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

[Ursulet]

you are just rushing through this campaign...I am still preparing for Demyansk which I do not think I will get to until next weekend...my family and I will be gone this weekend, and with all of the overtime I am putting in and all the other campaigns I am playing just not enough time....

The real question is what 9 units should I take into 1942/43 west on Ultimate?

You have to finish 42 first. Any 88 with move or range and oleh dir and rudel, any arty with 3A or range, any tank with 3D?

[Ursulet]

I kinda regret i didnt level up more arties. I have 4 with defense heroes and that is fairly useless.

[goose_2]

you are just rushing through this campaign...I am still preparing for Demyansk which I do not think I will get to until next weekend...my family and I will be gone this weekend, and with all of the overtime I am putting in and all the other campaigns I am playing just not enough time....

The real question is what 9 units should I take into 1942/43 west on Ultimate?

You have to finish 42 first. Any 88 with move or range and oleh dir and rudel, any arty with 3A or range, any tank with 3D?

Nope after 41 is the time when you make the decision to go west or east. I will be doing both on Ultimate...trying for all scenarios.

The real dilemma is to decide if I should bring both Super hero tanks Albert Kerscher and Heinz Rondorf.

I have 4 se tanks. I will make all of them SE Pz 4-F-2's at the start of 1942.

So 9 other units
3 planes for sure are Heinrich Bar, +3 Def/+1 Initiative Fighters both with 375 experience as well as Uber Rudel.

(Should I bring a Strat Bomber, my thinking is no because they are the easiest to build up and I can purchase on the following scenario to start building up, but getting started on that first scenario appeals to me)

This leaves 6 more units
2 infantry which seem necessary is the 2 Super heroes Oleh Dir and Heinz Weinsberger.

this now leaves 4 more units
+1 Movement 88 is a given

this leaves 3...
Now I am thinking, 2 super hero tanks both as Flamm Panzers to help as infantry pioniere tanks

so 1 artillery? I will take the one with the most kills and I think either my +3att 17cm arty or my +1 Movement Nblwfr?

I guess it will depend on 2nd heroes which may come after I play Demyansk Pocket, but I am open to other thoughts on possible heroed units I am not considering.

[Ursulet]

The A3 17cm i like.

I just finished ilovlya or whatever it is spelled with a painful DV. I played it perfectly In the north west and butchered the commies and then i made a mistake downsouth and all went bad. I had only three panzers and it turned into a blood bath as the rolls were against me. Had to send all planes in emergency while my stugs B and a 88 tried to resist to 5 t34-43. So heavy losses for my armored corps. And my luftwaffe.

But, and i knew this was a keeper. I just got a Third Hero for The mighty Dir, after the 2D one, a new 3A Hero at for Oleh Dir. Never had such an overpowered unit’ .

My luck with heroes is mitigated by the rain and cloudy weather I got once again. And i made a mistake and didnt take a city and those nasty bt-5 spammed all over the map at turn 16 and took an objective up north and i had to rush two infantery in half tracks to get it back with rudel and two strategic bombers and i took it back on turn 19 but suffered once again heavy losses in the process.

Still i am at bukovina depot with 51,5 kprestige and a super oleh dir.

[Ursulet]

I finished bukovina depot. With a marginal victory, last 3/4 days were mud and rain.

The misfortune with the weather is balanced by the one i get with heroes.
Two of my AT stug f/8 had a Movement hero, so i guess i will use them as pak 43. Its cheap and efficient.

The last one had a 3A hero. One of my stug B had a range hero. I will switch it to a stug 42.

[goose_2]

I finished bukovina depot. With a marginal victory, last 3/4 days were mud and rain.

The misfortune with the weather is balanced by the one i get with heroes.
Two of my AT stug f/8 had a Movement hero, so i guess i will use them as pak 43. Its cheap and efficient.

The last one had a 3A hero. One of my stug B had a range hero. I will switch it to a stug 42.

What do you like about the Stug 42? I have found it to be mostly ineffective.

[Ursulet]

I finished bukovina depot. With a marginal victory, last 3/4 days were mud and rain.

The misfortune with the weather is balanced by the one i get with heroes.
Two of my AT stug f/8 had a Movement hero, so i guess i will use them as pak 43. Its cheap and efficient.

The last one had a 3A hero. One of my stug B had a range hero. I will switch it to a stug 42.

What do you like about the Stug 42? I have found it to be mostly ineffective.

So i should stick with the stug B? I currently have 3 arties with defensive heroes and i dunno how to use them best. Same for my AT with movement. I will most probably use pak43. What would you do with them? I dont usually play beyond 1942, so i dont know what will be the best. I just remember that i was using strat bombers with the heavy russian tanks.

[goose_2]

oh. I am not a fan of the Stug 42 because StuG3B has 1.1 rate of fire...I like that 1 extra shot and there combination defensive capability. It diminishes as the years go on, but I still use them.

The +1 Movement 43 pak sounds great but their defense is crap. So be careful because artillery will tear them a new one.

I might change one to an elephant, that 1 extra movement can really help an elephant

[Ursulet]

Right, i always had the impression that the stuh 42 was better at suppressing infantery and a tad more resistant. I will try one elephant.

I just finished storming stalingrad. First time i pull a decisive victory here. And without much losses. My stug B were key in the rush towards the last bunker up north, along with my three strat bombers. I dont have any engineers. I took 11 artilleries, all max overstrength. 5 fighters 2 tac bombers 3 strat bombers and max overstrength infantery. I got a second kv-c. Which i will also use. I sold all my kv-b.

[TSPC37730]

I finished bukovina depot. With a marginal victory, last 3/4 days were mud and rain.

The misfortune with the weather is balanced by the one i get with heroes.
Two of my AT stug f/8 had a Movement hero, so i guess i will use them as pak 43. Its cheap and efficient.

The last one had a 3A hero. One of my stug B had a range hero. I will switch it to a stug 42.

What do you like about the Stug 42? I have found it to be mostly ineffective.

The StuH 42 is great fun in the AT/direct fire mode against soft targets. You get kills much faster that way, which will make your path to the first or second hero a lot shorter.

The capturable SU-122's can be used in the same way. The artillery range of 3 make them much more versatile. 1 less ammo is a drawback.

[Ursulet]

I am halfway through stalingrad's dock. My two strat bombers have got heroes, both 3D heroes. That is kinda useless as, i only use them once the russian air force is down or with an escort. But thats ok i cant complain with my luck.

My 3d gebirgsjager also got a 2D hero.

[Ursulet]

I just finished stalingrad's docks with a DV on last turn. Those smg infantery are tough. My nebelwerfers were so useful. They annihilated so many counter attacks protecting everything at pavlov's house against those nasty 16/19 strength inf. All infanteries and tanks had losses. Smg in bad weather are a constant threat. They are reckless.

My paras with a 2D hero got a +1A hero. I got now 55k prestige.

[Ursulet]

I will soon start escape from stalingrad, gonna be like a blind. I dont remember that one. After lining up all units, i am at 85% soft cap.

[Ursulet]

Wow. That wasnt easy. I failed to pull a DV (i escorted 6 units in sector C) and i had one unit that was one hex away on turn 20.

At the beginning, it went well, loads of enemies that got trapped into surrendering, first enemy air force was easily wiped. Then out of nowhere came 4 SPAAG that badly hurt Two of my fighters. That plus having a distant airport made it so that not all was air covered. And boy that was required. I dunno how many waves of planes i faced but i couldnt block em all and that did hurt, even a 14 strength helmut lent in a bf100 lost 8 units. So i got rid of the last enemy air plane around turn 18. Despite having lined up 6 fighters, 2 7/1 SPAA and 2 88...

But by turn 18, i had other concerns. There was 7/8 KV-C that poped up up north and in a town near the river. They caused havoc amongst my troops.

My dornier 217 had a +1A hero. Now on to tastinkaya. And the scenario message is scary.

[PeteMitchell]

Tatsinskaya Air Base:
https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield ... -1207.html

[Ursulet]

Tatsinskaya Air Base:
https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield ... -1207.html

I just wanna forget about that, no offense, just dont ever mention that name again. That was too awful. All these 12/14 strength 3* Units bled me hard, i pulled a MV and was just too happy to get rid of it.

[Ursulet]

I will do GC 43 on rommel difficulty level. I dont remember it. And tastinskaya scared me off.

[PeteMitchell]

Tatsinskaya Air Base:
https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield ... -1207.html

I just wanna forget about that, no offense, just dont ever mention that name again. That was too awful. All these 12/14 strength 3* Units bled me hard, i pulled a MV and was just too happy to get rid of it.

MV is pretty good there, well done I would say!

[Ursulet]

Tatsinskaya Air Base:
https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield ... -1207.html

I just wanna forget about that, no offense, just dont ever mention that name again. That was too awful. All these 12/14 strength 3* Units bled me hard, i pulled a MV and was just too happy to get rid of it.

MV is pretty good there, well done I would say!

Ahah, prestige wise, this Was a loss, nowotny got hammered by their 14 strength aa gun, him alone, he is net prestige loss mrgreen:

[PeteMitchell]

Yes, I can imagine... some scenarios (more so later on) are a loss prestige wise (for me at least) and it's mainly about damage control (IMHO)...

Here are some interesting thoughts on this by huckc: viewtopic.php?f=145&t=82946&start=180#p787961
(based on Grand Campaign West & East 39-45 at Manstein difficulty)