4 hours and I am already at 52% of the campaign when i write this.
@Cynthia_RE
Dear Relic,
I love the tactical map and how you can choose where and when to attack.
The degree of freedom really makes you feel like in charge as a supreme commander.
I enjoy the scenarios you have created; the story and background, it adds depth to the game and special winning conditions are quite refreshing.
however, I have a complain: Every game is quite similar.
For me, USA infantry are too strong after 10 mins.
Why? As long as one doesn't lose squads at all, their veteracy build up to vet 3 too quickly.
Then? It is just a slaughter to every volks/strumpionners, even Obersoldaten and Falls.
And the AI can do absolutely nothing to stop you.
I didnt really need ANY tanks to win the scenarios; I could always out-cap the AI and run around with my Rangers (0 CP - comes with 5 Thompsons); or Airborne (0 CP - Upgradable with 4x Thompson/2x LMG)
The AI is absolutely incompetent. The starting pios of OKW simply runs around cover, going in and out of the house and cap random unimportant points. Come on, it is basically a free win...
I know that AI is hard to play well vs human players so in skirmish we have number over skills.
But even on Hard it's just too bloody easy. I have never lost a game since I started last night.
And because the USA starting unit is so strong (Rangers/Airborne); I didnt even need to build ANY rifleman. That's just kind of kills the point of rifleman, as backbone of USA army isn't it??
And lastly, I like the commanders for each company and their respective veteracy. But again, because the starting unit is so strong, It just doesn't matter anymore. One simply doesn't need to use any commander abilities to win a fight. And the veteracy...well...Half way through, only 1 company made it to vet 1 and I can barely feel any difference.
Lastly, I have a suggestion. How about patch a new difficulty? where it is like Case Blue ToW - Road to Kharkov on General? Some skilled players love a good a challenge, a very difficult one can be very rewarding and run to replay. I surely want to kill some King Tigers/Jagdtigers with M10s!!
I think it wont be too hard to implement as it can just be another Expert AI with more resources.
Retarded AI getting his truck killed doing nothing
Thanks for the game and I await your polishing of this Campaign.
Best Regards,
Siu-King**