KJF KGF and KIF?

[Chompers2]

I am start learning with Amercia what to do in the Pacific.  I am not sure how much fleet to build because the Japan airforce might waste my fleet if I do not build a sizeable fleet before launching.

[calvinhobbesliker]

@Chompers#2:

I am start learning with Amercia what to do in the Pacific.  I am not sure how much fleet to build because the Japan airforce might waste my fleet if I do not build a sizeable fleet before launching.

Try to keep it out of range of Japan’s airforce. It isn’t too hard since it’ll be mostly in Kwangsi while your fleet will be in zones 26 and 54

[Chompers2]

I guess I was trying to think of ways to get America involved on mainland Asia but the just might not be realistic.

[calvinhobbesliker]

@Chompers#2:

I guess I was trying to think of ways to get America involved on mainland Asia but the just might not be realistic.

Well the quickest way to do that is with planes. Getting land units there means you have an unhampered naval route to China, which means you’re already winning, or you take 15 turns walking there from Africa

[Blitchga]

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Chompers#2:

I guess I was trying to think of ways to get America involved on mainland Asia but the just might not be realistic.

Well the quickest way to do that is with planes. Getting land units there means you have an unhampered naval route to China, which means you’re already winning, or you take 15 turns walking there from Africa

agreed. Your money will is better spend taking back Japanese occupied islands

[allweneedislove]

@hewhoisnickel:

Does anyone think any of these (Kill Japan First, Kill Germany First, Kill Italy First) are feasible in Global? As in, have the Allies concentrate almost all of their efforts on killing on one Axis country, and more or less ignore the other ones?

i still think the best way to win is to go kjf/kgf/kif as opposed to a balanced strategy. usa has such a large income that it is very difficult for one axis power to bear the brunt of usas full force.

[hewhoisnickel]

While I still don’t have enough experience to say whether or not it is effective, I think that a KGF/KIF/KJF would ruin the game in terms of fun, just like a J3 India Crush in Pacific '40.

[kungfujew]

I don’t know how many of you play games out to the bitter end, but either on Triple A or in person, I tend to fight until the game actually ends.  I have a very good grasp of “make them pay for every inch of ground” and solid defensive strategy against all odds.  In AA50, I could almost promise my side victory if I was Germany/Japan and the allies tried to “Kill me first”  and payed no attention to the other theater and the other axis player played well.  In this game it seems to be even more the case.  If you have a solid defensive/losing game down then you can buy your team more than enough time to run rampant and show the allies the error of their ways.  In a huge game like this, you can definately focus on either Europe or the Pacifc, just like in the real war, but you definately need to actually put money and effort into containing the theater you’re choosing to ignore.  A balanced approach requires you to rely on skill instead of luck.  While fortune may favour the bold, chance and luck favour the prepared.

[allweneedislove]

@kungfujew:

In AA50, I could almost promise my side victory if I was Germany/Japan and the allies tried to “Kill me first”  and payed no attention to the other theater and the other axis player played well.  In this game it seems to be even more the case.

kgf/kjf does not mean that you do not pay attention to one theater it means most of your income is destined to one destination. with the way the game mechanics are and have always been, a one theatre focus remains the best option for allied victory.

@kungfujew:

In a huge game like this, you can definately focus on either Europe or the Pacifc, just like in the real war, but you definately need to actually put money and effort into containing the theater you’re choosing to ignore.

i agree you can not ignore one theater but i believe you can invest a small percentage of income to one theater.

@kungfujew:

A balanced approach requires you to rely on skill instead of luck.

every approach requires you to rely on skill. but luck always has the last say.

[Chompers2]

I am having a good game against the allies as they have been splitting their points in the Alantic and Pacific.  That being said I don’t know how I could have stopped them had the gone all in the Alantic.  I seems to me Germany and Italy need time to prepare for that sort of thing.