Lars

True, but it would have probably have meant the end of all effective resistance, as the road and rail networks all ran through there. Keyword being "effective". Think the Germans could have easily held the line against anything the Russians could have scraped together after that.

Think he counted the Carriers.

And the sub goes down. The crusiers take a drubbing too.

Well, Napoleon might have been alright if his soldiers hadn't burned the place down.

Soil the boot and abuse the serf.

The Axis activation events were put in deliberately to prevent gamey scouting by a neutral US player. No historical reason. The US activation goes up enough, and fast enough, as it is. I see no reason to give the Allied player a "protected" convoy route. If you want to have the US activation rise for German surface ships parked off the harbor, I'm fine with that, as it will happen very rarely if the Allied player has half a brain. Or the Axis player for that matter. As for ships off the shore, don't see you screaming about the Chinese or Russian subs currently out there. Fact is, over the horizon, and in international waters, and most people just don't give a damn.

Ooh, a Berli thread. About time we had a decent bonfire around this joint again.

I see no reason for an increase in US readiness due to raiding on the Lend-Lease convoy route, historical or otherwise, and I hope Hubert leaves it alone.

Hey, it's snowing! Everybody to the top of the hill! In other news, bumped into a French cruiser with a sub in the straits.

In a strange twist of fate, the gods had their revenge on me this weekend. See, I had the crazy Frenchman Xyphorus over for the weekend, and he absolutely insisted on watching the World Cup match between the US and Italy. Apparently, the US got jobbed out of a goal. But all I recall is seeing the graphic, "No team has ever scored with 9 men" at about the 45 minute mark and wondering, "Well, why in the hell are we watching this again?" In other news, Papa Kahn has a girlfriend, Papa Kahn has a girlfriend…{snicker}…

What on earth are you talking about? By the time of D-Day I have plenty of troops and I'm usually just looking for something to blow all the cash on. Heavy Bomber 4? Heavy Tank 3? Put three more chits in for Industrial 5 just for sh*ts & giggles?

I would submit forcing the Axis to invade Sweden is a counter. That Russian clock is ticking…

Interesting. Especially as to who got the better deal. Sweden, you're losing what? About 300+ mmp a year on the convoys? On the other hand, ya got Spain. 300 mmp a year plus the unit goodies, plus a doomed Gibralter. Could be very interesting if Sweden keeps going Allies.

Well, tech is supposed to be a gamble. Diplo is a gamble too. If you take them out, either entirely, or by making them a sure thing on a timeline, it'll be a very different game. Honestly, I don't see it as broke.

Er, Adapt, Improvise, Overcome. Wait for the salmonella to get going and then refreeze it.

Why not just increase their attack value against shipping? Do we really need another tech? Tie it to Advanced Air and there you go.

However, you are cutting off it's ability to reinforce, so it's not totally useless. But yeah, once you get the city down to 0, there's not much point in hitting it.

Did somebody say boot of stout? Oh. nevermind.

What the AI does not do, which a human opponent does, is move the initial attacking units out of the way to let the other units in to finish off a defender. Sometimes it won't even grab a empty city. Think it puts too high a value on the entrenchment bonus, Fix that, and I think you've solved 90% of the problem.

pssst, Heavy Bomber, they rock...

Think this is probably where we're going to end up. A campaign for HvH, and one for the AI. All Hubert has to do is put it on the final patch and everybody's happy. Well, for about five minutes anyway.

It's not really the resources used up that's a problem. A Panther doesn't take much more steel than a Pzkw III. In fact, the steel cost is the least of your problems. There is also the retooling of the various plants, debugging, etc. And perhaps most important, there is the opportunity cost. You could have built a heck of a lot of Pzkw III instead of a couple of Panthers. Or a couple of Pzkw III and enough arms for your new Inf Corps, assuming you didn't screw with that retooling too.

But then why put up the sign? Sheesh, they mark the good huntin spots and then they won't let ya...

You sure you want to go out on a limb like that? Actually, thought I'd stop off and take the lads skiing. It's gotta snow soon...

Still slogging...