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Hmm, I seem to remember certain assertions about how some change in Morvael's code made it difficult to get guards. I must be the one in a trance. No news there.

"Avoid combat", there we have it, as in pre-reduced blizzard days. 1) Dec, retreat 2) Jan, retreat 3) Mar, retreat. Viola!! no guards formation for the time being.

I have an absolute sure fire, hard coded, always works, way to prevent guards formations. Don't boot up the game. Sorry, excessive sarcasm.

PS. I think Wheat's post said something about the Sov attacking in winter, what did that mean, I wonder?

ORIGINAL: GamesaurusRex

LOL... What's to admit ?

You need to reread Wheat's post...
The key words are: "with the ability to attack pretty much at will... all you need is access to the secret ingredient, a willing german player."

In this test case I did everything I could to leave German positions available to be attacked throughout the blizzard and, as a result, Wheat managed 54 Guards.

This is not how an experienced German player would play. A savy German opponent will simply do what Wheat did in our previous games... that is, retreat in the blizzard and refuse combat. The result will be predictably less than 54 Guards. In our last game it was NONE.

Yeah, but this has consequences...if the German retreats from the front and keeps his units away from the front, he won't be able to advance as quickly. I think too many ppl forget that the days of the flying gas cans are over. This makes a big difference. Fighting forward now makes sense, and German players who don't take risks are condemning themselves to 4 years of slow death...

ORIGINAL: charlie0311

Hmm, I seem to remember certain assertions about how some change in Morvael's code made it difficult to get guards. I must be the one in a trance. No news there.

"Avoid combat", there we have it, as in pre-reduced blizzard days. 1) Dec, retreat 2) Jan, retreat 3) Mar, retreat. Viola!! no guards formation for the time being.

I have an absolute sure fire, hard coded, always works, way to prevent guards formations. Don't boot up the game. Sorry, excessive sarcasm.

PS. I think Wheat's post said something about the Sov attacking in winter, what did that mean, I wonder?

Well I have to agree with you on one point, and that is attacking in blizzard by the Russians. The previous games I played with Wheat had 100/100 fortification settings which made it too easy to dig level 3 trenchlines instantly and resulted in nearly unassailable German defenses.

In this game we reduced the fortress setting to 75/75 and that has made it easier for the Russian to counterattack.

I like using the the reduced blizzard and reduced fortress settings because it makes the game more fluid. I'm leaning toward reducing the logistics setting too as some here have suggested and adding a bit of AP to both sides to allow them to afford FZs to accellerate trenching in limited areas (as opposed to having high fortress settings that cause fast trenching everywhere).

charlie0311: Not really. The bug helped to get Guards but only for Corps with attached Support Units. In 1941 the only Corps you have are the Cavalry Corps. You have to earn Guards Rifle Divisions the same way as before. And there was no change to the thresholds at which Guards status is granted.

thx to all participants,

the brave new world awaits. No 1/1 bonus will really cool down the sov winter offensive and the fort changes will make it harder for the axis to resist this same offensive.