@redrum The north trio will lose at least 1 capital and be almost completely overrun in 2 turns. I don't see a compensation for that, especially since Evil is about 200 TUV ahead (without walls). I would have pushed it further if this was a competitive game, but the objective of the balance testing is mostly done, I think. Evil appears to have some sort of positional advantage inherent to the structure of the map, since at the start of the game they are significantly behind on production and have no TUV advantage. But then both @epinikion and you disagree that Good is behind... maybe there is a point in continuing for several turns.

@beelee Moved it to "Maps&Mods".

@mattbarnes For trading, fighters are definitely better. I guess I found I needed to build up attack power in order to counter the main Japanese stacks. I mostly just use conscripts to trade back and forth along with the few starting fighters. Guess it depends somewhat on how the Japanese are playing and if they are trying to have a doom stack march through the main cities or if they are trying to win on a wide front.

Started another vs the HardAI Axis, with a scripted German opener this time at 133%. Tried to play to the German AI's strengths in the first round, so heavy on artillery and aircraft without any kind of naval expansion. So far its pretty nice press from the machine. I went after Finland early, to punish them for the last game, so the center will probably collapse in short order, but wanted to see how hard I could swing at the minors. Here it is in the third round, still using .12949. 0_1542233730217_elk vs hardAI Axis G open 133 Russia round 3.tsvg

Hehe I know how it goes. I go in bouts where I'm fairly active a few times a year, for a few weeks, then back on the grind. I was thinking just now about the Air-bases. I think instead of ditching the +1 to movement you could just relocate them. Irkutsk for Russia could be cool, since it'd be an incentive to guard the far east and could represent the Alaska-Siberia air route. USA South Atlantic could also work, since it would still give you a way to transit into North Africa or Gibraltar without dropping onto Normandy. It could represent the Mid Atlantic route, from the lower US to Azores and North/West Africa. The Halifax one I'd just keep as is, since it makes sense for the North Atlantic air route. The British base is not as powerful as the American airbase because Britain has less oil and fewer hitpoints to drop in a given round. If the Allied player uses the occasional air transport out of Canada to Normandy late in the game, I'd just think of it as like an entertaining quirk hehe. But I think those locations might be interesting, since it would encourage Russia to invest in some ground or maybe fighters for the far east for the range and air-transport bonus, and they could help paratroop into the far east backfield (where Japan's transport threat is currently pretty potent.) I think the gameplay for the western Allies would be much the same, US could still reach Greenland on the second turn or Gibraltar, but would also have some more reach into West Africa. In this case the Airbases could kind of be thought of as the major air routes out of North America, into Europe/Asia. The only one that I think to add would maybe be a base for the Australians, for overall Pacific/World balance. Might be a way to fire up the Australians a bit? hehe Could at least serve as a more significant secondary target for Japan as an incentive to take Australia. You'd have air transports occurring in the four corners basically. One for the North Atlantic (Britain), another for the South Atlantic (USA, and same deal on the Pacific North (USSR) and Pacific South (ANZAC.) I think USA aid to Anzac could be fun, they have more oil to throw around. And Australia is always thirsty

@blackfox The BC doesn't really deal with submerging/retreating very well. It simulates the battles out until one side loses or units can no longer target each other in most cases. As @Hepps mentions, escort/intercept is only done for the territory the unit is in. Scrambling is the only operation which can be done to adjacent territories.

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 1 TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 SE TR, version: 1.9 Game History Round: 1 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 13 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to West Russia 3 infantry moved from Belorussia to West Russia 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Karelia S.S.R. 3 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Germany to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Poland to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Bulgaria Romania to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Northwestern Europe to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Norway to Karelia S.S.R. Combat - Germans Battle in West Russia Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 6 infantry Russians defend with 4 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 6 infantry in West Russia, round 2 : 2/10 hits, 3,17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 4 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry in West Russia, round 2 : 3/7 hits, 3,00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 artillery owned by the Russians and 3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in West Russia Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 3 infantry in West Russia, round 3 : 2/7 hits, 2,67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 4 armour and 1 artillery in West Russia, round 3 : 1/5 hits, 2,33 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Russians, 1 artillery owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in West Russia Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in West Russia, round 4 : 2/6 hits, 2,50 expected hits Russians roll dice for 3 armour in West Russia, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1,50 expected hits 2 armour owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in West Russia Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in West Russia, round 5 : 2/5 hits, 2,33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 armour in West Russia, round 5 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in West Russia Germans win, taking West Russia from Russians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17 Casualties for Germans: 6 infantry Casualties for Russians: 4 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry Battle in Karelia S.S.R. Germans attack with 1 armour, 5 fighters and 4 infantry Russians defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory, 1 fighter and 4 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 4 infantry in Karelia S.S.R., round 2 : 5/10 hits, 3,67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Karelia S.S.R., round 2 : 1/6 hits, 2,33 expected hits 4 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 artillery owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Karelia S.S.R. Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 3 infantry in Karelia S.S.R., round 3 : 3/9 hits, 3,50 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 fighter in Karelia S.S.R., round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Karelia S.S.R. Germans win, taking Karelia S.S.R. from Russians with 1 armour, 5 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20 Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 4 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 5 fighters moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Belorussia 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from West Russia to Poland Place Units - Germans 10 infantry placed in Germany 3 infantry placed in Italy Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 43 PUs; end with 45 PUs Combat Hit Differential Summary : Germans : -1,83 Russians : -2,33 Savegame

Maybe we have to look other similar wwii games. HOI series is good example;I've found this one though it is just victory point map; https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/images/4/4f/Victory_point_map.png

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