A former “veteran player”, I haven’t played for years and now I’m trying to get back.
I’m playing a long campaign with Italy and man, that’s challenging!
Artillery is good (but you have to use it mostly for counterbattery fire, british artillery is heavy and brutally deadly), some infantry units are better than expected (para, alpini, granatieri, bersaglieri), but tanks and ATG quickly became overmatched by that of the enemies (basically, as soon as Matilda II show themselves you’re in deep trouble).
You could take a breath if you choose to go “Balkans” but it’s only 4 months (and Greece infantry is really stubborn!).
Things are a little better in “Defend” scenarios if you buy a lot of mines and fortifications, or in scenarios when visibility is low and you could try some tactical tricks, but in the desert with full visibility or in the Eastern Front when facing Russian tanks it could became ugly in a matter of minutes (In a single AI turn in the desert, with full visibilty, I lost half of my tank companies despite trying to use every terrain protection, they were just picked apart from long distance by british tanks).
Up until now I have won “decisive wins” only in the Balkans, on the other fronts a “marginal win” makes me happy and in many battles I found that a “draw” is a good result.
Any suggestion on how better use my countrymen?
Italy LC
Threaded Mode