The human player as Finns or Elmer? I cleared the Soviet front-line in Karelia as the Finns with no problem. The divisions good insofar they can get successful RBC attacks vs. the Soviets. However, I found that I needed to split some of them to achieve encirclements. (Kessel, or "motti" in Finnish)ORIGINAL: TPOO
The victory points do not have any effect on the game except to show your progress in the weekly turn news window. The important cities to capture are those with the asterisks, * City Name*.
We have tried using the Finns in regiments but they are not strong enough to keep the Soviets at bay and get beat up quite a bit. They are much more formidable as an entire division. The Finns can accomplish their historical goals in 1941 if used correctly and then hold the lines until 1944.
On the defensive, holes in the front are generally bad in my experience. But I haven't reached 1942 yet.
It's true that the Finnish divisions were badly equipped for offense and this is reflected in TOAW also. Not enough artillery. The Germans should have sold their vast stockpiles of captured French etc. artillery to the Finns instead of using them to the Atlantikwall.
