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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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Post by vietnammapper on May 11, 2024 13:03:39 GMT
For me it's one air gen and one navy gen for the naval mission, two tank gens for the tank mission, one arty gen and one inf gen for the inf mission, one tank gen and one arty gen for the last mission. With this setup I usually get 400+ points on each of the first three missions, and 500+ points on the last mission.
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Post by stoic on Jun 1, 2024 20:21:42 GMT
Well, to my surprise "Pacific front" campaign on hard difficulty is quite doable with a "budget team". I was afraid that without highly upgraded elite units it will be impossible to complete it on hard (and I can't expect to have reasonably well upgraded units after 4 months of playing). But ET did a nice job, in my opinion, because these missions are hard, but it is possible to advance without a multitude of Navy generals and high level elite units.  I have nothing but rudimentary upgrades (Carriers are still locked) and 4 Navy generals: 2 of them are free (Horton and Darlan) and 2 are Mikava and Nimitz (both are rather cheap by WC4 standards).  So far it was the most thrilling content and I liked these campaigns. I think they were meticulously planned. Sometimes I felt a lack of Navy generals but my land generals were a decent substitution when needed. Konev commanding Battleship is probably an act of despair  but it worked and that's the most important thing.  At first I wanted to reset the missions, but, perhaps, I will follow jonblend's advice and "for sake of sanity" skip it this time |
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Post by jonblend on Jun 1, 2024 21:21:45 GMT
A wise choice stoic, especially since with this update we can no longer get any rewards from resetting and repeating Operations (neither resources nor medals). |
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Post by stoic on Jun 2, 2024 2:13:41 GMT
A wise choice stoic, especially since with this update we can no longer get any rewards from resetting and repeating Operations (neither resources nor medals). Oh, good to know... It wasn't, perhaps, a popular option anyway |
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Post by nimrael on Jun 2, 2024 6:49:37 GMT
A wise choice stoic, especially since with this update we can no longer get any rewards from resetting and repeating Operations (neither resources nor medals). Good to know, that makes sense why the reward medals went up from 30/45 (normal/hard) to 60/75. I was about to reset and farm some more. |
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Post by stoic on Jun 10, 2024 11:39:04 GMT
I completed Ashes Warzone today, and, as I understand, it is the best place to spend our tickets right now, and there is no hurry to purchase more generals and to unlock Doom. In Doom we spend 3 tickets per sweep and get 5 Ribbons, in Ashes - 2 tickets and get 4 Ribbons. That means we get 12 Ribbons in Ashes and only 10 in Doom after spending 6 tickets. Am I right? Btw, I was really surprised that we get our second Cross medal in Ashes. It is probably the most valuable prize in Warzones.  |
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Post by blueberry on Jun 10, 2024 14:22:47 GMT
I completed Ashes Warzone today, and, as I understand, it is the best place to spend our tickets right now, and there is no hurry to purchase more generals and to unlock Doom. In Doom we spend 3 tickets per sweep and get 5 Ribbons, in Ashes - 2 tickets and get 4 Ribbons. That means we get 12 Ribbons in Ashes and only 10 in Doom after spending 6 tickets. Am I right? Btw, I was really surprised that we get our second Cross medal in Ashes. It is probably the most valuable prize in Warzones. 6 ribbons in Doom, not 5 |
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Post by stoic on Jun 10, 2024 15:04:12 GMT
I completed Ashes Warzone today, and, as I understand, it is the best place to spend our tickets right now, and there is no hurry to purchase more generals and to unlock Doom. In Doom we spend 3 tickets per sweep and get 5 Ribbons, in Ashes - 2 tickets and get 4 Ribbons. That means we get 12 Ribbons in Ashes and only 10 in Doom after spending 6 tickets. Am I right? Btw, I was really surprised that we get our second Cross medal in Ashes. It is probably the most valuable prize in Warzones. 6 ribbons in Doom, not 5 Oh, so it is more or less equal then... Btw, I followed your advice and got Brauchitsch because Neonen has a very depressive face (for the same reason I probably skip List as well, because his face is no less depressive than Neonen's) and Leeb is a trivial choice... |
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