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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Mr C how do you know what is MkI and MkII etc?

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ORIGINAL: CarnageINC

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Mr C how do you know what is MkI and MkII etc?

Here you go sir Hopes this helps explain it.

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ORIGINAL: Empire101

Yep, lack of PP's are a real problem, and the units are very expensive to produce.

I think upgrading is too expensive, 2PP's per unit is a real stinger.

Great AAR, watching with interest!!

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ORIGINAL: Aurelian

In completely unrelated news.....

The Armee du Nord continues to pour over the river.

The Army of the Cumberland continues to hold.



Nice AAR.

edit: Bought it.

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ORIGINAL: CarnageINC

This next turn I'll lose my Cav in Krakow and my AH 4pt inf unit. I'll have the center guy surrounded and have little hope for relief IMO. Of course this is a guess, but if I was a player I would do it that way. I was way to callus in underestimating the AI on this game.

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

I think buying only Armies (Infantry) and not Corps (Garrisons) does make things harder. It's very helpful to keep a reserve of Garrisons behind your lines to swap in for damaged units and to stop breakthroughs. Also to build a reserve trench line. Having extra units gives you the luxury to plan ahead and lets you build up those trenchlines in areas like the Italian front before the fighting starts, which is very helpful.

Regards,

- Erik

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For some reason I couldn't place my new infantry unit in Trento???

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I think buying only Armies (Infantry) and not Corps (Garrisons) does make things harder

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ORIGINAL: Lukas

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For some reason I couldn't place my new infantry unit in Trento???

You cannot deploy new units in "minor cities", that is cities and fortresses with 0 PP production (hold space bar to display PP production).

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I think buying only Armies (Infantry) and not Corps (Garrisons) does make things harder

Reading through the last pages of the AAR I was gonna comment on that too. Congrats on the swift defeat of Serbia! I'm happy to see that didn't instantly win the game for you though, meaning there is a downside to overfocusing on them ;)

But it's vital to balance between infantry & garrison forces. Look at Infantry as your first grade, large size combat units, and garrisons as secondary quality reserve forces. You do not have enough resources to have Infantry everywere. Use garrisons in places that are already well entrenched, not instantly treatened by a strong enemy force or of lower importance.

For example you have 5 Infantry + 1 Garr holding the line from Koenigsburg to Warsaw. The Russians oppose it with 3 Infantry & 3 Garrisons. That means you are paying 5 * 4 + 1 * 2 = 22 PP, while the Russian defense costs 3 * 4 + 3 * 2 = 18 PP.
The position is well entrenched by now so try replacing some infantry with garrisons there (not the exposed one near warsaw!) to free them up for more important duties. It will make the line more vulnerable when the Russians do decide to pressure it, so always try to be prepared to shift your reserves!

And Bulgaria will join the war next, with Serbia already out of the war those troops will be very useful elsewere :)
After that you'll have to deal with Romania, which often weakens the russian more than it helps them (as it did in reality) because it vastly extends the eastern front, and Romania has not enough strength to cover the whole gap.
So hang in there! :)

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ORIGINAL: Myrddraal

This is developing into a really exciting game.

Yes, it can feel like a waste to buy anything but the best, but garrison units come in very handy when you're on the back foot.

For example, you have a near solid line of infantry units in the north of the eastern front. At least half of those units could be garrisons, and you would be holding the line. That would save precious PPs that you could use to build infantry units to counter attack against their breakthrough.