It’s kinda hard to answer your question because it depends on how much you are willing to spend, do you want to play historically, do you only want to collect one type of fleet? I would say that it would be hard to win many games if you go German and then play against someone who is bringing an American fleet. I say this because the Germans (and let’s add the Italians, French, Australian, and even to some extent the British) are so underpowered in the way of air power that I think you would lose every time. If you play historically and avoid any kind of cheesy fleet combinations…well, you might have a chance. In my opinion, and that’s all it is, you’d be hard pressed to beat an American fleet in a 150pt or higher game. At that point level you can bring a battleship, two carriers and enough planes to destroy whatever your opponent is bringing…only a Japanese fleet with multiple Yamatos might stand a chance against an equal point American fleet. Let’s say you collect only a German fleet…how would you stop my air power? I’d have all your ships sunk before you made it within striking distance. Maybe I’m full of crap, but, I’d say go American if you want the most balance and options. Maybe the second set of WaS will have more air support for the Germans and the other Axis powers (Japan not included) but as it stands now…they’d get crushed. I don’t think that would be much fun for you.
Axis & Allies Minis War at Sear Preview 1
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The first preview is available and I’ve posted the news article, including a commentary. http://www.axisandallies.org/node/239
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I like the look of the ships and the models, and hopefully the soft plastic won’t warp. I don’t want to open a booster and find a battleship with a bent hull (some of my A&AM planes have badly bent wings).
That aside, I’m curious to see how they will handle unique ships of the same class. Will the Enterprise, Yorktown(CV-5), and Wasp(CV-7) all have different stats and SAs?
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Those look pretty tough, that Bismark is a mean lookin boat. I’m not much in to naval stuff but those look tempting.
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They look awesome. Although I’m still waiting for the airplanes preview before I buy. I kinda wanted to see a preview of the planes on a carrier but planes by themselves will do.
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What did you guys think of my commentary about War at Sea? Anybody else worried about the gameplay and possible lack of strategy? This could seriously end up being fun in the meta-game only.
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I’m not really sure how well the tactics behind real naval battles will be simulated in the game, so for now I’ll just say that the models look killer.
I always thought Bismarck and the german subs were real badass :-D
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What did you guys think of my commentary about War at Sea? Anybody else worried about the gameplay and possible lack of strategy? This could seriously end up being fun in the meta-game only.
Not knowing how the game works, I’d say that it’s a valid assessment. I was extremely disappointed with SSB and it’s… extreme simplicity.
I assure you though, WAS has more depth and strategy than that.
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I think a sideboard of units on each side could potentially accomplish this. You might be able use all of none of them depending on circumstances in the game. Maybe other circumstances allow your opponent to pick which units xor where the unit gets placed.
It could introduce that element of the unknown. And to gain an advantage you would need to use different tactics to gather information instead of attacking.
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I think a sideboard of units on each side could potentially accomplish this. You might be able use all of none of them depending on circumstances in the game. Maybe other circumstances allow your opponent to pick which units xor where the unit gets placed.
Again another good and interesting point. I’m not personally a fan of sideboarding, but it could be useful in AAM Tournaments.
WAS has made much more of an effort to have players make balanced forces; only certain unit type are able to perform certain functions, etc.
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That sideboarding idea actually sounds interesting. How exactly would it work?
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I don’t know yet. I’ll flesh out the idea more after March 5. :-)
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