Thanks for the answer

<r> Nice strategy - makes sense to me, I tried again to get France to surrender and they finially did but in was at the end of 1916 after I was already starting to attack Russia. I had all of France from Paris in a line north to south but they still hung on and I had to leave them alone although the...

<t> I tend to fine that they are not tied up for long and will zip around the western front so I'm not sure of how much benefit it is unless your right next to Alexandria in which case they normally attack and blow away the OE units.&nbsp;Using the OE fleet to block the East Med is however worth...

Maybe its for game balance then.

<t> In my last game as the TE I decided to knock the OE out of the war steal the RM resources there and open up a land route for the British to Russia.<br/> <br/> Part of that plan included purchasing extra Cav units for the BE to use in the wide open spaces of the ME and hence thin out the line in ...

<t> There are four&nbsp;raw material&nbsp;points in three hexes right next to border in Russia. Move over an HQ and set up attack positions. Then when the Russsian AI does a SM out of those hexes jump in and take them. After that just transfer the 3 Industial and 3 raw materials every turn t...

they'll stay out there as their endurance allows

What is the endurance for the various naval units?

Well I've been inspired to take a shot at knocking out France first. I'll try the Paris route via Belgium.

The worse is when you accidently select disband on the menu, no confirmation just one missing unit. Only happened once and it was near the end of a game so it didn't make any difference.

<t> I'm thinking of dunking my toe in the PBEM waters and was wondering what people's opinion was on making the game balanced.<br/> <br/> Obviously some people are more experienced than others but assuming two players of equal experience what would be fair?<br/> <br/> I was thinking of Italy for the...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Sly, I needed 571 manpower points, lol, the next turn after France surrendered.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Damn, thats high. I don't think you can make it with that kind of losses, although saying that I have always had the slow bleed that the western front creates if you ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/> IIRC you can strat move from India to Egypt (& vice versa) without need for amphibs. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> No I tried that and it says the distance is too long and I had a full 24 points. Unless I was doing something wrong - only tried ...

<t> I always thought it was strange that using replacements doesn't lower the readiness of a unit.<br/> &nbsp;<br/> After giving it some thought I realized if it did the whole game balance would go out the window since France would collapse striaght away. Being able to rebuild units in line give...

<t> Thats great that you got France to surrender in 1915 since the Russians if left unchecked become quite strong.<br/> <br/> How bad is the German army at this stage? When you do a refit how many manpower points does it say you need? I find if it gets above 300 its very hard to ever get the German ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: FrankHunter<br/> Right, you need to open the rail route to Istanbul.  <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> When I first started playing I always tried to knock Serbia out of the war in order to open the rail link but now I don't bother. You can open the link by taking the...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JW<br/> <br/> READINESS:  That is an area I haven't considered yet while learning the game.  I'll have to take another look at that.  <br/> <br/> And 06Maestro, could you explain how the land bridge to the Ottoman Empire would help Germany's resources?  Thanks.  <e...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Arinvald<br/> <br/> I haven't noticed a new influx of raw recruits decreasing a units quality. It would be a nice touch. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> If you refit an existing A class corps even from 1 to 24 it stays as an A.<br/> <br/> However if for example you l...

Just confirmed that as the BE you can attack Basra from India - you need activated units of course.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: randell765<br/> <br/> I have noticed that when I purchase future units, it takes away from future manpower. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> It should take away from available manpower, it does for me anyway. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you.<br/> <br/> Basically you ...

<t> As the British you need amph naval missions in the east med and of course connections from Britain if coming from there. The minimum is east med if you are leaving from Alexandria - you cannot embark from Cairo.<br/> <br/> Sorry not sure about the Basra - India route but I know the AI took Basra...