WW2-Global

[The Dragonlord]

Rocoteh,
Philadelphia is a major US port and since it is next to a coast hex can build a harbor but has to function in the game is an inland city because hex(x97,y105) is a grassland w/road hex that ships can't cross. If you change this hex to coast it will open access to the sea & allow Phila to be used as a port.In addition to restoring the city to its actual status it will also give the US another port which some have been asking for. Hope this is helpful.

The Dragonlord

 

[Bob1475]

Rocoteh -

I tested 2.3 (I now see I am behind) as Germany Emperor level where I used to test new versions. Essentially it seemed to work like 2.2 even with adjustments. I took Poland quickly, fortifited border cities with France and once I had a few spare panzer attacked Russia. As we have note over the years this is the key to a German win - attack Russia early and often, it is the greatest threat to Germany.

French actually took one of my cities for a while but I retook it and kept them at bay. As production ramped up I took out the Dutch and then Belgium. After taking two levels of Russian citieis I signed a peace agreement with the Russians and pushed all new panzers to the West. Four weeks later I attacked France and they were knocked out in about 7 weeks. and punched through the Maginot line and took the rest of France quite easily.

British naval forces continuously bombarded and attacked minefile near Bremen and eventually punched through but they lost so many units that British navy stopped being a force. Naturally I kep my fleet behind the minefield and only finished off British units that approached red-line.

After France was taken I renewed war with Russia, took Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad and with the Russians on their heels attacked the Great Britain. I took five cities from the British and stopped the game. Obviously I would have continued against Russia and pushed South but after taking Britain and another 10 Russian cities I would have focused on the American invasion.

I will now test out 2.4 but at a higher level.

All the best for the holidays. Unfortunately, after the holidays I will only have a hour or two a day for CIV so reports will be slow.

 

[Equuleus]

Germany 2.4 Emperor

Week 38 1939

Royal navy gets bloody nose off Norwegian coast.
The Scharnhorst sinks the Battlecruiser Hood off the Norwegian coast then retreats to minefields.
The Gneisenau sinks the Battlecruiser Renown off the Norwegian coast then retreats to minefields.

Norwegian invasion force prepared.
1 special transport with 1 light division & 1 mot inf div.
1 transport with 5 infantry divisions & 1 panzer division.

Assault on Brussels.
Our spies tell us that there are 8 infantry divisions in Brussels.
We attack the city with all available Luftwaffe units 14 bombing runs total.
We then attack with 3 panzer divisions & 2 light divisions and take Brussels with 0 losses.
We garrison 3 infantry divisions in the city.
The 3rd Light Division the last unit able to attack took the city in a ferocious attack each man in that division will receive the Iron Cross 2nd Class.
With the road open we move 3 artillery units to Namur and barrage the city we then attack with 4 infantry divisions we take 0 losses and take the city.We garrison 2 infantry divisions in the city and 1 88.
[I think I will wait for the panzer 3s to come online before I attack France.]

Misc.
Antwerp Amsterdam & Rotterdam start work on Coastal Fortress.
I send the worker with 1 infantry division south into Italy.
Koningsburg sinks 1 1939 Destroyer off the coast of Holland retreats to Rotterdam.
Re-based 5 type VII U boats , 5 destroyers,and 1 coastal sub to Amsterdam. And 1 light cruiser to Rotterdam.
Re-based 1 ME 109 to Amsterdam.
Re-based 26 bombers to Brussels.
Axis minors are sending troops to the low countries.

U Boats
Sunk 2 WW1 Destroyers
1 Light AA Cruiser

Allies counter attack
FAF & RAF bomb me we shot down 4 planes.
British land an army outside of Antwerp
4 British 1939 infantry divisions
1 Cavalry
1 cruiser mk 1

Royal Navy & French Navy Bombard Antwerp hard.

French Army attacks Namur we hold the city but we lost 1 infantry division.

 

[psweetman1590]

I'm downloading 2.4 now. Can't wait to play this thing. Time I put my money where my mouth is as far as building lots of infantry. Here goes nothing...

 

[Equuleus]

Germany 2.4 Emperor

Week 39 1939

kriegsmarine raids.
1 Coastal submarine sinks the Ark Royal just off of London. My sub is left out in the open the British will most likely sink it.
The Gneisenau sinks the Battleship Nelson off the Norwegian coast then retreats to minefields.
Admiral Scheer sinks 1 Denmark - Norway Destroyer north of Belfast.

The doomed BEF Army.
We crush the BEF with ease using 2 panzer2 divisions and our first panzer3 division.

French Army in forest south of Namur.
2 Infantry divisions
2 Artillery
1 Flak
1 DCR Armoured Division
1 DCL Cavalry division
1 special fortress
High command has determined that this army must be destroyed ASAP.
We attack with 22 bombing runs and lost 1 bomber.
We destroy the French army with the loss of 1 panzer division and we put 1 infantry division in the forest south of Namur.

U boats
Sink 1 LC Arethusa - Class

Misc.
Had to move transports to Kiel canal be because 1 Swedish Destroyer blocks the way to Norway.
[Maybe cut off the tip of Denmark so the Swedes cant block it in my last game they did the same.]

Allies counter attack RAF & FAF Bomb me I shot down 3.
Lost 2 subs.
The French send an army into Belgium
3 inf DIV 1 DCR

Week 40 1939

We destroy the French invasion army with 0 loses.

Lille Falls
We us all of our bombers to attack Lille most of the city is destroyed and population is down to after capture 2.
We take the city with 0 losses.
We garrison it with 1 para inf div 1 88 1 inf div.

A French army north of Paris.
5 infantry 1 Flak 1 Special Fortress
We attack it with 8 Artillery.
We kill 4 infantry divisions, 1 Falk, & 1 Special Fortress we lose 0 divisions in the attack.

[Our forces are spread a little thin in the Low Countries and France. Many of our units are at half strength or less. I wonder how long I can keep up the blitzkrieg.]

Misc .
Sink 1 Norway ww1 destroyer off Belfast.
U boat sinks 1 light Cruiser Southampton Class off Plymouth.
Sunk the carrier Glorious with 1 coastal sub cant retreat the sub.
U boat sinks 1 1939 Destroyer.

Axis minors attack French forts with a few Infantry divisions. They waste their units.

 

[Equuleus]

I may declare war on the Soviet Union and let them grind themselves down on my defenses.

 

[Rocoteh]

Merry christmas Roco....Santa is gonna get shot down over germany by my AAA lol. The one thing that annoys me in this game is the lack of GFX but other than that its great...once SOE gets realeased the gfx will become nice again.

Is there any country in particular you need tested becaues I am bored outa my mind?

Drivebymaster,

Merry Christmas.

A playtest with France would be interesting.
Only a few such playtests have been reported since the large map
was introduced.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Rocoteh,
Philadelphia is a major US port and since it is next to a coast hex can build a harbor but has to function in the game is an inland city because hex(x97,y105) is a grassland w/road hex that ships can't cross. If you change this hex to coast it will open access to the sea & allow Phila to be used as a port.In addition to restoring the city to its actual status it will also give the US another port which some have been asking for. Hope this is helpful.

The Dragonlord

The Dragonlord,

A good idea.

I will implement the suggested change of terrain.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Rocoteh -

I tested 2.3 (I now see I am behind) as Germany Emperor level where I used to test new versions. Essentially it seemed to work like 2.2 even with adjustments. I took Poland quickly, fortifited border cities with France and once I had a few spare panzer attacked Russia. As we have note over the years this is the key to a German win - attack Russia early and often, it is the greatest threat to Germany.

French actually took one of my cities for a while but I retook it and kept them at bay. As production ramped up I took out the Dutch and then Belgium. After taking two levels of Russian citieis I signed a peace agreement with the Russians and pushed all new panzers to the West. Four weeks later I attacked France and they were knocked out in about 7 weeks. and punched through the Maginot line and took the rest of France quite easily.

British naval forces continuously bombarded and attacked minefile near Bremen and eventually punched through but they lost so many units that British navy stopped being a force. Naturally I kep my fleet behind the minefield and only finished off British units that approached red-line.

After France was taken I renewed war with Russia, took Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad and with the Russians on their heels attacked the Great Britain. I took five cities from the British and stopped the game. Obviously I would have continued against Russia and pushed South but after taking Britain and another 10 Russian cities I would have focused on the American invasion.

I will now test out 2.4 but at a higher level.

All the best for the holidays. Unfortunately, after the holidays I will only have a hour or two a day for CIV so reports will be slow.

Bob1475,

Thank you for the report.

I guess the changes made in 2.3 with regard to production and draft
will have more impact later in a game.
In 2.4 Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria become independent.
That should make it harder to play Germany.

BTW its very disturbing that AI attacks the minefields.
However without minefields there would instead be unrealistic
naval raids from AI.

Happy Holidays

Rocoteh

 

[Adler17]

Merry Christmas for all!



Adler

 

[Rocoteh]

I'm downloading 2.4 now. Can't wait to play this thing. Time I put my money where my mouth is as far as building lots of infantry. Here goes nothing...

psweetman1590,

Looking forward to read your comments on the new version.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Equuleus,

Thank you for the reports.

"Assault on Brussels.
Our spies tell us that there are 8 infantry divisions in Brussels.
We attack the city with all available Luftwaffe units 14 bombing runs total.
We then attack with 3 panzer divisions & 2 light divisions and take Brussels with 0 losses.
We garrison 3 infantry divisions in the city.
The 3rd Light Division the last unit able to attack took the city in a ferocious attack each man in that division will receive the Iron Cross 2nd Class.
With the road open we move 3 artillery units to Namur and barrage the city we then attack with 4 infantry divisions we take 0 losses and take the city.We garrison 2 infantry divisions in the city and 1 88.
[I think I will wait for the panzer 3s to come online before I attack France.]"
Equuleus

One can note that France-AI seldom seems to send strong forces
through Belgium.

"Allies counter attack
FAF & RAF bomb me we shot down 4 planes.
British land an army outside of Antwerp
4 British 1939 infantry divisions"
Equuleus

AI really likes this type of raids!
Its hard to see why, since most of the time AI will achieve nothing
with them.

"French Army in forest south of Namur.
2 Infantry divisions
2 Artillery
1 Flak
1 DCR Armoured Division
1 DCL Cavalry division
1 special fortress
High command has determined that this army must be destroyed ASAP.
We attack with 22 bombing runs and lost 1 bomber.
We destroy the French army with the loss of 1 panzer division and we put 1 infantry division in the forest south of Namur."
Equuleus


Airpower is really of crucial value in this scenario.

"Lille Falls
We us all of our bombers to attack Lille most of the city is destroyed and population is down to after capture 2.
We take the city with 0 losses.
We garrison it with 1 para inf div 1 88 1 inf div.

A French army north of Paris.
5 infantry 1 Flak 1 Special Fortress
We attack it with 8 Artillery.
We kill 4 infantry divisions, 1 Falk, & 1 Special Fortress we lose 0 divisions in the attack.

[Our forces are spread a little thin in the Low Countries and France. Many of our units are at half strength or less. I wonder how long I can keep up the blitzkrieg.]"
Equuleus

You seems to have the forces of France under severe pressure though.

"Axis minors attack French forts with a few Infantry divisions. They waste their units."
Equuleus


Yes that is typical mistake from AI.

"I may declare war on the Soviet Union and let them grind themselves down on my defenses."
Equuleus

Sounds like an interesting idea.


Thank you and welcome back.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Merry Christmas for all!



Adler

Adler,

Merry Christmas!

Thank you for your support of my scenarios during many years.

Rocoteh

 

[Overlag]

Merry Christmas for all!



Adler

indeed...... Merry Christmas all!!!!

Rocoteh..... i cant believe this is still going strong! it feels like years ago i played 1.4 lol... i really wish i had civ3 still lol.

keep up the good work well into the next few years.....hopefully Civ4 will start getting some of your treatment soon?

 

[Rocoteh]

indeed...... Merry Christmas all!!!!

Rocoteh..... i cant believe this is still going strong! it feels like years ago i played 1.4 lol... i really wish i had civ3 still lol.

keep up the good work well into the next few years.....hopefully Civ4 will start getting some of your treatment soon?

Overlag,

Thank you.

On Civ 4 scenarios:

Should there be an editor in the future I will consider it.

Rocoteh

 

[Dunedein]

I am currently playing a game as Italy - Sid - 2.4, and I was wondering. Are the Italians meant to not have a source of rubber or oil? There is one oil source in Libya, but since there is no trade it can not be brought back to the mainland. Up until the beginning of 1940 I was able to buy rubber from Germany, and oil from Russia. But recently the Japanese started a war with Russia, meaning that I have to declare war, which means no more oil and therefore tanks for Il Duce.

Yea, so, was this intentional?

 

[Rocoteh]

I am currently playing a game as Italy - Sid - 2.4, and I was wondering. Are the Italians meant to not have a source of rubber or oil? There is one oil source in Libya, but since there is no trade it can not be brought back to the mainland. Up until the beginning of 1940 I was able to buy rubber from Germany, and oil from Russia. But recently the Japanese started a was with Russia, meaning that I have to declare war, which means no more oil and therefore tanks for Il Duce.

Yea, so, was this intentional?

The thought was that Italy should get these resources by trade.

However if not will work de facto, I will add a rubber resource in Italy
and a Special Wonder in Benghazi.

Rocoteh

 

[Dunedein]

The thought was that Italy should get these resources by trade.

However if not will work de facto, I will add a rubber resource in Italy
and a Special Wonder in Benghazi.

Rocoteh

Well I am still able to trade for rubber with Germany, and that will last indefinitely, considering the locked alliance. But they only have one source of oil, so you can't get it from them. And the only other person you can trade with is Russia. And in many situations, the axis is at war with them.

Adding a special wonder in Benghazi would certainly make it much more of a priority for human players to keep control of Sabbah, because once you lose that city you lose control of the oil resource.

Thank you for your continuing improvement of this scenario, and Merry Christmas!

 

[Equuleus]

Germany Emperor 2.4

Week 41

Trade with Brazil Coal for 32 gold per turn.


Verdun falls.
The city has 5 infantry divisions 1 tank divisions 2 Artillery. We hit the city with 8 artillery barrages & 17 bombings runs. We take the city with 0 losses. The city is almost destroyed.We garrison 3 infantry divisions in the city.
[
Luftwaffe bombs London.
Destroy Barracks
Destroy Temple
Killed 1 population

Kriegsmarine raids.
1 coastal sub sinks a British heavy cruiser
U Boats sink 2 British subs
1 Destroyer sinks a British aircraft carrier
1 Destroyer sinks a British destroyer
1 Light Cruiser sinks a British Light Cruiser AA C Class
Admiral Scheer bombs Liverpool no effect.

Allies Counter attack.
The French counter attack and re-take Verdun with tanks.I lose 1 Stuka in the city.
Many French units moving north to counter attack.

We lost 3 U boats to the Royal navy.


Week 42 1939

The campaign in Norway begins.
The Deutschland, the Admiral Hipper, and the Blucher, bombard Oslo.
The city has 2 infantry divisions.
We launch an amphibious assault on Oslo and take the city with 0 loses and garrison 2 infantry in the city.
We land 1 light division & 1 mot inf div south of Bergen.
We move the Blucher & Hipper move west of Bergen.
We attack a Norway coastal defense ship with a U boat we lose the sub we then attack it with a destroyer and sink it.

The blitzkrieg renews in France.
We hit Verdun with 5 stukas.
We take the city with 0 loses and garrison it with 2 infantry divisions and 1 88.

The gates of Paris.
We move an army north of Paris.
8 Artillery
1 88
5 Infantry divisions
1 SS Regiment with 3 hp
4 Panzer 3 Divisions
2 MOT INF DIV
1 Para Div
1 Panzer 2

Romania has sent 4 infantry divisions into Belgium.
Italy sent 1 tank division into Belgium.

Luftwaffe bombs London.
22 bombing runs lost 3 bombers to AAA none lost to fighters.
Marketplace destroyed
Library destroyed
Courthouse destroyed
2 population killed
[A waste of bombers]

Misc.
Our worker is in Sicily but it cant make an airbase.
U boats sink 1 transport 1 sub 1 WW1 Destroyer and 1 Light Cruiser AA C Class off of Plymouth.

Allies conter attack.
France using all its fighters for bombing
Admiral Scheer sunk
5 U boats sunk
1 Destroyer sunk
1 Special transport sunk no troops inside
Lost 1 light division in France

Week 43 1939

The campaign in Norway.
The Blucher & Hipper bombard Bergen and move north to Trondheim.
We take Bergen with 1 panzer2 division and 1 move 1 infantry division north from Oslo to garrison the city.
We move the Deutschland to Bergen.
We move the rest of our Norway army north.

Paris Falls!
We hit the city with 8 artillery barrages.
27 bombing runs we kill 2 population and destroy the barracks the city is still intact.
We take the city
We lost 2 Panzer3 1 panzer2 1 MOT INF DIV in the attack.
We garrison the city with 1 88 1 infantry 1 MOT INF DIV.

Luftwaffe Bombs London.
9 bombing runs 2 shot down by AAA.
Bank destroyed.
1 population killed

 

[Rocoteh]

Well I am still able to trade for rubber with Germany, and that will last indefinitely, considering the locked alliance. But they only have one source of oil, so you can't get it from them. And the only other person you can trade with is Russia. And in many situations, the axis is at war with them.

Adding a special wonder in Benghazi would certainly make it much more of a priority for human players to keep control of Sabbah, because once you lose that city you lose control of the oil resource.

Thank you for your continuing improvement of this scenario, and Merry Christmas!

Dunedein,

Thank you.

I think you are right on Benghazi.
The change from wonder to special wonder will be implemented in version 2.5.

Merry Christmas

Rocoteh