The most effective russian players I’ve encountered are the ones that are able to build up a force that is able to threaten a counter on a german stack. If a good german player wants to go for Moscow they are able to get it, however I’ve seen plenty games where the UK/USA are putting enough pressure on the German player for him to stop just in front of Moscow. If the Russian player only has bought inf at this point there is not much of a threat for the German player to keep russia contained and slowly kill it economically. However if there is a stack of paired inf/art the pushback power is a lot bigger and thus Germany can be challenged and Russia may be able to break the German wall.
Larrymarx and allweneedislove's Global balance solution
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We are playtesting this idea now. I was against it at first until I listens more closely. This may work very well and if it does then it will be the best way to go- NOT my QBETA.
I am trying this out with 6VC on the Pac side- to get the US offensively involved in the Pacific, but this may prove too easy for Axis. If it does, then the 7VC on Pac I believe will work. US would then just defend Hawaii with its life and go KGF- though not as strong as they must secure Hawaii- Japan would be the aggressor in the Pacific in this case. 8VC for the Euro side is pretty fair- I don’t see issues with that.
Follow the playtest:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=21062.0Also here is the QBETA playtest:
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Questions:
1. Is this solution on top of the Alpha set up changes for pacific?
2. Are Global victory conditions unchanged? You still need 14, unless either of the theater specific thresholds are reached?
Thanks
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how do you get to 14 w/o having 8 or 6 and thus winning? You’d win at 13…
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MaherC,
Thanks. Yes, I wasn’t thinking it through. (and thanks for not adding… “duh!”).
How about question 1. I am assuming the victory condition change is on top of the alpha set up change. Is that correct?
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yes
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great news looks like my post over on larry’s site did not fall on deaf ears.
i hope my idea is not only being considered but does get implemented into the errata.