@Ragnell804 said in AndrewAAgamer (Allies) vs. Germany (Ragnell804):
First, the Axis will typically have 2 BH to fire onto the US units there. Every Allied player I have seen until you have used the Naval Bombardments to clear out the UK beaches to try and save the tanks from being destroyed, as it happened in this game. Because why would anyone not want to protect 3 of 14 available tanks, most of which do not get onto the board until the middle part of the game?
Ahhh, so your test group unanimously didn’t attack Omaha Beach. That explains a lot. I got into this testing of DDay because The Good Captain was expressing how unbalanced the game was. That the Germans win 80-90% of the time. That did not dovetail with my playing experience so I watched his DDay Axis and Allied best strategy videos. From what I saw the Axis strategy was sound but the Allied strategy was definitely lacking which I figured accounted for the difference in playing results. Now knowing, if all the testers did not attack Omaha Beach blockhouses with the Naval Bombardment, then that is a big reason why the Allies are having trouble winning.
That, in my opinion, shows some difference in experience since the allied tanks are a valuable resource to protect.
I agree, it does show the difference in experience, but in my favor, not yours.
If you look at this in detail, screenshot below, you can see there are five beach battle areas on Turn 1. There is a 64.9% chance that the Naval Bombardment will result in 2 hits. Your suggestion is to use those 2 hits on the 3 UK beaches due to “Because why would anyone not want to protect 3 of 14 available tanks,”. First off you cannot protect all 3. At best you are going to protect 1. So which one? There are 9 UK units available for Sword Beach and 3 blockhouses firing into them with just 2 defenders so certainly not that one. Juno Beach has 5 UK units with only 1 blockhouse firing into it and only 2 defenders so that looks like a good one to ignore too. Gold Beach looks like the prime spot due to the two blockhouses and 6 UK units attacking 4 units. Thus, killing those 2 blockhouses will help the landing force probably the most.
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Okay, so let’s compare the average results if we kill the 2 blockhouses on Omaha Beach versus killing the 2 on Gold Beach. We are going to go out to the end of the German 2 Turn because the earliest US reinforcements can get to Omaha Beach are on Allies 3.
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As you can see by attacking the UK Gold Beach you have a 2 unit swing. However, if you attack the US Omaha Beach you have an 8 unit swing. Last time I checked 8 units was better than 2 units even if one of the 2 units is a tank. Therefore, based on your testing group, there are SIX fewer Allied units on the board fighting the battle than you could have had if you had made the proper Turn 1 attack. That is a BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
This was one game, so how can you say the game is balanced? Based on the results thus far the game is 100% in favor of the Germans as they are 1-0 right now. Why don’t we play another to put your money where your mouth is to see if you can make it 1-1?
Sure, happy to play another; as long as we use Average Dice. Pure Luck proves nothing for testing.
