Need some advice on SCW, currently in Gijon

[GoodFish]

Greeting!

I am a noob playing SCW (2nd attempt) under General difficulty.
Things went ok until now but I am not sure if I should trade the 12 commendations pts or not.

I have read some guides but still feel indecisive. I have 7 commendations pts now.
It seems that I can just get 3 more pts before Ebro according this forum post[www.slitherine.com].

But I'm not sure if I can pull it off or not... want some advice.
Simply put, I would like to ask:
Are the bonus objectives of Gijon and Teruel hard? I failed to capture bouns objective of Merida. Not sure I can get all 3 cp I need.

Is it easy to capture equipment in later scenario? I am not sure if I can sustain myself without trading the PzII and extra equipment in Madrid 39

Equipment are adequate for capture in early scenario like Early Madrid, Corunna but I begin to have some equipment deficit since Bilbao...

Here is my current status:

9000 prestige (before cp trade) with trophy of war.
My core force (including reserve):

Tank
3x T-26 (74 more in stock)
2x BT-5 (13 more in stock)
1x Trubia (37 more in stock)
1x Verdeja 2

Recon
2x AAC-1937 (19 more in stock)
(65 UNL-35 in stock)

Artillery
1x 152mm M10/30 (10 more in stock)
1x 122mm M10/30 (20 more in stock)
1x 10.5cm leFH 18

AT
2x 3.7cm Pak 36

AA
2x 3.7cm Flak 18

Fighter
3x He112

Tactical Bomber
2x Ju87A

Strat Bomber
3x Ju86

[Magni]

IIRC Gijon isn't overly hard. Teruel requires a bit of trial and error to get the secondary objective done. The Republicans field a lot more higher-end equipment later on. T-26s and soviet 122mm and 152mm artillery guns are downright ubiquituous, and UNL-35s aren't particularily rare, either. (I personally prefer the UNL over the AAC-1937 and BA-6.) BT-5s can be a bit more hard to come by, but still enough to run a unit or two for the entire campaign.

Like, I admittedly had Trophies of War in my playthrough, but I still came out with something like 250-300 extra points of T-26s by the end of it all. Also, Trubias are kinda trash and I'd just use Panzer Is instead.

[Complex Strategy]

Gijon isn't that hard to get the bonus objective on as long you push towards the main and secondary at a decent pace. A tip I found useful for Gijon is that strategic bombers help a lot in digging out units throughtout the different towns. The weather is bad but that doesn't really stop strat bombers from removing entrenchment and the enemy has pretty much no air force.

Teruel as said above is kinda just learning the way you need to go about get the secondary done and otherwise isn't super hard. I played it at release so I had a tough time since I didn't understand SCW and struggled but they also nerfed the scenario IIRC.

As long as you get 10 commendation points by Ebro that is all that matters though.

[GoodFish]

Thanks for the replies! I am trying Gijon without cp trade.
Rather use those prestige to buy more Italian aux...

[sorenthewild]

You might want to trade those 3.7 mm AA guns for 2 cm AA guns.
2 cm AA guns are a lot better against fighters/ fighter/bombers due to higher fire rate.

[GoodFish]

Originally posted by sorenthewild:

You might want to trade those 3.7 mm AA guns for 2 cm AA guns.
2 cm AA guns are a lot better against fighters/ fighter/bombers due to higher fire rate.

Thanks for the advice, I may be too obsessed with caliber number...
Just raise a 88 mm AA unit in fact lol

[GoodFish]

An short update, just completed Gijon and Teruel.
Teruel is unexceptionally easy, may be the result of nerf?
Anyway, got the 3 cp needed to buy the super hero.
Having 10k prestige in bank now, I think it's enough for me to throw away elite replacement and field a full strength of Italian aux in the rest of campaign.
Hopefully I can finish SCW soon, can't wait jump into AO 39.

Thanks all

[Accolon]

Originally posted by GoodFish:

Teruel is unexceptionally easy, may be the result of nerf?


Thanks all

Absolutely. Teruel in my mind was the biggest challenge while Battle of Ebro came in 2nd before both maps got nerfed.

Sad that this was necessary because many casual players couldn't handle Teruel even on the lowest Difficulty. But if they stop playing because they are frustrated you don't win anything as a developer.... so better nerf it and keep your playerpool for all upcoming DLCs.

[GoodFish]

Originally posted by Accolon:

Originally posted by GoodFish:

Teruel is unexceptionally easy, may be the result of nerf?


Thanks all

Absolutely. Teruel in my mind was the biggest challenge while Battle of Ebro came in 2nd before both maps got nerfed.

Sad that this was necessary because many casual players couldn't handle Teruel even on the lowest Difficulty. But if they stop playing because they are frustrated you don't win anything as a developer.... so better nerf it and keep your playerpool for all upcoming DLCs.

SCW have changed the way of playing quite far IMO,
which make the learning curve quite steep for causal player (like me)

Before SCW I never take equipment capture into account when planning move.
But SCW really need it, one can just fight though the whole campagin with Pz I...
With a full armory of BT-5 and T-26 things become more manageable.

[Black_Hole]

Originally posted by GoodFish:

Before SCW I never take equipment capture into account when planning move.
But SCW really need it, one can just fight though the whole campagin with Pz I...
With a full armory of BT-5 and T-26 things become more manageable.

Nah.

Alright, I admit, Panzer IA is crap. But the Panzer IB is quite usefull, though. And I only play the SCW with one captured T-26 at most! If at all...

The Verdeja is a must-have and mostly enough to handle difficult situations for me. If I need more hard attack firepower, well, those predecessors of the Stuka are not bad at killing tanks and the towed anti-tank 3.7 cm gun also helps against BT 5 and T-26.

But with 2 or even 3 Panzer IB I´m really great at killing enemy soft targets like infantry in open terrain. Their relatively high SA value in conjunction with their 1.5 rate of fire deals a lot of damage to soft targets. A BT 5 or T-26 isn´t exactly as good against soft targets like a Panzer IB, for their lack of the 1.5 fire rate.

And if planed and used properly, you can often "overrun" a couple of enemy infantry units with the Panzer I, if the infantry units got soften up previously. This way I can earn the most useful "Steamroller" perk with all of my tanks still within the SCW campaign.

[GoodFish]

Originally posted by !Alien!:

Nah.

Alright, I admit, Panzer IA is crap. But the Panzer IB is quite usefull, though. And I only play the SCW with one captured T-26 at most! If at all...

My bad, doesn't mean that's the only way to play, just my way to get along with after my failed first attempt.

I read the guide suggesting trophies of war so I try, and I also get perimeter control and meticulous planing, so I can easy pull off small tactical encirclement to capture equipment.
At the end of campaign I have six T-26 and 100+ in reserve...
Though T-26 can't get rid of inf as good as PzIB it's much more easy to use (for noobs like me) without require precious positioning.

And most important point is... I realize capturing equipment is so much fun :D
the whole AO 39 and AO 40 campaign I am maneuvering all around capturing as many Somua S35 and Char B1 as possible to field my panzer army lol

[Black_Hole]

Originally posted by GoodFish:

I realize capturing equipment is so much fun :D
the whole AO 39 and AO 40 campaign I am maneuvering all around capturing as many Somua S35 and Char B1 as possible to field my panzer army lol

Yeah, yeah. The AO DLCs are sometimes more like a playground than like a serious military game. Too much equipment too easy to capture. :)