I think both Toulouse and Bordeaux are razed often by AI. They will both have extra wonders in version 2.6.
Good! Thanks! Toulouse & Bordeaux were raised by German AI in every game I played in version 2.4 & in the two games I've played in 2.5.
Perhaps it would help to make them Victory Point locations instead? The AI would want to defend a VP location & having a city on it is the best way to do that.
I noticed you listed me as a tester for version 2.4. Thanks. That was unexpected.
I've played 2 games in ver. 2.5. the 1st was lost to a virus eating up my comp. Here's the second:
Republican China. AI most aggressive. Low difficulty level (I can't remember which. I usually start playing mods on low dificulty to learn the rules.)
-Turn 1, I set my eastern cities to building Flak & my western cities to building Workers. I know that the Japanese will hit me hard from the air & that I need to establish a road network ASAP, especially to link with the British in India.
I move all my infantry to the border of Japanese territory.
The workers in the west start the roads to link the isolated cities.
-I trade Spices to Soviets for Coal on Turn 2. I should have opened trade with them on Turn 1, but I forgot. They are trading their extra Rubber to someone else by Turn 2 which will be a big problem for me later.
Japanese Infantry assaults all along my eastern border, but I hold them off with sheer numbers.
Japanese Infantry from Canton assaults Hong Kong, but fails.
-Poland fell to Germany on Turn 3.
-European Dutch cities fell to Germany on Turn 5.
Guam falls to Japan.
Japanese air attacks on me are increasing. Two Japanese infantry leave Canton & enter my territory.
Every city within Japanese bombing range if focused on building Flak.
-Turn 7, Belgium falls to Germany. Manilla falls to Japan.
Out of Japanese bombing range, I am connecting cities by road & building city improvements. Still building FLAK ASAP in the East as I am at the mercy of the Japanese planes. The road to British Mandalay is complete.
From there, I stopped counting Turns.
At the end of 1939, Germany held Poland. Holland & Belgium. Japan held the Phillipines, Guam & New Guinea (they took Port Moresby, but not Truk). No gains by the Allies. No activity from the neutral countries.
Early 1940:
-Lille & Paris fall to Germany. Strasburg must be heavily defended because it remains French behind enemy lines.
-The British retake Port Moresby.
-Dutch Borneo falls to Japan. The northern city is raised.
-Japanese take & raze Communist Chinese city west of Peking. I remember this city always getting razed in ver. 2.4. This is most unfortunate as my ultimate goal is to reunite China.
-Flak units being completed in my eastern cities. The Japanese have been bombing me relentlessly from carriers, Formosa & their mainland cities. Now their planes have some opposition. They continue ineffective infantry assaults on our border. Their two infantry units from Canton wander around my territory unopposed doing nothing (not even destroying improvements).
Mid 1940:
-The rest of France falls to Germany. Toulouse & Bordeaux are razed. Strasburg is the last French city to fall. They must have been valiant defenders!
-Germany moves through Spain & razes Gibralter. The Axis now controls mainland Europe.
-France takes one Italian city in North Africa. No other activity there. I'm praying the British in Egypt stop drinking tea & get into the fight.
-The British in India start sending infantry up the road from Mandalay, but they wander aimlessly around my territory rather than supporting Hong Kong or attacking the Japanese mainland possessions. They send a couple of warships from Hong Kong into the Formosa Straights, but Japanese planes pound them & force them to withdraw.
-The Japanese take a Dutch city on Sumatra, but the British retake it. The British still hold Hong Kong & the Solomon Islands.
-The Japanese are now using tanks to good effect in China. They take all of the Communist Chinese cities east of their capitol. The Communist Chinese are only producing weak infantry that can't stand up to tanks.
-I am forced to rush infantry to my northern border to repel a Japanese tank assault from the former Communist territory. The collapse of Communist China in the north is now a major concern. I can't assault the Japanese in the south while I'm defending my northern AND eastern border.
-My infantry are basically canon fodder. I have allot of them, but they are very weak. I have some Heavy Artillery in place at the border to force Japanese tanks to withdraw & repair, but I can't destroy them, yet.
-My eastern cities are garrisoned with four Flak each & are making the Japanese pilots bleed. They are now building Tanks & Heavy Artillery for a planned assault on Canton.
-My western cities are finally linked by road & a railroad linking west to east has just begun. They are almost done building improvements & will begin Tank construction soo. I'm not building planes yet as I don't have good designs to build & what I have is far out-classed by the Japanese.
My immediate goal is to take Canton. This will free up allot of defensive troops for my northern & eastern border & will help protect Hong Kong. After Canton, I will work my way up the Chinese coast.
I have good relations with the Soviets, but can't get them into the war. If they join the Axis, I'm doomed. If they join the allies, I'll have a good chance to take China's coastal cities from the Japanese & the Communist Chinese might survive.
