Maybe air units is to powerful against ground units.
What do you think?
Taking away lethal land attack is a very good idea that
I will implement in version 2.0.
Lethal sea will stay.
I will also look over the current bombardment stats.
Hmmm. I'm a bit torn on this issue. Without armies I will become even more dependent on the Luftwaffe, and if there is no lethal land bombardment it will become even more difficult to destroy the SOD the AI sends towards me. I think it's fine as it is, but I am willing to give it a shot, and see if the Luftwaffe still can be efficient even without lethal bombardment. I think it also takes away a bit of the excitement of having red-lined units on the ground, and not having to worry about enemy air-raids. It's a lot easier for damaged enemy units to get back to their own territory and heal if your airforce cannot touch them.
But if you do some adjustment to the bombardment stats I suggest you only make very small changes since I think it's fairly balanced as it is.
Speaking of lethal land bombardment: I have noticed that Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein have lethal land bombardment. Is this a bug? I have used them to destroy the special fortresses in Britain for the past 6 months or so.
However, since armies will be removed in version 2.0 (360x306), maybe
the most logic step to take is to remove all battle-created units.
I welcome feedback on this idea.
I'm for it. Armies gives you an unfair advantage over the AI. The stupid behaviour of the AI is unfair enough as it is, so there's absolutely no reason to give the human player an extra edge. Since I haven't played the special version I can't tell for sure, but it might be just as well to remove all battle-created units entirely.
Germany - v 1.9 - Sid - Week 40, 1940
I just came back from the front, and I have excellent news: Leningrad has fallen after a siege that lasted almost 20 weeks! I have built up a large force of heavy artillery (some 10 units), which has pounded the defenses in Leningrad remorselessly. No less than 16 infantry divisions and 2 panzer divisions participated in the storming of the city.
The artillery has moved on to Moscow, where they have already destroyed several defenders. The fall of Moscow is imminent.
Elsewhere there have been some remarkable successes as the Russian front has finally collapsed. The SS armies and the panzers swept over the Russian steppes, and have now begun the assault of Persia and Western China.
No less than 13 cities have been taken from the Russians in the past 10 weeks (in chronological order):
1. Gorki
2. Kazan
3. Gurev
4. Aralsk
5. Kuybyshev
6. Magnitogorsk
7. Turkestan
8. Leningrad
9. Khiva
10. Tashkent
11. Alma-ata
12. Lepsinsk
13. Kem
Inspired by the Japanese blitzkrieg in Asia the Wehrmacht swept through the poorly defended Central Asia and crushed all opposition in its path. The panzers have been kept busy while the infantry has mainly been given the task to defend the conquered cities. Still, the Russians show no sign of giving up. 14 tank divisions have gathered southeast of Lepsinsk in an attempt to stall the German advance. Perhaps the Russians will lose their fighting spirit after Moscow is taken next week.
The Japanese Juggernaut has slowed down a bit. The British have launched a few counter-attacks, and among other things taken Timor and Borneo back from the Japenese. On the other hand Japan has taken Marcus Island back from the Americans, and they have taken Saigon from the French, and razed Bangkok and Singora, and taken Davao and Palawan in the Philippines. In India the British managed to take Gwadar back from Japan for a whole week, before the Japanese took it back again. And they have taken more cities from the British: Gwador, Quetta, Delhi and Lahore.
I'm in awe of the Japanese AI. It has accomplished so much without armies. Remarkable.
And the Greeks started a war with the Turks, just like i suspected they would. I'm debating whether I should interfere or not.
Despite the weakening Russian and British opposition they have shown that they are still capable of counter-attacks. The Russians have 27 T-26, 34 infantry and 41 motorized infantry divisions. I can't remember the exact figures of the Japanese, the British and the Americans right now. But it seems like there is heavy fighting going on all over Asia at the moment. The Americans have currently less than 150 infantry, and 25 marines. I would say that the Japanese no longer have the largest airforce. The British have 31 spitfires, and that makes it the largest fighter force in the world at the moment. I would also like to correct myself: the Japanese have 3 carriers, not 2, as previously stated.
Some German stats (week 40, 1940):
19 type VIII u-boats
15 type IX
26 infantry
33 German 88
16 panzers
8 SS armies
10 heavy artillery
I also have a large transport fleet (circa 10 transports, and increasing). I now have a transport in the Mediterranean, which I will use to take Corsica. After that I'm going to attack Malta, but I think I'll finish the Russian campaign first, and then use Luftwaffe to bombard the island for a while. Perhaps I will take Britain first, and then attack Malta. Haven't decided yet.
Either way, Finland and Scandinavia are next on my to do-list. Finland has to be liberated from the Russians. I haven't decided if I should keep the Finnish cities to myself, or give it back to the Finns. Perhaps I could have use of a strong ally besides Japan. I could give the Finns some Russian cities too.
I'm also planning to invade Persia and the Middle East before the Japanese do. And even though the Russians are being pushed back, they are not yet completely defeated. 27 T-26 is still enough to give me some trouble. But it's only a matter of time before all of Asia belongs to the Axis powers. British-held Kabul is the only thing that stands between the German and the Japanese armies, and it won't hold out for long. Victory is ours!
