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Post by stoic on Mar 15, 2024 6:00:59 GMT
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Post by stoic on Mar 27, 2024 17:42:22 GMT
Day 61 And Chennault is unlocked. It actually took only 2 1943 Challenge conquests to earn enough points for unlocking him. So, it is possible to say that Chennault is another f2p general we get for free. I played as Japan and made agreements with all neutral states and then conquered the whole map. Another conquest was Egypt and I was able to complete it under 35 turns which is the last task for playing as 1* state (very generous, in my opinion). So, I have played 8 Challenge conquests in total: 6 in 1939 and 2 in 1943. Probably no more than 6 are really required to unlock both Darlan and Chennault.
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Post by Airi Momoi on Mar 27, 2024 18:13:21 GMT
Honestly I think I prefer US 1943 over Japan 1943 - as I've hit a wall with my attempt at Japan. My plan was to blitz China as quickly as possible to defeat them, but Zhang Lingfu spawned in Chongqing to shred my troops and then I noticed the ROC snagged Bryansk with the Axis frontlines being a bit too far for them to take that city quickly. I also forgot about Reinforcement of Burma, so I took Yangon and accidentally increased China's damage at low health + gave them a morale boost.
I have a feeling that's a bit of a problem considering Lin Biao, Du Yuming, Li Zongren, Xue Yue and more are all continuously fighting me in my occupied Chinese cities. This might be a restart sadly.
US on the other hand went pretty smoothly, save for a poor decision to send Abrams to Nantes with little support instead of attacking the weaker Spain and creating a secure landing zone for my transatlantic troops. I think I beat it in ~27 turns with all neutrals allied and with only the use of Guderian on super tank in Africa, with a sub-20 definitely within the realm of possibility if I had committed fully to the use of my generals. The conquest is weighted so heavily in favor of Allies I think those conquests are easier and faster than any Axis one. The events are just even more harsh with the only one that harmed Allies being Market Garden.
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Post by stoic on Mar 27, 2024 18:35:57 GMT
Honestly I think I prefer US 1943 over Japan 1943 - as I've hit a wall with my attempt at Japan. My plan was to blitz China as quickly as possible to defeat them, but Zhang Lingfu spawned in Chongqing to shred my troops and then I noticed the ROC snagged Bryansk with the Axis frontlines being a bit too far for them to take that city quickly.
I have a feeling that's a bit of a problem considering Lin Biao, Du Yuming, Li Zongren, Xue Yue and more are all continuously fighting me in my occupied Chinese cities. This might be a restart sadly.
US on the other hand went pretty smoothly, save for a poor decision to send Abrams to Nantes with little support instead of attacking the weaker Spain and creating a secure landing zone for my transatlantic troops. I think I beat it in ~27 turns with all neutrals allied and with only the use of Guderian on super tank in Africa, with a sub-20 definitely within the realm of possibility if I had committed fully to the use of my generals. The conquest is weighted so heavily in favor of Allies I think those conquests are easier and faster than any Axis one.
My guess is that when we conquer the whole map the number of turns is of limited value since it will take more time than a regular conquest anyway. And I think we need at least 2 Air Force generals to deploy them in both Atlantic and Pacific. Maybe playing for USA is a better option indeed but the whole concept of defeating scattered British Provinces all over the map, USSR and China in addition to conventional enemies is a bit suspicious to me. And quite likely we have to conquer the whole Middle East as well. I still think that Japan is better located for this task. Yet, the main idea is to play it and to forget about it I wouldn't exclude that playing for GB is a better option than both Japan or USA.
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Post by jonblend on Apr 7, 2024 12:27:00 GMT
Agreeing with Airi Momoi, that USA is probably best suited for an ally all & conquer all run, since we still have Soviet Union for the sub 20 turns. But yeah, the time saved is not that much and if we want the axis powers achievement, we have to play as Japan anyways.
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Post by cpanthony05 on Apr 14, 2024 16:10:24 GMT
what do you think are the minimal requirements for doing steel warzone 1700 score on auto?
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Post by stoic on Apr 14, 2024 19:22:03 GMT
what do you think are the minimal requirements for doing steel warzone 1700 score on auto? All preliminary battles are pretty straightforward on auto. You probably need 2 Admirals, 2 Tank generals and 2 Infantry generals to be on a safe side in them. And you should have 2 more (one Artillery general and one Tank general in reserve for the final). Then there is a small problem. AI is very inconsistent in the final battle. If you are willing to risk (or just content with 2 Ribbons per run) you may leave it to AI as well. But if you are aiming at getting 3 Ribbons I would say you have to play it manually. I don't have 2 Infantry generals so my Infantry trial is always underperforming. In full auto runs I usually get 1600-1650 points in total.
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