@jkprince indeed 🙂
Thank you both for your interest!
WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread
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@farmboy The redrawing of Russia was informed by three main goals: (1) to foster a more dynamic Russian front than simply retreating and advancing two huge stacks; (2) to force Germany to choose between competing strategic objectives, rather than accessing all of them at once; (3) to more accurately reflect geographic realities.
On the first goal, Adam and I agreed from the outset that western Russia needed more territories. We used natural obstacles–namely, the repositioned Lake Ladoga and the enlarged Pripet Marshes–to give Russia more cover for counter offensives, and to give Germany more opportunities for flanking.
On the second goal, we were careful to make sure that a stack of fast German units poised to strike Moscow could not also be in range of every other strategic objective in Russia–i.e., we wanted to avoid the Bryansk/Rostov situation from G40, where Germany basically commands the entire arena from one or two territories.
Finally, on the third goal, it always bothered me personally that Moscow and Stalingrad, in G40, are the same distances from Berlin regardless of which route you take to get there. Geography dictates that If Germany goes south (i.e., under the Pripet marshes), it should take less time to get to Stalingrad and more time to get to Moscow. Conversely, if Germany goes north, it should take more time to get to Stalingrad and less time to get to Moscow. Finally, Moscow shouldn’t be closer to Stalingrad than it is to Leningrad, because in real life, Stalingrad is about half again as far from Moscow.
These considerations are now reflected in the new Russian layout. Germany can reach Stalingrad in six moves, but only it it goes south. Germany can reach Moscow in six months, but only if it goes north. In other words, Germany must choose. This was the goal.
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@regularkid said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
Germany can reach Moscow in six months
this is historically accurate. :)
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@regularkid said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
Germany can reach Moscow in six months
That’s a long time to dwell on a move. ;)
Apart from that, really interesting changes.
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Enough talking so far, who is up for a game of PtV against me? @trulpen @regularkid @Amon-Sul @Adam514 ???
Doing only one for now since my moves will take a time absorbing all the possibilities.
Who comes first goes first!I am hungry!
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@aequitas-et-veritas said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
Enough talking so far, who is up for a game of PtV against me? @trulpen @regularkid @Amon-Sul @Adam514 ???
Doing only one for now since my moves will take a time absorbing all the possibilities.
Who comes first goes first!I am hungry!
I nominate Trulpen ;)
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@aequitas-et-veritas said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
Enough talking so far, who is up for a game of PtV against me? @trulpen @regularkid @Amon-Sul @Adam514 ???
Doing only one for now since my moves will take a time absorbing all the possibilities.
Who comes first goes first!I am hungry!
I’m on!
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Casual or league?
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Enjoy!
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so the path to victory starts with no bid for either side?
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@Amon-Sul said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
so the path to victory starts with no bid for either side?
We are simply clueless.
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In the objectives description, shouldn’t the chinese one say “Eastern India”?
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@Pejon_88, check this out :grinning:
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@Amon-Sul hey. It is probably too soon to know whether and what kind of bid is needed. Adam and I have been playing without a bid.
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@trulpen yes it should say “eastern India” in the objective panel. Adam and I are aware of the typo and will be fixing it the next version.
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And the Caucasus objective for Germany, I suppose it’s control of both south and north that’s needed?
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@trulpen no. its just southern caucasus. Will be clarified in future release.
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@regularkid said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
@trulpen no. its just southern caucasus. Will be clarified in future release.
Thanks!
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@regularkid said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:
@Amon-Sul hey. It is probably too soon to know whether and what kind of bid is needed. Adam and I have been playing without a bid.
Well, if it stays that way, all these changes (that help the allies, and weaken the axis) just go in line with my point, that axis are overpowered in BM3, and that the bid for allies will keep growing and growing
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That Axis still are stronger than Allies in BM3 is not under debate. The balanced bid is however not all clear. As you say, it will likely be bigger than 10. Maybe 20 is the level? Who knows. 50 is out of the question though. Also, there might be strategies with the Allies developed that counter this still.
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