Hi all,
Bought this game a week ago, playing my first PBEM since yesterday (hate AI plays so just played a couple of small scenarios to understand basics).
Some queries-
A few things i find odd in this game, not complaining per-se, but historically funny!
1. I saw movement of the Italian Unit in the Replay, they are still not in the WAR!!.
2. Also Ottomans cannot protect their territories in Mesopotamia and Israel-Palestine.
3. There are no naval mines, giving the Entente a HUGE advantage to land anywhere.
4. Also, French need not attack into Alsace headlong, thus negating Schlieffen strongly.
Maybe they can get a strong NM penalty if they fail to attack or fail in attacks.
5. Russians mobilise very fast and very early, the Russians were in force only by last week of August
and in Beginning of September they fought those big battles in Gnila Lipa, Rawa Ruska etc known as Battles of Galicia.
Historically, the Russians had to travel a lot to reach the front and this saved Austria though this advantage was squandered by Conrad.
6. Also buying Corps once destroyed is not allowed, this was done historically by all armies in all wars.
7. Germans are 1/2 Cavalry corps short and maybe some infantry short (Historically), Why?
Germany mobilised 9 Cavalry + Guards + Bavarians + one Freikorps type cavalry - 12 divisions, 4 corps give about 8 divisions only.
All this in August 1914.