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Well, keep in mind you're playing against an A.I., which probably was scripted to keep sending invasion forces to liberate Europe at that point, and was NOT scripted to deal with hostile naval units nearby while launching them. They were probably supposed to be protected by other offensive naval units, but you already destroyed them, I would think. Such are the limitations of playing against the computer.

My favorite would be to tally up points for elimination of enemy units, cities and objectives taken, and moving up "ranks" as the game goes on. At the end, a final score or rank to finish with, yes similar to XW's example of Civ, or Talonsoft's old East Front/West Front. :cool:

Nupe, Any plans to make this mod of yours against the AI? I don't recall whether you had indicated as such.

CS, I'm like you, can't get enough of some wargames, even after many years sometimes with the same ones. Welcome aboard! :cool: As for your other question about JJR on another thread, all one has to do is look WAY BACK toward the beginning of this thread for entertainment..er....history of what he (was) about. :eek:

I must say that is a good question. There seems to have been a number of issues that (at least in IMHO) should have been spotted before game release using more competitive play conditions. A few bugs seemed early enough in the campaigns that should have been spotted quickly, but were not. Playtesters, how can this be so? :confused:

Sure will....once the Repository is up and working again, that is.

To all, Thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated. Hubert: Your reasoning sounds good to me, nor does it hurt my game plan.

I always thought books (and manuals) were a great way to become better informed. :eek:

One thing I have noticed (on or about 1942-3) in the 1939 campaign is the absolute neutrality of formerly French north Africa. Sometime after Vichy France was created, I attacked and conquered rather quickly (as the Axis) Vichy France, and even Spain. North Africa, much to my surprise, remained perfectly neutral. I would have sworn in the previous games north Africa would rejoin the Allies when the Axis attacked Vichy France. Am I wrong, or is this an unexpected bug? I haven't seen this mentioned as of yet. :confused:

JJR, 7200 posts IS impressive, but 6 banishments say otherwise.

Eeeeexcellent! :cool:

Yes, he's back. :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Bram, Welcome aboard! Thanks for the snapshot of yourself. Perhaps you can offer your historical view of WWII from the Dutch perspective. Sounds like you have your hands full at home with the two wee ones, I'm surprised you even have time to play this game at all. :eek: By the way, I think Hubert meant DON'T be shy.

Bluestew, If what XW is saying doesn't do enough in the end, you can always go to the game editor and "fine tune" the research parameters more to your liking when it comes to being more "research competitive" with the other major powers.

....and if you can, try creating that free-for-all. It may be ahistorical, but it sure sounds like alot of fun. No scripts, no units for home countries, just do as the player sees fit. EEEEEXCELLENT! :cool:

Since alot of people here are wondering aloud about it, and there's no thread for it, I'll ask it here: Is there currently an ETA for the V1.01 patch, or is it still too soon to ask? I know XW has been involved with the work on it, I haven't seen anything about its completion.

Well, if we're going to add new mines to places, perhaps you could add a mine to the Slate Belt in Pennsylvania....or West Virginia.....or anywhere in the central Appalachians, we're terribly underrepresented here.

Bluestew, Although surprised, your level 3 sub took damage that seems normal, since being level 3 is a reflection of its tech, not experience. Destroyers give that type of damage to a sub of similar experience level, and more if the destroyer had even more experience.

....or simply not allow your "elite" or veteran units from taking major hits in the first place (I know, easier said than done).

In playing the Axis in 1939, I noticed after taking ALL of England the port of Belfast in northern Ireland is still in Allied hands, even though there is not a single tile one can land on to take the port. Is this a bug? It is impossible for me to take the port of Belfast without having Germany declare war on neutral Ireland. IMHO, the port should either be made part of Ireland, or at least a tile in northeastern Ireland closest to the port made to be British (as a half Irish Catholic, I won't even get into the political debate about that! ). Either way, there seems to be a need for a better resolution to this.

That's why I put mucho MPPs into as many CVs as I can. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

My Axis strategy in the Pacific has been to just hold China, and go island hopping. I've done well so far, grabbing nearly every Allied island in the west Pacific, seized New Zealand, and have about the eastern half of Australia. One possible thorn: that Australian HQ in Canberra is one tough nut to crack. It's entrenchment is zero, but I can barely cause any losses to it in spite of two carriers whaling at it continuously, and a ground unit next to it isn't doing much better. :confused: China is building up quite a bit but the Japs are holding. One problem though: Once I started Operation Sealion into England, the Russians declared war on Germany, and I had the Japs declare war on Russia in support, so things could get pretty interesting for Japan in Asia, depending on the Russian reaction toward Manchuria. This is in September of 1940.

Bluestew, I can't say what your problem is, but I can tell you what it isn't: It has nothing to do with the server going down. If you downloaded and installed the game along with the online license, the game should be fine. My guess is it's something having to do with the computer hardware/applications you specifically have. Otherwise, you can send an email to the administrator on this site. They could steer you in the right direction for your answer.

HUbert and Co, Just so you know, Some of us DO appreciate greatly your efforts here, and how difficult an ordeal this is. If it takes a few more days (heck, even a week), so be it. Most of us will still be here when you're done.

Gorgin, Right about that. We seem to be way behind the times here with the metric system et al as well as using a different temperature scale, but 74 sounds so much better than 23.