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ComradeP -> RE: Operation Barbarossa - Alpha AAR (3/6/2010 4:47:56 PM)
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In one of the posts the designers told us that - in WitE - you earn victory points for sov cities. At the same time you can seriously damage sov industrial capabilities which turns out in lesser supplies, oil, resources for factories and ultimately in AFV, planes etc, while your own economy receives some boost from resource/oil centers having been captured. I have added a map submitted by elmo (see attachment) that shows "factories". My point is: elmo won't probably go as far as the Axis did in fall/winter 41. Except from Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk, no major city seems to be in reach, but at least he could try to zero in on some of those factory centers.
It would be nice to learn from the dev team if there are some "tables" that a sov.player may consult to see how much resources/oil/factories he still holds. Although it seems that "victory points" for holding a city outweigh "factories/centers lost" one player may even consider trade-offs to some point.
To me, the main objective for the Axis in 1941 should be maximum gains for minimal losses and the creation of a stable defensive line prior to December. Overextension is not worth the risk to the Axis IMHO. A shorter line will also shorten the line for the Soviets, but in 1941 this is much better for the Axis than the Soviets, because they'll be lacking large quantities of credible forces that could break through a defensive line manned by rested and fairly up to strength Axis forces. If the Axis advance too far, history will probably repeat itself and they'll take disproportionate losses compared to the quality of the troops engaging them. If you miss out on some victory points in order to make sure half your army doesn't end up understrength, that's more than worth it. The Axis need to preserve forces, the Soviets need to hold territory, it's not the other way around.
I'm guessing the AI has moved every factory in the western and central Ukraine to the east by now, at least that would be the sensible thing to do. A continued Axis advance would be so slow that the remaining factories could also be moved. Taking factories/production centres is of course an important part of the war in the East, but by now the gains probably won't justify the losses.
If I read the map correctly, the 3 dots west of Rostov are (from left to right) Berdyansk, Mariupol and Taganrog. If you take a look at the map I linked to earlier, advancing further than Berdyansk would create a serious overextension of the line. Preferably the Axis will advance until Melitopol (south of Zaporizhzhya, the red dot south of Dnepropetrovsk) and reach the Sea of Azov south of it. Likewise, advancing to Moscow is likely to be pointless if you can't hold on to Tula and Klin.
I'm not a gambler, I won't go much further than calculated risks, and overextension is a big no-no for me.
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