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Just started playing the game - questions - 7/12/2012 10:23:27 PM   
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Have the latest patch and manual, and read through it several times. I am really struggling to understand some things. I've searched in the forums for answers.

Hopefully someone can help:

1) What is 'TOE'? CV = Combat value?

2) Why do NKVD border regiments and SEC units not rout? I've gotten 999 odds and they retreat several times.

3) Should I move airfields and HQs every turn to stay next to the advancing units (playing Germany)? Is there any penalty to doing this?

4) Is there a beginner manual for this game? I am finding some concepts like support units, reserve units, difficult to understand.

5) I know you can split units into smaller ones like regiments but can you move a component from one unit to another?

Thank you in advance for your kind response!
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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/12/2012 11:07:21 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Turbo823

Have the latest patch and manual, and read through it several times. I am really struggling to understand some things. I've searched in the forums for answers.

Hopefully someone can help:

1) What is 'TOE'? CV = Combat value?


TOE =Table of Organization and Equipment. In short a table of the different devices/squads/weapons and how many of each a unit holds. In case ur unit is at 100% TOE it has all the devices/squads/weapons it can have. At 80% is lacks some of its devices/squads/weapons and can gain them back trough replacement if the stuff is in the pool.
CV is combat value yes. Basicly a numerical reprensetation of the combat strength of the unit. Based on the units current TOE, moral, experience, fatigue and so on.

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2) Why do NKVD border regiments and SEC units not rout? I've gotten 999 odds and they retreat several times.


NKVD regiments have intrinsicly higher moral cuz they are "political border units" so they fail moral rolls less. Making them retreat more so than rout compared to divs and other units. They will quickly be disbanded especially if they are under strength aka increasingly less than 100% TOE. By turn 6-7 they should all be gone. It helps making them retreat as they lose men and ToE that way.

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3) Should I move airfields and HQs every turn to stay next to the advancing units (playing Germany)? Is there any penalty to doing this?


Well opinion will differ on this cuz there are drawbacks. For HQ if u ask me the question is easily answered. Move them even during ur turns to be within command distance to combats as they occur during the turn. The difference leader rolls make on modified CV is huge. While for the HQ a unit is directly attached too it only matters if its within command distance or not for roll, for higher HQs the distance matters more so that the closer the better.
The problem is the more u move and HQ are vehicle/truck heavy the more of those gets destroyed and damaged. Also the further units are from wokring raillines the more trucks need to be used to supply units. The deeper / futher from railheads u move the more trucks u lose.
So it question of losing trucks vs getting as high modified CV as possible. While playing germany in '41 to me there is no doubt. Chances of winning here and now outweighs losing trucks, but as said opinions differ.

For airfield the drackback is the same losing trucks when moving and in getting supplies, but also moving lowers aircrafts availblity for that turn. So they can do fewer missions and for a lesser distance from the airfield. Problem ofc is if its to far back the distance might get longer than the range of the aircrafts. So the alot depence on style of play and how ur opponent uses his planes.

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4) Is there a beginner manual for this game? I am finding some concepts like support units, reserve units, difficult to understand.


Some one else should prolly answer here its not my strong suit. That said there are threads in the forum discussing some of this. IIRC there is a thread in the warroom stickied that list some of them.

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5) I know you can split units into smaller ones like regiments but can you move a component from one unit to another?


Not directly. U can merge units, u can look in the manual under that, but i wouldnt worry to much about that as german.


Hope it helps,

Rasmus



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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/12/2012 11:51:46 PM   
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Thanks Walloc! I hope I can impose with another question.

What is the difference between the 1941-1945 ALT and the regular 1941-1945? If someone could point me to the info - thanks!

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/12/2012 11:55:15 PM   
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In the regular scn/campaign germans need 290 IIRC VP for auto victory and the game runs to start of oct 1945 or so.
In the alt scn auto victory is 260 VP and stops in may or june 1945, i ferget.

Kind regards,

Rasmus

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/13/2012 9:01:14 AM   
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quote:

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3) Should I move airfields and HQs every turn to stay next to the advancing units (playing Germany)? Is there any penalty to doing this?


Well opinion will differ on this cuz there are drawbacks. For HQ if u ask me the question is easily answered. Move them even during ur turns to be within command distance to combats as they occur during the turn. The difference leader rolls make on modified CV is huge. While for the HQ a unit is directly attached too it only matters if its within command distance or not for roll, for higher HQs the distance matters more so that the closer the better.
The problem is the more u move and HQ are vehicle/truck heavy the more of those gets destroyed and damaged. Also the further units are from wokring raillines the more trucks need to be used to supply units. The deeper / futher from railheads u move the more trucks u lose.
So it question of losing trucks vs getting as high modified CV as possible. While playing germany in '41 to me there is no doubt. Chances of winning here and now outweighs losing trucks, but as said opinions differ.

For airfield the drackback is the same losing trucks when moving and in getting supplies, but also moving lowers aircrafts availblity for that turn. So they can do fewer missions and for a lesser distance from the airfield. Problem ofc is if its to far back the distance might get longer than the range of the aircrafts. So the alot depence on style of play and how ur opponent uses his planes.


Also watch the %-tage of flown air-miles since moving airbases causes that as well. Besides not being able to transfer air units above 0% (hence do transfers before anything else in the turn), flown air miles due to movement also mean less mission miles. That can be a problem if you use the Luftwaffe as a big fuel hauler, as often seems very useful in 41 and sometimes still in 42. Worse, some air mission can only be executed with no flown miles to start with.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/13/2012 6:35:00 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Walloc

In the regular scn/campaign germans need 290 IIRC VP for auto victory and the game runs to start of oct 1945 or so.
In the alt scn auto victory is 260 VP and stops in may or june 1945, i ferget.

Kind regards,

Rasmus


Which do most people play on here?


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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/13/2012 7:07:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Turbo823


quote:

ORIGINAL: Walloc

In the regular scn/campaign germans need 290 IIRC VP for auto victory and the game runs to start of oct 1945 or so.
In the alt scn auto victory is 260 VP and stops in may or june 1945, i ferget.

Kind regards,

Rasmus


Which do most people play on here?


Its a fairly new addition to the game, so im not sure to be frank. My assumption is that newly created games tend to be of the alt version, but as said thats a guess.

Kind regards,

Rasmus


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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/14/2012 3:01:24 AM   
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Scar and I just started a new PBEM with the ALT victory after finishing one to Oct 45. As German tank production shut off in April, I think the ALT scenario is the way to go

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/14/2012 4:11:10 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Turbo823

Have the latest patch and manual, and read through it several times. I am really struggling to understand some things. I've searched in the forums for answers.

Hopefully someone can help:

1) What is 'TOE'? CV = Combat value?

2) Why do NKVD border regiments and SEC units not rout? I've gotten 999 odds and they retreat several times.

3) Should I move airfields and HQs every turn to stay next to the advancing units (playing Germany)? Is there any penalty to doing this?

4) Is there a beginner manual for this game? I am finding some concepts like support units, reserve units, difficult to understand.

5) I know you can split units into smaller ones like regiments but can you move a component from one unit to another?

Thank you in advance for your kind response!


If you truely want to learn the game and be a good German or Russian commander the #1 thing is play vs yourself.

Play turns 1 - 7 over and over so you know what is risky and what is not, setting the table for the rest of the summer.

The game as all games are is based is on an algorithm(many). You can take allot of guessing of what the enemy's true CV value is by simply playing yourself. Write down what you see, as you build a data base you will have a good idea of hows the system works. So when you see a 20 CV unit in the woods( you should record true CV's) on turns 2-7 you will know its not and have a good idea of what the CV value really is.

Some guys track units during the game so as to know that what is required to win. Also there is the GG factor, one can get around that by doing all your pocket attacks first (Lvov ect). Do some attacks you know that are risky and will lose. Also reduce the turn one pockets slowly as this will pay off over time.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/14/2012 5:17:26 PM   
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Also as the german learning how the supply/fuel system works is huge.

This might take a while, but again the key is playing vs yourself. Save every turn, that way you can go back and forth messing around recording what unit has what MP's based on air drops/ HQ and distance from railheads. Record city supply dumps, there is allot to this and will take longer then figuring out the Cv and combat systems.

The supply system is "very tweaky" and can be played in your favor once you figure out how it likes to work.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/15/2012 7:20:09 AM   
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quote:

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Some guys track units during the game so as to know that what is required to win. Also there is the GG factor, one can get around that by doing all your pocket attacks first (Lvov ect). Do some attacks you know that are risky and will lose. Also reduce the turn one pockets slowly as this will pay off over time.


What is the GG factor you need to get around?

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/16/2012 1:04:12 AM   
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The Gary Grisby (GG) factor. At least I presume that is what Pelton meant!

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/16/2012 4:43:16 AM   
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I assume that also, still, specifically, what is it?

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/17/2012 12:09:26 PM   
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Just Gary's way of programming that can supply great randomization to the results so you are never able to be 100% certain of the outcome.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/17/2012 12:24:51 PM   
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GGfactor... who'd a thought, but that's great. BTW, agree that some unexpected results improve the game.

Maybe someone can help with another term often used: IIRC. Seems I can't fathom the obvious. What's it mean, anyone?

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/17/2012 12:31:52 PM   
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If I Recall Correctly...

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/17/2012 1:16:21 PM   
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Oh my God, If I Recall Correctly I once Knew that!

OMG, IIRC, IOKT! Hmmm...

Thanks.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/18/2012 12:51:40 PM   
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I also just started playing the game and have reached the 42 summer as the russian versus the AI. Per the manual, it states that a new airbase will be formed if the ratio of planes is six to one. I have at least six planes in each airbase EXCEPT the frozen airbase in the TransCas yet no airbases are being created.

Any suggestions or recommendations?

Thanks in advance

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/18/2012 12:57:09 PM   
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The ratio refers to the total number of air group units (not planes) compared to the number of airbases. So for example if you have 20 airbases already you would need more than 120 air group units to trigger formation of a new airbase.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/20/2012 1:54:24 AM   
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Sorry, I meant air groups not airplanes.

So based on your response, I assume you need:

(#Airbases*6)+1 air groups deployed on the map; and it doesn't matter if these air groups are all at one base or distributed across multiple bases? And this has to include the frozen airbases as well as the non-frozen airbases.

So, if you have 20 airbases, you would need to have (20*6)+1=121 air groups deployed on Russian airbases to generate a new airbase.

Thanks,

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/20/2012 11:19:52 PM   
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Correct.

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RE: Just started playing the game - questions - 7/22/2012 12:26:20 AM   
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Thanks to all, that worked and I'm getting one airbase per turn now.


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