GC East custom difficulty: 75% Prestige +2 strenght AI, and rommel from 43 onwards

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Hi folks,

Following the discussion with Goose_2, i will make an AAR of my GC campaign.

Rules: custom.
75% prestige , 150% AI
+2 over strength AI. Rules 1.20
Random, no reform units, no selling SE units.
I play on ipad with normal units.

I will not restart missions unless i miss out on bonus missions. I will not reload unless i get lousy Heroes in the following cases:
Spotting on arty/AT/strat bombers/AA.
Move on planes.
Defense on arty/AA.


I had my easiest run at Warsaw and Modlin ever. Not sure why. Truth is i know quite well maps till end of 42. After 43, it will be a blind run as i havent played them for so long.

I wont buy any tank, will disband any stuff i capture.


I am currently at spoils of war.
I had DV everywhere except for Lodz. i have no heroes so far.

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So i ended up warsaw with 3773 prestige. My core breakdowns as folow:

3 Pz 38.
2 reco
4 105 arty
1 captured 105
1 sturm panzer
2 mountain inf
2 regular inf
1 cavalery
1 se mountain inf
1 se reg inf
1 88
1 AT 37 pak
2 me 109
2 he 111
1 stuka + rudel.

I am fairly surprised by the huge amounts of kills my arty has got so far. All above 100 kills.

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Started spoils of war with 3835 prestige after Purchasing one me109, repairing and overstrenghtening arty and my stuka.

Things didnt go according to plans. After a good start, eliminating all threats up north, the bad weather kicked in. Then the bad rollls started. Lent took a 9-0 against a polikarpov on his first flight, One me 109 despite Odds of 1-4 against a polikarpov took a 5-0 beating, then i lost two pz 38 trying to eliminate their pack of arty down south, i add another 5 Shot by their 76,2 arty... then the kv-2 One shot my 2 stars full strength cavalery entrenched in the forest, despite having a 12 arty behind it... at which stage, i had a spotting hero on my stuka. So i decided to have a break as gods of wargames were against me yesterday.
I restarted rhe scenario, and this time got a Loss, for i didnt pay attention to rhe numbers of objectives i had captured. I also took a good beating down south because of their numerous planes and Arties. Lost my se mountain infantery. so be it.

After repairing and purchasing 3paratroopers. 2 sdkfz 7/1, and one 88. I have 4844 prestige before starting oslo. Also bought a ju88 bomber so downto 4456 prestige.

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Seems i am Only one left on the forum lol.

[PeteMitchell]

Seems i am Only one left on the forum lol.

Many people read but not many people post/comment/reply... at least that is my humble impression

[Ursulet]

Seems i am Only one left on the forum lol.

Many people read but not many people post/comment/reply... at least that is my humble impression

Thats a pity, it was such a good forum back then.

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I ended up oslo with 5479 prestige. I also got a SE 3F.

In Lillehammer, nothing to mention except that i got a 3D hero on my moutain infantery. Ended it up with 5222 prestige.
Started narvirk’with a second SE 3F Pz. Narvirk was secured on turn 18, the three bombers proved useful against the royal navy but almost useless at narvirk due to rain and snow. My stuka got a 3A hero. Ending with 6668 prestige. Now to gc 40.

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Eben emael. Got a SE inf that i disbanded. I want a Pz. I upgraded all 3 38 Pz to Pz 4. 6214 prestige left after deploying. Going with 3 paratroopers, all at 11 strength, they captured pretty much everything and got loads of kills.

Starting cana albert. 7905 prestige left. Got a 3rd Pz 3F. I dont like this map as brussels is a pain in the ass. Will settle for a marginal victory here. I had a good start, a paratrooper got a Movement hero even though he was below 200 kills, all went well until turn 15. Strategy went awol and i got all pain to get across the river due to some bad rolls. Oh well.

Off to the hague. Bought a panzerjager. Have 8213 prestige left after deployment. The map went ok, i got 3 heroes:
Another para had a movement hero. One fighter had a Spotting hero and a Pz 4 had a 3A hero. I would have prefered a defense hero... i noticed that my cavalery has a +2D hero, cant remember when that happened . Ended the map with a decisive victory and 9474. Prestige.

Now off to sedan.

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Here is my core right now:
1 inf 1*
2 pz grenadiers 2* With +M hero
2 paras 2*
2 gebirg 2*
1 Cav 2* with 2D hero.

3 Pz IV (kerscher and a 3A hero) all 2*
3 Pz 3F SE all 2*

1 reco sdkfz 222 1*
1 reco sdkfz 231 1*

1 pak 3.7 1*
1 Pz jger 1*

2 88 2*

2 SPAA 7/1 with 1 and 2*

Air force:

2 me109 2*
1 me109 3* with spotting hero

1 stuka 2*
1 bf100c 2*

1 ju88 3*
2 he111 2*

Rudel 1*.

I hope to get some heroes on arty soon. (I reloaded A few times here For i got 3 spotting heroes so far on them). Any advice is more than welcome.

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So far all DV except for spoils of war, Loss and canal albert a MV.

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The difference i noted so far between normal AI strength and overstrength is that the AI air force is way more annoying. It often gets away with 1/2 life points left. Enemy tanks as well. That's a bit annoying when no surrender is possible.

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So sedan:
Took 5 Arty, 1 bomber, one stuka, 6 tanks, 2 88, 3 fighters. 2 groups, one to clean the left bank, one to attack sedan.

Dropped one para and send a few pz plus the sturmpanzer by boat. The para had a warm welcome and got almost killed by the 2 arties. But sedan was cleaned up by turn 6. French counter attacked ended up in few losses and loads of surrender. Left bank all cleaned up at turn 11. All objectives secured by turn 16 but Raucourt et flaba. Then 4 hotchkiss poped up in the closest ferry dock. All surendered in the next two turns and a decisive victory was obtained on turn 18.

Few damages apart from the Pz 3 that got their usual beating.

A fighter got a 2D hero. An Arty got a move hero.

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I hope to get some heroes on arty soon. (I reloaded A few times here For i got 3 spotting heroes so far on them). Any advice is more than welcome.

It's difficult to get heroes on artillery. You might not see the first one until '41, and the second one might not come until '44 or '45. If you don't like the first one you get, you might want to disband the unit and start over.

I do like your difficulty level settings. Challenging, but, not hopelessly so. Good luck!

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I hope to get some heroes on arty soon. (I reloaded A few times here For i got 3 spotting heroes so far on them). Any advice is more than welcome.

It's difficult to get heroes on artillery. You might not see the first one until '41, and the second one might not come until '44 or '45. If you don't like the first one you get, you might want to disband the unit and start over.

I do like your difficulty level settings. Challenging, but, not hopelessly so. Good luck!

Hi and thx, i am halfway through Arras and 3 of my arties have over 280 kills so i expect a hero anytime soon now. I already got a move hero for one of them.

I have a para with over 370 kills and he just started in oslo. A panzer 4 got over 440 kills. On FM or rommel i usually reach those figures by end of 1941. The difference of just 2 more AI base units makes a huge difference in the end in numbers of kills.

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Started maubeuge with 11871 prestige, it went rather smoothly. No higlights nor heroes. Ended up with 12570 prestige.

Now, up to arras, in which i never ever managed to get a DV. Until i watched braccada’s video on youtube on Manstein. And wow that was impressive. So i got inspired by his defensive forward manœuvres and copied the style and pulled a DV on last turn. But boy i had to spend prestige to repair my tanks lol.

Heroes wise, i got the following:
1D on Panzer 4
3A on arty
1M on sturmpanzer.
2D on the SE Pz i got at canal albert, just after 117 kills so i am fairly happy with that.
1D on arty, i will disband it or turn it in a stug B, not quite sure.

So ending Arras with 13752 prestige. Starting Calais with 14427 Prestige.

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Man that was painful, they spammed aa at all around the mathilda south east + the hurricane and the spitfire caught me off guard and crushed my bf100c, from 13 to 3... i grabbed a DV on last turn.

I got a few bunch of nice heroes again. 2D on a me109, Range on arty and move on 88. I had to reload as they Ad a few spotting heroes first. I dont mind spotting on planes or inf or reco but ffs not on AA or arty. Second line units should never get it. Makes no sense.

Off to dunkirk where i bought a Pzjger. I will just try to seek all boats and avoid losses as much as possible.

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Off to dunkirk where i bought a Pzjger. I will just try to seek all boats and avoid losses as much as possible.

This is one scenario where your SB's can rack up kills. Let them take out as many targets as possible. I'd even go so far as to avoid killing the trains until the very last turn so the SB's can keep bombing away.

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Off to dunkirk where i bought a Pzjger. I will just try to seek all boats and avoid losses as much as possible.

This is one scenario where your SB's can rack up kills. Let them take out as many targets as possible. I'd even go so far as to avoid killing the trains until the very last turn so the SB's can keep bombing away.

Thats what i always do. I count the trains and boats. My ju88 has racked up 170 kills since norway. My 2 he111 did well too. I love SB. I will buy a Dornier in gc41. I used the aux bombers as fighter traps.

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So i wiped out Reims. My 2 88 were key. Them and my paratroopers.

On first turn, i did set up fighter traps with my 13 overstrength sturmpanzer. That worked perfectly, it even pulled a french tnak that hit it dor 8 dmg. Silly me... but the rest went well, on turn 14 i had all cities blocked and was siegeing reims when i moved one army from the city hex. Next turn i had 5 hotchkiss and no pz around... so it took me another 2 turns to finish the map but a couple of arties took a beating.
My only wehrmacht inf got a 1 D hero, which is fine, i will turn it into a bridge engineer.

Ended up with 15859 prestige. Now off to dijon, where i will cheat a bit and buy 2 stugs B and 2 kradschutzen. Just for the fun.

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So i finished dijon on last turn, brought the 2 stugs and 2 krads. Ended up with 17097 prestige. Seems i never learn my lessons as one of my arties fot caught on a truck by calvalry and i lost 9 strength out of 13...

The stugs are my favorite unit ever. With the strategic bombers and the paratroopers. They bring so much versatility.