphics and speeds things up considerably. 2. Change movement speed to max before AI turn. 3. Delete/change the AUDIO folder. This removes explosion effects as well as floating casualties numb...

I skipped the NW section of Prokhorovka, and blitzed it after the big counterattack. For return to Kishinev, threat management in the front line as defender is key. Using my best infantry in forests to ensure no attacks on me on unpredictable rain turns was the way (make sure they cannot be hit by k...