Here’s the Armies vs Navies idea I came up with!
G40 Balance Mod - Feedback Thread
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I can’t fathom how the Axis can win in BM3. Playing my first league game with Balladeer. US has 95 IPCs and only obtained 1 additional NO…UK has 39 despite losing Cairo. It’s like it’s irrelevant.
Round 4 in my game and Russia is already really strong.
Seems near impossible for the Axis.
Playing without a bid…but really how much does that matter anyways, when it appears that the Axis only get about 6 IPCs. Not really much.
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keep playing and trying new things until you start to see what works and what doesn’t. but to expedite your progress, it’s essential to watch higher ranked players go at it. and of course, don’t hesitate to barge in on those games and ask questions on why certain moves were made, or message them.
I can’t fathom how the Axis can win in BM3. Playing my first league game with Balladeer. US has 95 IPCs and only obtained 1 additional NO…UK has 39 despite losing Cairo. It’s like it’s irrelevant.
Round 4 in my game and Russia is already really strong.
Seems near impossible for the Axis.
Playing without a bid…but really how much does that matter anyways, when it appears that the Axis only get about 6 IPCs. Not really much.
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looking at it rather briefly (ie not deeply), you seem to be on the right track in some ways. you got Egypt, which is a huge plus. you have enough to break through the Russian wall, which is to say, you can take and hold Bryansk, and then from there progress to the oil fields for glorious riches.
however, I do see that already you seem to have conceded key footholds in Europe, that is, normandy and Norway. usually axis can delay such footholds for much longer.
also, you don’t have any Italians accompanying the German advances on the eastern front. therefore your progression will be slower, due to lack of so called “can openers.” this is far from ideal.
I haven’t looked much at the pac side. just some things to consider on the euro side at least.
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Normally I bring Italian can openers…just kind of thought I needed to be all in to really grab hold of Cairo and secure it. The UK was coiled and ready to counter attack. My German planes can finally leave Cairo. Them not in position really slowed my German advance into Russia. They might help Germany now in their critical moment of slow death or advance.
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BM is much more sensitive to sticking to the Barbarossa script. Don’t detail a lot of units to taking Ukraine, for example.
Basically, the standard strategy is as I’ve gone into here: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=41857.msg1760458#msg1760458
Some players may prefer to do something different but in Europe, I think it’s largely variants on a theme if you’re doing a G3 DOW.
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Wow Ichabod! How that every slipped my attention over hundreds of BM games I will never know. Thank you for spotting the bug.
Simon, would you kindly upload a corrected version of the XML (including marines in US’s Western-Europe-Beachead objective)? Thanks man.
Hail victory!
changed the vichy guys to light blue if you want to add it to your update.
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But that affects all Neutral Axis, not just Vichy troops.
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But that affects all Neutral Axis, not just Vichy troops.
yes it does. Finland, Bulgaria and Iraq. Finland and Bulgaria are activated rd 1. Iraq will be the only non vichy, but since vichy is “pro axis” … w/e thought it was more visually appealing.
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I think if BM gets an update, I’d request that the Solomon Islands be a 1 or 2 IPC NO for Japan. It’s way out of position for Japan to get and Japan wants to just to take away an NO from ANZAC.
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I think if BM gets an update, I’d request that the Solomon Islands be a 1 or 2 IPC NO for Japan. It’s way out of position for Japan to get and Japan wants to just to take away an NO from ANZAC.
I think if BM gets an update, I’d request that the Solomon Islands be a 1 or 2 IPC NO for Japan. It’s way out of position for Japan to get and Japan almost has to take it just to deny an NO from ANZAC.
2nd post edit: Grammar
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Solomon takes away up to 3 Anzac NOs (if you count the Malaya NO), but 2 in most cases. It’s also a part of Japan’s +5 NO for 4 islands, its a good capture for Japan if the US goes light in the Pacific.
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Two turns in a row, Russia collect Lend Lease NO money for Siberia despite Japan having a warship in sz 5. What am I missing here?
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=42285.75
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Probably Russia and Japan aren’t at war.
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Probably Russia and Japan aren’t at war.
Ok…but of course Japan did attempt to interdict all allied shipping, even ones that would just be trade ships once it was at war with the allies, especially US and UK ships even if not at war with russia.
I think if BM3 is updated, having to be at war shouldn’t matter for Japan to block that NO with a sub in sz 5…it would just mean that Russia could get the additional NO money like it currently does when Japan is at war with Russia.
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I can’t speak to the history but in game terms, I think it is probably better for it to stay the way it is. If Japan can deny that NO by simply moving a sub there it is an easy choice without much risk. The axis just commit one cheap unit.
The way it works now, if Japan declares war it can shut that NO down but at the cost of giving the USSR double the NOs in Persia and Archangel. If the USSR declares war on Japan, it loses the NO in the Pacific without getting the bonuses in the West. This creates an additional complication to weigh when considering attacking eachother directly and in the war in China. Obviously given the value of IPCs at stake, this is not going to be the most significant decision in the game, but I like that it is another decision that has both a payoff and a risk.
Probably Russia and Japan aren’t at war.
Ok…but of course Japan did attempt to interdict all allied shipping, even ones that would just be trade ships once it was at war with the allies, especially US and UK ships even if not at war with russia.
I think if BM3 is updated, having to be at war shouldn’t matter for Japan to block that NO with a sub in sz 5…it would just mean that Russia could get the additional NO money like it currently does when Japan is at war with Russia.
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Actually Japan let through every lend-lease ship through to Russia as it didn’t want to go to war with Russia, so it’s accurate.
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simone, i was wondering if it’d be feasible to improve tripleA to allow NOs to be turned on or off individually, as an alternate form of bidding and to add a little more variety to the game strategy. plus it could be useful for handicapping a much stronger opponent, e.g., M playing against E or 1 tier.
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simone, i was wondering if it’d be feasible to improve tripleA to allow NOs to be turned on or off individually, as an alternate form of bidding and to add a little more variety to the game strategy. plus it could be useful for handicapping a much stronger opponent, e.g., M playing against E or 1 tier.
interesting idea.
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simone, i was wondering if it’d be feasible to improve tripleA to allow NOs to be turned on or off individually, as an alternate form of bidding and to add a little more variety to the game strategy. plus it could be useful for handicapping a much stronger opponent, e.g., M playing against E or 1 tier.
I agree and had something similar in my mind. Just don’t know if it should effect the point system as well when playing with a handicap game.
But Yes, I would vote for that and welcome it.
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Actually Japan let through every lend-lease ship through to Russia as it didn’t want to go to war with Russia, so it’s accurate.
Very fair enough. Surprised on that.
But what if Russia sends troops into Yunnan (or China anywhere) to support a stack? Should Russia then not have to declare war to do so? How is that fair in terms of both gamism of the accurate Siberia Lend Lease route for Russian trade ships and the fact that entering China with troops is essentially an act of war (maybe not an official declaration)?
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