Afterthoughts
First of all, BIG THANKS again to McGuba for this amazing scenario.
I will criticize a few things but nonetheless it was absolutely EPIC to play.
As I mentioned in the beginning I started this scenario several times over.
The thing I disliked the most was the sudden loss of fuel for my battleships. I was like 14 turns in and they got stranded in the middle of the Atlantic.
From a realistic perspective it does not make sense at all. Those ships went out at sea with enough fuel to make their trip. Why would that disappear?
I think the unsuspecting player should get a clear warning about this mechanic. Balancewise I do understand it.
The restarts also helped me to figure out the pocket triggers in Russia (Minsk(?) and Kiev).
What I liked
Well apart from everything? The upgrade mechanics. Having to shuffe your tankforces back to the Reich for upgrades was a stroke of genius designwise.
That relief when finally the long barrelled Panzer IV arrive. Awesome.
The low ground to air and air to ground damage was also much to my liking. The feeling of real threat is much more intensive when you can not just order in your super stuka squadron to wipe out those 3 T34s.
In general the mod managed to portray the russian menace very well. In midwar was always on my toes whether the line will hold.
It also - at least in my playtrough - managed to simulate the overstrechted frontlines combined with timepressure very well.
When in October 1942 the way to the Caucasus was open ... so was a huge gap in my frontline.
Army Group South had weak tanks and T34/42 appear. That was dreadful!
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What I disliked
Apart from the Fleetfuel thingie. Hmm. I tried to land my 2 Fallschirmjägers like everywhere. But even in the caucasus mountains where were hordes of infantry. Now that I think about it, Archangelsk probably would have worked very well. That took me forever.
What proved to be useful
Mobile Flak. I dont know the reinforcement triggers but shooting down planes (not just damaging them) seemed vital to me. Maybe the Allies just dont get more planes, if many are still alive? Dunno. But if u want to resist the US and British air campaign at least a bit u need to soften their planes up before going in with your own.
I had several SdKfz 7/1 and they worked wonders.
Also, especially at the end racing against the clock in England,
Airlifting infantry was very useful.
While in the regular game
Strategic Bombers are more of a "win more" unit to me, here I found them better than Tacs.
What proved to be not very useful?
Pioniere. For me it was very hard to get them into action at all. And then they usually didnt do very well. But are very expensive.
Tactical bombers (which I think is kinda good as mentioned above).
Some of my mistakes
I got totally caught off guard by the British units appearing from the Suez Canal.
I realized too late, that its hard and timeconsuming to resupply Italian ships who were supporting the advance into Eqypt.
So I used them to bombard entrenched units literally doing nothing. And once I really needed them I was running very low on ammo and could not use their full potential.
I completely mistimed my reactions to Torch and lost valuable units at Sea and in Tunisia.
The ships would have made the landings in England a lot smother and without losing all the forces at Tunis the situation there at the end would have been a lot safer.
I fcked up big time in Italy. Lost expensive units there. That led to a point, where the Allied invasion in Southern France became actually threatening
My personal best memory
The invasion of England.
Starting with luring out the destroyers to the norwegian cost.
Then set sails towards Scapa Flow without the fuel to return. Massive Sea and Air battle. So awesome
I honestly did not think I would be able to win this game when I sent the ships.
And I mean the Hungarian Flag in Scapa Flow.... how hilariously great is that?
So I read you would like Strategic map views? From which month? I have quite a few saves.
I could also provide some Hero pics. What is interesting there? The general tab with Kills/Losses or the tab with the Heroes?
But plz dont tell me you want all months and all heroes
