Entente vs Veteran AI AAR

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Turn 38 - September 25, 1915 - Eastern/Serbia Front

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Thanks! Its been a pretty fun game. I think it does expose a few of the weaknesses in the AI such as choosing to defend forward when its flanks are exposed and probably being overly aggressive with the CP navy. But I will give the AI credit that from a strategic assignment of units to fronts it does a pretty good job moving them around to fill where they are most needed. I also think AH ceding Trieste and Trento to Italy is almost always going to end badly for the AI but understand there might be some "chance" that it takes that decision for flavor.

Good, and it's always interesting to follow to see how it fares against your best efforts! [:D]

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Turn 40 - October 23, 1915 - Summary
- AH down to 3% NM and Germany down to 46% NM
- North Sea naval battle pretty much comes to an end with Germany just having a few subs left
- Entente reach the outskirts of Budapest and cut all rails to the city

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Turn 40 - October 23, 1915 - Eastern/Serbia Front

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Conclusion
- AH collapses!
- This leaves the CPs in a terrible position as Entente can out number and push them across all fronts
- Germany will lose 20% NM from AH losing so be down around 25% next turn and will almost definitely fall before the end of 1916
- At this point, the game is really decided so I'm not going to play on any further but will post the final details

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Final Losses
The AI definitely tends to leave units exposed which leads to the rather lopsided losses but to be fair that's only a part of the picture since Entente still took a lot of hits they had to replace even if they weren't losing many units.

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Western Front

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Eastern Front Part 1

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Eastern Front Part 2

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Egypt

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Caucasus

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Diplomacy
Not much happened here. I was slowly gaining on the Scandinavian countries and would probably focus on the new nations formed from AH collapse.

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Turn 42 - November 20, 1915 - Research
Pretty standard priorities. Trenches > Industrial > Artillery/Shells > C&C. I grabbed spies and ASW with the UK.