Hyperborean,
Thank you for the report.
"Germany – Sid – Week 15, 1942
Cities conquered: Lagos, Accra, Antananarivo, Hyderabad, Madras, Calcutta, Kumara, Olenek, Kobya, Leicester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Edinburgh.
Japan has razed Amgu and Khabarovsk."
Hyperborean
Japan-AI is worst with regard to city-razing.
"New British capital: Dacca. I was a bit surprised at this choice. I searched Canada and Australia for the new capital, but found it in India of all places, right in front of the Germans in Calcutta and the Japanese in Benares. That’s not where I would have put my new capital. Stupid AI."
Hyperborean
Agree!
"My panzers arrived much faster than I anticipated, and I shipped them over to Britain where they quickly conquered all of England. Only Scotland remains.
The British and the Americans assaulted Plymouth, where I only had one German 88. Fortunately they only had one infantry division each, so the landing failed. Stupid AI. I have to stop their battleships from getting so close."
Hyperborean
Pointless raiding from AI.
"South of India I noticed that destroyers escorting convoys isn’t a good idea. The unit with the highest defense value is on top of the stack, so the British convoy I attacked was sunk before the destroyers were."
Hyperborean
I will look over that problem.
"The French abandoned their positions in Central Vietnam where they had held the Japanese for so long to go and fight me in India. This was a bit surprising, not to say stupid, since the Japanese are now outside Saigon, while the French (six infantry divisions and two artillery) can only slow down my conquest of India a little bit. Stupid AI."
Hyperborean
Yes, for sure not a good move from AI.
"Currently I’m holding 43% of the world area, and 62% of world population, to contrast with the Allies, who hold 25% respective 27%.
Even if I took all the Allied territories I would still only have 68% of the world area. This is a bit much, so I’m in favour of cutting it down to 55% for a domination victory. That would mean that an invasion of North America isn’t necessary. Keep in mind that a few cities have been razed in my game, so perhaps some 2-3% of the world area has been lost that way, but I would say that the Axis would have to take the rest of Africa and Asia to achieve domination victory (with 55%). Invasions of Australia and America wouldn’t be required.
The Soviets are still holding a few percent (3-4%), Portugal at least one, and the Netherlands 2-3%. If no cities were razed I would have around 46% right now, and the rest of Africa would bring in 5%, and the rest of Asia just about the same, approximately 55-56% in total. So, to conclude: I think it’s a good decision. When you have the power to invade America the game is already over, so it’s only prolonging the inevitable."
Hyperborean
Those players that want to invade North America in version 2.2 also shall
open the editor and change victory conditions to those in version 2.1.
"Hmmm. Version 2.2 will be released on March 31? I was planning to play the current version till the end, but perhaps I should scrap the game, and just wait for the next version. I don’t have the time to invade America anyway (I’ve already done that in a previous game)."
Hyperborean
Yes it will be released March 31.
Thank you and welcome back.
Rocoteh