How to beat the AI with experience bonus ?

[zappsweden]

I have a good tactis as axis against AI at +0% bonus and +2 experience. This tactic is NOT good against human players only against AI.

Attack Denmark already in turn 1 by naval bombardment(experience gaining). Try to let your air units or tanks have the 0.5 experience when destroying enemy units. buy Manstein HQ and make sure it is used by the units invading belgium (turn 5 or 6). When France is attacked make sure that you get air superiority and destroy the enemy Air units if you get the chanse.

Don't invade Britain just leave some air fleet to intercept allied bombers. Take sweden and finland as soon as France falls. Don't buy or reinforce units if you don't have to. Put maximum effort on research instead.

Germany reserach: Since Allied are weak and there wont be much battles going on there i focus on getting anti-tank research and industrial tech. Jet research is not necessary early on if you have air superiority. In 1942-1945 though, the Jet research is highly important to stop UK/US invasion of France. Anti-tank research will make your infantry cope with Russian tanks. They will also much easier wipe out Russian units instead of just damaging them. Destroyed units cost twice as much to replace than damaged ones and it will be much more expensive for Russia.

Focus on destroying lots of Russian units but don't advance too quickly if siberian wars option is OFF. They more units destroyed before the siberian troops enter the more chanse of overrunning them too.

The most important part later on is that you stop the UK/US invasion in France. The defence in France should be sparse because the Russian front need them more. When the AI goes for a landing in France just operate so many corps as possible there to block most of their landing. Big operational movements of air fleets west will then let you bombard their transports and the few troops they managed to land. By this time you should have switched to Jet Aircraft research for a while since you cannot afford taking high losses against the UK/US air force. When you have stabelised the Western front Russia will get weaker since they will lag behind even more in research.

THE MAYOR SETBACK WITH THE AI IS THAT IT DOESN*T PUT MUCH MONEY INTO RESEARCH. Use that to your advantage. Don't research too much until you have the upper hand in France. Don't buy too much troops before the Russian war since you get them cheaper with industrial techs.

[ November 21, 2002, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: zappsweden ]