I kept getting my butt kicked on the Battle for Kharkov 1942 scenario in WitE. I read up the history for the battle on how the Axis won. Two things that stuck out to me: encircling the salient southwest of the Donets and bombing the Red Army to hell with the Luftwaffe.
(https://i.imgur.com/dR9zSlH.png)
Proceeded to do both and succesfully encircled the bulge :). You can see the encirclement in the yellow circle for both the historical map and my in-game save. I think experiencing history like this is what computer wargames is all about.
(https://i.imgur.com/vW9uJOK.png)
Now to deal with the rasputista...
Interesting! I rarely have any success when applying historical strategies to games. It usually backfires heinously.
I sense another AAR thread soon... :bd: :dreamer:
Agreed. :bd:
Quote from: IronX on April 16, 2018, 04:43:32 PM
Interesting! I rarely have any success when applying historical strategies to games. It usually backfires heinously.
Yeah. I prefer the "airdropping 200,000 paratroopers into Moscow" stratagem most of the time...
But... whatever you do in WITE, Germany loses the war.
Quote from: jomni on April 17, 2018, 07:53:10 PM
But... whatever you do in WITE, Germany loses the war.
I assume you mean in the full campaign, not the shorter scenarios?
Quote from: Rayfer on April 17, 2018, 08:25:11 PM
Quote from: jomni on April 17, 2018, 07:53:10 PM
But... whatever you do in WITE, Germany loses the war.
I assume you mean in the full campaign, not the shorter scenarios?
Yup. Scoring is different.
Quote from: FarAway Sooner on April 17, 2018, 05:25:30 PM
Quote from: IronX on April 16, 2018, 04:43:32 PM
Interesting! I rarely have any success when applying historical strategies to games. It usually backfires heinously.
Yeah. I prefer the "airdropping 200,000 paratroopers into Moscow" stratagem most of the time...
So, the HOI4 method then? :D
Can you link WitE and War in the West
Do you want the Steam links, or the direct Matrix (or Slitherine) links?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/370540/Gary_Grigsbys_War_in_the_East/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/644710/Gary_Grigsbys_War_in_the_West/
I regard those as better for the occasional patching purposes (and they go on sale a little more often).
Jason, I'm asking if the 2 games can be linked together. I.e. can outcomes in one impact the other
@jomni I've heard of people winning WitE as the axis in the grand campaign, although I've yet to attempt it myself.
@OJsDad I recommend getting a key on Matrix or Slitherine, which will also give you a Steam key if you register your Matrix/Slitherine key.
The two games can't be linked together, but I think the devs are talking about making a game linking the two in a future game.
Even doing a full campaign in one of the games is a lot to deal with though...
I'd like to do an AAR on this if I can manage a major victory. I got really close last night with a 1.9 to 1 minor victory. Goddam rasputista >:(...
Quote from: OJsDad on April 17, 2018, 09:25:22 PM
Jason, I'm asking if the 2 games can be linked together. I.e. can outcomes in one impact the other
Oh, got it. No.
What I've read is that GG has made WitW large enough that eventually they plan to remake WitE using the WitW engine so that a grand campaign can be played. They have no plans to link the two current games, which I think they regard as functionally impossible.
Good Lord, you'd have to be a masochist (or the groggiest grog evah) of the highest order to run a combined WitE and WitW campaign.
The AAR would be glorious, however.
Masochism lives at the Grogheads. :cowboy:
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