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Post by Haelicon on Jul 31, 2015 17:09:28 GMT
Keitel (Hitler's deputy and Field Marshal) and Kleist (Commander of Army Group A) seem underrated as well, They are high ranking officer, yet they are one of the worst generals.
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Post by best75 on Jul 31, 2015 20:35:12 GMT
Well the reasons could be for balance since there might be too many good generals on the German side then. For Italy being 3 star I think it's for balence again since on the allies side they have USA,su,gb,France as 3 star.
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Post by Jean Lannes on Jul 31, 2015 20:50:20 GMT
I think Italy has 3 stars because in theory they are a 3 star country, but in reality they messed up and of course because of balance issues
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Post by lassalle on Aug 1, 2015 1:49:46 GMT
Am i the only one who was surprised at Paulus, Kluge and Heinricis ratings, Kluge and Paulus were Marshalls and Heinrici a general, Kluge was the Von Bocks replacement yet hes one of the worst generals in the game, Paulus masterminded Operation Barbarossa and was a fierce battle commander, yet he is the worst German general, Heinrici was in charge of the Berlin defence and put up with 2.5 million Soviets for weeks, yet he's one of the worst, I don't get it, the history is so wrong, and plus shouldn't Italy have men in Russia and why is Italy 3 star, they couldn't even take Greece... Comment Opinions below. Ya Gotthard Heinrici was one of the master of defense for the wehrmacht,he should have been rated much higher. Another similar defensive commander was Erhard Raus. |
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Post by forumusername on Aug 1, 2015 2:46:22 GMT
Balance is a part of it: Italy being a 3* country, for example, has little to do with their OTL accomplishments but rather their immediate position and strength on the map- which at 6 cities and a strong, secure foothold in both Europe and Africa, is plenty enough to be called a major power.
Another, perhaps greater, part of it though is reputation. Consider that the game is designed to appeal to more than just hardcore WWII fanatics, and that when it comes to war, people love glorifying and fangirling about their favourite heroes, and thus scaling their abilities to their reputation would help market the game to a broader audience. Oh, and of course, we should not forget the additional bias resulting from the fact that Easytech is a Chinese company.
An example of benefiting from popularity would be the three cash-only generals, as well as some like Rommel; those who benefit from both balance and reputation would be others like Yamamoto Isoroku. Those who do not fare so well, would be generals like Paulus: because let's be honest, the most well known fact about him is that he was the commander of the 6th Army that ended up surrendering to the Soviets after the disaster that was Stalingrad. Basically a big, fat, failure.
At least Paulus is known for something; I'm not sure of just how many people would have heard of Heinrici before, unfortunate as that is.
That being said, that doesn't apply to everyone: Keitel, for example, was a fool that was only promoted to his position due to the fact that he was a fervent yes-man incapable of objecting to Hitler's orders, and accordingly held little to no power whatsoever despite his position.
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Post by lassalle on Aug 1, 2015 4:29:19 GMT
Looking up some of these names on the net I found this ww2 German commander: Hermann Balck: www.historynet.com/the-greatest-german-general-no-one-ever-heard-of.htm Apparently his specialty is kicking rears while being completly outnumbered ..like 10 to 1. Too bad Rommel never served in the Eastern front it would have been interesting to see what he was capable of against the Soviet hordes. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Aug 2, 2015 21:45:21 GMT
I guess Hitler would have done the same with Rommel as what he did with Manstein. Not listen to the plans that would have made the Germans alot more succesful.
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Post by Mountbatten on Aug 4, 2015 23:47:03 GMT
Mitscher of the USA seems pretty underrated. He was a naval commander that was deputy chief of Naval Air forces. He served for almost 40 years and received multiple commendations and medals such as the Navy Cross. You would think that after 30 something years of service, the guy would have learned more than two aircraft stars, 1 star in artillery and one star in tanks. I found him in USA 1943 conquest.
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Post by Newbie on Aug 5, 2015 3:47:46 GMT
At this point i have 1600 medals and patton as my only general what general should i buy, and
Should i consider redeming patton?
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Post by Newbie on Aug 5, 2015 5:26:22 GMT
Should i consider saving up for Leeb
Or buy fletcher and meyer?
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Post by Jean Lannes on Aug 5, 2015 5:48:44 GMT
Like always it depends what kind of Generals you already have. Imo don't buy Leeb, get Govorov he's cheaper and more artillery focused. I'd say if you don't have any navy and or air strikes General get Fletcher. About Meyer get him he doesn't have alot of health but his skills are pretty good.
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Post by Newbie on Aug 5, 2015 13:24:49 GMT
Who would you say is the best buyable 5 star artillery general
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Post by Jean Lannes on Aug 5, 2015 15:24:15 GMT
If you have the money to level his rank up, definetly Govorov. He has Plain Warfare always good to use. If you like mobility then Konev would be a good choice. For me is Govorov ranked to like Lt General or higher a beast with artillery.
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Post by andrei on Aug 5, 2015 16:03:33 GMT
If you have the money to level his rank up, definetly Govorov. He has Plain Warfare always good to use. If you like mobility then Konev would be a good choice. For me is Govorov ranked to like Lt General or higher a beast with artillery. It was not possible to increase the rank of the generals from the Academies. When was that possibility given? |
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Post by Mountbatten on Aug 5, 2015 17:08:14 GMT
If you go to the place where you train skills, ranking up generals is under the tab Promote. For example, if I go to Missions and click on Moscow ( or any other academy ) The second tab on top says promote. Then you just insert a general and spend medals to rank him up.
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