Beginners Question

[Okimaw]

I'm playing my first pbem and have found that having assumptions from playing the PO for a couple of years makes for strategic mistakes that a human opponent isn't nearly as forgiving with. So I'm putting an open Q out here for the veterans.
What makes a stronger TOAW player?

[Secadegas]

PBEM a lot...

You'll learn something from every opponent

[larryfulkerson]

Make sure you play at least one "much better" player. You'll learn more from losses than you will from wins. I lose to Karri E. everytime I play him but I am learning muchly everytime he and I play.

[General Staff]

What makes a stronger TOAW player?

1) The obvious: as with most things in life, practice, practice, practice and more practice.

2) PBEM or try playing hot-seat against yourself to see both sides of the same coin.

3) Go through all the available tutorials to glean as many pointers as you can (I've even been known to put pen to paper myself :whist: ).

4) I'd agree with Larry- playing against a more experienced (and hopefully and usually better) opponent is a far more useful experience than playing someone worse starting out. You'll usually find more experienced players are happy to show you what you're doing wrong (though not as happy to share what you're doing right!).

5) Starting out, use shorter scenarios. That way you can PBEM more against more (and different) opponents.

Just a few.

Welcome and good luck!

[viridomaros]

3) Go through all the available tutorials to glean as many pointers as you can (I've even been known to put pen to paper myself :whist: ).



this one is a fine piece of writing and it considerably helped me to have a better gameplay for sure.
I also tend to say that strong players spend more time (at least from efficiency point of view) on their turns. That's what i need to improve i think.
if you're really focused on what you're doing (take notes during the game, keep track of your formations, losses, replacements etc...) i bet you'll improve quickly.
really nothing is too much for this game :smoke: .
Now many people don't have so much time for gaming purpose, my rule would be: play less with more interest. One of my big problem, i always have a bunch of games running, as a result i'm not focused on the game as i should be.

hope it helps

[Ben Turner]

3) Go through all the available tutorials to glean as many pointers as you can

Read some good AARs to see how players think. Also I find writing an AAR is very helpful; it forces you to explain what you're doing and why. If you can't say why you're doing it then it's probably a bad idea. Most new players just blindly shift units around without much thought as to what the point is.

[General Staff]

Read some good AARs to see how players think. Also I find writing an AAR is very helpful; it forces you to explain what you're doing and why. If you can't say why you're doing it then it's probably a bad idea. Most new players just blindly shift units around without much thought as to what the point is.Ouch. That hurt. But agreed on AARs.

Regarding new players- I guess we were all new once, and IIRC I took a lot of my own advice (usually good, certainly free), read up, and didn't end up blindly shifting units around (in fact the Allied assault on Normandy was driven back into the sea). But that's just me...

[General Staff]

this one is a fine piece of writing and it considerably helped me to have a better gameplay for sure.Thanks. Find it here: http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/toaw/uploads/articles/kasserine43/kasserine43.html

[Ben Turner]

Ouch. That hurt.

Probably shouldn't have quoted you in that post- I didn't intend to target my comments at you. I just read that sentence and it seemed like the right place to point out that I find it more useful to draw my own conclusions from reading an AAR rather than have someone else tell me what conclusions I should be drawing. They might be wrong.

I don't think I've ever played you so I can hardly be making comments about your own playing style.

[General Staff]

I don't think I've ever played you so I can hardly be making comments about your own playing style.That's right. We haven't crossed swords. Yet. :devil:

[E.Lister]

I also tend to say that strong players spend more time (at least from efficiency point of view) on their turns.

First of all, I´m new to this forum so I should say hello to everybody. Also, I´d like to add that I strongly agree with Viridomaros about what he stated about time. It is very good to read AARs, tutorials and books, but in my own experience is above all matter of doing lot of thinking (and you need time to do so). So, do a lot of planning, analysis and enjoy. Hey, we are all learning here and that´s where the fun is!

[General Staff]

...do a lot of planning, analysis and enjoy. Hey, we are all learning here and that´s where the fun is!Exactly! And welcome!

[L`zard]

First; patience.......replay vs P.O. in simple single player..Learn the 'rules'.

Second: Studiousness.....both concerning 'real' history, and the 'readmes'. Look for variations between them....applies to third...

Third: Read the forums........especially concerning the situations/scenarios your interested in, eh? AAr's etc;

Forth: Never fear defeat! It teaches!

Fifth: Ask questions in 'particular', ie; question details. Use the forums to talk to the scenario designers, or regular players of a scenario your interested in.

[Dicke Bertha]

Devise a plan - never do anything without a plan. A plan is constructive. If you cannot find anything constructive, if you cannot devise a plan, be destructive in your constructiveness. Inaction is waiting to be slaughtered.Now, if all is lost, commandeer a plane to take you to some other planet, after all you're still boss.