how to survive axis from the allies

[George Smith Patton]

From the games point of view, i wish to know i have used strategy and like many games it doesnt nesscarily figure in. The germans are almost at moscow its may 1942 i have a big army but its slowly dieing i have mounted defenses and counter attacks around rostov but eventually they were overwhelmed now the oil fields lay open, i cant send any american or british units to russia or they lose supply im am replacing losses but the germans just dont die they have far more units that no matter what damage i dish outanother unit takes their place and they heal yhat unit while my units are completely overwhelmed, in evypt my forces have beem ovefwhelmed to where iraq is being overrunned, the cacuses are in danger from nirth and south im planning on making a stand in stalingrad but everytime i fill a hole ten more pop up, how do i start to even the score because my afmies around moscow are massive and holding out but will get overwhelmed as seen in the past, the americans have launch a new front in west africa but its sloe going as i only have one port and am struggling to take morroco i am moblizing the americas but painfully slow, the US now makes over 1,000 mpps but 200 of it goes to UK and and russia, i got my butts kicked at pearl harbor i waited gor them to attack then counter attacked but like at lamd my forces got overwhelmed i dont think i was able to sink a single ♥♥♥ Ship, came close for several but overwhelmed at the last minute, the AI seems to cheat massively acording to some reports and im dividing respurces in india to iran now, the soviets are holding up in lennigrad but its only a matter of time before they are overwhelmed by the the germans, allied morale is down, china has been a stubborn thorn for japan but slowly their units are being destroyed and attillery makes no difference burma leads open to the ♥♥♥♥ i am sending as many reenforcements as i can but india bulid limits are out so its costing me more to bulid units each time, anyone can help?

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Have you read the Strategic manual as well as the main manual?

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AI doesn't "cheat". It is scripted to have certain historical units appear as well as events that happen to make it more historically accurate. What difficulty are you playing on?

[George Smith Patton]

Originally posted by aannkklles:

AI doesn't "cheat". It is scripted to have certain historical units appear as well as events that happen to make it more historically accurate. What difficulty are you playing on?

lowest difficulty, ive only said the acusaitation that others have reported it, i did not assume this to be true or not. if so how should i plan my strategy?

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Hmmmm. Wait unti the Devs come online,. They will be able to ask you specific questions about what you may be doping wrong. I play as AXIS and do very well. Took a while to learn supply and unit readiness. I had to start over a lot. I play on normal difficulty. Have you read the Strategy manual that comes with the game?

[BigJohn]

cbala if you send more specifics I will try to help. Lets start with SU what is the sequence of research, troop purchases and troop position? Are you optimizing SU mobilization (% diplomacy towards Allies) before Axis attacks?

Couple things

Convoys - You can alter the amount of some convoys (GB, US etc). Click on War Maps (top)=> Convoys =>change # bottom left.

Navy - Use sub to locate ships and send large groups. Try to destroy ships (its to expensive to replace). CV's are awesome in attacking ships.

[Thorin]

Well, the AI do not cheat in any invisible way, n if you play in the lowest (below normal) diff, actually you have a quite sizeable boost for military and economy.

Without any specifics, the most common mistake is tech, at first you start with a more or less historic state and it is balanced for allied vs. germany, but the SU starts with a historic disadvantage, and if you did not put effort into reduce it or at least maintain the difference, than you are at a very large gap against the germnas when they dow. Similarly Japan has an advantage, and the US needs to reduce this (preferable before the war even starts), or you will fight with several tech level behind, making your units almost useless. (a lvl 1 fighter against a lvl 3 takes 3-5 damage, while the better one only takes 0-1, very bad exchange even for the US economy)

Similarly the Supply is usually a missed point, you need to maintain it or your troops will fail, and to properly maintain it, you need hq-s in adequate numbers, this one is the part, where your not found strategic part is actually happens IRL and IG.

Also, if you did not know, you can and need to change the CV-s to bomber (naval) from fighters to make any damage against anything, quite common issue to not even know about this.

[George Smith Patton]

I have heavily invested in industrial technology and aircraft, i think a major mistake i did however was not invest in anti aircraft stuff for the russians and chinese, i am now i got it for other nations except those two of course, diplomancy is quite well i have brazil and argentina on my side with othef nations, the biggest problem is that burma fell now and so did moscow, burma im launch an effensive to take it back but the ♥♥♥♥ are conslidating so im not sure what will happen, as for the soviets i dont know what to do moscow has been overrunned my air force has mostly survived but morale is low and its damaging my troops performance, im launching invasions of norway and bombing the germans in western eroupe, the US fleet is expanding greatly now, this id my forst game btw and i dont think its bad considering i self taught myself this, but i do need help, china is slowly being oveerunned the japanese (it wont leg me say ♥♥♥♥) are pushing them back their ag the gates of the chinese capital and my defensive positions in china has been pushed back but only with the help of the entire Japanese air force, india is a bit bac as ive run out of ground unit numbers to buy, the US pacfic fleet is rebuliding but im waiting on destroyers to reenter the game so i can start attacking targets, algeria has surrendered and more US reenforcements are on there way now, marshall zukov has finally cane to the west after a long ride, the germans are lossing the battle of the Atlantic now slowly but i need more action to fight effectively by the UK the british are mounting an attack in iraq so im gaining ground but still the few units germany has are prooving illusive they are wrighp for the taking but their impossible to trap in the moutains, lennigrad is holding out but their morale is lowering i dont know how much longer they can hold out, the soviets are the ones im concerned about the most second china

[Thorin]

The SU can be helped best with a second front, either in france, if you have enough force and airpower, or italy, if not, but you cleared the med from italian ships. Italy can be even knocked out with suicide landings, if nothing else can be done, germany will take them over if they are fall under 20%-ish. This will remove all italian units, and liberate the italian holdings as well as switch italy to the allies, and give a nice boost of morale for every on your side, mostly the SU. Same is true to some extent if you land in france, nearing paris, getting paris and entering germany will boost morale, and open a second (or third after italy) front, which will reduce the pressure on the SU, as germany has to guard it, even if you are not able to push forward. Also try to land in the italian holdings after the switch, if you can, having greece, albainia and maybe yugoslavia as a minor on your side is great, reduce the german income and makes you able to deploy a few units directly to the front.

China is probably a lost cause, but not a lost job, you need to hold out as long as possible, don't forget, you have backup capitals to fall back, and you get free units for each major chinese city you lose. Japan is powerful ,but cannot maintain the combat, since it has way too small economy for it, any major damage is permanent, a sunk cv will be never replaced or at the cost of something else important., while the US can lay a cv every turn and still have enough to fight a war or two. Start the island hopping, especially against the morale islands (nm objective in orange), every single one will sap the japanese morale, as well as every sunk ship, just try to not lose yours in return. Than start to take the japan economy away, sit on the southern convoy route with your fleet, kill the airforce they will send against you, and do massive economic damage as sideshow. And than you can decide to land in china, phillippines or japan directly.

[Arakus]

Originally posted by cbalabanick:

I have heavily invested in industrial technology and aircraft, i think a major mistake i did however was not invest in anti aircraft stuff for the russians and chinese, i am now i got it for other nations except those two of course, diplomancy is quite well i have brazil and argentina on my side with othef nations, the biggest problem is that burma fell now and so did moscow, burma im launch an effensive to take it back but the ♥♥♥♥ are conslidating so im not sure what will happen, as for the soviets i dont know what to do moscow has been overrunned my air force has mostly survived but morale is low and its damaging my troops performance, im launching invasions of norway and bombing the germans in western eroupe, the US fleet is expanding greatly now, this id my forst game btw and i dont think its bad considering i self taught myself this, but i do need help, china is slowly being oveerunned the japanese (it wont leg me say ♥♥♥♥) are pushing them back their ag the gates of the chinese capital and my defensive positions in china has been pushed back but only with the help of the entire Japanese air force, india is a bit bac as ive run out of ground unit numbers to buy, the US pacfic fleet is rebuliding but im waiting on destroyers to reenter the game so i can start attacking targets, algeria has surrendered and more US reenforcements are on there way now, marshall zukov has finally cane to the west after a long ride, the germans are lossing the battle of the Atlantic now slowly but i need more action to fight effectively by the UK the british are mounting an attack in iraq so im gaining ground but still the few units germany has are prooving illusive they are wrighp for the taking but their impossible to trap in the moutains, lennigrad is holding out but their morale is lowering i dont know how much longer they can hold out, the soviets are the ones im concerned about the most second china

Sorry but your posts are not readable for me, a massive wall of text.
Maybe bring it in a more readable shape and more players can give you an answer.

[BigJohn]

Thorin is correct so the first thing the SU needs to do is invest in research. First I sell AT (some don't) , 2 chits on Ind Prod (always try to have 2 chits on Ind Prod), Inf wpns, AA, Ind Prod, AA, Inf warfare. Then start buying corps and garrisons to populate empty front line /Finn border cities with entrenched troops, Armies in key NM/Supply cities . AA is really the only air defense affordable for SU early, ground troops best early. The idea is to slow the Axis attack. Around April '41 I start buying research again (Inf wpns, Adv tanks, Armor warfare , C&C C&C, advanced air etc).. Once the war starts you can start buying heavy tanks, HQs, tanks etc. I only play PBEM and quite often the SU loses Leningrad & Moscow, the game is far from over if you lose both. The map after Leningrad & Moscow becomes much more difficult for the Axis. Caucasus/Stalingrad more important than Leningrad/Moscow IMO. Be sure to upgrade your HQs (right click => sack/replace) with higher rated HQs and have them attached to most important units.

gl

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All that for you first game too? Not a bad start I must say. I have not played as Allies yet and starting as Axis I can confirm they get a big boost in units and tech to start.

[George Smith Patton]

Originally posted by aannkklles:

All that for you first game too? Not a bad start I must say. I have not played as Allies yet and starting as Axis I can confirm they get a big boost in units and tech to start.

thanks and i learned the game while playing so there were stragic and tactical blunders lol i went head in to this game lol well its not bad if i cant win i will restart but ill still try to win, the cacuses isnt taken yet but stalingrad is and the soviets are cut off they cannoty buy anymore units in cacusses

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it us fun to just keep playing and learning as you go. have this game for a while now and still have not played Allies. i like the surprise value ;)

[[fll.fi] epekepe]

I believe that for the beginners most important thing to learn is supply and linked to that: how to use HQ:s. They need to be set to auto-assist or manual and in right places attached to most important(at the moment) units.

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I agree. Supply, unit readiness, morale, HQs are all super important.