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ORIGINAL: jjax

Maybe it's early morning fog, but please do not tell me this item from the product page is true

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10 scenarios range in length from 10 turns to 25 turns

10 scenarios....very good, the longest scenario is 25 turns...not so much. Somehow I suspect it should be over 200.

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ORIGINAL: Lützow

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ORIGINAL: randallw

It seems to me that the admin points system could be a major bottleneck in getting a player's forces into the fight.  Is this something a real theatre commander would have to deal with, to this level of constriction?

Why? According to beta testers it's not as initiative rolls in WbtS, but works rather like admin points in WitP. That concerns at least the Axis side, while the Sovjets also need those points for production purpose. Finding the right balance between a maximum of freedom, while, on the other hand, not blowing up Russian forces too much might be a challenge though and will become subject to arguments once WitE is released.

The one gripe I have about Gary's desing concepts is, that he wanted to attract casual gamers with his later releases. The WaW series was an epic fail from a grognard's perspective, WbtS had become a better game again, but wore out too fast due to restrictions, pace and lack of details. However, people still play Steel Panthers and WitP AE marks the pinnacle of wargaming. I hope 2by3 learned from this.

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ORIGINAL: el hefe

Thats not right. The 1941 Campaign is 225 turns. Looks like a typo.

Trey

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ORIGINAL: jjax

Maybe it's early morning fog, but please do not tell me this item from the product page is true

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10 scenarios range in length from 10 turns to 25 turns

10 scenarios....very good, the longest scenario is 25 turns...not so much. Somehow I suspect it should be over 200.

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ORIGINAL: Murat30

best regards, well, anyway, in virtue of the main game's page, there will be an scenario editor, so, i guess, the admin. points may or will be some that the players will be capable of change/tweak from the scenario editor, i do it, well, example given, with war between the states, increasing initiative and commander's ratings and unit's movement, well, modding, some not needed with a good scenario editor,

with best regards,

Murat30.

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ORIGINAL: randallw

Do replacements for airborne units come from the same rifle/infantry replacement pool that infantry/armor units draw from?  I would think that perhaps they would be different, though some would call this nitpicky.

Also, do the separate Axis countries have separate production/replacement rates, both for infantry and equipment?  What about overlapping equipment types?

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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Hi all,

Very looking forward to this......

Question regarding Tutorial/small/easy scenario's.

Just thinking first off I'll definitetly be trying something small to get used to things. Could you tell me if there's a tutorial or what small scenario's lend themsleces to learning the game? Also which side would you assume is best to learn with? Maybe Axis on small scenarios or Russians in Grand Campaign......

Thanks

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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Does the game simulate the decrease/increase in manpower based on the loss and recovery of strategic centers and areas? Further, does it also simulate the fact that millions chose to abandon their homes and flee eastwards, instead of staying in areas about to fall to the Axis -  that is to say, is the manpower simulation nuanced enough to include such variables?

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Can someone provide a few more details about building fortified zones/areas? I understand that they cost APs, but what about personnel/equipment? Are these drained off replacements/reserve pool? From the AARs, building forts dosen't seem to be very popular. It must not be very worthwhile. Are there other ways of building prepared positions behind your line to fall back on, as was often done historically?

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ORIGINAL: malfid

Hello all!

I continue to eagerly await the release of the most highly anticipated wargame of the last few years. At least, for me!

In any case, I was wondering about a few things:

1) Firstly, I was interested  in how the game engine handles 'booty' troops. Available Soviet manpower was highly affected by the ebb and flow of the strategic battlefield. In 1941 and 1942, the Soviet Union lost access to areas containing up to 60 million of its citizens, in the face of the German advance - and, obviously, was not able to tap into that pool for military manpower. Later on, in 1943 and 1944, as these areas were recovered, there was an enormous influx of 'booty' troops. Men who were recruited from the liberated regions to serve in the RKKA (Red Army). In many units, 'booty' troops came to constitute almost 15% of personnel.

Does the game simulate the decrease/increase in manpower based on the loss and recovery of strategic centers and areas? Further, does it also simulate the fact that millions chose to abandon their homes and flee eastwards, instead of staying in areas about to fall to the Axis -  that is to say, is the manpower simulation nuanced enough to include such variables?

2) Is the editor based on modifying a 'stock' database, or is it simply a means to produce 'scenarios' with individual datasets? In other words, if I wanted to create a number of scenarios based on the same, modified dataset, is that possible? Or would I have to reproduce the data in each subsequent scenario?  

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ORIGINAL: BigAnorak

You can change the settings from turn to turn if you want to. As noted elsewhere, against the AI, you will want to ramp up the AI to help it move from defence to offence.

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ORIGINAL: Joe 98

If I am playing PBEM, can I save an unfinished turn?  

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