Italy ... the mighty power of the sea

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N!ghtY,

I noticed two things in my latest game :

1. UK anchors large fleets in Egypt which are often captured by the Italians, yesterday (after the Italian fleet had been wiped out) they were replenished by 27 ships (incl 8 BBs and 4 CVs). Which is nice for me, as my Ally is now of some use, but it really messes up any chance the Allies have of making it in the med (even with an early US entry into the war).

2. Italy is bad at supplying her forces in Afrika, leading to easy Allied victory. However, since I started supplying the Italians from my Greek base, they are doing very nicely and could only be stopped by the UK with a massive response.

In think in both cases it would be nice to have a slightly better balance in North Africa. At the moment, the Italians without any German help losse everytime, but with German help (early on) pretty much can wipe the board.

 

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At the moment, the Italians without any German help losse everytime, but with German help (early on) pretty much can wipe the board

Historical.

 

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Originally posted by Riso
Historical.

The former yes, but not the latter.

Basically with German supply convoys the Italians end up doing much better than they would ever have done IRL.

 

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Look, the game doesn't model the resource shortage Rommel has had to deal with and the fact that he kept on attacking when he should have only held the line.

 

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Well in Stony all bets are off anyway.

This is just a note to N!ghtY to let him know where to make the game harder.

 

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oh boys, resource conversion rates are already changed now...

 

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Looking forward to the next version.

 

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2. Italy is bad at supplying her forces in Afrika, leading to easy Allied victory. However, since I started supplying the Italians from my Greek base, they are doing very nicely and could only be stopped by the UK with a massive response.

I don't quite understand why this is the case. Is it because you were controlling the convoys yourself and could insure that they carried oil, for example?

BTW, I too have profited from the capture of the British Mediterranean fleet, but I took a rahter guilty pleasure from it, as if I had just used an exploit. I usually try to avoid those. Somehow, having the Med. fleet sitting at anchor while the Egyptian ports fall strikes me as more than a little ahistorical.

 

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Originally posted by Kriegspieler
2. Italy is bad at supplying her forces in Afrika, leading to easy Allied victory. However, since I started supplying the Italians from my Greek base, they are doing very nicely and could only be stopped by the UK with a massive response.

I don't quite understand why this is the case. Is it because you were controlling the convoys yourself and could insure that they carried oil, for example?

Basically the Italian AI was not very good at sending convoys with supplies to Lybia leading to a fall in org leading to a rout.

I then sent convoys from Greece to Tripoli with supplies and the Italian troops regained org and then went onto a rampage in Egypt before being driven back by massive (Stony Road) UK reinforcements. Now we have stalemate at the border.