...count me intrigued. Will be interesting to see if you can reverse things. In my experience as GER if I do BP and then later get bored its a simple DoW, assign AI control, and 6-12 months later another glorious victory.
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Luckily, Germany was left untouched by my hand in this game
Even then they will have a large MP pool and quadruple IC I have. This isn´t some easy mode though At least for whatever has left of it...
This is going to be interesting once you start getting into the late game tech. I'm guessing the first order of business is IC buildup and tech stealing?
I might buy HOI 3 now...
I might buy HOI 3 now...
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This is going to be interesting once you start getting into the late game tech. I'm guessing the first order of business is IC buildup and tech stealing?
I might buy HOI 3 now...
In FtM, there is no such thing as tech stealing
And building ICs is out of question too; I´ve only 6 years (I could extend it though) to the end of the game and right now I need to bulit my army back to reasonable level to be able to fight Germans and Japanese.
Ikar, why not expanding to other AAR forums? I am sure you got EUIII, and maybe CKII is something for you... (take a look at my AAR for it, link in my sing)
Subbed.
One question though because I am confused, you are going to annex all three comimtern members or just take their divisions? If it’s the first I would be really disappointed because I thought you were seeking a challenge; that won´t help you much if anything at all, so why do that?
If you are giving yourself their forces I can understand that because in a RL fight for survival they would be under SOV command.
One question though because I am confused, you are going to annex all three comimtern members or just take their divisions? If it’s the first I would be really disappointed because I thought you were seeking a challenge; that won´t help you much if anything at all, so why do that?
If you are giving yourself their forces I can understand that because in a RL fight for survival they would be under SOV command.
I believe he is going to mod in an annexation event for them all and take their divisions. Honestly, they probably aren't all that good, but he does need everything he can get. I mean, combined the other 3 have MAYBE 10-15 middling divisions, few resources, and generally poor terrain. My curious streak wonders if perhaps he will go and annex China before the Germans come knocking again? The couple extra points of LS would help, plus the various modifiers he might be able to snag. Not to mention the bump to MP.
In FtM, there is no such thing as tech stealing
I see, well you could go for Japan first, but that would require building some nice boats first though. Also would it be possible to revive Communist China?
Not just yet
I´m good with HoI for now.Subbed.
One question though because I am confused, you are going to annex all three comimtern members or just take their divisions? If it’s the first I would be really disappointed because I thought you were seeking a challenge; that won´t help you much if anything at all, so why do that?
If you are giving yourself their forces I can understand that because in a RL fight for survival they would be under SOV command.
Because I don´t want clueless MIL divisions giving me stacking penalty. As Lord Curlyton remarked, their divisions weren´t all that good. Xinjiang had none, Mongolia had some three understrength and Tuva (it would be annexed in 1944 anyway) had seven. All of them were some crappy MIL divisions, which I sent to upgrade to something more useful ASAP. 5-10 IC was a nice boost, but it´s still nothing compared to Axis powerhouses beyond my borders. It´s still a challenge, don´t you think?
There is no China anymore, only the Japanese puppet Jingwei regime. I´ve plenty of MP, and I don´t fully understand why Soviets have quite a high tech army, when they could just spam out MIL all the way. Penetration isn´t here, altough the damage would be abysmall against Panzers...
Boats are the luxury I can´t afford. Let alone I´m not very skilled in naval combat and I have only one glued navy + 6 transports if I´m not mistaken. Yes, ChiCom is revivable (cores are still there); they would be my puppet though
Your enemy AI is also clueless, if your problem is the stacking penalty then take control of their divisions, it does not matter how crappy they are they can still be useful. My point is if you are “afraid” of facing the Axis with SOV “limited” resources why stopping there? Wouldn’t your life be easier if you created an event to annex the whole China? IMO if you annex Mongolia and Xinjiang you will ruin the AAR. I hope I do not sound aggressive, it is not my intention.Because I don´t want clueless MIL divisions giving me stacking penalty. As Lord Curlyton remarked, their divisions weren´t all that good. Xinjiang had none, Mongolia had some three understrength and Tuva (it would be annexed in 1944 anyway) had seven. All of them were some crappy MIL divisions, which I sent to upgrade to something more useful ASAP. 5-10 IC was a nice boost, but it´s still nothing compared to Axis powerhouses beyond my borders. It´s still a challenge, don´t you think?
Having said that it is your game, you should do as you please.
Even a human can be overwhelmed Barros. While I respect your ability to command troops, by the time you get to this level it tends to be from a position of power. Post-BP USSR, in HPP, is NOT a position of power. Ikar almost certainly needs to upgrade infra across the board just to have a chance of supplying his troops properly once war breaks out again. And his current IC level will likely be taxed with providing the necessary supplies, not to mention reinforcing combat losses and upgrading...
The Germans have a better army, better planes, and better logistics at this stage. Its the very definition of "uphill battle", but I will be here cheering him on. I still think that it might be a good idea to "liberate" China if you can create a stable front vs the Germans *cough*log bomb like a mofo*cough* and fan out throughout Asia. If you can push the IJA off the mainland it should be relatively easy to keep them off.
The Germans have a better army, better planes, and better logistics at this stage. Its the very definition of "uphill battle", but I will be here cheering him on. I still think that it might be a good idea to "liberate" China if you can create a stable front vs the Germans *cough*log bomb like a mofo*cough* and fan out throughout Asia. If you can push the IJA off the mainland it should be relatively easy to keep them off.
Is it possible for you to attack Japan without declaring war to the Germany at the same time? Taking Manchurian riches would boost your economy (if game is similiar to the RL, Manchuria should be rich in resources).
Yep you're pretty much in "They have better weapons, morale, organisation, industry, larger army, strong allies but they don't have me!!!" situation. :laugh:
Your enemy AI is also clueless, if your problem is the stacking penalty then take control of their divisions, it does not matter how crappy they are they can still be useful. My point is if you are “afraid” of facing the Axis with SOV “limited” resources why stopping there? Wouldn’t your life be easier if you created an event to annex the whole China? IMO if you annex Mongolia and Xinjiang you will ruin the AAR. I hope I do not sound aggressive, it is not my intention.
Having said that it is your game, you should do as you please.
We´re talking here about Soviet Union. They certainly had no trouble just adding countries under their flag. But look at it from today´s view: Xinjiang was split between China and Soviets. Now you have there Kazachstan and these countries. Tannu Tuva is scripted ingame to be annexed in 1944. Mongolia would have to obey Russians no matter what; it clearly wasn´t an independent state and who knows how the history could turn out...
Nevertheless, I´ve already annexed these three and managed to set up an OOB and reorganize my army, so there is no going back after this tremendous work
I hope you´ll continue following this AAR, even if your favorite countries are a part of a bigger one Yup, I guess it will be my first infra run ever
Maybe I should´ve build it right off the bat, instead of producing my AI predecessor´s units and upgrading some GAR and MIL divisions to something more useful. So far there hadn´t been any issue with it after setting up the OOB. Novosibirsk is the worst capital you can possibly get; far from both fronts in the middle of nothing.Luckily, there aren´t many airports now. I´ve found out I´ve more airfields on the Manchurian front than on the German. I´ll post an update tomorrow, I was so busy with the OOB today. Next time remind me to not play Majors
Thanks for my defense!
I´m afraid I can´t. they´re both in Axis and you declare war on the whole faction
Soviet AI: "Baltic... what? Against Soviet Union? Let´s push the "I win" button..."
One does simply not underestimate the Baltic Union!
Mini-update: Germans are fighting against Allies in Iran/Causasus and Italians fight them in Iraq. They don´t even guard the border properly, while I have there 2-3 divisions in every province. You know that saying: "When two fight, the third laughs?" I might take advantage of that...
What kind of quality are your forces? Have you got much of a mobile force or are you mostly stuck with infantry? I'm really curious to see what you make of a pretty crappy situation.
Thank you, but that does not always happens I love to play a defensive war against all odds and after many years of struggle survive or crush my opponent; I am going to spoil my Finland let’s play plans by saying this: currently I am doing my best to put the US in the comintern (I am hoping it works). Why? Because when I declare war on one of them I will have to deal with both at the same time. And I know that Ikar is not in a position of power but annexing those 2 countries will do almost nothing to change that. So why do it?
@Ikar well I believe you should know me by now; off course I will continue to follow your AAR like I always do; I just thought that you had a good opportunity to achieve something epic and by annexing my favorite
countries you are tainting your AAR a bit (I exaggerated when I used the word “ruin”). So good luck with your newest adventure and have fun! I´ve 102 INF compared to 152 MOT on the western front. On the other hand Manchuria is bad for tanks and such, so I´ve only a few of MOT and LARM/ARM/HARM there. I just switched to a specialist training, it should speed up my officers ratio further (115% at the moment). I´ll see if I switch it later on...
Because I can
Ikar well I believe you should know me by now; off course I will continue to follow your AAR like I always do; I just thought that you had a good opportunity to achieve something epic and by annexing my favorite
Had? I still have!
Come on, leave my 10 extra IC alone Thanks, I´ll need it.
Ikar, you probably won't have supply issues while at peace, but the supply use will soar once war is declared. That's when you start to feel the pain of poor infra and limited IC. Hopefully your apparent reconquest of the Motherland won't get bogged by bad weather, bad terrain, and bad logistics. Giving the German machine a chance to respond would be....bad, to say the least.