@weddingsinger All I was trying to say is that parking your US fleet in SZ 6 is a recipe for disaster, when it can be in every space around SZ 6 and be much safer. You can however, park as many subs there as you want because 1) once you control that area, you can screen out destroyers who could come 2) he cant build ships in SZ 6 unless you threaten that build, so any destroyers that are built can be blown up before Japan’s next turn 3) the subs can’t be hit by either kamis or planes, whereas your surface fleet can usually be mopped up by Japan’s abundant air force returning home plus some kamis on the carriers to defeat the air support
Specific Round-by-Round Buys and Positioning for KJF?
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I think I’m pretty good at executing a KGF…against my friends. But having joined the league, it’s become clear to me that even in BalMod, KJF is essential. Otherwise, even a successful defeat of Barbarossa will be in vain, because Japan will have taken India and be set to take either Honolulu or Sydney, scoring a Pac win.
What are the go-to fleet buys and positioning for a KJF, as executed by league vets?
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a full KJF isn’t that strong a strategy because you then end up with a can’t-stop-Germany problem, but a “slow Japan first” strategy has quite a bit of merit
Doesn’t really require very specific bids, just stack the eastern Russian inf on Burytia with an eye to moving into Manchuria or Korea on R3/4, move their mobile units into southern China along with the air, US buys fleet off west coast (e.g. 3CV, 2CV/2FTR), India/China move to max threat on and eventually stack Yunnan, and ANZAC does whatever it takes to be most annoying.
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I start with a purchase of 3 CVs for the US. You can get planes to fill them up later on. It is nice to stack a bunch of fighters in Midway. If the Japanese are careless, your planes can hit SZ 6 and then land on the carrier group in CZ7. It doesn’t happen often, but is beautiful when you can pull off that raid.
On turn 2, I transition to subs and fighters as the primary way to damage their fleet. You can also convoy raid their economy to bits if you can get a few subs into the appropriate sea locations.
Afterwards, I do mostly subs plus a destroyer. Depending on the Japanese spending and success against China, I transition to the European side.
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