<t>I gave up on the auto updates for same reason (every day updates)<br/>
I turn it off and use big fix from zdnet.com (free program)<br/>
that one just gives you the critical ones, not all of them<br/>
and I notice lately spam mail claiming to be from MS with updates, I never look at those<br/>
MGL ...

<t>Wise guy - yup WIR oil hits drop production down and German tanks move like infantry and readyness goes down (as I remember)<br/>
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Hey I got to try that air trick on my oppenent just cause he is killing me mow, late aug 41 he slip one tank unit thru the lines and took Leningrad! My turn and ...

<t>one other - post "dummy" HQ near bad *** enemy tank unit away from any good hexs- put one crap guy leader and art or low level unit in - invited a 4-5 hex move to crush you - make sure no units are hook into this unit allowing it to be crush wasting his move then slam in with your heavy units ...

<t>Soviet air blitz is not abug because if the German player checks oil it will show as being bomb plus review of soviet move would show any CAP action around those cities. If no CAP response and player does not check stats then it becomes sneaky / cheating as his tanks grind to a halt. Fun to pull ...

<t>One of the tricks I pulled as the Soviets was to bomb the oil rich fields around Budapest. Hamburg, Settin, Berlin, etc..early in the game. Sometimes heavy industry would get hit. I would pull the airforce back first couple of turns, train, then send long range bombers out from around Leningrad ...

Rail conversion been raise and lack of losing tanks when moving makes Germans unstoppable in '41 (200 tanks move 5 hexes thru russia no tanks lost)
Played the game since 1.0, like to see it tweak a little more
MGL