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This comes into its own with the invasion system. An invasion is no longer just simply shipping some units into an enemy province. It is a combined arms operation; it involves land units for the landing. Transports to move them. Naval units to escort the transports. Battleships to shore bombard the beaches. Air units to provide air cover and bomb enemies.
So simple yet so hard (or even impossible) to see in Hoi2.

I want to see this in action.
 
I swear to never control manually any single division, only AI (the level of command - theatre, army group, army is to be decided yet).

:D

On the other hand, it could be interesting as well to play as a field general. Let the computer control diplomacy, production, tech, and only make the maneuver, pest about the stupid politics who don't understand that developing a super-super-heavy tank is useless and they should conetrate on producing more planes
 
Uhh the AI is getting that good??? :eek: *goes thoughtfully out of the room while mumbling something about Skynet, Paradox and the end of the world* :D
 
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I need some details to compose picture of theters,can someone help me?

I for instance am Germany and send fiew divisions to help Italians in North Africa.But I want them to be on my own AI command not as expedition under Italian AI theater.


My question is:
Am I free to form theters as I like, so I could form "small" Africa theater with fiew divisions and one airforce fleet ,or I will have predefined larger Mediteranian Theater AI and divisions in Africa as suboordinated detachment of that large Theater?

Can I choose to form separate Mediteranian theater and North Africa theater as I like?
 
This triggered me to preorder. :eek:o

Together with the extensibility of the AI via LUA this sounds absolutely fantastic.

I'm about to do the same thing. However, I need to do some creative accounting to get it past the wifey. :rofl:

Can Gamersgate make it look like the charge came from Walmart? I'll tell her it was new pillows or something. :D
 
This is absolutely terrific :D

I can't imagine what endless other possibilities can be created through this use of AI :)
 
I'm still dying to play as '44 Germany, set the AI of my armies to blitz and demand that they assault the Soviet lines! :rofl:
 
This is absolutely terrific :D

I can't imagine what endless other possibilities can be created through this use of AI :)

Imagine just a situation in which your AI led army group is pushed back by enemy and you have to do something ,but you decide to use a"rule" of NO manual control over divisions!
That realy requires...true strategic thinking!

Playing only by AI led armies will be a new way of hardcore strategos playing.
 
The new theater Ai will make for a much more interesting game experience. I do not know how much longer I can wait for this game to come out. I am ready to play.
 
Will this Theathre AI capable of sustaining strategic warfare (convoy raiding/strategic bombing)? And most importantly, we can tell this AI to bomb to pieces the enemy and/or disrupt enemy convoys and then order it to assault?

Well I don't know if it fully answers your question, but King said in one of his follow-up answers to his AAR DD last week that the Yugoslavians were hurting Italy's national unity by sinking his convoys using their subs.

I'd imagine that if Yugoslavian subs were being successful against Italy, that higher tech and more numerous German U-boats will be even more effective.
 
It will be "interesting" to see how German AI can handle Götterdämmerung scenario without any help from player..

Now that will be true achallenge.Obviously first will be to order its army groups some sort of organised withdrow and forming defence lines on shorter frontline closer to Germany on the east...
Wery interesting to try.
 
What happens if you set Suez as an objective, when the UK has both Gibraltar and Suez, and you've got no way in? As Germany :p
Will it send troops over the big italy lake via Air Transport? Or will it simply tell you "Sir, it's impossible"?

edit: Or will it acctually send troops to invade the african coasts until it can get near enough, and send troops through Africa and eventually gaining Suez? :p
 
Counting down days till August.
 
Believe it or not, the Troops for overlord were stationed in ENGLAND, not in Schotland, not in Wales, and not in N. Ireland. ;)

Read the original post again - he said do we have to hand over control of the troops to England. England was not in the war, it was the UK. If you are from Wales, Scotland, or Ireland it is almost insulting.