JTS France '14 Update 1.04 Released

[Volcano Man]

Just wondering: what version is now the most balanced, the alt version or the new one? Increased movement rates sound good, but if the French can still hold a forward position and win, that's a problem.

What is the "alt version"? The simple answer is that the scenario files in the latest patch are always considered the most balanced, but if you want to refuse the patch and continue playing the old stuff then no one will stop you. ;)

Edit:

Maybe you are referring to the new version of the campaign where all the objectives have been moved south? In any case, the VP levels were adjusted so that excessive casualties will now influence the result and the objective values in the south were increased too. All this is based on feedback. I think what you will find too is that the French / Allies have no incentive to hold all these objectives up front and should be encouraged to fall back now since A) they actually can fall back because of how disrupted unit movement works now, and B) if they hold the area where there is no objectives too long, then they just risk losing a large amount of strength as both sides can now move quicker (meaning the Germans can now develop the situation faster than before).

This doesn't force the Allies to play a certain way though, and if they want to try to hold-to-the-last-man then they can certainly do so, although they are warned that casualties are no longer irrelevant (they were before because the VP levels and amount of objectives were so high). Whether or not further tweaks to the campaign are needed, only time (and experience with new version) will tell...