Angelo
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ORIGINAL: jzardos Took the plunge few weeks back and bought WitE. Very happy with the investment so far! Finally decided to become a Matrix forum member so I could join in some of the conversation and look for an opponent soon. I've owned a few other Matrix games, but they currently are on the shelves. Not that they were not enjoyable, but the re-playability just was not very high for my standards. None of which were 2by3 games. A few observations so far, keep in mind still somewhere on that learning curve. Playing the axis in 41-45 campaign. On t30 now. - wondering if there is a way to speed up unit movement, especially train movement. Can wait a bit for unit to finally reach destination. Must be solved, I just don't know preference to change? - How come my airfield attacks are so poor after t1? Seems like I will lose more attacking airfields from t2 onward? Maybe I'm not attacking in the right manner? Is this historical that German airfield attacks after June 22 were very poor? I'm not a history buff, but have picked up some books on Amazon to learn more about this horrific but fascinating conflict. - AI seems to be very good at seeing my Panzer units gathering behind a front and it adjusts to them. How good is AI recon? Can the AI see everything even with FOW on? - I can't seem to pocket as many Soviet units as I see in some AARs what are some tips for pocketing units? I'd like to play a PBEM game vs a human Soviet , but I've very scared I'll do poorly as the Soviet player will just move away from the front and give ground? Guessing the balancing has been worked out to help axis in early years and Soviets later? - What are armaments for? Seems like my German pool ran out very fast and I'm not sure if this was because I was attacking too much in 41? - How do people attack Urban areas? I've been losing a lot of my troops trying to capture them? Have multiple hex sides on them? What is the bonus for having multiple hexes on the attack? I played some games that give decent % bonus for extra hex side (flank attacks). Just curious what the % increase is per extra side attacking more than one. Don't see anything in battle report about it? But I'm almost clueless on the modified combat points results. - How do I lose motor pool and how do I get it back? Just fixing and turn production? Can I alter my production to make more vehicles? Haven't found the 'secret sauce' for adjusting my production yet. - How in the world do I survive the blizzard turns? I thought I was doing well up to the blizzard, but now my forces are destroyed all over the front. I had some units that were stacked and displayed a CV of 40, but now are showing 2? Is that right? Also, I've lost almost 800k men in the last 5 turns. At this rate, I'm worried my army will be gone by spring 42. I know Germans failed to take Moscow, but I thought they had forces to start attacking again in summer 42? What did I do wrong to lose so many men. I tried to keep units in towns and I had some fort (zones) up to 3-4, but it didn't stop the Soviets attacks. Really brutal stuff, but I will keep my spirits up and hope for warmer weather soon. - What are the red units I see behind the Soviet lines? Recon picked them up, but can't see what type they are yet. - Also, so post on a patch coming soon for v1.04 that will change some things with blizzard, which is good. I'm going to put myself out there for a 1v1 PBEM once v1.04 arrives. So I guess looking for another newbie Soviet player, provided there are any out there? I know strategy, but not yet polished on my combat mechanics and game knowledge. But have decent free time so I hope to graduate from the 'push-over' realm of players soon. Once again very very HAPPY with the game. Kudos to all involved as this is the most fun I've ever had playing any game on a computer! You can press the space bar to speed up the unit movement. The AI recon is perfect but the detection levels are still used by both sides in combat, I think. The 'red units' are Soviet guard units.
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