mrdozer2379 vs operating (active match)

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Turn 10

Erzurum: OE is very limited as to what it can do here and at the earliest it will be 2 turns before any reinforcements show, at that, it would be only 1 unit at a time. It's a problem with winter fast approaching. Chose to move the garrison so there are no direct frontal assaults on Erzurum. For the Russian Sarikamish allows for 2 deployments, plus access to rail. What this means: Is that the Russians can build up twice to three times as fast as than OE in this region. a huge handicap on OE. Most Russian players take advantage of this.


The OE infantry by Adana is on it's way to Gaza by RR.

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Turn 10

Constantinople-Serbia-Adriatic:

Constantinople is in an enigmatic situation, it should never be exposed to naval bombardment the way the game allows, alas that is a problem the devs never did resolved. Here Russia on previous turns just lines up her fleets in preparation to bombard before OE enters the war, at the same time blocking the straits from CP fleets. It sucks to tell the truth, however myself and every experienced player does it. Constantinople's 14 PP get's knocked down to "0" in no time, robbing OE's economic engine (not that it was that great to begin with). The devs could have reduced Constantinople's PP and applied it elsewhere might have helped resolved the issue.

Serbia: Destroyed a Serb garrison northwest of Skopje. Most AH units needed to rest and repair this turn to get ready for the Skopje assault. Moved up CP artillery and a couple of minor infantry attacks with little to show for it, actually AH took more losses than Entente doing so.

Adriatic: Balloon bombed French sub from an 8 to a 6, attacked same French sub with my AH sub, no damages, however attack does result in a block of the Adriatic Strait. Pre-dreadnaught moved from Split to bombard French infantry, no damage to either. AH dreadnaught repaired at Split arriving from Trieste, while armored cruiser finished repairs at Cattaro and a new sub arrived there also, after another sub sailed to protect the pre-dreadnaught. There is a ton of activity in this region and hope to wrap it up soon, this front has moved real fast.

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Turn 10

Gaza:

Can see right from the Get-Go that mrdozer has made a significant troop investment here for an early breakout, I have to place every available unit to this front to try and blunt his offensive, it's not going to be easy setting up a solid defense.[:(] Most if not all of my OE eastern Med. ports are going to get naval bombardments (his fleets are all at the ready to start firing away), further driving my OE PP into the pits.[:(] As you will see in later SSs.

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Turn 11

If I have read the lua scripts correctly: This event gives OE a +10 NM.

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Turn 11

When a player sees: "Production Capability Lost" which includes the faction's flag, That means any units in the queue are lost and no other units can be built till that nation regains it's capital city. It may be possible to regain production if you capture another faction's capital city, atm I can not clearly say that is true.

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Turn 11

Notice the Russian naval bombardment of Constantinople has begun. Also that the French had recaptured Tirana for the Serbs.

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Turn 11

Scored a second hit on the English supply fleet, my subs are very weak at this point, this will improve when Antwerp is captured..

Next turn I will show an area scan by subs to pick up targets, it's similar to radar..

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Turn 11

North Baltic:

A supply fleet spawned here (lavender circle). Counter-attack Russian sub down to a 4 and sailed fleets to protect supply fleet for next turn..

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Turn 11

Serbia-Adriatic:

As you had seen in the previous posts, that Skopje was captured, Serbia's last capital city, meaning all Entente units will be at half supply on their turn. Most of the movement you see is in preparation for next turn with some units repairing. Did fire a round of artillery into Tirana to soften it up for next turn, air attacks were all on Skopje, next turn they will be zeroing in on Tirana. Maneuvered The AH fleet into a Adriatic Strait blocking formation while one fleet repaired and another sub fleet is deployed at Cattaro. This offensive should be wrapping up soon for winter is about to begin on Dec. 10th..

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Turn 11

Belgium:

Finally captured Antwerp...!!![:D] Glad that's over, now can concentrate on how to manage this front, it's a tough nut to crack, if at all. Mrdozer has reserves all the way up and down this front, there's not going to be any chance of a breakthrough of epic proportions, for the time being the English infantry is going to get my attention. There is 1 Belgian garrison southeast of the English, which will automatically disband on the Entente turn due to Belgium's impending surrender. Antwerp will allow a greater range for my Kriegsmarine to operate in without suffering morale loss. Repaired many units to prepare for the grind that lays ahead. The surrender of Belgium has no effect on remaining Entente NM.

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Turn 11

Eastern Front:

Where to start here? If there is one thing that mrdozer likes to do is "Attack".! He has been in a full on attack mode with the Russians, sometimes it works to his advantage, sometimes it opens up opportunities for my guys. Here I was able to kill off 3 of his units at the center of this front to enable a couple of minor breakthroughs, if allowed to continue next turn might turn into a major breakthrough, will have to wait and see. Down by Lemberg the AH is still trying to dislodge that Russian fortified Garrison 2 hexes to the east of this city. AH has advanced enough to where it might get a shot next turn at the Russian fighters hiding behind the Armored Train. Fresh units deployed at Koenigsberg and Lemberg while many others repaired, winter is only 2 turns away..

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Turn 11

Erzurum:

There are a couple of ways OE can plan for Erzurum: 1.) Go meet the Russians at the border (if you know your going to have PP to spare). or, 2.) Plan defensively (if Constantinople is going to lose all it's PP from bombardments). I chose defensive. My gut feeling is that mrdozer is going to load up this region with units (in fact he did as I found out later). All I can do is wait for 1 reinforcement at a time and see what develops.[8D]

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Turn 11

Gaza:

Gaza can be tricky for OE especially if OE does not have a general yet and the Brits do, along with 5 powerful units that are ready to pounce. The English infantry next to Aqaba is a real problem.[:(] Somehow he wiped out a OE garrison there to get the salient, not good. All I can do here is try to maintain my ground and hope for an opportunity to regain the lost ground, I rather defend 3 hexes, not 4. You might notice that I kept SGs at Tabuk and Medina, I can't be sure mrdozer is not going to try amphibious assaults there..[&:]

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Turn 12

The Belgium Retreat dooms this faction to surrender, any remaining Belgian units on the map are removed and as stated earlier has no NM loss to allies at the time of surrender.

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Turn 12

Submarine Radar:

I call this radar, it's really not, none the less when clicking on a marine unit it displays where it can sail, also it can tell you where it cannot sail. OK, I know through replay in which direction the merchant convoy traveled, I also know a English battle fleet sailed in the same direction. So by clicking alternating subs I can get a pretty good idea where my next targets are because of the shadows in the sub's radar, the targets are where the brighter yellow marked sea hexes are, yes there may have some shadow from the English fleet blocking the view, but not for 3 shadow hexes. The beauty of having 2 subs is that I can send one to seek a target, spot it, then let the other sub know where to attack if possible.[8D]

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Turn 12

Sent the southerly sub fleet out as far as it could go, found the merchant fleet plus 2 light cruiser fleets, then directed my other sub fleet to the best position to attack from and added an admiral to increase chances of successful kills. Unfortunately the sub's morale was so low did not end up causing any damage, although these attacks are causing a delay in the merchant fleet from making port (it should have reached port turn 12), which in a way is a small victory.[:)]

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Turn 12

Baltic:

Managed to sink the Russian class I sub fleet up north and protect the merchant fleet best way possible mid-Baltic.

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Turn 12

Eastern Front:

Worked on stabilizing my eastward center gains that were counter-attacked and made gains near Brest-Litvosk putting the Russian general there at risk (he is down to a 3). If I was to continue pushing it would have to happen on the first turn of winter, so rested and repaired what I could to catch the Russians off-guard next turn. Moving and attacking during winter turns is double morale sucking 2 points, just moving sucks 1 point, just attacking sucks 1 point. Some players do neither during winter. I feel as though My armies still maintain the initiative and will press on. Received more reinforcements at Koenigsberg and Lemberg, also embarked a German garrison (next to Koenigsberg port) destined for Finland. With the defeat of Serbia I'll be able to further beef up this front with transfers.[:)]

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Turn 12

Belgium:

The Western Front is basically stalemated for now into a meat grinder. Every garrison the Germans deploy in front of Nancy get's chewed up and has to be rotated out just about every turn. Tried to eliminate the English infantry near Brussels to no avail and a few other harrying attacks down the line, while repairing others. The London fighter shows itself when my air strikes within it's zone of control. It's no picnic for my coastal units receiving English naval bombardments.[:(]

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Turn 12

Erzurum:

Having a bad day here as well, my defensive plan has not worked as expected, but at least started receiving garrison reinforcements. If OE can keep a hex open here for reinforcements it'll give me hope of not losing this city and surrounding region.