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RE: Americans?
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:52 pm
by warspite1
Right thanks. It will be interesting to see how this pans out because at the moment, my opponent has a wolf pack of 4 subs that is effectively picking off whole 10-point convoys. I am purposely making little effort to impede this as I want the Americans in.
I will keep you posted.
RE: Americans?
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:38 am
by Bossy573
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Right thanks. It will be interesting to see how this pans out because at the moment, my opponent has a wolf pack of 4 subs that is effectively picking off whole 10-point convoys. I am purposely making little effort to impede this as I want the Americans in.
I will keep you posted.
No effect on shipping capacity or morale?
RE: Americans?
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:09 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Right thanks. It will be interesting to see how this pans out because at the moment, my opponent has a wolf pack of 4 subs that is effectively picking off whole 10-point convoys. I am purposely making little effort to impede this as I want the Americans in.
I will keep you posted.
warspite1
Very strange indeed - I am getting my convoys sunk regularly - coming home with just a couple of points or so, but absolutely no sign of the Americans. This can't be right can it? Not even the warning event notice to say the Americans are a tad cheesed off.....
I will keep a count from here on in.
RE: Americans?
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:21 am
by ulver
In my game against War spite I’m sinking a lot of merchant shipping but no Americans. I would estimate it may be because I haven’t actually completely destroyed any convoys (Not for lack of trying I assure you. I’ve reduced them to 2-3 points yes but never completely destroyed them)
If the US event are triggered by complete destruction of a convoy marker as opposed to number of steps lost in a period it opens for a huge exploit – reducing all entente convoys to 1 point. That seems a flawed design.
RE: Americans?
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:39 pm
by warspite1
Well you have now!!
It can't be that because in my game aganst Empire, he sunk nothing like the sheer number of points sunk - this is on a different scale. All ten of my French convoy gone _ a few with only 1 or 2 left. This cannot be right - how can the Entente counter this if there is no American penalty?
RE: Americans?
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:19 pm
by FOARP
After capturing Paris, Verdun, and Rouen playing as the Central Powers I'll usually DOW Spain, Portugal and the US to make for an additional challenge - jumping on the Russians with both feet after beating the French just seems too easy. Battles with masses of Spanish infantry backed by US artillery in southern France,with ever growing numbers of US troops pouring into the region, are simply epic.
Never seen the US come in by themselves though.