Recon 5 Star Steam Achievement

[goose_2]

Problem: I lost my Recon.
I had been working so long and so hard to build him up, and now he is gone.

How hard is it to earn the 5 star recon achievement?
Is it worth trying to build another one up in the Grand Campaign, or should I try to do it in the Allied Campaign or Afrika Campaign?

It is so easy to lose recons that I am debating whether or not to try to achieve it in my Grand Campaign after Minsk or just save my money for better units.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks!

[captainjack]

I don't use Steam, so any achievements I aim for are purely personal eg to develop play style or just because an experienced or lucky unit stands out for some reason. I once managed to get one recon unit to 4* - from memory, this was a Sahariana in AK or LRDG in Allied Corps with +3 defence hero, and most of the exp came in the infantry version.

As recon typically has feeble defence and limited attack, this would have to be one of the tougher challenges. If you make it, you should put up a post on how you managed it. Good luck

[goose_2]

But don't worry, to get a 5 star Recon is ridicules easy while playing Allied Corps during the British Africa campaign. Their armored cars are good match for the Italian and early German tanks. They can and will be a backbone of your core until late '41. I never had so many successful recon units in my core as during the British allied corps campaign.

Not so easy but still very possible is during with Africa Corps campaign. Especially when you op to buy the Italian Sahariana Recon unit, a very fast recon unit (8 hex, all terrain movement!) which can also dismount and fight as infantry. They have the same stats as Bersaglieri !!, but with 3 spotting !!!. I like to dismount when attacking vulnerable soft targets like artillery, AT-guns, and sometimes for an ambush in close terrain. This will help you to gain quickly experience and reach the 5 Star goal.

Thanks Dragoon,
This kind of information is exactly what I was looking for when I put up the question.
I will take this sage advice and concentrate my time and money on building up my more resilient units and save this achievement when I finally break down and try to do a blind playthrough on Allied Corps and Afrika Corps.
Thanks so much for this timely and helpful information.
God Bless this forum and the people on it.

[Dragoon.]

Glad I could be of help, If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
If you are looking for some example cores to fool around, or just want to jump in at a later GC date but with a fully developed core, I uploaded my latest core collection at this thread when helping out an other guy.
viewtopic.php?p=568114#p568114

[TSPC37730]

It's probably impossible for you to get a 5-star recon unit in the regular PC Grand Campaign though. They're handy during the early years & there's opportunities for kills as you advance. The problem is that the 5th star isn't unlocked until '44 (I think) and by that time the recon unit is so weak next to the over-abundant Ruski tanks that its survivability is in grave doubt. Worse still, the AI seems to make pounding on recon units a priority. Overstrengthening - while affordable - only seems to prolong your misery. I think your best chance is to go through another campaign as suggested above. Good luck in your quest.