I do not see how my posts here had anything to do with the G40 enhanced thread.
If i had not started that thread, there would be no differences in my responses here.
I actually have a F2F G40 game coming up, and was thinking about using your adjustments. As i do like the direction you are going.
I also will be getting into G40 regularly (hopefully) on tripleA soon. As right now i play spring42 over at GTO.
I was under the impression that these changes are meant to be ‘standard’ for G40 in the future.
So i have no qualms about arguing ‘very’ hard.
Of all the units that possibly need adjusted (AAA, cruisers, battleships, tacs, bombers) ive always felt fighters are perfect.
And i do not recall ever reading anything on these forums (other than here), suggesting that fighters are too cheap.
I feel the reason that bombers are too cheap is because the cost disparity is only 2 IPCs.
“For 2 more IPCs i get +1 attack, SBR, and +2 range” - 2 IPC is very cheap considering all of that
Under your proposal you still get +2 range, SBR and +1 attack for only 2 additional IPCs.
Why give Germany a Freebie with Sweden? (no punishment if they attack it)
As far as Switzerland is concerned there is much history on both Axis and Allies intrusions on Swiss airspace. The Swiss even shot down several German planes at one point.
I do not see any reason why Switzerland needs this rule where all other neutrals can be invaded.
See: Operation Tannenbaum (A Nazi planed invasion of Switzerland that was put on hold after D-Day)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum
Some quotes i pulled that show just how fragile relations were with the Swiss (both sides)
Had one side been a little nicer, so to speak, Switzerland may have chosen a side.
-During the Invasion of France, German aircraft violated Swiss airspace at least 197 times. In several air incidents, the Swiss, shot down 11 Luftwaffe planes between 10 May 1940 and 17 June 1940. Germany protested diplomatically on 5 June 1940, and with a second note on 19 June 1940 which contained clear threats. The Germans also sent saboteurs to destroy Swiss airfields, but the sabotage team was captured by the Swiss army before it could cause any damage.
-Allied aircraft also intruded on Swiss airspace during the war, mostly Allied bombers returning from raids over Italy and Germany that had been damaged and whose crews preferred internment by the Swiss to becoming prisoners of war. Over a hundred Allied aircraft and their crews were interned. They were subsequently put up in various ski resorts that had been emptied from lack of tourists due to the war and held until it ended. At least 940 American airmen attempted to escape into France after the invasion of Normandy, but Swiss authorities intercepted 183 internees. Over 160 of these airmen were incarcerated in a prison camp called Wauwilermoos, which was located near Lucerne and commanded by a pro-Nazi Swiss officer. The American internees remained in Wauwilermoos until November 1944, when the U.S. State Department lodged protests against the Swiss government and secured their release.
-Switzerland, surrounded by Axis-controlled territory, also suffered from Allied bombings during the war; most notably from the accidental bombing of Schaffhausen by American planes on April 1, 1944. It was mistaken for Ludwigshafen am Rhein, a nearby German town, 40 people were killed and over 50 buildings destroyed, among them a group of small factories producing anti-aircraft shells, ball-bearings, and Bf-109 parts for Germany. The bombing limited much of the leniency the Swiss had shown toward Allied airspace violations. Eventually, the problem became so bad that they declared a zero-tolerance policy for violation by either Axis or Allied aircraft and authorized attacks on American aircraft. Victims of these mistaken bombings were not limited to Swiss civilians, however, but included the often confused American aircrews, shot down by the Swiss fighters as well as several Swiss fighters shot down by American airmen. In February 1945, 18 civilians were killed by Allied bombs dropped over Stein am Rhein, Vals, and Rafz. The most notorious incident came on March 4, 1945, when both Basel and Zurich were accidentally bombed by Allied aircraft. The attack on Basel’s railway station led to the destruction of a passenger train, but no casualties were reported. However, a B-24 Liberator dropped its bomb load over Zürich, destroying two buildings and killing five civilians. The aircraft’s crew believed that they were attacking Freiburg in Germany. As John Helmreich points out, Sincock and Balides, in choosing a target of opportunity, “…missed the marshalling yard they were aiming for, missed the city they were aiming for, and even missed the country they were aiming for.” The Swiss, although somewhat skeptical, reacted by treating these violations of their neutrality as “accidents”. The United States was warned that single aircraft would be forced down, and their crews would still be allowed to seek refuge, while bomber formations in violation of airspace would be intercepted. While American politicians and diplomats tried to minimize the political damage caused by these incidents, others took a more hostile view. Some senior commanders argued that, as Switzerland was “full of German sympathizers”, it deserved to be bombed. General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, even suggested that it was the Germans themselves who were flying captured Allied planes over Switzerland in an attempt to gain a propaganda victory.
