National start and end dates

Wiking · #1 June 16th, 2015, 04:34 PM

I still maintain that a lower morale and experience value spread for a very late war / post war Germany is believable whether victorious or not. It may help to offset the technological advantages (if any) as well.

That said I'm glad you found a way to mitigate things, I do think the big stumbling block now is the name issue. On the plus side, Denmark can be easily renamed into Germany but if you want a more formal or precise name I'm not sure how you can get around the character limit Scorpio mentioned.

As far as alpha testing, I'm all for that!

I don't mind missing picklists, as I think most players would be wanting to play as Germany from the start and not against it...not until later.

Wiking · #2 June 16th, 2015, 04:39 PM

Also a quick addendum based on my personal experiences with bolstering troop XP through the bonuses: this does not affect replacements. Replacing units during campaigns will draw from the national morale levels, from what I have seen. If this is incorrect I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will correct me.

The long and short of it is, all you can do is give the player a "boost" from the start, I think. Repairing a destroyed tank that started from 75 to 85 will probably re-roll on something from 55 to 70 depending on the exp/morale spread.

RecruitMonty · #3 June 17th, 2015, 07:30 AM

If that is the case then I guess one can pretend the replacement troops are Green. It also encourages the player to be a bit more careful with his troops.

Wiking · #4 June 17th, 2015, 08:18 AM

That's been my experience at least: You're hoarding your "old hands" from the war years and trying to keep them alive to teach the new kids how to survive.

So Denmark will stand in for the "Imperial" Germany, in other words? And you'll be using regular Germany for the Federal Republic?

RecruitMonty · #5 June 20th, 2015, 07:00 PM

Both OOBs are meant to be combined. They are the two halves of the one whole. One is more of a QRF-setup the other packs more of a punch. I'm making two versions of 35 - one of National-Socialist Germany. The other of an Imperial Germany. People can then chose whichever suites them best.