Gabriel B.
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ORIGINAL: Mike29 Genltemen, I think the core problem of the game is the following. We can not achieve historical results because Russian run and leave main cities like Kiev, Smolensk, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk without fight and pocketsas result of such fight. In my view one of the major events of real summer 41 was Smolensk battle and exchange time for half a million people in Kiev pocket (turn of Guderian group to Ukraine). Without heroic defense of such cities it is completely not even close to real 41. I agree with Pelton that is not in logistics, but combat model is only part of the problem. The problem is that nothing can force SHC to play front defense and nobody can command player to hold positions at any costs. My suggestion is to connect morale of units to some important points like big cities. For exapmle loosing Kiev - minus 5 morale, Kharkov - minus 2 ect. And add fuel to GHC. And increase losses from retreat. THe disparity of forces is too greath in 1941 to punish the soviets even more . It takes 3 good soviet divisions to match the ofensive CV of a single german division , as result 1941 is a year to rebuild , rebuild and rebuild some more . Now ,that does not mean you cannot defend and ocasonally smack a some axis forces that stick their neck out in the open, but real ofensive action such as the failed counterstrokes that the soviets put up in 1941, pays no benefit . In a sense the game distorst the historical perception leading some not familiar with the eastern front, to think the russians did nothing but defend in 1941 , which is wrong . Personally, I do not think that the removal of the 1:1 = 2:1 would help the game, quite posible would not hurt either but makes 1941 really boring for those of us inclined towards ofensive action .
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