@simon33 said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:

Interesting, many things to like here.

Re: Mongolia the change makes it simple but it also nullifies Mongolia if the USSR wants to help China. Perhaps the new rule is too simple.

At first glance, I would have thought these changes would make it hard to win as Axis. But your play testing is that it is quite competitive? Hmm.

Are you sure you want to allow ICs to be built on Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Manilla? Perhaps unlikely to happen, unless Japan is getting hammered.

Don’t really follow why N Italy no longer connects to W Germany or France. Was the former just to prevent the W Germany -> Egypt flight? Or why Iwo Jima was moved to be a border island. Or why each of the money islands is now worth 1 less. I doubt making Siciily <-> Rome a walkable connection was a good move.

A couple of things I don’t think went far enough. No convoy zone in SZ5? No Canada as a playable power? Keeping plunder on first capture? No paratroopers? Still able to produce non-capital ships without naval bases?

Don’t really love the style of the new borders - they look like they were drawn by hand. Perhaps that’s a taste thing.

Particularly like the Med changes though. Crete & Malta become more important.

That was the thinking behind the new Mongolia rule. Everything should hinge on the DOW. Plus it’s simpler.

Balancing comes later. From our preliminary playtests, Allies have the advantage. But as time passes and more Axis strategies are discovered, that may change. Same thing happened with Global and BM.

ICs cannot be built on islands, same rule as G40.

N Italy not connecting to Western Germany is for a bunch of reasons. Namely, it makes the Western Germany aircraft placement worse for Med operations. It puts a bit more room between territories in Western Europe which was necessary especially with the new scramble rules. Iwo Jima offers a decent base of operation in some cases for the Allies in the North. DEI got a reduction in production value because they were worth too much in our opinion. Too much of a swing depended on the DEI. Why is the Sicily-Rome connection not a good move?

There is a convoy zone in SZ5. Canada as a playable power is a very bad idea, it further splits the Allies for no good reason. If UK Pacific and UK Europe are still essentially the same nation, it doesn’t make sense for Canada to be separate. Not good for gameplay either. Plunder rules stay yes. No paratroopers for now, if you have a suggestion for their implementation we’ll read it. Yes don’t need naval bases to produce any ship. Already axis-dominion said the current rule is limiting.

@Pejon_88 As oysteilo said, you need to have a chance of picking up the fighter after combat, or else the move is illegal. So you need to sent at least 1 combat unit against the hostile sea zone to be able to send out that fighter.

@barnee Very different, so interesting in its own way. Online pushes strategies a lot further.

Russia is one of the most boring nations in vanilla… In BM you’ve got interesting choices to make depending on what the Axis do (China,Korea, Scandinavia), and there’s interdependancy with the Western Allies to push for the lend-lease territories at the same time as the Allies clear the sea zones. Russia becomes interesting to play in BM.

@trulpen said in G40 Balance Mod - Feedback Thread:

If a bs gets dmg during CM, may it still unload a marine during NCM?

No because it participated in combat, not because it is damaged. Same principle applies to transports.

@trulpen said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:

I have an idea for a new unit. Of course off-sets things, so perhaps not realistic, but here goes: Russia can purchase militia for 2 IPC each, which got 0 attack and 1 defence.

We’d want to head away from massive stacks and we’re also not keen on different units for different nations.

Global and its variants were purposely designed with a weak Russia. That said, I don’t see an issue here. If Germany invests most of its efforts on Russia, it will succeed in breaking through. If not, Russia will hold. With UK help, Germany can even have trouble breaking through with 100% against Russia, so be careful what you wish for.

That said, if you want to play a game with a strong Russia, play Path To Victory. Russia is stronger, but also has more responsibilities (in the East against Japan), so more dilemmas.

@trulpen Italy is by design, rest have already been fixed if you reinstall the map.

@gamerman01 said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:

Question about revised carrier rules as presented in Triple A notes:

Last sentence says “Otherwise, the planes may land in any adjacent territory”.

This should include open, undamaged aircraft carriers within 1 movement point away (adjacent sea zones), too, right?

I know this is fairly nitpicky, but I can see this potentially being a problem between players in the middle of a game, thanks.

Yeah that wording was changed in later versions, you can land in any viable landing spot with your 1 movement after the battle if your original carrier/territory is no longer a viable landing spot.

@Avner It cannot, transports aren’t warships.

Playoff Semis Ksmckay(X) wins against Adam514(a+15)

Congrats and good luck!

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/36719/20l-semis-ksmckay-x-vs-adam514-a-15/212?page=9

@ksmckay Good game, well played and good luck in the final!

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Americans round 11

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 4.0.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy nothing; Remaining resources: 80 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 13 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 10 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 27 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Western United States to 26 Sea Zone
        9 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 54 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Queensland to 26 Sea Zone
        3 submarines moved from 54 Sea Zone to 49 Sea Zone

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in 49 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 3 submarines
            Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans roll dice for 3 submarines in 49 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 49 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 49 Sea Zone
            Americans win with 3 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
        Battle in 26 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 14 fighters, 3 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
            Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 8 fighters, 2 submarines, 3 tactical_bombers and 5 transports
                Americans roll dice for 3 submarines in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 14 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 7/19 hits, 9.33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 5 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                Japanese roll dice for 2 submarines in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 8 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 5 transports in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 10/21 hits, 10.67 expected hits
                3 submarines owned by the Americans, 3 destroyers owned by the Americans, 1 submarine owned by the Japanese, 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 2 fighters owned by the Americans lost in 26 Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 26 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 12 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 26 Sea Zone, round 3 : 8/14 hits, 7.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 8 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 5 transports in 26 Sea Zone, round 3 : 9/21 hits, 10.67 expected hits
                6 carriers owned by the Japanese, 2 destroyers owned by the Japanese and 9 fighters owned by the Americans lost in 26 Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 26 Sea Zone, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 26 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/5 hits, 2.83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 8 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 5 transports in 26 Sea Zone, round 4 : 6/13 hits, 8.00 expected hits
                2 tactical_bombers owned by the Japanese, 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans, 3 fighters owned by the Americans, 1 transport owned by the Americans, 1 bomber owned by the Americans and 1 cruiser owned by the Japanese lost in 26 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 1 battleship, 8 fighters, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 5 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -78
            Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 14 fighters, 3 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
            Casualties for Japanese: 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers
            1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese and 8 fighters owned by the Japanese forced to land in Hawaiian Islands

    Non Combat Move - Americans

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.50
Japanese regular : -5.33

Savegame

@ksmckay Yeah probably only a hail Mary left for the Allies.

@ksmckay Oh no scramble.

@ksmckay I guess but it won’t change the chance too much.

@ksmckay All good take your time. I figured you’d be going for Hawaii after you risked your German bomber on a DD, and my plan was to offer Hawaii at these odds. Could have reduced them to 72% with an extra DD sacrifice, but not worth it considering the game situation in my opinion.

Why does the Java battle risk the game though?

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 4.0.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 5 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Western Ukraine
        1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
        1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Western Ukraine
        1 fighter moved from Russia to Archangel
        2 infantry moved from Vologda to Archangel

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Western Ukraine
            Russians attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 2 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Western Ukraine, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
            Russians win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
        Battle in Archangel
            Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Archangel
            Russians win, taking Archangel from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        1 fighter moved from Archangel to Russia
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
        1 infantry moved from Smolensk to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
        1 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
        2 infantry moved from Russia to Vologda

    Place Units - Russians
        10 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 22 PUs; end with 27 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 30 PUs
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 32 PUs
        Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 34 PUs
        Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 1.67
Russians regular : 0.33

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 10

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 4.0.0

Game History

Round: 10

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 2 destroyers and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in Java
            ANZAC attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Java, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Java, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Java
            ANZAC win, taking Java from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 44 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        2 submarines moved from 44 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 52 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
        3 fighters moved from 54 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
        1 fighter moved from New South Wales to 54 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        2 destroyers and 1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 24 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 27 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.33
ANZAC regular : 0.33

Savegame

@ksmckay Average was 3.85 units remaining, ended up with 3.