After playing some...

[CzeReptile]

Hello,

great game, love the map and added depth. Now few things ive found weirdo.

Invasion of SU - first its steamroll, then stalemate. Second year of invasion SU loses over 50 % of its IC for no apparent reason (drops to 178/260) and I conquer them. Funny.

By that time Brits produce enough divisions to conquer half Africa back from Italy and send 25 divs to Spain. Which is neat and they get bombed. US comes along with 50+ divisions dropped to Spain, most in supertech. I have checkd US and they have nearly everything researched yet their research is at some 130 % speed.

Mine got halted to 33 % in like 1940, and i was not through even all the production tech.

Dont know how that is correct, is there a reason for this? Also US having 1000 IC is pretty good )

 

[ifail]

yeh us tech is a bit off i nmy game right now they are at least 2 years ahead in tank tech 1943 im still invading russia. NEver got or probly did not notice russia losing half of its industry

 

[CzeReptile]

its not really losing, more of just dropping the effective IC below the level of the IC itself. Thats weird.

 

[Conanteacher]

I noticed as USSR that I get a 35% or so IC boost when Germany attacked me, I had more than 900 effecive IC and was running low on resources.
Great Patriotic War event never fired - perhaps I didn't retreat much, so I annexed Germany in 1945 (waited for the allies to land) still having 1000+IC.

As for your research %, you're doing it wrong. Try to never drop below 120% - doctrines are more important than new models.
Read the effects of some techs...

e.g. Infantry focus - Welded armor - Prioritize quality (after 1939)...

As Germany I am at 160%+ in early 1939 - I still havent any motorized or 37mm tanks as the brits and soviets do - but my doctrines can shred them apart anyway.

Noticed the -5/6/7% research drop on some industry techs?
Noticed the +0.8% research on some doctrines (which also boost your org, morale etc?)

Also, some techs are really cheap (size 2 fields, e.g. Basic Commando) and they get researched in less than 2 months.
Some others are expensive/consuming (Advanced infantry, Liquid fuel rocket, basic jet or even the size 7 electronics) so I don't bother researching them until I really need them - by then my research will be at 160%. Surprisingly, I tend to research the cheapest techs first (along with some necessities like prioritize industry/manpower/mining or special materials) - basic and advanced commandos, patrol boats etc in 1933-34 to boost my research. By 1940 I might be a lvl lower at tanks or industry, but my forces will have much higher org/morale and capabilities.

Good luck.

Also, register your game.

 

[CzeReptile]

YEah registering. I just noticed having crapton of games on my gamersgate but not here. Im on it.
*gamersgate gave me like no CD key error. And I have no clue how to activate other games from there*

Dont know about the research, but it would seem rather silly. Germans should have tanks. But oh well, I have such an advantage now that it does not matter. With SU gone I got 850 extra manpower so yeye. Allies got stopped cold in Spain and well, Im at India gates ) not eager to replay all that tho heh.