Posts made by Admiral Darlan

I understand, but this would however take a lot of effort for Germany to get there with ships (sailing past the UK), meaning less emphasis on Moscow. For Italy alone this would of course be too expensive, thus upside is limited to 3 German planes. Could work when Germany is more focused on the Atlantic than Russia (ie in a sealion scenario). All in all, I would take just Gibraltar.

Always in favour of one of the two sides I would say

Like your idea, but think you can better take Gibraltar

Thanks

Germany has sufficient to start with, can easily buid more if you like

Respect

Thanks, much appreciated

Russian ships are defensive, either against an invasion to Novgorod or on the other side if Germany plans sea lion

Would prefer battleship, as long as I have other units with it. If I would have a dd and a ca, pls give me a bb instead of another dd and ca

Thanks, looks very nice indeed

For Germany, I agree crushing the British fleet is an important element of the opening move. I would not try to kill all units, as this will lead to a large number of plane casualties which you will need further on. Attack so that you are certain that you will win (and that the opponent has only one chance to return fire if possible). First off, destroy the UK transport at Canada, the cruisers at Denmark, at least one of the battleships near the UK and the cruiser at Gibraltar (subs have sneak attack if no destroyer is present right?) (Gibraltar cruiser helps fleet Italy against possible attack UK fleet), take Paris, Normandy and Yugoslavia. Liberate Bulgaria and Finland. Buy major IC for Romania. Focus on southern route Russia (go for Ukraine IC). Scandinavia is eventually impossible to keep.???For Italy, I think Gibraltar is just as important as Egypt. If the UK fleet moves away, you can take Greece, Southern France and Gibraltar. Your income after turn 2 would already be 25. Fortify Gibraltar is Italy’s best defense as the US needs the naval base there to move trannies back and forth. However, if the UK fleet crushes the Italian fleet first (often this strategy goes hand in hand with buying an IC in Egypt), you are less wealthy and should concentrate on clearing the Med and fighting Egypt.??For Japan, killing India is most important, try to fend off Anzac and the US. Yunnan is key area, this should be yours always. Buy 1 or 2 minor ICs to keep support coming from land. Ignore Russia, go south instead. As soon as India is fallen, the allies will not be able to retake it easily. You are much stronger now to take China and move towards Moscow. On the sea, take money islands where you can, overall be defensive until you have India. Then, chose between fleet (US) or Moscow.?

Put one inf in frontline territories and buy attacking units (art, tanks etc) and try to get a stronghold in a 2nd line country. If he attacks, casualties are low and you can provide a counterattack. You start with sufficient infantry.

Balance is about right, as long as axis play aggressively since time is in favour of the allies. Overall, chances are mostly determined by player skills