It is a major oil refining city in Georgia and is on the Black Sea pipeline.

Mike

Yea, that seems to be something that was planned but never put into the game. As far as i can tell, and i bought the game when it came out, it has never been active.

Mountain corps would be nice.

Mike

And i have never seen a '42 tank corps with double digit strength... 7 is the highest i created, with two attachments.

Another thing i don't agree with; the '42 "crap" rifle corps has 9-10 CV easy.... the basic '42 tank corps has 3 CV. I can't break many pockets with that, i like 15-18 rifle corps in '42.

Mike

<t> A cavalry division is about the same CV as a ski brigade and with much less CV in winter. Ski brigades take much less manpower than a rifle division. <br/>
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And when it comes right down to it, i play games for fun. If i build a few odd ball units it will not ruin the schedule of Red Army ...

I know Flav is going to castigate me and probably beat me with a stick, but i do build several ski brigades. I can bring them to high morale with refit and then use them on the Volkhov front in the winter '42-'43 and at that time they are much better than a rifle division.

Mike

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Fangs, um, thanks for the info about Timoshenko. I think you could not be to talented and survive Stalin. Frunze was almost undoubtedly killed off in surgery and then Tukachevsky was purged for Un-communist behavior and taking bribes from capitalists... i have always ...

<t> Probably the most important thing to remember about the Soviet archives is that getting access in the post-Soviet era is not a balm for all of our east front historical woes. <br/>
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Stalin was unique in history, he had no loyalty to anyone. <br/>
Stalin made sure that both during the ...

After the last picture i feel like playing a balalaika.
Excellent AAR, and i love all of the missions and cards and what not. Chrome is what WITE is missing.

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<t> You are correct; manpower is my limiting factor. I guess the system uses the manpower you have that turn and then after production new manpower goes into the pool. So i always see manpower in the pool. <br/>
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Sorry, was confused. More than usually! <br/>
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Carp, that means i did not ...

I could not play Pelton, i am inexperienced s the Soviets and i have house rules he would not like.

<t> No, i am an experienced gamer, my units are all understrength. [:)]<br/>
I am playing this against the computer for a bit to first, get an idea of the Soviets, (i have played 2 PBEM games as the Germans) and second to fool around with how replacements work. I had tons of understrength tank ...

Thanks for the patch, i appreciate it. The only error i have seen is Stettin Germany is written out in ASCII characters since i put the new beta 2 patch on. Also in the shipping screen it says "<ASCII> has sent 20 supplies to Konigsberg"

If some hot babe tells me that Hitler and Stalin were gay lovers i will believe that over Glantz since she is hotter than him. Glantz sucks due to his lack of hotness.

<t> I hope you guys don't mind me morphing the topic but it was touched on...<br/>
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What is up with replacements? I am experimenting playing with the Soviets to maybe start a MP game soon. I saved essentially all of my armaments industry. By early '42 my armaments points are huge and growing ...

<t> Part of the problem there is production numbers. Getting your Soviet vehicle factories withdrawn should be critical but it is not. <br/>
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I agree that finding accurate data on Russian production is difficult but most sources say that LL was about 70-75% of Russia's truck force. In game ...

<t> The whole Mig 3 situation has bothered me from the start. This game has models even I have barely heard of and i am essentially an expert on aircraft, but then puts one Mig in the game. What? <br/>
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What about the later versions? Yes, they were small runs but they were the only high ...

<t> That is one of the saddest things about this game; it is in some ways less advanced than Grigsby's games from the late 80's early 90's. <br/>
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I am semi okay with igo ugo for this as it shows tempo of the campaign. But to make this work the game should have constriction penalties. I have ...

<t> Hi, just purchased the game, i like it quite a bit, it is more fun and playable than HOI3. <br/>
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However, i am using the beta patch, playing the grand campaign as Germany, and suddenly in October '39, i see France shoot down the Belgian airforce, and on my turn i receive an event to ...

<t> I hate getting involved in this crap. I do not always agree with Flavius.<br/>
But MichaelT, you are an hypocritical twit. I disagree with virtually every point you try to make. The only thing i agree with is ZOC costs should be scaled or simply removed for very small units. <br/>
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How ...