bebro wrote:Nice job on those. I'm curious how the low production feature will be represented in-game.
very simple...units can not be upgraded into Tiger,Tiger II,Elephant,Nashorn,Brummbär,Jagdpanther,Jagdtiger,FW-190 D9,Me-262,Tah-152,Do-335,He-162 cause these are all NOPURCHASE..they are given as unique bonus units. They can be upgraded sometimes within their own Regiment/Brigade for reasonable price (example Tiger of 502nd Heavy Tank Regiment upgrades into 502nd TigerII).Upgading from one bonus unit to another is always possible as a selective upgrade is not possible due to enginelimitations but the cost is very high as the units are a different series..
however..if people wanna cheat they simply type prestigexxx and go but I think it would destroy the flair and undermine my whole concept which I havent totally revelaed yet..I admit
, but I can say that I try hard to create a setting where the player faces a relative exact scaled size of russian forces in order to understand the problem the Wehrmacht was dealing with after the lend lease really took effect and the russian industry was pulling out more and more cheap and quick-made equipment made by forced labor (those who didnt work did not got food stamps) while mass conscripting division after division riding US trucks,wearing US made uniforms and boots while eating US made canned food...Until today It is totally hushed up and ignored in Russia what the impact of the lend lease really was and those who studied the original contracts and deliverys will be gobsmacked about the sheer amount of material (over 500.000 US trucks,over 2000 ! locomotives) which in fact were responsible for keeping up the russian logistics in the war industry otherwise the factorys would not have been able to produce these amounts cause where there is no transport there is no production...as a comparison the russian production of locomotives for 1941 was 90 !!..same goes for class A plane fuel..Russia had oil but was unable to refine the fuel needed for their air force just like the arabic countrys today produce oil but have to import fuel as they dont produce fuel...Literally all class A plane fuel from 1942 onwards was US delivered and the list goes on and on...
I try to give the player the possibility to really find out if these obstacles could have been overcome by the Wehrmacht or not...of course only as far as this is possible in an abstract hex wargame
deducter wrote:Yes, nice planes.
Any chance we'll see some extra Soviet equipment too? Say the lend-lease aircobra?
fair point...
a little excerpt of my to do list should shed some light on this issue
Lend Lease Account 1941-1945
Pz:
M3A1 Stuart - 1200
Valentine - 3500
Churchill - 300
M3A3 Lee/Grant - 1200
Matilda - 800
M4A2 75mm Sherman - 1700
M4A2 76mm Sherman - 1800
Planes:
P-39 Airacobra single-engine fighters - 4700
P-40 single-engine fighters - 2400
P-47 - 200
Hurricane single-engine fighters - 3000
Spitfire single-engine fighters - 1300
A-20 twin-engine light attack bombers - 2900
B-25 twin-engine medium bombers - 900
..Iam not considering doin it for the russians and only doin it for german ss, grossdeutschland, and some air wings in order to detect them at a glance on the map (and some immersion...granted) as these units can not be bought and once lost they are gone..as well doin if for garrison infantry cause it only can move 1 and has to be transported by rail or move along roads (they cant go thru woods,bocage etc.) 
...try it...their scale is 24x20...
