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quite a bit late but in return with more detailed stuff (hope I dont kill you with it
my second report on a
beta02 (from sun 30.08) checksum = LAEX game:
(played until may 42 on n/n)
general questions regarding WiF:
- should UK release some puppets like egypt and india before ww2 or after? Just asking if I can outsorce some territorial responsibility by that.
Do both countries build decent amounts of INF like in other mods?
intelligence:
- major powers should start with a higher int. lvl than minor ones
research:
- SouthAfrica has improved construction tech blueprint and trades it for free
-> UK should have blueprint right from start
- land doctrine sub-tech descriptions missing for "movement warfare" till "minor invasion"
production:
- money = unknown string wanted @tooltip
- serious money shortage = WAD? all other major powers are fine
- dissent info from cg production still fubar
- reinforcements: mp at start a bit low / or mp rate of 0.23 too low?
- mp rate: pre-war = 0.23 / after mobilization = 0.43 / full sliders + 35% minister bonus = 0.60 (when available @40)
units:
- egyptian navy @ new fundland based
trade:
- rare mining out of proportion:
CAN + AUS over 100 rares per day @ dec 1940
CAN still strong over 100 rares p.d. @ dec 1941, AUS even reaching
near 200 rares per day
- money:
UK has money problems through the entire game, doesnt even produce enough money daily to keep all 5 research slots open. some trades with allies and US (+10money for over 20 supplies) can lessen the burden and even allow for some limited spy games, however only some here and there.
diplomacy:
- MC -> high sum of money required? = MilitaryControl impossible... WAD?
WAR:
- 37: JPN stacking inf. units in the marshal chain instead of focusing on chinese mainland -> inf. units as garrisons for island chain
- JPN stacking inf. units in Xilinhot -> no border with chinese provinces! reserves?! -> will move to the front one war starts
- JPN stacking inf. units in Chongyin -> border with SOV
- JPN will shuffle inf. units from marshal back to mainland China and will transport GAR there instead once the war breaks out
JPN/Nat.China WAR:
- Nat.China annexed all other chinese warlords asap once war broke out
- JPN offensive halted at yellow river, henan -> inf. units wasted on islands/SOV border could provide more power for this drive
- JPN stacking inf. units in Fukuoka -> preparing for amphib. landings
- JPN attacks via amphib. landings -> with marines first
WAR in Europe:
- GER has no problem steamrolling POL, my BEF was deployed in egypt and FRA folded therefore pretty fast too.
- once Vichy event fired battle of britain commenced.
- Nat.Spain wins SCW and joins axis june 40 -> GER stationed troops (4 divs = 3x HQ + 1x ARM Oo) in Algesiras vis-a-vis Gibraltar, however doesnt attack the light garrison forces there.
possible to mod ai to attack gibraltar over land once Nat.Spain joins axis?
- GER has some massive sealion attempts (from Vichy until barb 41 starts) however any way to forbid ai to try amph. assaults with tank divisions? -> massive neg. modifier for tanks trying to assault a beach
- AUS invades and holds Balearic Islands (Mediterranean Sea) + Canary Isles (Atlantik coast of africa) @41
- CAN helps to defend Malta with 2x MOT
- after US and others joins allies minor nations deploy major air assets at (12x INT) Mallorca (Balearic Islands)
- US use british homeland as a land carrier as they have been doing historical
GER/SOV WAR Barb:
- fighting commenced may 41
- FIN joins axis june 41
- GER continues battle over britain (airwar) instead of switching TACs to ground support for the east front
- once winter event fires sept 41 offensive fights stop short of Leningrad, Sevastopol and Moscow
- GER removes all GAR from Norway, shouldnt happen
- GER commences second major offensive early may 42 (once frozen + muddy ground season is over)
(pictures available of the east front from build-up may 41 till may 42 if you're interested)
Pearl Harbour PAC WAR:
- furios JPN ai -> MAN gets almost all chinese provinces from JPN -> WAD?
- JPN joins axis = no against SOV due to peace treaty (valid till june 43)
- US and its puppets joins allies asap
- JPN annex phillipines @feb 42
- JPN conquers whole Indonesia (except Singapur) piece by piece since feb 42
- CAN helps defend HongKong with 1x INF @feb 42
- JPN invades wake island @feb42 -> US reconquers it @mar 42
- US invades Central Carolines islands @mar 42 -> then stalemate
- JPN has event "we have awakend a giant" + "the enemy recovers" @mar 42
- JPN occupies DiegoGarcia @mar 42
- UK defence in Singapur gets help from exp.forces (1x INF each) from CAN, Peru, Nicaragua and Guatemala, US helps with 2x MOT too
- JPN invades Ceylon @mar 42
- JPN invades and holds Port Moseby @may 42
(several pictures available of the pac theater from pearl dec 41 till may 42 if you're interested)
Some impressions and statistical data:
- battles:
- air vs sea battles -> no asw around GB possible, high buildtime and same high repair time of sea units vs massive lower build/repair numbers for air
-> sea units ain't worth it, RN is forced to avoid the coast of GB at all -> even with massive neg. weather mod. (rain) plain TACs crush any flotilla
-> forget attacking amphib. landings from GER with RN or asw near any coast, it just isnt viable
- sea vs sea battles -> stacking penalty a bit high?! naval command limit is higher than vanilla, stacking penalty should reflect this
-> example: with 14 ship SAG (7 captial ships and 7 screens) I get -60 stacking modifier (fleet command = grand admiral) which seems way off
(compare it to vanilla value (penalty = (ship number - 2) x (-1%)) according to paradoxian.org's naval primer)
- land vs land battles -> no over-command penalty for ai -> WAD?!
- exp gains for naval and air commanders seems off -> xp trickles in too slow,
some examples:
-> one year with almost constanst air intercepts and my air commander (lvl.3 Dowding) didn't even gain 10xp
-> grand admiral vain (lvl. 4 naval commander) had over 10 naval battles with my 2. CTF Homefleet against the bulk of the Kriegsmarine (4CV 2CA 6Screens vs Hochseflotte of BBs and CAs) -> sank 2BBs 1Screens and 12TRP
-> only 24xp
-> same with 1. CTF in the Med Sea, grand admiral cunningham (lvl.5) intercepted numerous italien fleets, sunk 1CA, 2Screens and 15TRP
-> only 16xp
-> SAG in the Med sea with grand admiral sommerville (lvl.5) sunk 3BB, 4CA, 1Screen and 1TRP
-> only 16xp for him
Manpower numbers for majors:
Code:
GER manpower:
- @sep 39 = 1072 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 1182 (after vichy event fires)
- @jan 41 = 1175
- @jun 41 = 1088 (barb war start)
- @sep 41 = 1174 (winter stops attacks)
- @jan 42 = 1119
- @may 42 = 966
SOV manpower:
- @sep 39 = 2394 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 2342 (after vichy event fires)
- @jan 41 = 2538
- @jun 41 = 2697 (barb war start)
- @sep 41 = 4494 (winter stops attacks)
- @jan 42 = 4148
- @may 42 = 3973
UK manpower:
- @sep 39 = 274 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 41 (after vichy event fires)
- @jan 41 = 185
- @jun 41 = 112 (barb war start)
- @sep 41 = 97 (winter stops attacks)
- @jan 42 = 149
- @may 42 = 158
JPN manpower:
- @sep 39 = 432 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 311 (after vichy event fires)
- @jan 41 = 315
- @jun 41 = 1301 (conquers almost entire china mainland)
- @sep 41 = 1338 (normal MP rate before furios ai event)
- @jan 42 = 9594 (furios ai event)
- @may 42 = 8463 (furios ai event)
ITA manpower:
- @sep 39 = 415 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 416 (after vichy event fires)
- @jan 41 = 454
- @jun 41 = 464
- @sep 41 = 505
- @jan 42 = 564
- @may 42 = 628
FRA manpower:
- @sep 39 = 419 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 1 (after vichy event fires)
US manpower:
- @sep 39 = 487 (case white)
- @jun 40 = 873 (after vichy event fires)
- @jan 41 = 849
- @jun 41 = 768
- @sep 41 = 1122
- @jan 42 = 1708
- @may 42 = 1593
Overview unit build-up:
(zoom in to see numbers in detail)
land sea air
some conclusions:
- land: GER starts WW2 with fewer INF divs than POL, Nat.China has twice the number of INF than JPN however still lose most battles
FRA has no chance to keep up with GER land unit wise, UK cant use BEF in france + defence up egypt against ITA at the same time (low MP for UK)
GER doubles its INF divs till barb (may 41) and has around 2/3 of SOV forces ready for war
GER builds 4 PARAs however wont use them (against UK homeland or gibraltar or malta or any other isle in the med sea)
ITA can match UK INF production easily (aug 41) even when one adds exp. forces to UK
UK can hold the line in egypt for the price of not using BEF in france, not enough INF possible to guard all important islands in the atlantik + indian ocean
UK vs JPN is hopeless for UK in Burma/India
SOV can keep the INF lead up (SOV 3:2 GER) and holds parity in other land forces (sep 41)
JPN massively expands its land forces with furios ai event, has even more than GER (may 42)
MAN gains considerable INF divs from same event
US starts slow but steady build-up of its land forces with focus on MOT -> need more MAR divs (only 2 @may 42)
- sea: US builds around 100 TRP (37-42)
GER some 40 TRP too for sealion however lacks the necessary protection for it
JPN expands its navy massive, focus on carriers (8x CAGs) and a few other ships of the line
ITA has almost no new builds and therefore has no chance against RN in the med sea
GER second focus are subs who cause havoc in the atlantik and around the british isle (no asw possible -> due to massive GER TAC stacks (air vs sea imbalance))
UK RN is useless without aircover and asw aint viable because simply there cant be enough aircraft produced to cover all fleets
UK can keep ITA at bay in the med
US matches JPN carrier wise by may 42
- air: GER focus on TACs first and simultaneously builds some INT and FTR (aug 39)
GER neglegts CAS completely which is ahistorical -> WAD?
GER builds 3x TRP planes but wont use them to drop paras on vital islands
GER has massive FTR forces and almost no CAS (may 42)
SOV neglegts air units completely besides some intital INT + TAC builds (may 41)
SOV should focus on air supperiority against those GER TACs -> FRT and no INT due to huge areas in russia
FRA builds some INT for air interdiction (aug 40)
ITA has some NAV in its building queue and has its focus on INT (may 42)
JPN builds little add. airpower before pearl harbour 41
UK specific stuff
UK MP:
- 42: even with 203% MP growth UK only has around 0.63 MP/day gains, which are really quite low (with INF/MOT @15MP, ARM @11MP)
-> cant build enought forces to engage in Africa (only able to hold the line) and build-up suitable defences against JPN in Burma/India
-> even ITA has higher MP income (around 1.1 MP/day) or JPN (1.1 MP/day too) -> FRA after vichy event has 1.01 MP/day!
-> war of attrition against ITA in africa not viable, educated guess that UK under ai control wont have slightest chance
UK money production:
fucked up, even 44 IC to CG (reducing dissent) gains a significant neg. income @42-> FRA with only 19IC has over +30money income per day on the other side
-> solution: increase off-map production of money for UK?!
UK convoy stats:
- UK starts with 1000 convoy transporter in 36 and my game ends with 1093 convoy trp available or deployed in 42
-> there were 660 convoy trp build until then and a total of 567 convoys (63 @39/ 123 @40/ 381 @41) destroyed by subs
