Not for me

[Marcinos1985]

I will make a change for the next patch (that is the one after the one whose release is imminent).

I honestly think it's an oversight on my part in not having reduced the range from 3 (WWII: War in Europe) to 2 for this game, and I'm sorry that it caused such frustration.

Bill, what do you think about paratroopers? I believe their range is the same in both games. Is this on purpose? I don't know how it plays in WiE, but in WaW paras are extremely powerfull, and range is important factor here.

It's more about consistency, I don't want to start discussion whether paras are balanced or not. But their range is long indeed. Reducing it would be a strong nerf to Axis, question is of consistency is more important.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

@BillyR --- No one even buys the this railgun. Since we cannot over stack units, if you make this range 2, makes it even less desirable in Russia. Should this unit be juiced up? Doesn't really do much damage. The only real use would be over the English Channel or Lennigrad, maybe the Russia Fortress or Rostov. But other ground units/air do the job every game.

[Hubert Cater]

ORIGINAL: Dorky8
Ok please show me how to do that in a PBEM game tnx

Hi Dorky8,

If you edit the campaign to your preferred settings on your end and save it as a modified campaign. Then all you have to do is send it to your opponent, and then it can be played Multiplayer as you then both have the same modified campaign on your PCs.

The campaign is typically saved in your user folder, such as this:

\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Strategic Command WWII - World at War\Campaigns

You would need to send over the campaign file, as well as the subfolder for the campaign. All would be found in the same user folder.

Your opponent would then place it in the same user folder on their end and you should be good to go after that.

Hubert

[Dorky8]

Thanks JJ, Bill & Hubert. Greatly appreciated.

ORIGINAL: Marcinos1985

I will make a change for the next patch (that is the one after the one whose release is imminent).

I honestly think it's an oversight on my part in not having reduced the range from 3 (WWII: War in Europe) to 2 for this game, and I'm sorry that it caused such frustration.

Bill, what do you think about paratroopers? I believe their range is the same in both games. Is this on purpose? I don't know how it plays in WiE, but in WaW paras are extremely powerfull, and range is important factor here.

It's more about consistency, I don't want to start discussion whether paras are balanced or not. But their range is long indeed. Reducing it would be a strong nerf to Axis, question is of consistency is more important.

Paratrooper range another major issue. I would think top players are attacking Brits w/ paras same time as low countries + French. Sealion has to be very easy, with 1 lr research & paratrooper you can reach Manchester from Amsterdam. In the Europe game you can reach just south of London. Maps 35-50% smaller than Europe same paratrooper range.

[pjg100]

In my limited experience, Sealion is difficult in WAW even with the current para range, unless the Allied player leaves the UK unusually exposed. It's one thing to land some paras in the Midlands, it's another to keep them alive after doing so. In fact, I think that the smaller scale of the map in WAW makes Sealion significantly more difficult than it is in WIE, due to the Allied player's greater ability to cover the necessary ports and towns in the south of England. And you won't get any benefit from LR research unless you double chit (at 350 MPPs) and even then not until late summer 1940 without at least one research advance hit. So, I think if para range is nerfed that will be a significant hit to Axis, in light of the fact that paras have to take off from at least one hex behind the front and that useful landing zones can be more easily covered than in WIE due to the smaller scale of the map.

[Dorky8]

I know Fafnir is top dog but looks like the other guy ain't chopped liver according to ELO

From the AAR looks like paratroopers in London in April '40 (thats early [:)])

ORIGINAL: Cpuncher

April, 1940: After the bombing raids by the entire Luftwaffe (was good weather during Axis turn), and a couple daring Parachute drops, London fell.

This is the first major event that would shape the course of the war.

This came as a complete surprise, as after researching Fafnir's forum posts, I was under the impression that he would never do a Sealion. I didn't upgrade the AA of the garrison, nor London city. Luckily, I had a few units on the island to contain the paratroopers. The Axis had to use her entire air force for many turns afterwards to support the paras, which slowed down the progress in France.

The capture of London boosted German morale to an insane level (even at the end of the war, German NM was close to 110%), which helped to create all of the invincible German units that would kill anything in sight. It also mobilized Turkey and Spain greatly to the Axis side, who both eventually joined by additional Axis efforts. Both Turkey and Spain are extremely important to the Axis cause. TBH, later when Turkey was preparing for war, I thought I could have lost the game, as the Russian southern flank became wide open.

On the other hand, this also mobilized US from 35% to 53%, and Russia 22% to 45%. These are huge numbers, and they are early mobilizations, which would have their effects snowballed turn by turn. Now Russia has more than a year to have good income every turn to research and buy units. And USA would put in insane amount of research that when war broke out for her, she is very much ready to strike back.

It's hard to judge which side benefited more from this, though I"m inclined to say the Allies got more.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

Aren't the Beatles suppose to be in Liverpool?

Just got ghosted:

This happened once before
When I came to your door
No reply
They said it wasn't you
But I saw you peep through
Your window
I saw the light
I saw the light
I know that you saw me
As I looked up to see
Your face
I tried to telephone
They said you were not home
That's a lie
'Cos I know where you've been
And I saw you walk in
Your door

[Dorky8]

Yes but "The Who" (a better band IMO)is from London

YEAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

I couldn't tell you London Bridge from Big Balls Clock to Prince Hairy.

But for English Invasion.

Clash
Small Faces
Kinks

You mention the Boss. Had to let him go. Born in the USA ain't nice.