singular units almost always do massively disproportionate amounts of damage against large numbers of entrenched foes.

That has not been my experience. I've taken higher than expected damage with a good advantage or not, gotten off lightly with even odds or barely won, and done better than expected with poor odds or simply gotten wiped out.

I'll try a campaign tomorrow against the insane AI and keep track of the battles.


Not only is it an effective long term strategy it's the only effective long term strategy.

Then why have people complained that the AI doesn't expand fast enough on Center Mass, letting you take over most of the neutral countries?


Keeping your army behind the lines and using singular units to counter singular units is just wasting resources by never bringing them to bear

So when an AI sends out singular opponents it is the only effective long term strategy. If you send out single units you are wasting resources. Are you assuming that you will never win a country with a 50/50 chance, so you can never get close to anywhere the enemy has units massed?