AI problems in new patch

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My friend and I are playing a game together. Him as Germany and myself as Romania. This is how our game turned out;

Romania joins axis, no other country is in axis other than Germany at all in this game
Germany claims Austria (in Anchluss)
Germany claims Sudentland
Germany elects to leave Czehkoslovakia (spelling?) alone and doesn't divide it up
Germany claims Memel
Poland refuses to join allies
USSR refuses to make a deal with Germany (no Molotov-Ribbentrop pact)
Poland refuses to give up Danzig (war begins with Poland on 30/8/1939)
Poland falls within a month but not yet annexed
The French declare war on the axis (therefore allies at war)
Poland is annexed
Germany declares war on Luxemburg
Luxemburg is annexed
about a month after this happened USSR makes a DOW. France has not even been invaded yet.

Why the aggression against Germany so early in the game when they haven't been as aggressive as they could have been in previous versions without any declaration of war from USSR? Why did the allies declare war even after Poland refused Britains help?

This new patch makes the games almost impossible to win as the axis even on the very easy level. The game also had AI DOW set to coward. We were both wiped out within a year. I have also encoutered this when playing the new patch in a single player game as Japan as both China's were impossible to beat.

 

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Appears that the AI is working very well.

My friend and I are playing a game together. Him as Germany and myself as Romania. This is how our game turned out;

Romania joins axis, no other country is in axis other than Germany at all in this game
Germany claims Austria (in Anchluss)
Germany claims Sudentland
Germany elects to leave Czehkoslovakia (spelling?) alone and doesn't divide it up
Germany claims Memel
Poland refuses to join allies
USSR refuses to make a deal with Germany (no Molotov-Ribbentrop pact)
Poland refuses to give up Danzig (war begins with Poland on 30/8/1939)
Poland falls within a month but not yet annexed
The French declare war on the axis (therefore allies at war)
Poland is annexed
Germany declares war on Luxemburg
Luxemburg is annexed
about a month after this happened USSR makes a DOW. France has not even been invaded yet.

So, you have a nice a-historical game going. 3 key changes versus history: Munich Accords [Czech partition], Poland-UK. and the MK being refused.

Why the aggression against Germany so early in the game when they haven't been as aggressive as they could have been in previous versions without any declaration of war from USSR? Why did the allies declare war even after Poland refused Britains help?

Think in the context of: Why would the SOV have refused the MK? It would mean they both hate the Nazis and feel they do not need further time to prepare. The MK historically was signed by Stalin becuase he felt he needed 2 more years to get ready for GER. If SOV refuses MKl, then they should be ready to respond immediately to and GER east agression. Ergo, AI is working quite correctly.

Even with POL refusing the ally pact, there is quite a bit of historical evidence that UK would have DoW'd GER anyway upon a GER attack. Think of it in this context: POL initially refuses UK offer so as to not encite GER attack. When GER attacks anyway, then POL would have begged UK for support, and UK would have given it.

This new patch makes the games almost impossible to win as the axis even on the very easy level. The game also had AI DOW set to coward. We were both wiped out within a year. I have also encoutered this when playing the new patch in a single player game as Japan as both China's were impossible to beat.

Practice both your strategy and your tactics in battle.

Strategy:
As GER you know when the war will start as only facists can easily precipitate any wars. So, plan carefully what type of units you will need and how many. Research only those techs you need to attain that, no others, Build only those unist, no others. The best players are highly focused.

Tactics:
be sure that when attacking [or reverse for defending] that you have good odds. Unless you know otherwise, assume you are tech equal, so that means 2:1 at a minimum, 3:1 or higher is better. Remember that armor will annihilate infantry. Watch the weather, abort your attack if weather is lousy and you are not repared for it. Utilize your best leaders effectively.

GER can win, even at VH/F settings, in v1.06. Stick with GER until you can win convincingly as almost any other nation is more difficult. JAP is definitely more challenging than GER.


Enjoy playing, and i hope the comments help!

 

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USSR refuses to make a deal with Germany (no Molotov-Ribbentrop pact)
The French declare war on the axis (therefore allies at war)
Poland is annexed
Germany declares war on Luxemburg
Luxemburg is annexed
about a month after this happened USSR makes a DOW. France has not even been invaded yet.

Well if Staline did not tell you he wanted to share Poland with you, he did not told you either that you could have it all for yourself Yeah the DOW when you are busy in the west is a naughty one , isn't it ?

I have also encoutered this when playing the new patch in a single player game as Japan as both China's were impossible to beat.

Some people wanted the chinese to be boosted in tech, that'll be "optional" hopefully in the correction of 1.06 flaws.