Clear, makes sense. I'll throw down the money then for this upgrade

Yes, this is one of the things which makes it interesting.
Quick question: I'm about to start Gazala, where I was hoping to upgrade my 149mm Italian arty to its modern version, giving him that all-important range 3. But unfortunately this upgrade is non-family, so full cost. Was this intended?

Yes, some battles change a lot in terms of difficulty, depending on settings (Manstein +5 strength vs Field Marshal and so on). I spoke with goose_2 about the 45 experience levels, since he gave the Allies a 25% experience buff. Despite that, he wanted me to push the experience level rebalancing. L...

Thanks for the detailed response Locarnus, really interesting read once again. I checked out Soren's debriefing and it is interesting to see how different his experience in vanilla is compared to this mod. Several of the missions he named would not make my top 15 (all the '45 missions and Stalingrad...

Playing the GC with this mod has been great fun, it has greatly enriched the playing experience. Favorite period was '42-'43, which provided a rich array of choices regarding equiment and deployment. Least favorite was '45 for the reasons described above. Overall the GC Rommel setting proved to be a...

Just like the rest of '45 the Berlin scenario's failed to provide a significant challenge. But overall this has been a very enjoyable experience. A more detailed evaluation will follow in the next post, for now I'll post up my final core. Core when starting Epilogue, prestige at 36k. Excluded are th...

Mostly 5 stars and 12 units with 3 heroes is great! So the third heroes are possible as a cherry on top, just not something that can be taken for granted. I like that, even a fighter with 3 heroes. And well, hero rng at this point is a special thing. Yep, just talked with goose_2 yesterday about th...

Progress update: I've reached Berlin without issue and with comfortable DV's along the way. My core is pretty much where I want it to be, of my non-SE units only a handful are not at 5 stars: the Kradschutzen, 3 flaks (hard to max out) and 2 fighters (will max out in Berlin). I have 12 units with 3 ...

Hi Goose, happy to answer! 1) North. I played GC East only once before, so by default I've now chosen the paths I skipped last time. Which meant breaking out from Stalingrad, going Kursk North, going to Kishinev and doing the East Prussian defensive path. 2) I took an MV in Armory, getting all objec...

The Zrinyi's would be a nice addition as well, also the Maresal. Progress update on my campaign: I've blasted my way through the first half of '45 with relative ease. The IS-2 has become more of a common sight so I've finally decided to max OS all my tanks and AT's to deal with it. The Jagdtiger has...

I did consider the P26/40 and the TAS. But the former seems to be very weak for early 1944, while the latter is strong enough for the regular core and thus overpowered for the bonus SE roster. I'll see what I can do to for the TAS with a different approach (which I still have to run significant tes...

Really like this idea of an outdated tanks SE lineup. Some rough ideas from my side for progression, only looking at tanks: - 1940: Pz I - 1941: Early Pz II, weak French tanks like the R35 and H35/39 - 1942: Late Pz II, short barreled Pz III, Pz 38(t), medium French/British tanks like the S35, Matil...

Yep, the 75mm armed Shermans have pretty bad stats in unmodded PzC, especially in terms of armor. And the Soviet ones have even worse hard attack than the US and British ones in unmodded PzC. M4A2 Sherman (unmodded, US) . : 8 ini, 9 hard attack, 11 ground defense M4A2 Sherman (unmodded, SU) . : 8 i...

Budapest turned out to be the first mission where the Soviet force really became scary. Lots of 3/4 star units, several IS-2's and a huge airforce with multiple new LA-7's. Thankfully the weather was great: after turn 6 the snow melted and did not come back, allowing me to set up a simple defensive ...

Thanks for the heads up and warning. I will definitely do a deep dive on Minsk an Kishinev before I get there so I can try and pull off the DV. I am curious if Prokhorovka proved difficult for you? When I look at that map it intimidates me seeing all of those tanks and trying to wrap my mind around...

I'm about to start Budapest so expect to be able to complete '44 in the next few days. Will post my core then, for now some observations of '44: - XP is hovering around 55k, so very comfortable still - Got MV's in Minsk and Return to Kishinev, in both cases I was 1-2 turns away from a DV. DV is defi...

Some quick comments regarding your thoughts, alhough my situation is a bit different because I have more XP: - I found SE AT units very useful in '43 for providing flank cover and guarding bridge crossings with ambushes - Your bombers might get some second hero's in '43, but your fighters would need...

5 star King Tiger with move and ini hero is indeed a monster, especially with the rof improvement first and the full strength version later. The only ground unit that has to fear no other unit, not even a late IS-2, and can even hold out in close terrain against enemy infantry. I'm always torn rega...

Some of that hero rng makes me doubt the randomness. Some games use other stats to influence the rng. Camo Nashorn can hurt a lot, both the enemy and yourself. I guess the Jagdpanther would supercede the Nashorn as the StuG IIIs replaced the Marders. Unfortunately the powerful Jagdpanthers were bui...

Thanks for this breakdown this gives me real hope seeing stats like this by the end of 43. Maybe I can get 50% to 2nd hero status. You seem poised to actually get quite a few more to 3rd heroes then I thought even possible. I started Orel, I had to bring some units I was hoping to rest before Kursk...