ww2 comparison game

[Smash]

Only 1 city bribed?..well thats more impressive then.No doubt I have taken more losses than I like.Spys would be most handy for getting rid of those walls.Surprising how well a rifle can defend behind walls.

[Caesar the Great]

I just don't see how you can keep your casualities so low, I end up losing 80-100 tanks by the end of the game, the axis just seem to have a limitless supply of bombers to kill tanks when I take cities.

[Smash]

Me too

I think it is the walls.Spys make short work of walls and then its a total mismatch.Never underestimate the power of spys and vet spys.Espionage is good plan.

That and probably knowing the scenerio like the back of his hand

I was kinda afraid to attack too early lest I be stretched too thin.But I think I give the scenario more credit than it is due.Aggressive appears to be the best way.I keep thinking Red Front

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Caesar the Great
the axis just seem to have a limitless supply of bombers to kill tanks when I take cities.

...but you are allowed to build fighters. They 'always' suceed when attacking bombers. They very often lose when scrambling to defend a city, but when you lose a fighter (60 shields), you keep a tank (80 shields) and another fighter coming from another city close by should then come and destroy the bomber(120 shields). After a while the Axis (or any other civ for that matter) just can't afford it.

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Smash

That and probably knowing the scenerio like the back of his hand

This is perfectly true.
I have played this map before
Still, I enjoy it every time , since playing with another civ really makes for a different game.

[Scouse Gits]

Incredible result M. LaFayette - [1] is still playing (hoping for a 20th century victory)

The SGs trying to sober up

[Caesar the Great]

I have no problem getting '44 with the axis or the allies... I just can never get the russians to work fast enough, by the time I'm ready to attack its already mid '42 and I just don't have the tanks to get to America before '46.

I've tried going fundy and republic (that was a disaster) but vet spies in commie is probably the best bonus, especially since the Russian economy cannot really afford to bribe a lot of cities, so killing those walls ASAP is necessary.

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Caesar the Great
by the time I'm ready to attack its already mid '42 and I just don't have the tanks to get to America before '46.

Have you tried artillery?
IIRC Marquis de Sodaq has tested that, attacking vet riflemen behind walls, the results are much better with artillery than armours (and the losses are cheaper: 50 shields each, instead of 80).
The problem is: 1 move instead of 3. You need more engineers in order to build RR before any attack.

(yet, I prefer vet spies )

[Smash]

Artillery is strong enough but losses will be large.Can't see it being overly fast unless you really got lucky in combat.

I looked at my casualties and they are not quite as bad as I thought.Not good though,especially considering there numerous major objectives left

1 engineer
1 fanatics
6 alpines
17 armor
6 fighters
1 bomber
2 transports
1 diplomat
45 artillery

[Caesar the Great]

AND artillery have no hope of defending a conquered city, maybe some combination of the 2 would be ideal...