thejf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:41 pm
Was finally able to spend some time on this again and finish up my '43 campaign.
Overall it went quite well. I missed out on the DV in Kremenchug due to bad tactics but was able to DV everything else.
Prestige is looking good at 50k, mostly due to limited switching and a lot of prestige farming possibilities in the last 3 missions. Overall goal was to get to 4 stars and 60% second heroes, hit the first milestone but not the second (currently at 50%)
Heroes itself have been generally poor. No shortage of movement or initiative heroes. but good defense and especially good attack heroes have been missing.
Core going into '44 with some small notes. Am still thinking about which direction I should take this: the current mix or infantry heavy like eskuche.
Class........Unit..................Transport.......Hero.......Kills.....XP
SE.........Standard Infantry'43....................1D-1I.......1261...449
SE...........7.5 Pak 40..............RSO...........1M..........794....445
SE...........Kavallerie 43..........................1A-1S........921....432
SE.............Marder IIIH..........................1D-1I........492....399
SE...........SdKfz 10/5.............................1A...........550....437
SE...........7.62 Pak 36 (r).........RSO............1D..........174....270
Mostly used as flank cover units and bridge blockaders, in which they have rendered excellent service. Have to decide whether I want to keep the AT's or switch them to INF.
INF..........Grenadiere '43....SdKfz 251/1+.....1A-1A.......1045....415
INF...........Pioniere '43.......SdKfz 251/1+.....1I-1M.......1078....409
INF..........Wehrmacht '43....SdKfz 251/1+......3D-2D.......957....441
INF.......Fallschirmjager '43.......................1A-1A.......838......412
INF.........Gebirgsjager '43 ..........................1S.........970......461
INF..............Jager '43............................3D-2D........820.....432
INF.........Kradschutzen '43........................1S-1S........771.....418
Lot less action for these guys in the tankfest that is '43. Kradschutzen are now very feeble so might switch them to Recon depending on 2nd heroes I get there.
TA.............Pz III N+................................3D-1D......1127.....434
TA.............Pz IV G++...............................1I-1S........651.....500
TA.............Pz IV H..................................1A-1M......544.....479
TA.............StuG III G+..............................1D-1D......696.....476
TA.............Ferdinand...............................1M-1S......907.....413
TA.............T34-43 (r)..............................3A-1D......1096.....415
TA.............Tiger I E................................3A-2D.......1015....436
TA.............KV 85 (r)................................1A-1D......1157.....418
TA.............Marder IIIM..............................1A-1I.......643.....438
TA.............StuG III G................................1A-2D......866.....426
TA.............Panther A...............................3D-1M.....1077.....436
TA.............8.8 Pak 43............ Sd7.............1M-1I........786.....413
The big cats are still immune to everything except IS2's but all Pz 3 and 4 based units have been taking more and more hits. The units without DEF heroes will probably have to be switched.
REC...........SdKfz 233+................................1S...........668.....478
REC..........Pz II 5cm...................................1S...........667.....476
AA............Gepard...................................2A-1S.........866.....353
AA.............SdKfz 7/2+...............................2A............710.....437
AA.............SdKfz 7/1+...............................1D............880.....459
AA.............8.8 Flak 41..............................1A-1M.......1060.....388
No new heroes, which was disappointing. Might switch some units based on those 2nd heroes.
ART.............15 sFH 18.............SdKfz 7..........1M-1I........881.....411
ART..............17 K 18...............SdKfz 8..........1S............447.....472
ART............21 Nblwf 42...........Maultier..........1R...........556......509
ART...........105mm mle 1913 (f)..Opel Blitz........1A...........623......515
ART..............10.5 sK 18............SdKfz 7..........1M...........972......468
ART.............10.5 GebH 40........Kettenkrad.......1A...........438.....501
ART.............10.5 leFH 18/40......Maultier..........1M...........693.....515
ART..............StuIG 33B................................1R...........679.....472
ART..............Wespe ...................................2A-1S........947.....462
ART..............Brummbar...............................1A-1I.........947......437
ART..............StuH 42+.................................2A-3D.......1059.....416
ART..............SU 122 (r).................................1S...........330......408
That StuH 42 is of course going into the tank/AT class but the rest is a question mark. Have so far favored ammo count over hitting power for the towed units, so no rocket units outside of the 21 cm. Might change this.
FIG..............Bf 109 F-4................................3A-1A.......652......413
FIG..............Bf 109 G-6................................1A...........646......413
FIG..............Bf 109 G-6+...............................1A...........601......427
FIG..............Bf 109 F-4+...............................1A...........664......429
FIG..............Fw 190 A-3................................3D...........345......493
TAC..............Fw 190 F-3................................1A...........517......401
TAC..............HS 129 B-2+...............................1A...........791......459
TAC..............JU 87 G-2.................................2D...........274.......357
TAC..............Bf 110 G-2................................1D...........494.......411
TAC..............Bf 110 G-4.................................1S...........318.......337
TAC..............JU 88 R-2.................................1A...........566.......438
STR...............Do 217 M...............................................256.......482
STR..............He 111 H-16...............................1D..........214.......436
STR...............JU 88 A-4.................................1A...........460.......464
The hero misery continues. Am still ruling the skies but Kiev was the first mission where some of my fighters got attacked directly. For now I'm just going to fully overstrenght them and hope they can hold. The FW 190 fighter is a former strat bomber, mostly use it for bomber escort and bomber killing