Why the hate against RL Germans?
And also hi, I played against your strategy today, and first things first, yes, the guy made a few mistakes. But this strat has massive potential, and I will actually sit down and study it and maybe improve it. But still I find there are a lot of assumptions here…
Nobody sees it coming? After the first G and J turn it reeks against the wind and any half way decent Allies player would take preperations and change course. Japan doesnt usually play like this and deliberately closes doors like this with no reason. At least assume that Hawaiian conquest will be forced. Maybe its true that many people auto pilot their buys, but then they are bad players. Every game is different. Also, spam Inf in America? Thats not the solution to the puzzle. Yes, you need lots of land units at one point, but with only inf spam youre vulnerable to big convoy raids, followed by indefinite fleet domination. I would be careful with that. Also, there are alternatives to Taranto, that work in this scenario. For example I played a 92 stack against this. But I admit, Britains first turn was probably the hardest this entire game. Russia will adapt and take Scandinavia and iraq the moment they enter war. I moved the American fleet to the Atlantic once Hawaii was taken (and Japan had brought everything so its impossible to overcome) and I dont see why any American player would not do that if that happens (update below, situational. In this situation it was probably the best to fight the German navy instead of the Japanese). And with 24 bidding the Allies can do a lot of things that can make this way harder (common bid things that are not based on the knowledge that this strategy is being played!).
Anyway, scary strat, will try and study, thanks for the write up.
And don’t get me wrong, I think you’re a good player. For the fact alone that you play and optimise non standard strategies. All I’m saying is basically that given my points and my own experience playing G40 online with people, that I doubt that the level of play online is actually that high. The 90% success rate would surprise me against good players. But that’s why I will test and see how well it can be countered.