Germany as AI

[Gris]

So they are just changing the numbers so a PzII plays like a PzIII, and a PzIII like a PzIV; that is a shame.  That is the type of AI I dislike, it isn't AI at all, it is just bending the playing field.  But on the same page, I agree with the Matrix posts that either Russia shouldn't be able to custom build their OOB, or else Germany should be allowed too, but not two different standards.

I am may be one of the few that thinks it is fine the way it is now. If you could change the Axis OOB's the game would never work in current conditions. Even without the ability to alter Axis OOB, the Axis is the current favored to win side in the meta. Players would just abuse the system to no end. I picture in my mind, the 1-2-3 steps guides that would flood the forums. 

I think the Soviet OOB should be rebuilt during the game, it was historically. I know there are problems with it (ammo, truck, support units). The Axis OOB wasn't rebuilt in the same sense because it wasn't destroyed till the end, unlike the Soviets in the beginning. Even with the Soviet OOB, the games are ending before 1944, before it really kicks in. How much of that is players surrendering before actually losing is a point for debate I will concede. It is a key fixture in the game, the Axis OOB remains fixed while the Soviets rebuilds and must do so in order to take Berlin in time. If both could rebuild, I believe your standard of victory would also have to change. A constant and a variable is an equation, two variables is a guess, hence the difference.

Panzer-balls are bad enough right now, with the ability to create OOBs, too powerful. You would have to completely change the current supply system and limit the amount of supplies coming over by rail in order for it to even remotely work. That is the problem with the system now. In reality you can't place a super army at the end of a rail line without a lot of preparation. I think there is too much leeway in the game now. 

I believe this is being addressed in WITE2 as far as the supply. Not sure about the Axis OOB.

I know I am in the minority on this one.  A great subject for debate though.