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ORIGINAL: rs99z28

playing as the allies? I seem to but the brakes on both the Serbian invasion and Belgian. kinda takes the fun out of it, anyone else agree?

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ORIGINAL: flanyboy

Anyone feel the opposite for the Central Powers? Russia seems really buffed they overrun everything even entrenched stuff with ease. They are not terribly hard to attack themselves but their attacks seem far to strong.

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

I'm playing only MP from the begining- If I'm correct from the end of 2012. First version of this game to patch 1.30 was unballanced for Entente. It was very hard to win becouse Russia surrendered almoust always in 1916. Now with the new patch Russia surrender condition is fixed but also game is unballanced for CP. There is almoust no chance to win in MP as a CP. For me the game is more unballanced than it was before. Almoust unplayable in MP. I don't know exactlu where the problem is. Is this becouse CP have to small PP income or Russia is to powerfull. Also air war is broken for me- you can build large air army in 1914/1915 and crush CP like a bug.
The question is what has to be done to fix this problem. I feel that when Germans will be able to build bigger army in 1914/1915 they will be able to crush Russia at the begining of war. Makeing Russia less powerfull brings same situation. In my opinion CP should have PP bust in 1915. That will force them to take one from three ways- assault on France, Serbia or Russia at the begining and also gives a chance to defend in 1915/1916 if something go wrong or to prepare offensive in the middle of the war.
I'm playin one MP game where I have very good bigining but now my opponent (in Russia) is crushing me forceing me to retreat and I have no chance to make any offensive moves becouse I have no reserves to prepare attack (I'm playing as CP).
Maybe slowing a little Russia in building her army can resolv this? When you stop in the east it's only a matter of time when thay cam back with great number.

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ORIGINAL: suprass81


Cought during replay- 4 Entente arty in France + 3 in Italy agains 1 german in France and 1 german in Italy... something is wrong?

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

warspite1 is suffering from a morale failure at present - pounding away at solitary units with three artillery, at least one aircraft, at least one balloon and two infantry and....not even getting the defender to retreat

That said, its an enjoyable and interesting game. suprass81 is a more than worthy opponent.

I am really not sure how long I can keep the motivation to continue. The fact that the US will be entering is probably the deciding factor - if only so I can see what that is all about. I've played one game EVER with the US - and that was when the game first came out!

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ORIGINAL: zakblood

easy or hard is dependent on your level of expertise in gaming tbh, so is relative to knowledge of the battles / war in question, where some will find it easy, others will fill it a challenge, game balance is about the hardest to get right in any sim / game, for me it's about right, but then again my level of play expertise is probably a lot lower than most of you here, as to be truthful i'm not that good a player, but do try

so for me the games perfect, it's a challenge without being a walk in the park, can make it harder if i want to, then i'm totally out of my depth and comfort zone also

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

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ORIGINAL: zakblood

easy or hard is dependent on your level of expertise in gaming tbh, so is relative to knowledge of the battles / war in question, where some will find it easy, others will fill it a challenge, game balance is about the hardest to get right in any sim / game, for me it's about right, but then again my level of play expertise is probably a lot lower than most of you here, as to be truthful i'm not that good a player, but do try

so for me the games perfect, it's a challenge without being a walk in the park, can make it harder if i want to, then i'm totally out of my depth and comfort zone also

We are both expirienced players. Warspite1 know what he is doing. But after my luck in 1914/1915 I am simply bleeding becous I don't have enough PP to maintain research and fighting forces. I've to sell allmoust all labs to gather small force to invade Romenia- my only hope to stop Russia by attacking her southern flank.
At this point Entente has 8 arty against my 5 at all fronts. His air force is about three times larger than my. Entente has resarch going with good speed (I think so). Also my manpower is runing out- Germans and AH are red, Ottoman Empire yelow. Bulgarians holds at green level.
If there will be no miracle in Romenia I will loose in nex half of theis year (1916).
I think that PP should anable me to keep research at the level of 7 labs so I could decide to sell them and buy som troops for any offensive/defensive action at this moment. I feel like I have not enough PP so my death is a matter of time. I don't want to make CP very strong but in my oppinion I will die siply becouse of numbers of enemy's forces. Is this correct that Entente has so much mor PP incom at this stage of war? Or maybe my feelings about Entente is wrong- Warspite1 should say something how does it look from his side of the front line.
Or maybe I took wron strategy plan at the beginig of the war? maybe I should make a strong offensive in Serbia useing also Germans...? But this make only one strategy plan to pick at the begining of the game makeing it a little boring (CP player should go with one scenario- Serbia first, than Russia).
It seems that all other games where I (or my opponents) didn't score a good offensive in Russia at the 1914/1915 ends allways with quick defeat. And I have to tell that i was really lucky at the begining in Russia- defending her is not that hard with her ability to build big army.
The real problem is the power of air force- I mean baloons and bombers- first thay are to strong with attacking ground forces and second- Entente can build a lot of them in the 1914 and 1915 but Germans can't. If germans could build some more air it could be more ballanced. Adding some more ammo cost for bombers should force players to make a choice- do I invest in air and start bombing campain or- do I gather ammo and man for ground offensive. Also fighters should caus mor damage to at last baloons and bombers while intercepting them- in that case players could build som fighters to counter air rides. For me this should work like "paper, rock, scisours"- some units are good agains other and are weak against other. I know that this rule is to simple for a wargame but in this sityation Entente have a chance to build air army that can't be stopped by CP.
This is my personal point of view.

Sorry for my bad english ;)

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

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ORIGINAL: zakblood

easy or hard is dependent on your level of expertise in gaming tbh, so is relative to knowledge of the battles / war in question, where some will find it easy, others will fill it a challenge, game balance is about the hardest to get right in any sim / game, for me it's about right, but then again my level of play expertise is probably a lot lower than most of you here, as to be truthful i'm not that good a player, but do try

so for me the games perfect, it's a challenge without being a walk in the park, can make it harder if i want to, then i'm totally out of my depth and comfort zone also

We are both expirienced players. Warspite1 know what he is doing. But after my luck in 1914/1915 I am simply bleeding becous I don't have enough PP to maintain research and fighting forces. I've to sell allmoust all labs to gather small force to invade Romenia- my only hope to stop Russia by attacking her southern flank.
At this point Entente has 8 arty against my 5 at all fronts. His air force is about three times larger than my. Entente has resarch going with good speed (I think so). Also my manpower is runing out- Germans and AH are red, Ottoman Empire yelow. Bulgarians holds at green level.
If there will be no miracle in Romenia I will loose in nex half of theis year (1916).
I think that PP should anable me to keep research at the level of 7 labs so I could decide to sell them and buy som troops for any offensive/defensive action at this moment. I feel like I have not enough PP so my death is a matter of time. I don't want to make CP very strong but in my oppinion I will die siply becouse of numbers of enemy's forces. Is this correct that Entente has so much mor PP incom at this stage of war? Or maybe my feelings about Entente is wrong- Warspite1 should say something how does it look from his side of the front line.
Or maybe I took wron strategy plan at the beginig of the war? maybe I should make a strong offensive in Serbia useing also Germans...? But this make only one strategy plan to pick at the begining of the game makeing it a little boring (CP player should go with one scenario- Serbia first, than Russia).
It seems that all other games where I (or my opponents) didn't score a good offensive in Russia at the 1914/1915 ends allways with quick defeat. And I have to tell that i was really lucky at the begining in Russia- defending her is not that hard with her ability to build big army.
The real problem is the power of air force- I mean baloons and bombers- first thay are to strong with attacking ground forces and second- Entente can build a lot of them in the 1914 and 1915 but Germans can't. If germans could build some more air it could be more ballanced. Adding some more ammo cost for bombers should force players to make a choice- do I invest in air and start bombing campain or- do I gather ammo and man for ground offensive. Also fighters should caus mor damage to at last baloons and bombers while intercepting them- in that case players could build som fighters to counter air rides. For me this should work like "paper, rock, scisours"- some units are good agains other and are weak against other. I know that this rule is to simple for a wargame but in this sityation Entente have a chance to build air army that can't be stopped by CP.
This is my personal point of view.

Sorry for my bad english ;)

Hey guys I just wish you were playing the new 1.6 game play patch,I assure you it addresses most if not all off your concerns at the present time,on the bright side the patch is nearly ready for beta testing,right I hear you all asking what is improved,well I will tell you!

1 = Air warfare,Fighters are just what is says on the tin,they are Fighters,they shoot down other aircraft be that other Fighters,or Bombers & Zeppelins.If you build Bombers, thinking they will do a world war 2,and flatten everything is sight,then you are going to be really disappointed,they are not a war winning weapon,they cause efficiency damage mostly,and only do strength damage to units that are already weakened,but there is a twist to the tail,the land units now benefit from anti-warfare upgrades,units that upgrade are,Infantry,Garrisons,Cavalry,Artillery.As for air combat Bombers against Fighters,well I don't recommend it,your Bombers will be wiped out pretty quick.So If your strategy is Airpower,then you will need to build Fighters first,to protect your Bombers.

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ORIGINAL: Connfire

Just a random question regarding air warfare - I understand fighters should be the bane of bombers, but how will they fare against zeppelins? If my recollection is correct, they didn't do so well at first due to zeppelins flying above the fighters' ceiling. But as time went on, the fighters gained altitude and new tactics, they at least became a concern for zeppelin commanders.

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

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ORIGINAL: zakblood

easy or hard is dependent on your level of expertise in gaming tbh, so is relative to knowledge of the battles / war in question, where some will find it easy, others will fill it a challenge, game balance is about the hardest to get right in any sim / game, for me it's about right, but then again my level of play expertise is probably a lot lower than most of you here, as to be truthful i'm not that good a player, but do try

so for me the games perfect, it's a challenge without being a walk in the park, can make it harder if i want to, then i'm totally out of my depth and comfort zone also

We are both expirienced players. Warspite1 know what he is doing. But after my luck in 1914/1915 I am simply bleeding becous I don't have enough PP to maintain research and fighting forces. I've to sell allmoust all labs to gather small force to invade Romenia- my only hope to stop Russia by attacking her southern flank.
At this point Entente has 8 arty against my 5 at all fronts. His air force is about three times larger than my. Entente has resarch going with good speed (I think so). Also my manpower is runing out- Germans and AH are red, Ottoman Empire yelow. Bulgarians holds at green level.
If there will be no miracle in Romenia I will loose in nex half of theis year (1916).
I think that PP should anable me to keep research at the level of 7 labs so I could decide to sell them and buy som troops for any offensive/defensive action at this moment. I feel like I have not enough PP so my death is a matter of time. I don't want to make CP very strong but in my oppinion I will die siply becouse of numbers of enemy's forces. Is this correct that Entente has so much mor PP incom at this stage of war? Or maybe my feelings about Entente is wrong- Warspite1 should say something how does it look from his side of the front line.
Or maybe I took wron strategy plan at the beginig of the war? maybe I should make a strong offensive in Serbia useing also Germans...? But this make only one strategy plan to pick at the begining of the game makeing it a little boring (CP player should go with one scenario- Serbia first, than Russia).
It seems that all other games where I (or my opponents) didn't score a good offensive in Russia at the 1914/1915 ends allways with quick defeat. And I have to tell that i was really lucky at the begining in Russia- defending her is not that hard with her ability to build big army.
The real problem is the power of air force- I mean baloons and bombers- first thay are to strong with attacking ground forces and second- Entente can build a lot of them in the 1914 and 1915 but Germans can't. If germans could build some more air it could be more ballanced. Adding some more ammo cost for bombers should force players to make a choice- do I invest in air and start bombing campain or- do I gather ammo and man for ground offensive. Also fighters should caus mor damage to at last baloons and bombers while intercepting them- in that case players could build som fighters to counter air rides. For me this should work like "paper, rock, scisours"- some units are good agains other and are weak against other. I know that this rule is to simple for a wargame but in this sityation Entente have a chance to build air army that can't be stopped by CP.
This is my personal point of view.

Sorry for my bad english ;)

Hey guys I just wish you were playing the new 1.6 game play patch,I assure you it addresses most if not all off your concerns at the present time,on the bright side the patch is nearly ready for beta testing,right I hear you all asking what is improved,well I will tell you!

1 = Air warfare,Fighters are just what is says on the tin,they are Fighters,they shoot down other aircraft be that other Fighters,or Bombers & Zeppelins.If you build Bombers, thinking they will do a world war 2,and flatten everything is sight,then you are going to be really disappointed,they are not a war winning weapon,they cause efficiency damage mostly,and only do strength damage to units that are already weakened,but there is a twist to the tail,the land units now benefit from anti-warfare upgrades,units that upgrade are,Infantry,Garrisons,Cavalry,Artillery.As for air combat Bombers against Fighters,well I don't recommend it,your Bombers will be wiped out pretty quick.So If your strategy is Airpower,then you will need to build Fighters first,to protect your Bombers.

2 = Naval warfare,the biggest change here is that Germany,starts with a tech advantage,in history German Dreadnoughts,could withstand more punishment,so it is in the game,they start the game stronger in defense.There are other changes to the naval game,but you will have to wait until you play version 1.6 to find out about these.

3 = Capital Cities : If you are foolish enough,to allow your Capital cities to be captured,then all I can say is,its goodnight Vienna, as far as your chances off winning the war enough said!

4 = FREE UPKEEP : Due to how the game is designed,in that you need at least one Capital city,to be able to produce things.Free Upkeep allowance is 10,no more no less.This allowance was 70 for patch 1.5.2.

There are more improvements,but I will reveal these via the change log.

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Another new change for game play patch 1.6,when the Canadian Corps arrive in Britain,on turn 7,they are at half strength,which means it will take at least another 2 turns before,they can be sent over to France at full strength.

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Another change is Artillery ammunition usage,this has been reduced from 10 - 5. World war one was when huge artillery bombardments took place really for the first time,on such a massive scale,the affects of these bombardments,really only reduced unit morale or efficiency,and so this is also reflected in the game,Artillery bombardment will reduce enemy unit efficiency,and not the strength of the unit,also artillery bombardment,will yield more benefit if used against strategic targets like Cities.