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Thought I would try a game deliberately set up to provide a challenging level of difficulty. I located an old save game where Germany did the usual world conquest thing, conquering most of Europe and Russia before September 1936. So how would it go to be the UK now? Facing a near invincible Germany? A quick look revealed a UK wallowing in typical AI chicanery. In the short war with Germany it had lost many of its divisions in Europe. Nice. It had no armored or motorised units. Good. Good. The majority of its remaining infantry were facing off against a still neutral Italy along the Ethiopian border. Or else situated somewhere completely stupid. Great. The production queue was lining up an endless fleet of submarines. Because that's exactly what the UK needs most at this dire hour. More subs. Excellent. Okay.
So its looking good. What else to add?
1) Very hard difficulty level.
2) The UK may not voluntarily declare war on any country.
3) Existing forces in Africa may not relocate outside Africa until Italy either (a) declares war on the Allies or (b) is attacked by Germany.
4) Existing forces in India may not relocate outside India unless Japan declares war on the UK. At least 12 British brigades must remain within India , becoming free only if Delhi falls.
5) Garrison forces in Gibraltar, Malta, Singapore and Hong Kong must remain and may not be replaced or disbanded.
6) The UK may build no more than 1 carrier per year.
7) The UK may not build paratroopers.
8) The UK may not amphib land in Denmark, Germany, Poland, or Russia.
9) The UK may not use logistic bombing.
10) Should Japan declare war on the Allies the UK may not invade the Japanese home islands.
11) No leader teleporting. Once assigned to a unit they stay put.
12) The UK may not build more Cags in excess of carrier requirements.
13) The UK may not build 5 brigade strength divisions
14) The UK may not amphib land in North Africa
15) The UK may not amphib in Sicily unless Rome has been taken by UK forces.
I considered removing all leaders and then leaving it to auto assign, but man, that's just going to far I think. The idea of fighting my way across France with some old school skill level 1 Armygroup commander? Ugh. That's just masochistic. ( Hmmm... )
What I can do
1) Reorganize divisions into 4 brigades
2) Disband or upgrade units, with the above exceptions.
3) Manually control convoys
4) Manually control everything else. ( production, diplomacy, etc )
5) Use allied expeditionary forces.
Victory conditions
1) Annex Germany before the end of 1945
The primary intention is to provide a challenging game with the odds stacked against me, yet not insurmountably so. The secondary intention is to remove as much cheese potential as possible.
Now, with the above intentions made clear, do any of you have any suggestions to add to increase difficulty, avoid cheese, and make this a nail biting fight to the finish?
Also:
1) Whose idea was it to make this forum so damned hard to find? Is paradox trying to bury this game?
2) Why is the default text so small? I have changed this post to font size 18 to make it easier to read.
3) !!!6!!!
Thought I would try a game deliberately set up to provide a challenging level of difficulty. I located an old save game where Germany did the usual world conquest thing, conquering most of Europe and Russia before September 1936. So how would it go to be the UK now? Facing a near invincible Germany? A quick look revealed a UK wallowing in typical AI chicanery. In the short war with Germany it had lost many of its divisions in Europe. Nice. It had no armored or motorised units. Good. Good. The majority of its remaining infantry were facing off against a still neutral Italy along the Ethiopian border. Or else situated somewhere completely stupid. Great. The production queue was lining up an endless fleet of submarines. Because that's exactly what the UK needs most at this dire hour. More subs. Excellent. Okay.
So its looking good. What else to add?
1) Very hard difficulty level.
2) The UK may not voluntarily declare war on any country.
3) Existing forces in Africa may not relocate outside Africa until Italy either (a) declares war on the Allies or (b) is attacked by Germany.
4) Existing forces in India may not relocate outside India unless Japan declares war on the UK. At least 12 British brigades must remain within India , becoming free only if Delhi falls.
5) Garrison forces in Gibraltar, Malta, Singapore and Hong Kong must remain and may not be replaced or disbanded.
6) The UK may build no more than 1 carrier per year.
7) The UK may not build paratroopers.
8) The UK may not amphib land in Denmark, Germany, Poland, or Russia.
9) The UK may not use logistic bombing.
10) Should Japan declare war on the Allies the UK may not invade the Japanese home islands.
11) No leader teleporting. Once assigned to a unit they stay put.
12) The UK may not build more Cags in excess of carrier requirements.
13) The UK may not build 5 brigade strength divisions
14) The UK may not amphib land in North Africa
15) The UK may not amphib in Sicily unless Rome has been taken by UK forces.
I considered removing all leaders and then leaving it to auto assign, but man, that's just going to far I think. The idea of fighting my way across France with some old school skill level 1 Armygroup commander? Ugh. That's just masochistic. ( Hmmm... )
What I can do
1) Reorganize divisions into 4 brigades
2) Disband or upgrade units, with the above exceptions.
3) Manually control convoys
4) Manually control everything else. ( production, diplomacy, etc )
5) Use allied expeditionary forces.
Victory conditions
1) Annex Germany before the end of 1945
The primary intention is to provide a challenging game with the odds stacked against me, yet not insurmountably so. The secondary intention is to remove as much cheese potential as possible.
Now, with the above intentions made clear, do any of you have any suggestions to add to increase difficulty, avoid cheese, and make this a nail biting fight to the finish?
Also:
1) Whose idea was it to make this forum so damned hard to find? Is paradox trying to bury this game?
2) Why is the default text so small? I have changed this post to font size 18 to make it easier to read.
3) !!!6!!!
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