Played one game as Siam. Tons of countries joined both axis and allies before war. But for the most part they were historical members (at later dates) or plausible. Then in 39 Ireland joined the allies, war started, USA geared up for war and with a couple weeks of war the USA had joined the allies. Germany did well against Poland. USSR took historical choices. Germany got a bit bogged down with Denmark, low countries, and then France but eventually took France. Italy was in the Axis at that point but wasn't bothering to fight France at all, which I consider to be good given the current state of the Vichy event. Then GErmany defeated France, Vichy fired and the game crashed...
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Forgot to mention. Italy stayed out of France until I was on the outskirts of Paris. They did make some progress into Southern France but otherwise had very little impact and the Vichy event didn't cause a crash.
It's not representative of my first 1.4 (with AIIP). Playing Germany.
Nat-Spain rolled Rep Spain in around 12 months.
Allies were joined by:
Ireland (37)
New Zealand, Australia (38)
South Africa (39)
It's early 39. I have managed my threat by keeping troops off of my neighbors borders. I Influenced USA from 36 to 39, and supporting the USA fascist party "our party" with intel.
I raised UK threat since 36 with breaks to work down their counter-espionage.
Axis Joinings:
Italy (37)
Japan (37, after Marco Polo)
Hungary (37)
Nat Spain (38)
I did not influence any of these, although Japan, Hungary, and Nat Spain all pushed themselves to Axis over time.
Japan managed VERY well in Shanxi while losing the China Sea invasion force
Japan puppeted Shanxi, and supply worked well while they attacked through the north against both Nat. Chi and Chi.Com.
Japan then conquered Xiben Xi Ma, Guanxi, and Yunnan. It was pretty impressive. Now Japan is at peace!
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in my current game im at 1940
all went well in Europe, even thou i think France didnt make much effort in defending their country
But Japan...oh well...Japan got epic owned by nat china and now manchuko is gettin hammerd...i see few japonese troops there while almost none in Japan island...im afraid what might happen since im playin italy
all went well in Europe, even thou i think France didnt make much effort in defending their country
But Japan...oh well...Japan got epic owned by nat china and now manchuko is gettin hammerd...i see few japonese troops there while almost none in Japan island...im afraid what might happen since im playin italy
Yep still BROKE, why bother releasing a patch with neutrals still joining alliances? HISTORICALLY NEUTRAL NATIONS should stay out of the war unless attacked.
Shouldn't have to but AIIP mod will hopefully fix. (GET BUSY AIIP please!)
Many of us don't care to play a mod that completely changes the game that much, too busy/less strategic (didays). Just make the diplomacy work correctly, then the game will be much better. I cannot wait until the AIIP mod is done for this.
Right now in my first 1936 1.4 game (GER) in 1937 UK is influencing 4 nations at once - how is that possible and still be properly researching? Seems off to me. I do like the overall changes so far, the game runs and loads faster, time will tell how the combat goes.
I do not like this patch. Have bad experience about automated HQ. Many divizions just doing nothing at all.
One more problem that japan joins war in end of 39, because of Jugoslavia (didn't understood how that happend). And then I invaded England, but England Surended to japan, not me.
And I am playing in 41' (normal dificulty), AI is too stupid, I hope in hard dificulty it be better.
PS Can someone explain me what can i do to get my divizions ivolved in attack?
One more problem that japan joins war in end of 39, because of Jugoslavia (didn't understood how that happend). And then I invaded England, but England Surended to japan, not me.
And I am playing in 41' (normal dificulty), AI is too stupid, I hope in hard dificulty it be better.
PS Can someone explain me what can i do to get my divizions ivolved in attack?
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PI has already said this is a more 'sandbox' type game than 2, it may not be to your liking but for them it's WAD.
Not sure if I prefer it or not,so far started a Japan campaign 1936 start the game so far went as follows....
Early 36 started to influence USA and got trade up to 200 ,Marco Polo fired and by the end of 37 I had taken Shanxi and was half way down China when I was blocked by all the Nat Chinese forces + all the Guanxi Clique force.
I sent a force to invade Guanxi and rolled it up in about 3 weeks as most of their forces were up helping out China.
Then at the end of 37 Nationalist China who were in the lower third of influence heading towards Axis with about 4.5 Axis and 1.5 Allies decided to join the Allies but the Allies didn't declare war on me .
I wiped out China Feb 1938 and started building up my ports etc still only China I'm at war with until June 1938 when the Allies decide to declare War on me and a fleet of around 70 allied ships turn up on my doorstep.
To add insult to injury in October 1938 with USA, on 100% neutrality still and close to half way down the influence table, join the allies as well.
It seems like the influence tables don't seem to matter anymore as countries seem to be able to join no matter where they are on the table and destroy all your efforts to keep it managable early on.
I'm now facing an early war with the allies including the US and from the looks of it their bleeding their naval and land forces dry in Europe to fight me in Asia as I've now fought 2 large fleets and around 50 divisions of anglo/french forces in Indo China.
Early 36 started to influence USA and got trade up to 200 ,Marco Polo fired and by the end of 37 I had taken Shanxi and was half way down China when I was blocked by all the Nat Chinese forces + all the Guanxi Clique force.
I sent a force to invade Guanxi and rolled it up in about 3 weeks as most of their forces were up helping out China.
Then at the end of 37 Nationalist China who were in the lower third of influence heading towards Axis with about 4.5 Axis and 1.5 Allies decided to join the Allies but the Allies didn't declare war on me .
I wiped out China Feb 1938 and started building up my ports etc still only China I'm at war with until June 1938 when the Allies decide to declare War on me and a fleet of around 70 allied ships turn up on my doorstep.
To add insult to injury in October 1938 with USA, on 100% neutrality still and close to half way down the influence table, join the allies as well.
It seems like the influence tables don't seem to matter anymore as countries seem to be able to join no matter where they are on the table and destroy all your efforts to keep it managable early on.
I'm now facing an early war with the allies including the US and from the looks of it their bleeding their naval and land forces dry in Europe to fight me in Asia as I've now fought 2 large fleets and around 50 divisions of anglo/french forces in Indo China.
A nation only needs to be in an 50 radius of a faction to join. (I don't know how long the scale is, but I would say about 200.)
Played a game as Germany up to 1938, Italy, Hungary and Japan are now in the Axis. And Ireland and most of the Commonwealth are in the Allies.
One thing I noticed as Japan is in my faction is that the Japanese used garrisons for amphibious landings as most of their regular units were enganged in Shanxi. Seems wrong to me to use garrison troops to invade a country. Never noticed it before has anybody else seen this happen?
One thing I noticed as Japan is in my faction is that the Japanese used garrisons for amphibious landings as most of their regular units were enganged in Shanxi. Seems wrong to me to use garrison troops to invade a country. Never noticed it before has anybody else seen this happen?
I see a few countries joining Allies early. Like Ireland, Belgium. They normally stay neutral.
It is now january 38 and Finland joined the Allies. Is it possible that later on, when Finland and SU go to war, that the Allies and the Soviets end up in war too?
It is now january 38 and Finland joined the Allies. Is it possible that later on, when Finland and SU go to war, that the Allies and the Soviets end up in war too?
Yes, I saw the garrison invasions in the last RC. Didn't happen before then. Seems effective though, the chinese forces are so bad, the garrisons hold their own pretty well.
The Soviet decision can only be made if Finland is not in any faction, so no, there will be no Finnish Winter War. That also means that the SU is probably screwed, without the laws it can enact with that war...
Mmm, its good the Allies and Soviets dont end up in war, but this is not very cool. Well see how this will turn out then. Thank you for your comment!
I saw the Japanese invade Eastern China with a few garrisons, but I did note that the first unit down was regular infantry. That whole invasion was actually pretty smart, from what I witnessed.
It's not a problem to me.
It's not a problem to me.
Yes I actually posted about this in one of the last RCs. But as Taelyn mentions, the Japanese garrisons actually do well. Still, why invade with garrisons when you have motorized and regular infantry available (like they did in my case).
Also, I'm not sure if its any better now, but the garrisons had a tendency to abandon the port they landed in, and then were easily cut off. Especially with their slow retreat speed.
this is how my current game is:
Russia pwnd by germany so easily....
Looks like Hitler sent all his troops and don´t care about possible ally invasion
and poor Japan....
Except for the Japan losin in the pacific all the rest looks the same
but faster performance, i do think supply has improved also, game looks better now, still gotta play it more to see how it goes
Russia pwnd by germany so easily....
Looks like Hitler sent all his troops and don´t care about possible ally invasion
and poor Japan....
Except for the Japan losin in the pacific all the rest looks the same
but faster performance, i do think supply has improved also, game looks better now, still gotta play it more to see how it goes
The point is that we shouldn't have to mod or "cheat" to enjoy the game. I prefer to do modding to enhance the game, not fix it.
I am pretty sure that the last RC (RC11) in the beta made an adjustment to theater management that unfortunately messed it up for the AI. I have seen numerous cases of Germany leaving their western border completely undefended -- even after an Allied invasion -- in order to continue their war in the East.
Although the problem is that Germany doesn't leave enough troops for defense in the West, that problem is magnified by an unresponsive AI even after an invasion lands. This is unfortunate, to say the least.