Yes, STR was too good at destroying naval targets. An overstrength one would sink a battleship in 2 turns. That made certain scenarios like Sevastopol assault's naval component too easy. To compensate, the Ju 87 has better NA now, so it might be worth using them to bomb ships. STR is still the best choice against naval targets, but it should take a while now. And JU 87 are also a good choice, if you're willing to take some strength point losses.4kEY wrote:decucter, can you explain the situation with Strat bomber naval attack? Was carpet bombing the ocean not too effectve?
I like how the SE infantry are less expensive than core infantry, but SE tanks are the same price as their core counterparts. This seems to encourage the player to overstrength these SE infantry, as if they were supposed to.
SE Infantry are now really good, aren't they? The boost to both SA and HA and ammo along with the cheaper cost (especially transports) give them a truly elite status. There are lots of options with them. You can opt to just use trucks on them so they are very cheap to elite reinforce. You can opt to get them half-tracks, which are affordable, so your troops can zip around in their luxurious transports. I personally like to give them half-tracks, since it's nice to have some infantry that have good all-terrain capabilities. I don't think there's any one right answer.
SE Tanks are supposed to be 10% cheaper with 20% extra fuel/ammo. The exceptions are the Panther in 1943 (but not 1944-1945) and Tiger I/Tiger II, those are not cheaper. If the Panzer III/Panzer IV are not 10% cheaper, that's an oversight.
I'm a bit busier than expected, so getting another version out was delayed. I see the problem with the Fw 190F... I may have to boost its AD to very high levels to make it more useful. I still think you should give it an escort, but ideally, what I'd like is for the unit to be capable of independent action when the Red Air Force is sufficiently weakened. The Red Air Force is quite fond of shooting through fighter cover in 1944, so the Ju 87 and the Hs 129B-2 almost certainly need at least 2 escorts to use.It is possibly a combination of the two but more likely my use of the unit has been flawed. But the problem I have had with the FW-190F is that it seems to get shot to hell too easily by Russian fighters. I will usually try to give my fighter-bombers fighter escorts still, but on the rare time that I don't, it seems like it gets immediately wrecked. I guess I am used to fighter-bombers not always needing escorts on the default campaign, but with the more potent Red Airforce they probably do.
Obviously there can be many of these guns pre-placed in the official DLC scenarios and making them multipurpose can drastically change the difficulty of those.
I was even able to bring all of my capital ships to bear on Narvik itself in time to support my ground forces.
...better to do something else than make stupid moves without thinking them through. I like to play using my imagination to visualize a little more than the pieces the game uses to represent the units comprising axis and enemy corps. 