Lars

Iraq falls, get some nice plunder. Then Iraqi rebels blow up the oil fields. Huh, go figure... Eyeties sortie for Alexandria. A Italian CA pays heavily for it, but escapes with the prop seriously outta wack. Meanwhile, the sitzkrieg on the Eastern Front continues. USSR gets Advanced Fighter 2, US gets Industrial 1.

Hey, invading Iraq is all the rage these days.

Heh, well, if you're terrible at saving money now, I don't think you'd stand a chance under that system.

This aggression against Greece shall not stand! It's probably going to succeed, but it shall not stand. Oh, who am I kidding? They're screwed. Trondheim strafed. Again. And the Russians are so far down into their trenches I'm not even sure I can get them out.

Why? So the Russians can crush them like a bug again?

I'm sure your love life is none of his concern. </font>

When you click on a buy are you going to remember that you might be able to afford it if you take off a point of Inf Weapons, 2 points of AT, and get rid of Mobilization? Easier to add stuff on.

You even mucked up the ubb code like a foreigner. Very good. Now all you have to do is go spread hair tonic on your wife's upper lip and you'll be all set. In other news, OGSF's stiff upper lip has been reduced to the quivering sort that you'd only find on the losing team of a high school girl's dance squad.

Well, you got to leave the possibility open of the Allies figuring out some other way of getting supplies in there if both Gibraltar and Egypt go, which making any Allied port in the Med a valid supply source for Malta does. And a garrison that the Axis thought was neutralized suddenly coming back into play would be…problematic. For the Axis. But I agree, best wipe Malta off the map if you own the Med. [ May 25, 2006, 02:58 PM: Message edited by: Lars ]

Well kinda. They're called diplomacy chits.

Er, did you watch the documentary on Goebbels the other night? These guys pretty darn near invented the morale bomb. And the Stuka sirens scream on down…

Rommel - But hit them with what, mein Fuhrer? You have the Panzer Lehr and 12 SS Hitlerjugend in the Middle East. Hitler - Doh!

Well see, here's your real problem...

Like I was going to give you any credit...

Not really. Myself, I'd rather take all those little countries as soon as possible and pour the mpp's into research and building stuff. There is an opportunity cost to that strategy. As Russian player, if somebody were to try that, I'd just fall back a bit and bid my time till the morale effect wore off. It's not like the Axis will be able to hit you very hard when half their forces are tied up taking over peons.

Umm, isn't that what we're trying to create? Don't think it'll be too much of a problem if you keep the moral loss/gain low for the cities alone, as I noted, 3-5%.

Luftwaffe keeps hitting Trondheim. Otherwise, not much else to report. The Soviets stay busy with their spadework, Germans stick a tentative toe over the border. Think both sides are working on their Deathstars or somfink.

Oh hey Dave, before I forget. If you're going to change this, might as well do it right. In addition, as was noted previously by another poster, if the Allies do not control a port anywhere in the Med, supply state of Malta should fall to 0, go back to normal if they re-acquire one, like getting Vichy or Greece on their side or somfink.

Was referring to my bigwigs, not yours. Can only agree with Sombra's post in the Optional Tech thread today. "I work in R&D . Sometimes I wonder how we ever left the caves "

Thanks Dave. I gots lots of good ideas while I sit here waiting for the bigwigs to actually show up for work today and make a decision. Like, why didn't you do it the way I told you to a month ago?

ooh, #35 is going to leave a mark...

Still, there should be some way to turn the Malta Effect off without actually having to invade it. Say pummeling the port down to 0 and the fort down below 50%?

Hey! I beat him to it back on page 1!

Yeah, but you'll be the one who has to get the stains out. And have you ever tried getting grease off the steppes? It ain't easy, bucko.

Actually Rolend, I scaled back my original proposal, mostly due to the size of the map. It would just be a one time event for the three units, sorta like building fortifications, only even easier. Would make for some interesting choices, that's for sure.