AO with Franz Harder!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:49 pm
Reserving my place here for a difficulty playthrough of the AOs! Rather than some of the other, nice AARs here that handicap themselves with artificial rules, I thought to ratchet up the inherent difficulty in the game. I'm a longtime PC1 player and just passed through my first run with ironman generalissimus. Some very harsh nailbiting moments, such as at Eben Emael and Cerberus, but I made it through.
The proposed settings:
Generalissimus, david vs. goliath, shoestring, heroic showdown, collector, limited stock.
Ironman, 100% heroes dropping by 20% per year, 100% random combat results.
I am waiting on the limited stock bug to be fixed before starting. The idea here is that collector + limited stock should be enough to curb most of the silly prestige farming tactics or baiting tactics using infinite scouting planes. Tinkering around with some other challenge modes, but they seem a bit extreme to combine with multiple modes. I welcome comments for adjusting the parameters during the wait for the patch!
The proposed settings:
Generalissimus, david vs. goliath, shoestring, heroic showdown, collector, limited stock.
Ironman, 100% heroes dropping by 20% per year, 100% random combat results.
I am waiting on the limited stock bug to be fixed before starting. The idea here is that collector + limited stock should be enough to curb most of the silly prestige farming tactics or baiting tactics using infinite scouting planes. Tinkering around with some other challenge modes, but they seem a bit extreme to combine with multiple modes. I welcome comments for adjusting the parameters during the wait for the patch!