brigades

[sHaeBerle]

i ve got a question.

are brigades worth it?

i dont think so except for engeneers.

building an inf div with art brigade makes it cost double the IC and taking even longer to be built so you ll need in the end the triple IC like vanilla inf. but not only this.
lets say im building inf with art and hes going for vanilla. not only he ll outnumber me 3:1 , he even dont have to go for that art tech i have to go for. he can stop research art after 100mm inf gun and go pumping vanilla. for me it would be best getting at least those rocket artillery to have ca. 22 on soft. this means going for 3-4 more gold techs and maybe about 10 silver. lets say i ll need 30 IC the day for teching (1 gold and 2 silver at one time). and this for about 2 years?
my friend could build about 50 vanillas with those IC. so he outnumbers me 3:1 anyway, he can start pumping earlier, he is saving those ic i need for teching.
ok, some of you will say: "but now, your inf with art will be mcu better than his vanilla" thats a point, but you all know the facts.
his vanilla will have about 10 on soft and about 20 or more defense. biulding art brigs only increases the attack, so my inf with art will have same defense and lets say 20-25 soft attack depending on teching.
my inf with art will according to this win maybe against 2 vanillas.

and this is the point. he ll outnumber me 3:1 plus these 50 divs saving teching and my inf with art only can catch up with 2:1.

 

[sHaeBerle]

aa brigs

ok, this is about aa brigades.
some time ago i read "the ten rules of playing hoi" or something like that and rule 4 was "never ever build aa brigades"
in fact, aa brigades mainly increase your air attack. but if you want get rid of those tact or dive bombers, i would prefer getting fighters and shoot em down!
maybe u get also some hard attack bonus, but forget about it.
its not only the increased costs and time, but you ll also have to tech to get your aa better.
this leads to (yes i like maths) about double IC cost for one division.
i know, those aa gums boost also your AA in your provinces, but german cities got bombed although they had the best aa guns in WW II. HOI is really kind of real world, and the batlle of britain was also won by those spitfires and hurricanes and not by aa guns.