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Post by generalmalaise on Feb 13, 2022 8:14:34 GMT
First post
I’ve been playing for about 3 weeks and love following this boards advice. I’m up to early 1950s scenarios:
Axis Europe 11 Hard 3 star is giving me a hard time. The ally is inept at all times so I often split my forces and send 2-3 units north just to keep them alive and push the rest in to the middle and then south in an attempted pincer movement that never materializes because the ally folds to England
My generals ( in order of acquisition )
Leeb Red banner Mayor Army leader lvl 1 Plain fighting 1 Rumor 1 Machinist 1
Messe Red banner Lieutenant Armor assault 1 Crowd tactics 1 Rumor 1 Victory medal Hero medal
Heinrici Red banner Captain Rumor 1 Camouflage 1 Infantry Leader 1 Great soldier medal lvl 2 Knight medal
Kuznetsov Red banner Captain Rumor 1 Fleet leader 1 Sailor 1
Guderian Red banner L Colonel Armored assault 2 Panzer leader 2 Blitzkrieg 3 Machinist 2 Rumor 1 Assault medal
Nimitz Red banner M General Camouflage 1 Ace forces 3 Fleet leader 2 Rumor 1 Cover 1 Honor medal
I have a handful of unused medals. My first instinct is to replace Heinrici with Yamashita. I’m about 1100 medals away. Heinrici was an early pickup and has mostly been a beast but now struggles in scenarios. He’s still a beast in conquest where I can put him on any infantry stack on a weakly contested front and create havoc with his movement and the medal healing. Tough call this soon in the campaign.
Second instinct replace Kusnetsov. Won’t help with axis Europe 11 but overall the sea game becomes more important and would help in a lot of conquests
Third instinct…..probably the correct one, is to replace Messe. He’s not great other than his cheap price. Poor movement and mediocre offense but he is still quite stout if I put him in the right situation
Guderian and Nimitz will stay for the long haul and I’m also open to upgrading them soon. Leeb will stay around too because he’s cheap with good offensive ability and I’m not heavy on artillery yet. This is a no money run so I won’t be buying any of the premium packages
I appreciate any other suggestions to move beyond this point and most of all the conversation: war gaming is the best gaming
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Post by randomperson on Feb 13, 2022 17:38:45 GMT
generalmalaise, Welcome! Now some advice: You should replace machinist on Guderian with something like explosives or plain fighting. Machinist is not very useful because 15 hp at lvl 5 is not very much compared with the max health of your tank generals. Selling Henrici is a good idea, but you should use the medals to get either Vatutin (cheap and good) or Rommel if you can get the discount (OP but hard to get the 40%). Another option is Konev, he's the best artillery in the game and very affordable with the 40%. Finally, don't replace kutnetsov just yet. I got through all of Cold War with just unupgraded Nimitz. The most important type in the game is tanks so you should focus on that. To recap: Replace machinist, sell Henrici, buy Rommel if you can get the 40%, Konev or Vatutin if you can't.
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Post by generalmalaise on Feb 14, 2022 3:07:11 GMT
generalmalaise, Welcome! Now some advice: You should replace machinist on Guderian with something like explosives or plain fighting. Machinist is not very useful because 15 hp at lvl 5 is not very much compared with the max health of your tank generals. Selling Henrici is a good idea, but you should use the medals to get either Vatutin (cheap and good) or Rommel if you can get the discount (OP but hard to get the 40%). Another option is Konev, he's the best artillery in the game and very affordable with the 40%. Finally, don't replace kutnetsov just yet. I got through all of Cold War with just unupgraded Nimitz. The most important type in the game is tanks so you should focus on that. To recap: Replace machinist, sell Henrici, buy Rommel if you can get the 40%, Konev or Vatutin if you can't. Yeah I’ll get rid of machinist. I didn’t know it was so low when maxed. Should I keep it on Leeb since arty has low hp? Does explosives work on cities? I usually go heavy motorized infantry and just bypass most static defense but it would help on sieges. Are you saying I shouldn’t use any infantry generals?
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Post by Dorado St. Sebastian on Feb 14, 2022 15:40:42 GMT
Leeb is one of the best Art. Gens after Zhukov and Konev. His last skill should be explosives or Accuracy. Mine has accuracy, Konev has explosives.and yes explosives works on city except from Air attacks, same with rumor as I understand it I still have my Messe and Kutznetov, whos skills make him versatile enough for any Naval unit, but my go-to guy is Donitz (pure Naval Commander). I see you mentioned HEINRICI/Yamashita, I got Rundstedt on mech. Inf and explosives, he is Godzilla on Frontier missions vs fortresses. Motorized inf.can be used/spammed to quickly get behind enemy to confuse it and they have a anti tank bonus, if these are your only options. Put your medals on Guderian. Messe has only crowd tactics medal, though I don't use him much anymore since I added Roko to Guderian and Rommel.
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Post by generalmalaise on Feb 20, 2022 7:44:04 GMT
Leeb is one of the best Art. Gens after Zhukov and Konev. His last skill should be explosives or Accuracy. Mine has accuracy, Konev has explosives.and yes explosives works on city except from Air attacks, same with rumor as I understand it I still have my Messe and Kutznetov, whos skills make him versatile enough for any Naval unit, but my go-to guy is Donitz (pure Naval Commander). I see you mentioned HEINRICI/Yamashita, I got Rundstedt on mech. Inf and explosives, he is Godzilla on Frontier missions vs fortresses. Motorized inf.can be used/spammed to quickly get behind enemy to confuse it and they have a anti tank bonus, if these are your only options. Put your medals on Guderian. Messe has only crowd tactics medal, though I don't use him much anymore since I added Roko to Guderian and Rommel. I’m getting close to Yanashita and/or Rommel. I may sell Messe before Heinrich because that movement rating is rare so he still holds up well leading the second or third fronts depending on conquest country. I know tank generals are more important but I think I want to keep 1 or 2 good and fast infantry generals around because they can really turn the tide of a battle if I can get them deep in enemy lines to harass and draw away troops
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Feb 20, 2022 11:33:15 GMT
Try this: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/7588/axis-11-conquer-europe-hardI also think an improvement in your lineup will do the trick. Get Konev on 40% discount and try to work towards Rommel on 40% discount. Both will provide the two tank and two arty firepower needed. Their Rumour can be added and upgraded to lvl 3, minimally.
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Post by ProConqueror on Feb 21, 2022 19:26:42 GMT
generalmalaise, I can make a yt vid for you or an image guide if you like. Also welcome
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on Feb 21, 2022 23:50:45 GMT
generalmalaise , maybe this could help: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/7588/axis-11-conquer-europe-hard(yes ik that Nobunaga already sent it). Basically you need 3 generals: 1/2 Tank (can be Guderian and/or Messe), and maybe 2 artillery Generals (Leeb and/or Konev. I used Yamamoto as a second artillery general). You can use other generals for support, like Nimitz (on tank maybe). Send your 1 tank and 1 artillery (Leeb and Messe) to help on the British front. Guderian and Konev focusing on the Soviet front. Soviet Front: Defend against those advancing Soviets. Crush them, after that occupy Smolensk. Don't get Bagramyan's city as that enemy Konev will crush you. Avoid it at all costs. Manstein might be attacking Moscow already, bomb Rokossovsky a bit (don't waste your resources on him) and help Manstein. You have a secondary option: You can also attack the Northern City and flank them a bit. After capturing Moscow, you only have 1 option left: Get that British objective (IF you haven't captured it yet you mongol ) British Front: Leeb and Messe go help with defending against those Brits. Launch an attack on that first British city (don't get the Western one), help with defending against Montgomery, then advance on the British key objective. You MUST attack Dowding. He will be a pain in the butt once you capture that city with him still alive. After mopping up those British boiz there prepare for a bloodbath: Chuikov's forces trying to cross the river. If you haven't got Moscow yet defend at all costs. Place light infantry and once the inf is low replace it with a new one. After you've got all the objectes, victory has come to you Yes I wasted 10 minutes on this thing
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Post by generalmalaise on Feb 28, 2022 5:51:21 GMT
Thanks guys I finally 3 started it with 3 turns left. I used the medals I was saving for Rommel to upgrade some key skills on my generals and it was pretty easy until Moscow where I just see arty to take the last objective.
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Post by generalmalaise on Feb 28, 2022 5:52:16 GMT
Try this: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/7588/axis-11-conquer-europe-hardI also think an improvement in your lineup will do the trick. Get Konev on 40% discount and try to work towards Rommel on 40% discount. Both will provide the two tank and two arty firepower needed. Their Rumour can be added and upgraded to lvl 3, minimally. I did get Konev a few days ago with all discounts and he helped a lot
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