That’s why under Caspian Sub and tripleA ladder rules you can’t attack an enemy capital with ground troops in your first turn.
Like you mentioned, it turns a wonderful game into a coin flip and spoils the fun.
Germany Navy, Again
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I know that sinkiang alone won’t hold the japans, but losing that factory really isn’t that problematic.
Are you sure? It cost you 15 IPCs to build that complex, then probably 10 more every turn for 2 tanks, then 2 more on top of that from strategic bombing raids. You’re not going to be sending many troops to Europe, especially if you like to build fighters. You won’t hold the Sinkiang complex past J4 at the best (J2 land mass troops, J3 move to China, J4 attack) unless you send a good deal of Russian troops.
To me, if you want to shore up Russia, do so from Europe. Use your transport system to shuck troops into Archangel and send fighters to Moscow as needed. You’re not giftwrapping a complex for the Japanese this way, and you’re not slowing down the potential pressure on Germany which is entirely the case if you devote those IPCs to building a complex and building troops there as well.
Losing a complex is a very bad proposition and the fascists will thank you for it because it’s one less complex they have to build.
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OK, I know this thread has shifted with time but…
Would anyone care to read the thread in Games between me an Ezto? In G3, Germany sacrificed their AF AND Navy to take out the consolidated Allied fleet. The result is that there are NO Allied ships in the Atlantic ANYWHERE. That means no trannied forces to Archangel, no D-Day. Now it is just Russia vs. Germany (and Japan) for the next 2 rounds minimum.
Sometimes it IS worthwhile to sacrifice your Navy and your Air Force in orer to secure your homeland and beat the snot out of Russia.
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The main reason you could do that is because you took London on G2, so he couldn’t possibly increase his naval force (not to mention he lost a fighter off his carrier). Plus, the US didn’t really put any effort into co-guarding the UK fleet because he is trying to go after Japan first.
You made an excellent choice in this circumstance and it is a good example of what I think the German navy was designed for, but in normal circumstances the costs would have been greater and the benefits less if the US/UK had united in SZ8 and built some navy together (and not lose the capital :lol:)
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