@squirecam:
The better way is to have 100 “without NO” games to compare it to.
Without NOs allies are favored. How much I’m not sure, I think for all 4 main setups, 41-42, +/- NOs, that AA50 is close to, or better balanced than Revised, meaning, any unit bid should probably be $9 or less.
I don’t have much experience with no NO games , although, I will win more than 50% of such games, as allies. AA50 is so much more different than Revised, that any unit bids will affect the game more, and in other ways than Revised. But even in Revised, a very high bid will result in close to 100% axis victories, if the bid is too high. I have actually lost 2 games as allies w/o NOs in 41, and I also won more than I lost overall. But I doubt very much that I will lose more games from now, if the premise is 41, no NOs, no tech, and I’m allies. Maybe very bad dice will be a factor, but with NOs, LL will favore axis, and why shouldn’t this also be true in no NO games.