F40 help!

[Ricky B]

David normally stops by, I believe so should contribute if he is able. On specifics regarding objectives and victory levels, first you must download the latest France update - a major win for the Axis requires something like 70,000 points, not 25k, the original release had the lower number. On it the objectives are worth 58,750 points.

Comparing the objective points just against the victory levels, at least for the original scenario as do in your post does not really provide any basis for analysis because the points that the allies typically lose to losses are much higher. For example, I have a minor Axis win in a game where I am not half way across France to the coast yet, due to Belgian losses - the objective points are only a small portion of the total points in that one.. That is what most players are seeing, although in the team game I am in it is a minor Axis loss with only minor objectives having fallen. Anyway, that is the reason for the big boost in objective points - to make it impossible for the German to win a major victory without seizing most of the objectives. Many of the objectives are 4000 points, anyway, close to what you are talking about.

I believe I have heard in the past, maybe related to the France campaign, that there are a number of smaller objectives to give the AI something to work toward, give form to its movements. So there is probably a need for these smaller objectives, even if they are a nit compared to the main ones.

Rick