@gamerman01 Thanks for all your efforts over the years.

Ok, I’ve got a few points, first Europe:

• If Germany attacks both fleets (SZ110/111) you have to scramble something. I cannot emphasise this enough. If the BB goes to SZ111, you can probably scramble to there for free because a retreat is likely (not certain). Scrambling SZ110 when the BB isn’t there normally kills more Luftwaffe than RAF on average.
• You can still do Taranto even if you lose all the planes on London to a scramble - use the Scottish fighter. Without either it’s a big gamble.
• Don’t attack Ethiopia with only one transport. It can go bad and you normally have better use for a transport.
• Building a Persia factory UK2 is normally advised - which means you need to take it UK1.
• Taranto and SZ92 stack are stronger moves than Tobruk crush.

Against a J1 DOW:

• Don’t fear Strategic bombing. If they bomb you when they get Calcutta, they then need to repair it. This doesn’t apply in a J3/US3 DOW scenario.
• Moving to Burma UK1 with your whole force and a SZ37 DD blocker can stand against nearly the entire Japanese air force. Putting the Cruiser in SZ38 denies a landing spot too, or at least makes it much more difficult.
• Mechs allow flexibility for UK but it may not be useful UK1 if you stack Burma.
• Every extra turn Calcutta lives helps the allies a little. A US landing on Korea, reinforced by USSR, helps the allies a lot. Also keeps the Mongolian rule active.
• Midway naval base requires 3 ships to block. If there’s only one DD in range of SZ16 you should really capitalise on this.
• Entire Chinese coast can be hit from the Caroline Islands.
• Killing Japanese ICs on China is a major setback for Japan.
• Chinese troops often die easily so don’t fear doing moderately unfavourable trades with Japan especially if they cause Japan to take away from other attacks such as on India.

In case anyone is frustrated by the way Paris is handled in all versions of Global, I have developed a slight rebalance to the way it is handled.

Basically these things are changed:

• Normandy and Southern France are made original owner Neutral Axis
• If Paris has fallen and Normandy is French but has no French units, it becomes Neutral Axis. Similarly for Southern France
• If London is taken, the North American territories convert to a Canadian economy, which works like the UK_Pacific economy.

I would think this would only reduce the bids slightly but also eliminate the massive penalty for liberating Paris.

Hopefully this variant will at least raise this issue. I think it is an improvement on BM4.

Parisian-Rebalance.tsvg

On the ELO system, we are never going to get a perfect system. Each game has a different handicap, which is unlike chess where every game is the same. Seems impossible to have a system which considers the bid as well the relative strength of every player. I’m not sure a more complex system would promote league play either.

I would agree that BM3/4 should be the standard for the playoffs for this year’s games.

Not sending the bb to 110 probably makes the scramble advised.

@oysteilo said in G40 Balance Mod - Feedback Thread:

After several years of playing BM (on and off) I am interested in hearing peoples view on marines. Are they useful? Do they add something to the game?

Can I suggest if Marines annoy you this much, just house rule them out. If people don’t want to play with your house rule, just don’t play with them.

Bids for balanced mod are going up and up. Noticing a lot of games at allies+16-22 and not seeing lots of allied victories. Interesting, I would think that a prudent bid at these levels would see a plane+sub for the med and perhaps a mech for Burma to stop a J1 DOW (If that needs to be stopped). The problem with a bid like this is that it changes the med dynamic a lot and makes it hard for the axis there IMHO. I thought the Scottish fighter was bad enough in that it discouraged the two fleet attack G1.

Don’t think that PtV is the answer either - with the change to partition SZ38 just don’t enjoy that map much. Possibly, axis strategies could develop in the future, like they have in OOB and BM, to the point that change makes sense but at present I don’t think it does.

Now I am wondering if we need a different or changed map for league games to be fun again. Or should we just think that the bid is part of the fun and you should decide where you want change the game dynamics at the start?

If you hit SZ110 with 3ftr 3tac 2SB 2subs, it becomes very unlikely that the Brits will scramble even without the BB going there. The strafe of SZ111 is by far the best way to save the BB. It can go bad, but it’s the best option if you don’t want to sacrifice the BB. Sending a second sub to SZ111 is well worth it IMO.

@hengst said in League General Discussion Thread:

@hengst Then, of course, the turn-it-into-a-AAA-module process begins… shouldn’t be too hard if the AAA devs are willing to listen to my desperate feature requests :)

What features do you want?

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 3 fighters; Remaining resources: 4 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        2 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        2 fighters moved from 55 Sea Zone to India
        1 carrier moved from 55 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from New South Wales to Queensland
        1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 54 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland
        1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        2 fighters placed in 62 Sea Zone
        1 fighter placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 19 PUs; end with 23 PUs
        Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 28 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 33 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
        1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

Japan is really suffering for its lack of a DOW. In G40, the J1 is normally advised. Personally, I avoid the attack on the UK BB.

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 carrier, 1 factory_minor, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 bomber moved from Northwest Persia to Ukraine

    Combat - Americans
        Strategic bombing raid in Ukraine
                Germans roll AA dice in Ukraine : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in Ukraine rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
            Bombing raid in Ukraine causes 4 damage total. 

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Greece
        2 fighters moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 94 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 94 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
        1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 5 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Western United States to Midway
        2 transports moved from 9 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 8 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
        8 fighters moved from 15 Sea Zone to Amur
        1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Siberia to Amur
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to 54 Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 1 fighter moved from 55 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        4 carriers, 1 destroyer and 10 submarines moved from 15 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 infantry placed in Central United States
        1 factory_minor placed in Greece
        1 submarine placed in 101 Sea Zone
        1 carrier and 1 submarine placed in 10 Sea Zone
        3 fighters placed in Western United States
        Americans undo move 5.
        1 fighter placed in Eastern United States
        2 fighters placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
        Chinese buy 2 artilleries and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese
        1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Hunan
              Chinese take Hunan from Japanese
        1 infantry moved from Shensi to Suiyuyan
              Chinese take Suiyuyan from Japanese
        1 infantry moved from Shensi to Hopei
              Chinese take Hopei from Japanese

    Combat - Chinese

    Non Combat Move - Chinese

    Place Units - Chinese
        2 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Yunnan

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 16 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 6 artilleries, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 armour moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
              UK_Pacific take French Indo China from Japanese
        1 armour moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
        1 mech_infantry moved from Siam to Yunnan
        10 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
        4 infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
        2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone

    Combat - British
        Battle in 113 Sea Zone
            British attack with 2 fighters
            Germans defend with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 transports
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 transports in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 113 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 transports in 113 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Germans lost in 113 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 113 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser and 2 transports in 113 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the British lost in 113 Sea Zone
                1 cruiser owned by the Germans lost in 113 Sea Zone
                2 transports owned by the Germans lost in 113 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
            Casualties for Germans: 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 transports
            Casualties for British: 1 fighter

    Non Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Manchuria from Japanese to Chinese
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Korea from Japanese to Americans
        EDIT: Changing PUs for Americans from 72 to 75
        EDIT: Changing PUs for Chinese from 16 to 19
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 fighter moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Alexandria to Greece
        1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Persia to Northwest Persia
        1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Iraq
        2 fighters moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
        1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from Tunisia to Tobruk
        1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
        1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
        1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
        EDIT: 1 mech_infantry moved from Amur to Manchuria
        EDIT: 1 armour moved from Amur to Korea
        1 infantry moved from Iraq to Syria
        1 armour, 5 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
        1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus

    Place Units - British
        2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Persia
        3 artilleries placed in Iraq
        2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Union of South Africa
        1 artillery and 1 fighter placed in United Kingdom

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 36 PUs; end with 36 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 41 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 artillery and 3 infantry placed in India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 36 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,6,5,2,5,4,5,2,2,4,6,6,1,2,1,3,1,6,6,5,4,3,6,5,1,3,1,3
        UK_Pacific collect 15 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 15 PUs
        Some Units in India change ownership: 1 artillery and 3 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans AA : -0.17
Germans regular : -1.17
British regular : -1.00

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 8 artilleries and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 armour moved from Russia to Bryansk
              Russians take Bryansk from Germans
        1 armour, 5 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Volgograd
              Russians take Tambov from Germans
        1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
              Russians take Caucasus from Germans

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Volgograd
            Russians attack with 1 armour, 5 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Volgograd, round 2 : 4/8 hits, 3.83 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd
            Russians win, taking Volgograd from Germans with 1 armour, 5 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Volgograd to Russia
        71 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
        2 aaGuns, 1 armour and 13 artilleries moved from Russia to Bryansk
        1 submarine moved from 123 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
        EDIT: 6 submarines moved from 54 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Russians
        8 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 24 PUs; end with 24 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 27 PUs
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 29 PUs
        Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 31 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : -0.33
Russians regular : 0.17

Savegame

I also should have had my 3 UK planes there.

Actually, the subs from sz54 can go to sz33, the dd and cv can’t reach sz10 so stay put.

Is it too late for an edit to USA? SZ54 -> SZ10, Queensland 2ftrs to San Fran.

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 6

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 carrier; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya
              ANZAC take Libya from Italians

    Combat - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 fighter moved from Russia to Hopei
        1 fighter moved from Russia to Hopei

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 carrier placed in 62 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 12 PUs; end with 13 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 16 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 19 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

18 tanks left is more than I thought.

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 8

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 French Rebalance

Game History

Round: 8

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 artillery and 1 carrier; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
        1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
        3 fighters moved from Persia to Egypt

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in Java
        Battle in Egypt
            ANZAC attack with 3 fighters and 1 infantry
            Italians defend with 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                ANZAC roll dice for 3 fighters and 1 infantry in Egypt, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Egypt, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the ANZAC lost in Egypt
                1 artillery owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Egypt
            ANZAC win, taking Java from Japanese with 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        3 fighters moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 marine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from New South Wales to Queensland
        2 fighters moved from Queensland to 42 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 carrier placed in 62 Sea Zone
        1 artillery placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 17 PUs; end with 18 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 21 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 24 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
              British take Egypt from Italians
        1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia

    Combat - French

    Non Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 0.33
ANZAC regular : 0.33

Savegame