Hi all,

I recently picked this up and have been having a blast playing ranked online.

One thing I’ve been struggling with is feeling irreparably behind when an opponent gets lucky taking bad risks. I’ll have a stack of 10 infantry and 8 tanks as Germany and get attacked by 10 infantry and 6 artillery and lose 14 units while killing 2 and then my opponent just retreats. Or Germany will attack SZ 7, 10, and 11 turn 1 and take no losses and it becomes almost impossible to build up a fleet. I could list countless examples of opponents taking unfavorable fights and somehow completely eliminating armies of mine while taking minimal to no losses.

I realize that luck will always play some factor in winning/losing but I feel like I’ve seen way too many times where an opponent will take (in my mind) stupid risks and be rewarded by an insurmountable lead. What’s the best way to mitigate this?

Hi all,

I recently picked this up and have been having a blast playing ranked online.

One thing I’ve been struggling with is feeling irreparably behind when an opponent gets lucky taking bad risks. I’ll have a stack of 10 infantry and 8 tanks as Germany and get attacked by 10 infantry and 6 artillery and lose 14 units while killing 2 and then my opponent just retreats. Or Germany will attack SZ 7, 10, and 11 turn 1 and take no losses and it becomes almost impossible to build up a fleet. I could list countless examples of opponents taking unfavorable fights and somehow completely eliminating armies of mine while taking minimal to no losses.

I realize that luck will always play some factor in winning/losing but I feel like I’ve seen way too many times where an opponent will take (in my mind) stupid risks and be rewarded by an insurmountable lead. What’s the best way to mitigate this?