ORIGINAL: HansBolter
ORIGINAL: ckammp
ORIGINAL: HansBolter
No, these are the kinds of standard game allowable tactics that make it possible for the Allies to stand up to the heavily overpowered Japanese side that is ahistorically capable of conquering ALL of China, or ALL of India or MOST of Australia. [:-]
Try learning a bit more about the game before you start accusing others of unrealistic game tactics. No side abounds with more ahistorially allowable game tactics than the Japanese side.....can anyone say "invasion bonus"? [8|]
Please show an example of a Scenario 01 game in which Japan has conquered all of China, India, and most of Australia. For that matter, show an example of a Scenario 02 game in which Japan has done that.
Excusing a player's gamey tactics merely to defend your own use of gamey tactics speaks volumes about your character, and about your abilities as a player.
Try learning a bit about tactics and strategy, and how to properly employ them in the game, before blaming the game for your poor play.
Grow up you childish POS. I merely defended the gameplay of some one else. For you to make assumptions regarding my game play based on that is about as childish as it gets. I've been wargaming for longer than you have probably been alive and certainly don't have any need whatsoever to prove myself to the likes of you. If you had a bit more longevity on this forum you might have had the oppurtunity to witness the MANY games where China is conquered and the MANY games where India is conquered. Try defending your attacks on the gameplay of others with something more credible than mudslinging.
Name-calling? Yeah, that's so adult.[8|]
You did not merely "defend" another player's choice to use gamey tactics, you acknowledged you do the same. At the same time, you displayed your obvious lack of strategic wargaming ability by decring AE as a game having an impossible-to-defeat-without-cheating Japan. Again, try using actual sound strategies and tactics without cheating; you will be surprised at just how easy it is for the Allies to defeat the "heavily overpowered japanese side".
About my age, you have absolutely no idea how old I am, nor how long I have been playing wargames. Frankly, I don't see what difference it makes, but I will say you have already proven much about your character and wargaming abilities to me. And I am not impressed.
As to how long I have been a member of Matrix Games forums, I don't believe that I am the only member to have read these forums for a long time, even years, before becoming an active member. I realize that concept might be beyond your comprehension level, so I will try to make my next point as simple as possible:
My "official" join date - 30 May 2009
WitP AE release date - 27 July 2009
Note that I was "officially" here before AE was released; thus I have, in fact, "had the oppurtunity to witness" EVERY AAR ever written in the AE forums. And while there are some that do feature Japanese coquests of China, or India, or Australia, they are, IMO, usually due to grossly mis-matched opponents or to flagrant use of gamey tactics, not because Japan is ahistorically overpowered. At any rate, they are hardly the norm.
Finally, if you had bothered to actually read the whole thread, you would have seen that the person to whom I was referring had asked whether or not the changing of the AVG's HQ was gamey. Several other posters said no, I said yes. That was not an attack on his gameplay, simply an expressed opinion on his gameplay. You took it upon yourself to start the mudslinging and name-calling.