Locarnus Addon 2026-06, still not certain about full compatibility with BE 2.5.1

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Infantry
.Grenadiere 44 .... Sd251/1+ . m1a2 ... Gigiduru ............. 1420 ... 434
.Pioniere 44 ........ Blitz+ ..... m1a3 ... Soljaism ............. 1375 ... 420
.Jäger 44 ......................... m1d2 ... Artemis ............... 1050 ... 410 ... ==> PzA 44 /Sd 250/9+ r11 ?

Towed AT

Towed Arty
.Obice 75/18+ ......... PackH ... s1a2 ... Kostia ............... 1206 ... 393
.7.5 GebG++ ....... Kettenkrad . a1a2 ... PeteMitchell ....... 1331 ... 405
.10.5 GebH .......... Kettenkrad . i1a2 ... Pullig ............... 1095 ... 402
.7.62 FK 288(r) r11 . Sd250/1+ .. d2d2 ... RichardMartin ..... 1073 ... 432
.15 sFH range3 r8 ..... Sd7 .......... r1 ... Raduku ............... 717 ... 482
.17 K 18 r6 ............. Sd8 ...... m1a2 ... Kei ................... 1046 ... 459

You have shared so much that I will have to consider at a later time, maybe Friday during broadcast.

Here are thoughts on Infantry towed arty and AT options.
Gigiduru is performing exactly as I hoped the Grenadiere should no changes and may use him sparingly as only thing left to get would be a 3rd Hero.
Same for Soljaism, but he suffers much more damage than Gigiduru.

Artemis change? What are your thoughts on that?

Kostia has one more training scenario left before he is Sahariana again until 3rd hero.
Pete Mitchell is ready for a change, but to what Krad? I think not, switch roles with Artemis and make Artemis the Pza 44?

Pullig will go back to Fallschimjager until he gets 3rd hero. Might take a while.

Richard is trying to be trained up to at least 1 unit to 5th star before Berlin infantry switch. Not sure it can happen. Thoughts?

Raduku is awaiting 5th star and 2nd hero, before I rest him for Berlin.
Kei will probably be utilized on every scenario as he has only been back benched a few scenarios this entire game.

Jemhadarr is going to finally become an 8.8 Pak
I want to see what he can do with all of that movement.

That is it for now.

[goose_2]

Recon
.Panzer II 5cm 44 r9 ............ m1d2 ... Goose .................. 1122 ... 414
.SdKfz 234/2 Puma ............... s1s1 ... DanielS ................ 1138 ... 422

Quick take on recons.

Goose is in my favorite form. I plan on utilizing him in current form and plan on letting up only if he reaches 3rd hero status.

DanielS may stay as Puma or may change based on what becomes available. Let me know if there is something coming I should keep an eye out for.

[goose_2]

Tanks
.Tiger II B+ ....................... a2a2 ... Locarnus ............... 1057 ... 416
.Tiger II B r9s8 .................. m1a2 ... Raunosavolainen ..... 1004 ... 501 ... ==> Jagdtiger+ r8s8 or Tiger II B+ s8 ?
.Jagdpanther .................... a2d2 ... Kapl .................... 1220 ... 367 ... ==> Sturmpanther r8 for experience?
.Panther BeWg ................... s1a3 ... MichalGolaszewski ... 1445 ... 481
.Panther G ....................... d1d3 ... Festival ................ 1042 ... 407
.Tiger I 44 ........................ d2a3 ... Temis .................. 1538 ... 452
.Tiger P++ s8 .................... m1d2 ... ElBaron ................ 1173 ... 424
.Elefant s8 ....................... m1d2 ... Gooseboy ............. 1588 ... 396
.JagdPz IV/70 .................... i1m1 ... DoktorG ............... 1262 ... 412
.StuG IV+ .......................... m1a2 ... Pierre .................. 949 ... 445
.Nashorn 44 ........................ m1 ... Reoguru ................. 885 ... 422
.Panzer IV J BeWg r9 ............ s1a2 ... Rimski ................. 1253 ... 403
.KV-85(r) .......................... d2d2 ... Paramecium .......... 1587 ... 373

Locarnus is going to ack up huge kills quick to get 3rd hero and then rest for Berlin

Rauno will be Jagdtiger to try out to get kills, but may jump him up to Tiger 2+ s10 once you get 3rd Hero to maximize kills and then decide what he will be in Berlin for final battles.

Kapl will continue every battle where I will try as Sturmpanther and see if that helps. Using every battle until he gets 3rd hero and 4th star.

Michal is my hope for getting a 2nd tank to 5th star so will try and use until he gets there, and then if he still does not have 3rd hero will wait until Berlin to try and garner in last 2 battles of the game.

Festival has been backbenched but need to add him for 3rd hero training, just have so many to train.

Temis is a risky play to get to 5th star. Not sure I can, but hoping that he averages 5 exp points per scenario and he will get there. Deployed every battle.

ElBaron is the same as Festival.

Gooseboy is almost there as if I get him to 4 stars and above 1750 in kills I will save last training for 3rd hero for last 2 battles.

DoctorG struggled as Pz4/70 hoping 3rd hero comes soon so he can rest but not sure he is functioning the way I hoped.

Pierre will be grinding every scenario to get 5th star and 3rd hero, not sure he can get there, but will try.

Reoguru will struggle as Nashorn. Really hoping that changes once he gets 2nd hero, hoping for +3 Def. He gets brutalized if bad weather or is found by their big dog units. He is a walking talking egg shell, that has bite.

Rimski is the same as Festival

Paramecium continues to get grinded and unsure if 4th star or 3rd hero will change anything but going to keep grinding until I get there.

That is it for today.

rest will come tom

[Locarnus]

[
Infantry
.Grenadiere 44 .... Sd251/1+ . m1a2 ... Gigiduru ............. 1420 ... 434
.Pioniere 44 ........ Blitz+ ..... m1a3 ... Soljaism ............. 1375 ... 420
.Jäger 44 ......................... m1d2 ... Artemis ............... 1050 ... 410 ... ==> PzA 44 /Sd 250/9+ r11 ?

Towed AT

Towed Arty
.Obice 75/18+ ......... PackH ... s1a2 ... Kostia ............... 1206 ... 393
.7.5 GebG++ ....... Kettenkrad . a1a2 ... PeteMitchell ....... 1331 ... 405
.10.5 GebH .......... Kettenkrad . i1a2 ... Pullig ............... 1095 ... 402
.7.62 FK 288(r) r11 . Sd250/1+ .. d2d2 ... RichardMartin ..... 1073 ... 432
.15 sFH range3 r8 ..... Sd7 .......... r1 ... Raduku ............... 717 ... 482
.17 K 18 r6 ............. Sd8 ...... m1a2 ... Kei ................... 1046 ... 459

You have shared so much that I will have to consider at a later time, maybe Friday during broadcast.

Here are thoughts on Infantry towed arty and AT options.
Gigiduru is performing exactly as I hoped the Grenadiere should no changes and may use him sparingly as only thing left to get would be a 3rd Hero.
Same for Soljaism, but he suffers much more damage than Gigiduru.

Artemis change? What are your thoughts on that?

Kostia has one more training scenario left before he is Sahariana again until 3rd hero.
Pete Mitchell is ready for a change, but to what Krad? I think not, switch roles with Artemis and make Artemis the Pza 44?

Pullig will go back to Fallschimjager until he gets 3rd hero. Might take a while.

Richard is trying to be trained up to at least 1 unit to 5th star before Berlin infantry switch. Not sure it can happen. Thoughts?

Raduku is awaiting 5th star and 2nd hero, before I rest him for Berlin.
Kei will probably be utilized on every scenario as he has only been back benched a few scenarios this entire game.

Jemhadarr is going to finally become an 8.8 Pak
I want to see what he can do with all of that movement.

That is it for now.

Hm, Artemis movement hero on Jäger means that they do not need any transport.
PeteMitchell with a1a2 heroes would probably make the most of the PzA 44 unit, with its already integrated transport.

Richard d2d2 heroes are not great for usage as arty throughout 45, but I'm struggling to find a good upgrade option that does not waste the expensive SdKfz transport.

How about upgrading Reoguru from Nashorn in AT mode to the 8.8cm Pak 43?
While not as mobile as the Nashorn, at least the Pak is a soft target with better ini.
And keeping Jemhadar as the Flak a bit longer, perhaps if Reoguru gets an attack hero they can switch later.

Recon
.Panzer II 5cm 44 r9 ............ m1d2 ... Goose .................. 1122 ... 414
.SdKfz 234/2 Puma ............... s1s1 ... DanielS ................ 1138 ... 422

Quick take on recons.

Goose is in my favorite form. I plan on utilizing him in current form and plan on letting up only if he reaches 3rd hero status.

DanielS may stay as Puma or may change based on what becomes available. Let me know if there is something coming I should keep an eye out for.

Unfortunately there is no new equipment coming for the SdKfz 23x family.

Paramecium continues to get grinded and unsure if 4th star or 3rd hero will change anything but going to keep grinding until I get there.

That is it for today.

rest will come tom

Hm, maybe I can give the Germans the SU-152 option for the KV family. It will be pretty bad due to its 3 ammo and I do not think that I have a correct graphic for arty mode, but it could at least provide a bit of arty training to reach 4 stars.

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Mobile Arty
.SU-122(r) ......................... a3a3 ... 7Bowls ................ 1346 ... 404
.StuH 44+ .......................... m1a2 ... NightPhoenix ........ 1187 ... 409
.Wespe .............................. i1a2 ... Blast .................. 1123 ... 438
.PzSfl IVb ............................. s1 ... Soren ................... 830 ... 397
.Hummel 44 r8 .................... a1i1 ... ForestLaw ............ 1318 ... 474
.Brummbär MG r8 ................... m1 ... PanzerVorwärts ...... 926 ... 421
.Semovente 105/25 ............... d2a2 ... RightSide .............. 983 ... 494
.Panzerwerfer 42 r12 ............ a3a2 ... Singer .................. 1021 ... 444
.Wurfrahmen 43 r8 ................ r1r1 ... Dneos .................. 972 ... 462
Anti-Air
.8.8cm Flak 41 ........ Sd7 .... m1m1 ... Jemhadar ............. 1346 ... 401
.Cannone 90/53 r8 ... TP40 .... m1a2 ... Zyavoo ................ 1213 ... 387
.Möbelwagen r12 ................. r1d2 ... RayCaster .............. 831 ... 494 ... ==> Ostwind r12
.SdKfz 7/2+ r11 ................... a3a1 ... MalcolmRichardson . 1143 ... 403 ... ==> SdKfz 7/2 43 r12

last ground unit thoughts

7 Bowls has a couple of options. SU-100 or T34-76. Thoughts? If SU-100 I want 3rd movement hero to help him as AT, if not then anything is possible.

NightPhoenix I will try to use him every other battle, but find his use less than ideal.

Blast is going to be an every scenario unit training trying to get him to 5 stars and hopefully a 3rd hero. After that I want to save him for a last scenario change option to take advantage of his Initiative and Att heroes.

Soren is a mystery as he is almost at the needed 4th star but am unsure what to do with him after that. Thoughts?

ForestLaw will be trainind to 5th star and then maybe change back to Nashorn duty to try and crash my way to a 3rd hero?

Rightside is so close to 5th star I kind of want to upgrade him right at the start of 45 to try out the new tank to get him to 3rd hero status. Thoughts about waiting until 5th star or close enough?

Singer will get trained up to 5th star and then perhaps be saved up for late game change to a different unit?

Dneos is used sparingly based on his 3 ammo but should get him up to 5 stars before Berlin.

Jemhadarr was thinking of the Pak treatment but will discuss with you tom.

Zyavoo will be exercised up to 4th star and 3rd hero and then rest.

RayCaster will prob stop at 5th star Malcolm will stop after 3rd hero.

That is all for now

[goose_2]

15 Airforce

Single engine Fighters & Fighter Bomber
.Bf 109 G-6/U2 GP ................ d3i1 ... vonThüringen ....... 960 ... 420 ... ==> see previous discussion
.Bf 109 G-14 ......................... d3 ... CouchOffiziell ....... 650 ... 365[/color] ... ==> see previous discussion
.Fw 190 A-8/R+ ...................... d1 ... Richard .............. 774 ... 513 ... ==> Fw 190 A-9+ or D-9+
.Fw 190 F-8 ....................... a1d2 ... Ai181 ................. 784 ... 510 ... ==> Fw 190 F-8+
.Re.2006 .......................... a3a3 ... Noxush ............... 1021 ... 423
.G.56 ............................... a2i1 ... BlackVulture ....... 1054 ... 424
+ 2x bonus SE hero fighters in 1945

Multi engine Fighter / Tac Bomber
.Me 410 B-2/U4 r9 ............... d1d2 ... FighterAce .......... 1172 ... 403

Multi engine Fighter / Strat Bomber
.He 111 NJ ........................... a1 ... RMA901 ............... 653 ... 514

Dedicated Tac Bomber
.Hs 129 B-2 BK .................... a3a1 ... AratoBela ........... 1260 ... 401 ... ==> Hs 129 B-3 r8
.Ju 87 D-5 ......................... a1d3 ... cmbbfan ............. 1132 ... 400

Tac Bomber / Strat Bomber
.Ju 188 A-2 .......................... d2 ... Alvarez ................ 558 ... 431
.Ju 188 E-1 ........................ i1i1 ... Slender1870 ........... 903 ... 478

Dedicated Strat Bomber
.He 111 H-20 ........................ a2 ... MafujKhan ............ 902 ... 431

vonThuringen will remain my sole dedicated Bf. What version so it does not conflict with the SE version I will be awarded in 1st 45 scenario.

Couch has tried so now I intend to make him the Big Dog Henkel for funsies. Probably, but will concentrate on training other units first as do not see myself getting it to a 2nd hero and he is so far behind on experience just feel I need to prioritize others that can be more effective. Agree?

Richard is going to be trained up to 2nd hero and then will hold until Berlin.

Ai181 is done until Berlin.

Noxush, BlackVulture, Aratobela, cmbbfan, and FighterAce will be thrown in as many as I can until I get a 3rd hero then they will rest until Berlin.

RMA will be the first jet fighter to get 2nd hero and then will wait for Berlin.

Alvarez is in the same boat as Couch and will use to try and get 5 stars or 2nd hero, but not prioritizing.

Slender1870 will get 5th star hopefully by 3rd scenario, it is slow going with him, but once he pops will either be 2nd jet and try to get to 3rd hero or just wait until Berlin not sure.

Mafujkhan is my biggest hope as I think I can get him a 5th star and 2nd hero quickly so then can switch up to fighter for final battles to maybe try for 3rd hero. Maxxed out air guy maybe Mafuj.

Thoughts?

See you today for deeper discussion/.

[Locarnus]

Tanks
.Tiger II B+ ....................... a2a2 ... Locarnus ............... 1057 ... 416
.Tiger II B r9s8 .................. m1a2 ... Raunosavolainen ..... 1004 ... 501 ... ==> Jagdtiger+ r8s8 or Tiger II B+ s8 ?
.Jagdpanther .................... a2d2 ... Kapl .................... 1220 ... 367 ... ==> Sturmpanther r8 for experience?
.Panther BeWg ................... s1a3 ... MichalGolaszewski ... 1445 ... 481
.Panther G ....................... d1d3 ... Festival ................ 1042 ... 407
.Tiger I 44 ........................ d2a3 ... Temis .................. 1538 ... 452
.Tiger P++ s8 .................... m1d2 ... ElBaron ................ 1173 ... 424
.Elefant s8 ....................... m1d2 ... Gooseboy ............. 1588 ... 396
.JagdPz IV/70 .................... i1m1 ... DoktorG ............... 1262 ... 412
.StuG IV+ .......................... m1a2 ... Pierre .................. 949 ... 445
.Nashorn 44 ........................ m1 ... Reoguru ................. 885 ... 422
.Panzer IV J BeWg r9 ............ s1a2 ... Rimski ................. 1253 ... 403
.KV-85(r) .......................... d2d2 ... Paramecium .......... 1587 ... 373

Locarnus is going to ack up huge kills quick to get 3rd hero and then rest for Berlin

Rauno will be Jagdtiger to try out to get kills, but may jump him up to Tiger 2+ s10 once you get 3rd Hero to maximize kills and then decide what he will be in Berlin for final battles.
Tiger II B s8 will probably get more kills than Jagdtiger r8s8, due to higher rof. But since a 3rd hero is unlikely anyway, I would probably go for the Jagdtiger r8s8 just for fun.

Kapl will continue every battle where I will try as Sturmpanther and see if that helps. Using every battle until he gets 3rd hero and 4th star.
Sturmpanther in arty mode is certainly the best option to reach 4 stars.

Michal is my hope for getting a 2nd tank to 5th star so will try and use until he gets there, and then if he still does not have 3rd hero will wait until Berlin to try and garner in last 2 battles of the game.

Festival has been backbenched but need to add him for 3rd hero training, just have so many to train.

Temis is a risky play to get to 5th star. Not sure I can, but hoping that he averages 5 exp points per scenario and he will get there. Deployed every battle.
You could convert Temis to Sturmtiger and use in arty mode. That should allow him to reach 5 stars.

ElBaron is the same as Festival.

Gooseboy is almost there as if I get him to 4 stars and above 1750 in kills I will save last training for 3rd hero for last 2 battles.

DoctorG struggled as Pz4/70 hoping 3rd hero comes soon so he can rest but not sure he is functioning the way I hoped.
Oh, that is unfortunate. JPz IV/70 is basically a slower Panther that can switch to camo AT mode. Perhaps the fact that the player is often attacking, even in defensive scenarios, diminishes its value.

Pierre will be grinding every scenario to get 5th star and 3rd hero, not sure he can get there, but will try.
The StuH 44+ (higher attack and range), or PzSfl IVb (higher attack and much higher range, but less armor) will be better for experience training. And Pierre has the best chance to reach 5 stars, compared to NightPhoenix and Soren.

Reoguru will struggle as Nashorn. Really hoping that changes once he gets 2nd hero, hoping for +3 Def. He gets brutalized if bad weather or is found by their big dog units. He is a walking talking egg shell, that has bite.
As written earlier, Reoguru could work as the 8.8 Pak 43, but only if he gets an attack +3 second hero. Then he still has the option to switch with Jemhadar later on, if the Pak needs double movement hero more than the Flak.

Rimski is the same as Festival

Paramecium continues to get grinded and unsure if 4th star or 3rd hero will change anything but going to keep grinding until I get there.
I will make the SU-152 available in the KV line (since they use the same chassis). Terrible ammo, but at least it allows him to train as an arty.

That is it for today.

rest will come tom

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Mobile Arty
.SU-122(r) ......................... a3a3 ... 7Bowls ................ 1346 ... 404
.StuH 44+ .......................... m1a2 ... NightPhoenix ........ 1187 ... 409
.Wespe .............................. i1a2 ... Blast .................. 1123 ... 438
.PzSfl IVb ............................. s1 ... Soren ................... 830 ... 397
.Hummel 44 r8 .................... a1i1 ... ForestLaw ............ 1318 ... 474
.Brummbär MG r8 ................... m1 ... PanzerVorwärts ...... 926 ... 421
.Semovente 105/25 ............... d2a2 ... RightSide .............. 983 ... 494
.Panzerwerfer 42 r12 ............ a3a2 ... Singer .................. 1021 ... 444
.Wurfrahmen 43 r8 ................ r1r1 ... Dneos .................. 972 ... 462
Anti-Air
.8.8cm Flak 41 ........ Sd7 .... m1m1 ... Jemhadar ............. 1346 ... 401
.Cannone 90/53 r8 ... TP40 .... m1a2 ... Zyavoo ................ 1213 ... 387
.Möbelwagen r12 ................. r1d2 ... RayCaster .............. 831 ... 494 ... ==> Ostwind r12
.SdKfz 7/2+ r11 ................... a3a1 ... MalcolmRichardson . 1143 ... 403 ... ==> SdKfz 7/2 43 r12

last ground unit thoughts

7 Bowls has a couple of options. SU-100 or T34-76. Thoughts? If SU-100 I want 3rd movement hero to help him as AT, if not then anything is possible.
SU-100 is like a weaker Jagdpanther, so imho pretty serviceable with that extreme a6 hero bonus.

NightPhoenix I will try to use him every other battle, but find his use less than ideal.

Blast is going to be an every scenario unit training trying to get him to 5 stars and hopefully a 3rd hero. After that I want to save him for a last scenario change option to take advantage of his Initiative and Att heroes.

Soren is a mystery as he is almost at the needed 4th star but am unsure what to do with him after that. Thoughts?
Tough one. Also not sure. Only an a3 hero could actually save the unit, just like it did for Michal. Then he could be any frontline unit where the spotting at least provides some use. But not sure which one.

ForestLaw will be trainind to 5th star and then maybe change back to Nashorn duty to try and crash my way to a 3rd hero?
Hm, Nashorn seems very weak now.

PanzerVorwärts
I'm not sure where those Panzer IV chassis units should end up. Including Soren, ForestLaw and PanzerVorwärts. I'll have to think a bit more about those.

Rightside is so close to 5th star I kind of want to upgrade him right at the start of 45 to try out the new tank to get him to 3rd hero status. Thoughts about waiting until 5th star or close enough?
I would certainly wait for 5th star before changing. An additional Panther-like unit that does not need training anyway and costs a lot of prestige to transition is imho not an immediate priority.

Singer will get trained up to 5th star and then perhaps be saved up for late game change to a different unit?
I would just keep him for now, same as Dneos. The attack heroes make excellent use out of the rof 12.

Dneos is used sparingly based on his 3 ammo but should get him up to 5 stars before Berlin.

Jemhadarr was thinking of the Pak treatment but will discuss with you tom.
I would let Reoguru take the Pak for now, as written earlier.

Zyavoo will be exercised up to 4th star and 3rd hero and then rest.

RayCaster will prob stop at 5th star

Malcolm will stop after 3rd hero.

That is all for now

[Locarnus]

15 Airforce

Single engine Fighters & Fighter Bomber
.Bf 109 G-6/U2 GP ................ d3i1 ... vonThüringen ....... 960 ... 420 ... ==> see previous discussion
.Bf 109 G-14 ......................... d3 ... CouchOffiziell ....... 650 ... 365[/color] ... ==> see previous discussion
.Fw 190 A-8/R+ ...................... d1 ... Richard .............. 774 ... 513 ... ==> Fw 190 A-9+ or D-9+
.Fw 190 F-8 ....................... a1d2 ... Ai181 ................. 784 ... 510 ... ==> Fw 190 F-8+
.Re.2006 .......................... a3a3 ... Noxush ............... 1021 ... 423
.G.56 ............................... a2i1 ... BlackVulture ....... 1054 ... 424
+ 2x bonus SE hero fighters in 1945

Multi engine Fighter / Tac Bomber
.Me 410 B-2/U4 r9 ............... d1d2 ... FighterAce .......... 1172 ... 403

Multi engine Fighter / Strat Bomber
.He 111 NJ ........................... a1 ... RMA901 ............... 653 ... 514

Dedicated Tac Bomber
.Hs 129 B-2 BK .................... a3a1 ... AratoBela ........... 1260 ... 401 ... ==> Hs 129 B-3 r8
.Ju 87 D-5 ......................... a1d3 ... cmbbfan ............. 1132 ... 400

Tac Bomber / Strat Bomber
.Ju 188 A-2 .......................... d2 ... Alvarez ................ 558 ... 431
.Ju 188 E-1 ........................ i1i1 ... Slender1870 ........... 903 ... 478

Dedicated Strat Bomber
.He 111 H-20 ........................ a2 ... MafujKhan ............ 902 ... 431

vonThuringen will remain my sole dedicated Bf. What version so it does not conflict with the SE version I will be awarded in 1st 45 scenario.
The bonus SE hero fighter joining in 45e1 will be a Bf 109 K-4+. So if you do not want to use the non plus K-4, then the G-10+ GP is next best version for vonThüringen.

Couch has tried so now I intend to make him the Big Dog Henkel for funsies. Probably, but will concentrate on training other units first as do not see myself getting it to a 2nd hero and he is so far behind on experience just feel I need to prioritize others that can be more effective. Agree?
If you want to go for fun rather than effectiveness, then perhaps the Ar 234 jet bomber is an option. It can switch between strat bomber mode for experience and tac bomber mode for a few kills. I would first use strat mode go get that 4th star asap.
Although it is expensive, has mediocre attack values and no defensive air attack, it has great defense stats. Which could prove useful against those experienced enemy fighters when combined with the d3 hero. I'm thinking about making it about 10% cheaper in the next update.

Richard is going to be trained up to 2nd hero and then will hold until Berlin.

Ai181 is done until Berlin.

Noxush, BlackVulture, Aratobela, cmbbfan, and FighterAce will be thrown in as many as I can until I get a 3rd hero then they will rest until Berlin.
Interesting . Those would all have low training priority for me, especially compared to the 4 you mention below.

RMA will be the first jet fighter to get 2nd hero and then will wait for Berlin.
Yeah, I think having that one as the Me 262 will be very valuable for the next scenarios.

Alvarez is in the same boat as Couch and will use to try and get 5 stars or 2nd hero, but not prioritizing.
Imho Alvarez has the interesting choice of prioritizing 2nd hero or 5th star, with either being achievable but probably not both.
For 2nd hero he could be changed to tank hunter Ju 88 P-4 when in tac bomber mode, and be deployed instead of AratoBela and cmbbfan (both of them not really needing more kills). Same rof as Ju 87 G-2 r9, but nearly all other stats are better.
Or stay as the Ju 188, which already has decent soft attack in tac bomber mode.

Slender1870 will get 5th star hopefully by 3rd scenario, it is slow going with him, but once he pops will either be 2nd jet and try to get to 3rd hero or just wait until Berlin not sure.

Mafujkhan is my biggest hope as I think I can get him a 5th star and 2nd hero quickly so then can switch up to fighter for final battles to maybe try for 3rd hero. Maxxed out air guy maybe Mafuj.

Thoughts?

See you today for deeper discussion/.

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[goose_2]

Ok, so in taking a look at the layout and thinking about things. What mnakes sense to me is to upgrade units that have good exp but few kills. Such as Schober and Mark. Those Strats could make killer bonus units. Thoughts.

For the other unit to free upgrade it should be the 10.5 arty?

and do not os because os will go away during transition?

Thanks again for your thoughts.

[Locarnus]

Ok, so in taking a look at the layout and thinking about things. What mnakes sense to me is to upgrade units that have good exp but few kills. Such as Schober and Mark. Those Strats could make killer bonus units. Thoughts.

For the other unit to free upgrade it should be the 10.5 arty?

and do not os because os will go away during transition?

Thanks again for your thoughts.

The Do 335 B-2 is the ultimate switchable tank and/or bomber killer aircraft of ww2.
While the Ar 234 can switch between Strat and Tac bomber modes.
To keep your airforce somewhat balanced with regard to roles, imho one of the tac bombers and one of the strat bombers should take the special upgrades.

Eg either Mark or Schober could get the Do 335.
Schober getting the Do 335 would mean that Mark has more options when he gets an initiative hero or so, due to the more versatile Ju 88 family.
If Mark gets the Do 335, then Schober has the more powerful strat bomber (He 111 has better bomb load than Ju 88).

I'm leaning towards 13th with the Hs 129 getting the special upgrade to Ar 234.
13th and the Hs 129 B-3 r8 is the weakest aircraft if attacked by fighters, and the tank buster role can be fulfilled by the Do 335 B-2 or the Me 410 or Ju 88 P-4 and so on.
While Jakenolt has good heroes, to compensate the mediocre attack values of the Ar 234. But the Ju 387 is great against bunkers (bunkerkiller trait) and ships.


For the special upgrade to Tiger II B++ one of the arties with defense +3 hero would make better use of that hero and the experience would help as well.
Though 10th with the 10.5cm leFH 18 would benefit a lot more from the Tigers ability to get kills.
Not sure.

Oh, and overstrength does carry over to the Tiger II, Ar 234 and Do 335!
Not sure how much os is worth it with the prestige situation, compared to purchasing 4 additional units.

[goose_2]

Ok, so I have a ton of thoughts about my entire army before I start this final year of this epic campaign.

So, I will be dissecting each in portions.

starting with SE units.

last 45 se unit will be arty to start to try and get as quick as possible to at least 3 stars before I try and pop a hero on to them.

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Those are all of my thoughts on se focus for 45.

Let me know if you have any

Last SE unit is annoying to get, since it has to come at the start of the first 45 scenario due to the bonus SE hero joining in this first scenario. And the difficulty has to be readjusted for each try. I should find a way to make this less arduous, but don't know at the moment.

Your SE plan looks good to me.
I also thought about Toldi instead of Kav 44 for Brodrick, but at least enemy soft attack scales not as much as hard attack. Which probably makes the Kav 44 more survivable against enemy tanks.

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USA East Coast roster is tough. Also very limited prestige, but reinforcements and many upgrades still to do.
I mainly listed the straight forward upgrade options.
Thematically there probably should be a pure upgrade scenario before USA East Coast, like the one I added before India in the Africa Corps campaign?

4 units can still be purchased. So that there are 32 current + 4 purchases + 4 USA East Coast gifts = 40 normal core units and 3 bonus SE/Std for USA Midwest and West Coast. But of course prestige is the main problem with double Rommel.
Perhaps two additional rather cheap infantry, which are similar speed to all those horse drawn artillery?



goose_2 youtube original campaign playthrough Double Rommel difficulty
USA East Coast upgrade options
3941 prestige, before any replacements!
3704 prestige after every unit got basic replacements.
Current strength is listed before the unit type if different than 10, experience is before basic/with elite replacements

UnitType ....... transport ... Hero ... SubscriberName ... KillCounter ... Experience with elite replacements


Ground units

Non-hero bonus SE units
4 .Std BridgePio .................... d2 ... Patrik .............. 110 ... 192 ... ==> 55p Std BridgePio 44
. .Std BlueDiv ..................... i1a1 ... Locarnus .......... 204 ... 325 ... ==> 20p Std Blue 44
. .Std 15 sIG 33 r8 ...... Hrs ...... a1 ... Roces ................ 86 ... 321

Infantry
5 .Pioniere ............. Krupp ..... a1 ... Laza ............... 129 ... 428 ... ==> 60p Pio 44
9 .Jäger 43 ........................ i1a1 ... Soren .............. 274 ... 319 ... ==> 97p Falli 44
4 .Krad 42 ......................... i1a1 ... Jonathan .......... 213 ... 250 ... ==> 45p Krads 44

Towed AT

Towed Arty
9 .Kz 8 GrWerfer r11 ............. a3d2 ... Powerbelly ....... 228 ... 311 ... ==> 198p PzA 44 /Sd 250/9+ r11
9 .12 GrWerfer ........ Krupp ... d1m1 ... RichardMartin ... 186 ... 270
. .7.5 FK 16 nA r11 ...... Hrs ....... a1 ... Ekscalybur ......... 89 ... 415 ... ==> 36p 7.62 FK 297(r) r11
. .21 Nblwf 42 ........... Hrs ....... d3 ... BfDiaries .......... 132 ... 430 ... ==> 129p Wurfrahmen 43 r8 ?
. .10.5 leFH 18 .......... Hrs ......... - ... 26th ................. 10 ... 234
8 .10.5 sK 18 r9 ......... Hrs ....... d3 ... 11th ................. 79 ... 322 ... ==> 65p 15 sFH range 3/4 ?
. .7.62 FK 288(r) r11 ... Hrs .... a1m1 ... RayCaster ........ 145 ... 316
. .21 Mrs 16 r5 .......... Hrs ........ a1 ... Lehmann ........... 97 ... 231 ... ==> 166p 12.8 Ari 44 r8 /Sd8 (no camo AT attack)?


Klingenberg joins the core with a Brandenburger 45 unit.
Lehmann could try the 12.8 cm Ari 44 r8 with integrated transport SdKfz 8. Stats in arty mode are comparable to 10.5 sK 18, with more attack and range, but less rof. Though much better defense.
It can also switch to camo AT mode, but can only defend in that mode (similar to the 10.5cm Flak but with camo).
Paratroopers and PzA 44 special infantry are both expensive, but can also add quite a bit of utility.
Same goes for the Wurfrahmen 43.


Recon
3 .SdKfz 233+ r9 ..................... s1 ... CaptainAhmet .... 157 ... 284 ... ==> 18p Puma r8 ?

Tanks
5 .Pz IV H ......................... d1m1 ... Fedefed ........... 342 ... 257 ... ==> 20p Jpz IV/70(V) or Pz IV K
5 .Marder II ........................ i1a2 ... Goose .............. 253 ... 322 ... ==> 14p Leopard r9
9 .Pz III N+ ........................ d2a2 ... Askeri .............. 253 ... 323 ... ==> 0p StuH 44+ ?
. .StuG III G+ ..................... m1a1 ... Askeri .............. 149 ... 407 ... ==> 19p Flammpz III 44 r12 ?
s .Tiger P+ s8 ...................... i1d2 ... TestDummy ....... 149 ... 287 ... ==> 191p VK 4502 B r9s8
9 .Panther A ....................... i1s1 ... Blast ................ 248 ... 253 ... ==> 37p JPanther G3 or Panther F

Mobile Arty
. .Grille r8 ........................ a1a2 ... Gooseboy ........... 265 ... 320 ... ==> 118p Brummbär MG r8 ?
6 .Bison II r7 ........................ a1 ... PeteMitchell ........ 100 ... 326 ... ==> 8p Grille r8 ?
. .PzSfl IVb ...................... m1d1 ... Michal ............... 128 ... 334

Anti-Air
8 .SdKfz 10/5 r12 ............... m1a2 ... MichaDome ......... 149 ... 337

Askeri name is used for two units?
Carius joins the core with a Lion heavy tank unit, which is comparable to the Tiger II B++.
One ground unit should get the special script upgrade to Tiger II B++.
Goose has the Leopard r9 to look forward to, it is a late addition and thus at the very end of the upgrade options.
Same for the VK 4502 B r9s8 for TestDummy. It is an expensive monster and there is even an s10 version I think for USA Midwest, so do not give overstrength for East Coast.



Airforce

Single engine Fighters & Fighter Bomber
7 .Fw 190 A-5 ........................ - ... ElMagnifico ............ 70 ... 238 ... ==> 44p Fw 190 D-13 or Ta 152
8 .Bf 109 G-6+ GP ............... i1m1 ... CC&C ................. 251 ... 378 ... ==> 74p Bf 109 G-10+ GP
6 .Bf 109 F-4+ .................... a1s1 ... Nico ................... 195 ... 320 ... ==> 136p Bf 109 K-4+

Multi engine Fighter / Tac Bomber
. .Bf 110 G-4 ...................... d2i1 ... JLHFans .............. 186 ... 208 ... ==> 20p Me 410 B-2 or /U4 r9 or Bf 110 G-4+ ?
7 .Ju 88 R-2 ...................... a2m1 ... Feindkontakt ........ 144 ... 313 ... ==> 55p Ju 388

Multi engine Fighter / Strat Bomber

Dedicated Tac Bomber
. .Ju 87 D-5 ....................... a1a2 ... Jakenolt .............. 265 ... 339 ... ==> 100p Ju 387
9 .Hs 129 B-2 BK ...................... - ... 13th .................... 90 ... 297 ... ==> 13p Hs 129 B-3 r8

Tac Bomber / Strat Bomber
9 .Ju 188 E-1 .......................... - ... Mark .................... 61 ... 422 ... ==> 19p Ju 188 A-2

Dedicated Strat Bomber
. .He 111 H-16 ........................... - ... Schober ................ 65 ... 432 ... ==> 16p He 111 H-20
6 .He 177 A-3+ ........................ - ... Boomie .................. 6 ... 232 ... ==> 10p He 177 A-5

Rollwage joins the core with a Go 229 flying wing heavy jet fighter and Eder joins the core with a rocket boosted Me 262 jet fighter.
The upgrade options listed above are pretty straight improvements.
Of course two of them should instead take the special script upgrades to Ar 234 tac/strat jet bomber and Do 335 B-2 heavy fighter bomber.
On one hand it would make sense to give those special upgrades to very experienced aircraft.
On the other hand it would make sense for the weakest two units to get one of those much more resilient airframes for free.
Eg the Ju 87 / Ju 387 and the Hs 129 have very limited air defense for 1945.

I'm screwed, I cannot do all of the things we discussed and make upgrades detailed here. I will need to make decisions about exp replacements and upgrades and purchases. Man this will be tougher than I thought