Ok guys, whats been your longest and most costly battle, victory or war?
Sadly, I must admit to being caught in a 'Stalingrad' trap: and I mean, I really did get caught in Stalingrad.
My foe was rather unskilled, however what he lacked in tactics and general play style, he made up in sheer army size. As I was playing as Germany, i'd started with a decent panzer force and as the game went on, it had grown into a fully mobile army. Now, Stalingrad for me was just clearing up enemy production and reducing them to a corner in the northern soviet union: this 'clearing up' went on for five bloody days- FIVE OF THEM! MY GLORIOUS PANZER DIVISIONS GOT ABUSED!
I won the war, and lucky it was the final war before I won on points, but the loses I took in trying to remove a singer city staggered me: as I thought my intelligence and recon flights showed he had few forces (mostly low-level AT guns, militia: the cheap stuff which unless upgraded, is useless) but he drew reserves in from provinces in the north and retreating down from Moscow. I don't know why he left Moscow open, but if his goal was to ruin my week and cause me to start begging various Gods for victory (including animal sacrifice) he got his wish.
Sadly, I must admit to being caught in a 'Stalingrad' trap: and I mean, I really did get caught in Stalingrad.
My foe was rather unskilled, however what he lacked in tactics and general play style, he made up in sheer army size. As I was playing as Germany, i'd started with a decent panzer force and as the game went on, it had grown into a fully mobile army. Now, Stalingrad for me was just clearing up enemy production and reducing them to a corner in the northern soviet union: this 'clearing up' went on for five bloody days- FIVE OF THEM! MY GLORIOUS PANZER DIVISIONS GOT ABUSED!
I won the war, and lucky it was the final war before I won on points, but the loses I took in trying to remove a singer city staggered me: as I thought my intelligence and recon flights showed he had few forces (mostly low-level AT guns, militia: the cheap stuff which unless upgraded, is useless) but he drew reserves in from provinces in the north and retreating down from Moscow. I don't know why he left Moscow open, but if his goal was to ruin my week and cause me to start begging various Gods for victory (including animal sacrifice) he got his wish.
"If the tanks succeed, then victory follows."- H.Guderian
"Hit first ! Hit hard ! Keep on hitting ! ! (The 3 H's)" Admiral Jackie Fisher
"The 3 Requisites for Success – Ruthless, Relentless, Remorseless(The 3 R's)" Admiral Fisher
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"Hit first ! Hit hard ! Keep on hitting ! ! (The 3 H's)" Admiral Jackie Fisher
"The 3 Requisites for Success – Ruthless, Relentless, Remorseless(The 3 R's)" Admiral Fisher
Crates: a Term used to define any unwanted and unneeded feature in CoW
Game Username: LordStark01