Posts made by gamerman01

Yes, I don’t do that attack anymore (1942 - attack on Russian sub and battleship)
I had a good player quit in the first round against me not too long ago.
One of the attacks that went wrong for him was this one.  Fighter, bomber, sub on battleship and sub.
There are better uses for the bomber then taking this roughly 50/50 risk.

80.64% chance of wiping all UK units
25.07% chance all German units would be lost, but this does not take into account the chance to retreat.  This is if you attacked until you lost everything.
So 74.93% (1 - 25.07%) chance of wiping Egypt with a bomber to spare, but UK still gets her NO
61.28% chance of taking it with a bomber and armor, denying UK NO.

I also agree with rockrobin on this post too.
There is no Suez NO.  Germany can take Gib G1 and Italy can take TrJ I1.  NO obtained.

No, Russia chooses whether the sub will fight or not.
If there is no enemy destroyer, a sub may choose to submerge before combat starts.

I agree that G1 focus on UK boats is a very sound strategy and much less risky.  Again, I almost always skip Egypt attack G1.
One reason Funcioneta gave for attacking is actually a reason that I don’t attack.
That is, that the units are irreplaceable.  My thinking is that they won’t be reinforced anytime soon, other than with bombers (UK and even USA potentially).  So they’re not going anywhere.  You can choose a more advantageous time to attack, later.  You can drill the UK NO by taking Gibraltar, and Italy needs 3 out of 4 for an NO so doesn’t need Egypt to get it.
I have also reconsidered my J1’s for the same reason.  I don’t think it’s imperative that the Chinese fighter be killed before it gets a chance to ever take off.  It’s not going anywhere.  It can’t attack your transports or anything.  It’s one attacking 3, coordinating with attacking 1’s and you can easily see all possible Chinese attacks.  I’ve forgone this attack several times now, and have really never regretted it.  The Chinese are not that much harder to subdue if you forgo the Yunnan attack.  That’s 2 more fighters you can use to increase odds in fleet battles.

Functioneta and Rockrobin, I suggest you play each other  :lol:
Seriously, you’d probably be a good match for each other.  Prove your points on the gameboard.  Just a suggestion.

@hakan:

As Allied I often buy bombers T1 for all my IPC. I think they are so price worthy in A&A50. And depending on how Germany and Japan are playing, I ether send them to the Pacific or England. If the Japan naval units is in striking distance of Alaska, I have my bombers in East Canada, so I may strike both against a Japanese naval invasion, and support a sea born invasion on France.

Yep, bombers are a good buy.  Optimal range, attack power, and at a discount price compared to before.  Not to mention, if you’re buying bombers, you’re in a great position to take advantage of tech if you get it.  There are THREE techs that improve bombers.

One of the most important A&A strategies is give yourself lots of options.  You need appropriate pieces and positioning to accomplish this.  If your opponent doesn’t know what you’re going to do and he has to prepare for more possibilities, that’s great for you.  Bombers are the best for creating unpredictability, uncertainty, and good old FEAR!!  :evil:

I now usually play with escorts/interceptors which helps keep bombers from being overpowered.

Yes, I agree.  That German bomber can also accomplish great things elsewhere, so there is a big opportunity cost.  I forgo Egypt G1.

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Holy cow, what a pic

Consider an IC in France.  Germany needs to put out a lot more than 10 units sometimes.  It’s also easier to defend France and deny the Allies access to it, and you have the opportunity to build German boat in the Med, which can sometimes confound an invasion of Italy, just by putting a destroyer down there.  You never know when it will be strategic to place ships just north of France too.  1 DD can stop all the bombardment, for example.  Depends on what the UK and US are doing, of course.  That’s why I said consider - it’s not a good buy in many cases.
I always play with the Dardanelles closed, too, so Italy can’t help nearly as much on Russia’s underbelly. 
And speaking of Italy, you need to protect her fleet for at least 3 rounds and get a lot of units on Africa in case the fleet gets sunk.  The 2 NO’s double Italy’s purchasing power, obviously, so they are extremely important to keeping Europe inpenetrable.

Yes, Hakan, you’re obviously no rookie.  AA50 has quite a few different dynamics than previous incarnations of A&A.  You’re right, the western front is weak for Germany at game start.
I would suggest in '41 with the way it sounds like you are playing, that you try to have Germany just hold her own.  That is, make sure you’re getting between 1 and 3 NO’s as often as possible and make sure you deny Russia the big 10 NO.
It is difficult to really threaten Russia hard and defend against the western Allies at the same time.  Japan is so hi-powered in '41 that you should just wait a few turns for her.  Japan is very capable of putting a serious threat on the USA (see my current game vs. Anchovy - round 3 and America is in serious danger of going down) especially if US bombers go to Europe.  In AA50, I almost always go nearly all out against Japan with the USA in both scenarios with great success.

One guy asking for help with strategies had played about 8 games on the forums.  Then the community could look at his games and give helpful criticism and suggestions after reviewing them.  I recommend learning to play by forum.  You will face a variety of opponents and strategies, and gain experience and wisdom rapidly.

Zhukov is a dang good A&A player, and he gave very sound suggestions for G1 in 1941.  Again, though, I am curious as to whether you are playing 1941 or 1942, especially since this isn’t in either of those threads, and I don’t believe you stated.

One more suggestion -
Try playing for victory cities.  Just don’t use the suggestions in the manual - they’re too high.  Decide a number of cities that would give each side in your case a roughly equal chance of winning.

Look at games in the Play Boardgames section!!  You’ll need to download ABattlemap to see the situations, but if you own the boardgame, you could use it to play along without even downloading.  Even if your board is not by your computer, the print option puts the narration in very nice format and you can follow other people’s games.

Surely you’re talking about 1942, because in 1941 Axis has a significant advantage.
I always play with Dardanelles closed and no new Island complexes, both of which happen to hamper the Axis early in the game, but the game still seems balanced (both sides have roughly equal chance to win).
Many players add infantry to China at the onset because Japan is so dominant.

The others gave some good advice - definitely cripple UK fleet with high percentage attacks before they get a chance to move.  Concentrate on NO’s - the Axis are poised to get most of them early and out-earn the Allies.

Nope, China’s not a joke, and it’s one of the 3 I picked.
You don’t have to think as much (sometimes that gets tiring) because you can’t leave China and you don’t have to decide what to build!  Also don’t have to worry about buying tech!  You only have 1 enemy to deal with, usually, too!
What other country can you build wherever you want (almost) and on territories you just took over!!??  Also, is possible to work together with big brother USA in a simultaneous turn.

I guess I was ambiguous!  I meant, what event was Natalie at??

Hehe - Brain Damaged said it better than I could too.  But that’s pretty much what I was thinking.  Thanks again.  That’s awesome.

What kind of event was that from, anyway, Frim?
I was at a loss for words, but Jermo did a pretty decent job.  Needless to say, you got good karma from me.  I think after I clicked it I saw your + go up by about 3, so I think some others had the same idea?!

Now that’s a good start.  Don’t be intimidated, guys, let’s see what ya got for other pictures.  Need a Natalie counter at this point…  :-D

Terrific, thanks a lot.
Again, this calculator has helped me tremendously.  Thank you very much.