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RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:02 pm
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: Illiniwek80
Probably frowned upon, but after determining that weather was ALWAYS AGAINST ME after grounding my entire air force for 6 months, I always turn it off now. Now I take MAlta, then go for Tunisia real quick then Algeria then Spain decides they want to marry me. Also, send two panzer corps and an infantry to Libya immediately after the fall of France. Send Afrika Corps to Yugo then either into Russia or Turkey if you are really feeling froggy. THEN, the icing on the cake, the Turkey force unites with the force that just rolled up through Iraq and invades lightly-defended Caucasus and backdoors into Stalingrad. This has resulted in a hell of an exciting, pressure-filled game for me. Turn up the difficulty, as it will likely make the game too easy.
Turning off the weather - or re-loading turns - seem a bit too gamey and unrealistic for me. So I'd be opposed to them.
I will definitely explore the Turkish route though. Do you invade Turkey? It seems to me that hoping Turkey to join the Axis seems unreliable. And if you attack Turkey, are there diplomatic consequences elsewhere?
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:12 pm
by Epekepe
Hmm, but I jumped from Syracuse - literally 2 hexes away?
What happened, did you see paratrooper unit flying in Malta?
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:46 pm
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: Epekepe
Hmm, but I jumped from Syracuse - literally 2 hexes away?
What happened, did you see paratrooper unit flying in Malta?
Malta hex was marked as un-jumpable with some sort of symbol.
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 2:26 pm
by Epekepe
Bad weather maybe?
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 2:51 pm
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: Epekepe
Bad weather maybe?
Hmm, it could've been. But I couldn't do it for two turns in a row, so I assumed it doesn't work...
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 3:29 pm
by Epekepe
Or maybe Malta was not empty?
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 4:25 pm
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: Epekepe
Or maybe Malta was not empty?
It definitely was ;(
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 4:29 pm
by Illiniwek80
Turning off the weather - or re-loading turns - seem a bit too gamey and unrealistic for me. So I'd be opposed to them.
I would have thought so too, but weather grounding your entire air force for months at a time is more gamey and unrealistic. So, I rationalize it by assuming that natural combat results takes into account weather sufficiently.
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 4:39 pm
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: Illiniwek80
Turning off the weather - or re-loading turns - seem a bit too gamey and unrealistic for me. So I'd be opposed to them.
I would have thought so too, but weather grounding your entire air force for months at a time is more gamey and unrealistic. So, I rationalize it by assuming that natural combat results takes into account weather sufficiently.
A good point!
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 11:36 pm
by Platoonist
You could always try adding artillery to the mix. [:D]
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 11:43 pm
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: Platoonist
You could always try adding artillery to the mix. [:D]
I used them too - but the weather delays were really a killer, as the majority of my damage was still bound to come from air power.
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:02 am
by BillRunacre
ORIGINAL: Illiniwek80
Turning off the weather - or re-loading turns - seem a bit too gamey and unrealistic for me. So I'd be opposed to them.
I would have thought so too, but weather grounding your entire air force for months at a time is more gamey and unrealistic. So, I rationalize it by assuming that natural combat results takes into account weather sufficiently.
If you do encounter any areas of the map that appear to have an unrealistically high percentage of bad weather then do let me know because it can be adjusted if necessary.
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:21 am
by DrZom
ORIGINAL: Alcibiades73
Turning off the weather - or re-loading turns - seem a bit too gamey and unrealistic for me. So I'd be opposed to them.
I agree about the weather, but re-loading turns is how you learn. At least how I learn what works. I view every game against the AI as play testing.
RE: Malta is impregnable?
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:23 am
by Alcibiades73
ORIGINAL: DrZom
ORIGINAL: Alcibiades73
Turning off the weather - or re-loading turns - seem a bit too gamey and unrealistic for me. So I'd be opposed to them.
I agree about the weather, but re-loading turns is how you learn. At least how I learn what works. I view every game against the AI as play testing.
A fair point. But I've now gotten so frustrated with bad weather so disproportionately influencing my games that I am willing to re-load for weather now