poots Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 How is it possible to beat the USSR? Unless you defeat them in the first few months that they enter the war, they will eventually just out-produce you. You cannot even just head straight for the capital, so it seems quite impossible. Any suggestions? Also, is there any reason that the full USA/Canada and Japan are not in the game? It seems like that would add a lot to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 It's easy to beat the USSR. You have to beat them like a meatpie into the 19th century. They have 0 leadership to begin with and a lagging tech. By then you can dominate them! If you build during your occupation wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poots Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 Ok, I see. I went all out anti-tank weapons and got to level 5 before I attack them, so that helps a lot. More questions: 1. What does supply do? Does it just help you attack, or is it what determines how many reinforcements you can get? 2. Is there any way to build those pil-box things that France starts with, or once they are gone, they are gone>? 3. In the manual, there is an attack called blitz. Aside from moving before you attack, is there any differnce between blitz, regular attack? tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueristic Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 You should read the Manual. It's on the Cd in PDF format. Then read this. http://ww2n.com/schq/SC-StrategyGuide-Rev1.pdf Then play some TCPIP at the opponents finder forum and join the league and your learning curve will sky rocket as you get diced up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poots Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 How do I open a PDF thing? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka of Carthage Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 1. What does supply do? Does it just help you attack, or is it what determines how many reinforcements you can get? Supply is one of the factors that determines what your units effectivness rating is. It helps you in combat and your supply level determines the amount of reinforcements. 2. Is there any way to build those pil-box things that France starts with, or once they are gone, they are gone>? No. Once they are gone, they are gone. 3. In the manual, there is an attack called blitz. Aside from moving before you attack, is there any differnce between blitz, regular attack? No difference. Manual implies it, but a blitz is nothing more than the ability to move before you attack. Almost all ground units can do that. As Hueristic mentioned, read the manual. Its an easy read. Don't forget that there is a newbie sticky topic as well. Read it. There is some good information in there as well. There is also a Strategy Guide, which I believe the newbie sticky points to. Its worth the time as well. PS... You need a PDF reader, which you can get free from Adobe. Just do a search, you'll find it. [ August 03, 2003, 12:40 AM: Message edited by: Shaka of Carthage ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poots Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 Thanks for help im reading the guide right now. One last question though I could not find in my quick search. Does the computer cheat when you use Fog of War? I tried a game using it and it seemed that the computer always knew where to attack. Ive read about spotting points, so I was aware of using plans and such to help, but I still got beat up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka of Carthage Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 From what I remember, no, the computer AI doesn't cheat. You should play with all the options on, except Disable Undo, Siberian War and Hex Grid. The politics should be random for them all. These are the options almost all human vs human games are played with. This way, you don't have to unlearn any bad habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueristic Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Originally posted by poots: Does the computer cheat when you use Fog of War? Funny you should ask. I never thought it did and there were threads asking for it to. But last night I decided to play the A.I. when my connection went down and I now think it does not use fog, on expert +2 anyway. It found one of my sneaky transports that humans never catch and had no way of spotting it. I found it a much more challenging exercise than I remember it being. But in the end it is still an AI and doesn't hold a candle to human opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Fenton Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I have wondered if the Fog of War option is truly 100% fog for the AI. I have noticed that the AI always seems to know if Gibraltar is garrisoned even if there is no way that any Axis unit could be in the area to actually see Gibraltar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Interesting -- I always thought the +0,1 or 2 meant the AI's units started off with that many medals and always kept it on +0. It's been a long time since I've played the AI, but if +2 on expert means it plays better and the computer isn't using FoW while the human does, it might be a useful setting. Though, as you say, it will still be more predictable and less imaginative than a human opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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