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Post by HangryBird on Apr 24, 2021 7:28:03 GMT
This idea was borne out of my free general challenge. These are the changes I would make to the free generals to make the game even more F2P.
Allies
Unlocked at Western 1939
Unlocked at Eastern 1941 Unlocked at Pacific 1942 Unlocked at North African 1941
All I did here was replace Arnold for Doolittle. I think Arnold is the only free general that I find underwhelming: he has a great stat line, but no decent skills to back it up. Doolittle exchanges a slightly worse stat line for a decent skill in carpet bombing.
Axis
Unlocked at Western 1939
Unlocked at Eastern 1941
Unlocked at Pacific 1942
Unlocked at North African 1941
I switched Riccardi and Messe's unlock positions because there isn't a lot of naval combat in North African compared to Western. Also, Riccardi would then be available for the entirety of Pacific. Added in Heinrici because I feel like the Axis need another free general to match the Allies. Heinrici was chosen because the other German and Italian 3-star axis generals are too strong to be free gens. Lastly, I replaced Ozawa for Yamaguchi because we already have a naval general in Riccardi and an air general would be best unlocked at Pacific, where there are a lot of aircraft carriers. Also, Yamaguchi's air power will be useful in situations where you need a carrier general over a paratrooper general like Model.
An unintended consequence of these changes would be that both the Allies and Axis have 2 hybrid and 4 specialized generals. The hybrid gens are Leclerc, Alexander, Bock, and Messe. The specialized gens are the remaining 8.
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Apr 24, 2021 15:08:06 GMT
IMO, Riccardi is practically useless for players except for a perfect clear at Coral Sea, assuming you didn't buy any admirals.
If need be, better navy tech would automatically cover up his absence.
Messe is more useful because you'd at least have a tank gen from the start to depend upon.
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on Apr 24, 2021 15:12:18 GMT
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Apr 24, 2021 15:12:49 GMT
There are no free gens at that point. |
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on Apr 24, 2021 15:14:35 GMT
There are no free gens at that point. I know but which ones would he put there because honestly, 44 is only better than 42 (pacific) in terms of difficulty. A free gen would be appreciated at that stage |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Apr 24, 2021 15:24:59 GMT
There are no free gens at that point. I know but which ones would he put there because honestly, 44 is only better than 42 (pacific) in terms of difficulty. A free gen would be appreciated at that stage You're really better off depending on invested gens in 44 and 45. Free gens typically aren't designed to survive in the endgame and lack the needed firepower to fight efficiently. If you really want to imagine free gens at this point, ET providing Clark and/or Bradley is a godsend for the Allies. Simmonds is meh and Chennault is horrible. Kuribayashi is usable while Terauchi is either meh or horrible. Yamaguchi can be a permanent carrier gen and Heinrici looks good. Weichs may be Bock's student and List is slightly better than Messe on tanks. |
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Post by HangryBird on Apr 24, 2021 21:10:50 GMT
IMO, Riccardi is practically useless for players except for a perfect clear at Coral Sea, assuming you didn't buy any admirals. If need be, better navy tech would automatically cover up his absence. Messe is more useful because you'd at least have a tank gen from the start to depend upon. I did get rid of Ozawa for Yamaguchi, so I had to keep Riccardi as the axis naval general. |
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Post by HangryBird on Apr 24, 2021 21:21:56 GMT
I'm going with easytech's framework: 2 free gens each for the first two theaters and 1 free gen each for the middle two. |
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Post by NotRandom on Apr 24, 2021 23:20:29 GMT
I'm going with easytech's framework: 2 free gens each for the first two theaters and 1 free gen each for the middle two. , Why not Brauchitsch for Axis 39 and Graziani for North Africa? Brauchitsch participated in both the Balkan and European campaigns of 39 and he's a beginner general, having decent artillery skills and could fill the blank of Axis artillery. And Messe is gonna be useless by the time you get to North Africa, so Graziani would be a better choice. For the allied side Doolittle seems underwhelming for the pacific campaign, because most of the times you're not gonna have a carrier and even if you do, you're not going to be bombing cities (the only one I could think of is Rabaul) so maybe Halsey I guess? I mean ET is no stranger to giving out great generals for free, plus it'll help greatly with the pacific campaign. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Apr 24, 2021 23:48:39 GMT
I'm going with easytech's framework: 2 free gens each for the first two theaters and 1 free gen each for the middle two. , Why not Brauchitsch for Axis 39 and Graziani for North Africa? Brauchitsch participated in both the Balkan and European campaigns of 39 and he's a beginner general, having decent artillery skills and could fill the blank of Axis artillery. And Messe is gonna be useless by the time you get to North Africa, so Graziani would be a better choice. For the allied side Doolittle seems underwhelming for the pacific campaign, because most of the times you're not gonna have a carrier and even if you do, you're not going to be bombing cities (the only one I could think of is Rabaul) so maybe Halsey I guess? I mean ET is no stranger to giving out great generals for free, plus it'll help greatly with the pacific campaign. That would make the game way too easy. |
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Post by HangryBird on Apr 24, 2021 23:52:32 GMT
I'm going with easytech's framework: 2 free gens each for the first two theaters and 1 free gen each for the middle two. , Why not Brauchitsch for Axis 39 and Graziani for North Africa? Brauchitsch participated in both the Balkan and European campaigns of 39 and he's a beginner general, having decent artillery skills and could fill the blank of Axis artillery. And Messe is gonna be useless by the time you get to North Africa, so Graziani would be a better choice. For the allied side Doolittle seems underwhelming for the pacific campaign, because most of the times you're not gonna have a carrier and even if you do, you're not going to be bombing cities (the only one I could think of is Rabaul) so maybe Halsey I guess? I mean ET is no stranger to giving out great generals for free, plus it'll help greatly with the pacific campaign. Graziani is too strong and Messe is still pretty good by North Africa. Brauchitsch is a two-star general, which I don't want too many of. I only kept Bock because of leadership and Messe because I need a general that isn't too strong and historically fought in North Africa. Halsey is way too strong and Arnold is honestly as bad as Doolittle. Arnold has slightly better stats, but Doolittle has better skills. I found Pacific very easy for the Allies and I can see Doolittle replacing Arnold easily. Lastly, there are plenty of carriers in Pacific and plenty of buildings that need to be secured for a victory. I'm trying to get the generals to be near each other in strength. Generals like Halsey and Graziani would ruin that balance. |
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