Id say that the axis, despite being down…26, give or take, do not need extra IPCs, though it wouldnt totally unbalance the game if they did. They just half to take advantage of things like the british being so spread out.
So, as I see, you lightened up the Seazones a bit. What did you do with the .pdn to do this? Did you only modify the “Layer 25” or is there anything else behind it?
I am just asking because you did not update the .pdn.
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Hmm, I don’t really remember… Tinkering with the brightness of the sea zones and the sea shade layers. And changing the blending options of the sea shade layers (overlay or normal instead of multiply, or adjusting the opacity)… Tried a few things 'till it looked right :-D
Overall the changes are positive imho. Revised is a classic game and deserves another run and the chance to appeal to a new generation. AA42 takes the best innovations from Anniversary (ie naval rules and units) and applies them to Revised. It should be interesting to see how the strategies change. It’s also a good move to remove tech–Revised works better w/o tech because tech is about luck and detracts from the strategic aspect. With dice, luck is already a sufficient factor in the game.