Posts made by kdfsjljklgjfg

@rockrobinoff:

@nutbar:

I want to see a list of the countries grouped into the following categories:

Playing strategy and typeWhich coutntries should play Offensive?..…

simply put: A&A success, and the type of generalization you are looking for, do not go hand in hand. like any complex game, the better the player the less likely you are to look at any given situation through a ‘rule of thumb’ type of lens. “Russia should play defensive?” What does that even mean? Russia should play well, end of story, and what that means depends on so many different factors it is impossible to meaningfully generalize.

Well of course, but the idea is that most of the time, the Soviets are focusing less on capturing German territories, and more on preventing the capture of their own, thus being defensive play. Granted, it’s not to say “Russia should never attack someone” but generally, they’re fighting more for protecting themselves than harming Germany.

@aaron91:

However on the eastern front lets suppose that Germany has beaten back the Soviets and captured Berlin.

I capture Berlin first turn as Germany every game, it’s not exactly a game-changer  :-P

@strategic:

I am trying to devise a wonderful strategy, for both sides, so I need to collect data. Just copy/paste the survey and write 1-5, 1=worst/least important, with 5= best/most important. Do as many, or as few countries as you would like, and include details if enhancing. Thank you in advance.

Survey:
Infantry
5 for everyone except:
Japan 3
ANZAC 2

Mech Infantry
Germany 3
Russia 2
UK India 2
Italy 2
Everyone else 1

Artillery

Russia 3
Germany 3
UK (both sides) 3
Italy 3
China 3
Japan 2
ANZAC 1

Tank
Germany 5
Russia 4
Japan 4
Everyone else 3 except:
ANZAC 1

Fighter
Japan 5
Germany 5
UK 5
ANZAC 5
US 4
Russia 3

Tac Bomber
Japan 5
Germany 5
UK 4
ANZAC 3
US 3
Russia 2

Strat Bomber
Germany 4
US 3
Japan 3
Everyone else 2

Playing strategy and type
Which coutntries should play Offensive? - All of the Axis, USA
Which coutntries should play Defensive? - Russia (If Germany doesn’t do a Sealion), China
Which countries should play Balanced? - Everyone Else

Type of Battles
Which coutntries fight primarily Land battles? - Russia, Germany, China, everyone else is rather balanced.
Which coutntries fight primarily Sea Battles? - If “sea” includes amphibious assaults, US, Japan, UK

Country Economics (based on IPC income at beginning of game)
Which countries are Rich? - US
Which countries are Middle Class? - Germany, Russia, Japan, UK
Which countries are Poor? - ANZAC, China, Italy (Although they generally end up more middle-ish a few turns in)

Difficulty Level
Which countries are easy to play as? - Russia
Which countriies are medium to play as? -
Which countries are hard to play as? - UK

For the Frequent mistake makers
Which countries allow major mistakes? - I think a MAJOR mistake could really mess up any nation.
Which countries allow many major mistakes? - Same
Which countries allow only minor mistakes? - Russia
Which countries if you made a mistake , even a minor one it would cost the game? - Germany

And also, what is the ideal type of player for each country?

Germany - A player who prefers huge land based battles
Russia - A player who prefers defensive land battles, and absolutely no need for a navy
Japan - A player with a mind for naval war and the ability to break up his forces into smaller pieces
UK - A player who is able to think about the war as a whole instead of only focusing on one piece of the war at a time
ANZAC - Should always be played by the UK player, as it’s too tiny to be fun to play alone, and their political rules are tied together
Italy - A player who is able to balance a naval invasion of Africa with a land invasion of Russia.
US - A player who likes to meticulously plan his attacks beforehand, as the US has plenty of time to do so
China - Should be played by the US or USSR player to give them something to do for 3-4 turns while they wait to bring in their main nation. China should never be its own player, as they get very little money and can’t even produce any non infantry/artillery units
France - Should be played by the US or USSR to give them something to do for those 3-4 turns. Their capital generally falls on turn 1, and they often don’t even end up producing any units until the game is basically over anyway.

In AA50, for about 4-6 games in a row at a point, I was feared for my efficiency with Russian or British AA guns.

In that time period, I shot down 3/4 air units about 3 times, shot down 2/2 countless times, and once got 4/6 German fighters in an assault on Karelia.

On the opposite end of rolling fortune, in A&A in general, my dad is well known by everyone that we play with for how terrible his rolling is. His friend likes to say “The most fun part of Axis and Allies is watching your dad suck at rolling”

It proved true in an AA50 game once when I attacked Karelia with about 8 infantry, 4 tanks, 3 fighters, and a bomber. In defense he had around 12 infantry, 2 artillery, and 4 tanks.

I took Karelia with total casualties of 2 infantry.

Also one time I had Russians earning 60 IPC’s. I was confident enough in my victory and surprised enough about my income that to rub it in, I built a Soviet aircraft carrier in the Caspian sea.

I’d like to see a modern game involving diplomacy.

Maybe EU, China, Japan, Russia, US,and India players, as well as a Middle East faction of some sort, and you make or break alliances as you choose.

It seems every time I get a good idea, I’m forgetting about a rule….

Anyone think it would be a good idea for the US to put a minor IC in the Philippines turn 1 if they aren’t going KGF? An IC in the Philippines early would give the US options once war was declared. If Japan removes the threat early, then the US gets their war bonus early, and if they wait, then the US can have a navy sitting within range of landing troops to liberate China, the DEI, or even Japan itself.

Thoughts?

Rolls: 1@2 1@3; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)1@3: (4)

Kill off enemy units without losing your own.

Roll lots of ones.

Russia is my best guess.

Test, making sure I still have this right after having not used it in so long

Rolls: 10@3; Total Hits: 210@3: (2, 2, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 5)

Wait so, to make sure I have it right, I’m UK and ANZAC, calvin is Russia, anchovy is Germany, kungfu is Japan, Blitz is Italy, Tyzoq is US/China/France?

Let’s assume that Japan is making 40 ipc’s at this point in a hypothetical game. They got jet fighters last turn, their first try at tech. They buy 2 fighters this turn. Their net gain is -3 ipc’s, because they get two 4 attackers with 2 fighters instead of 1 tactical and 1 fighter. So they spent 5 to get the tech, and saved 2 by getting another fighter instead of a tac.

So even assuming they get 2 fighters every turn, it takes them 3 turns to actually benefit from that economically. Your point isn’t all that big of a deal, because you need to buy A TON of planes for it to make a difference that you don’t need tacs for the 4 attack.

@MEGAEINSTEIN:

well actually if you chose all the time chart 2 then you have a chance of getting jetfigthers in the :

1st development:   1:36
2nd dev: 1:30
3rd dev: 1:24
4th dev: 1:18
5th dev.: 1:12
6th dev.: 1:6

for each 5 ipc spent.

So if during the game you get 4 developments, you have 1/36+1/30+1/24+1/18 chance of getting jetfighters

And the likelihood you get 4 developments in a row is 1:1296

In the end, you spend a lot more money on the tech than you’ll save at 2 bucks per fighter over tactical bomber.

I’m in, I’d like to play Germ/Italy if axis, UK/ANZAC if Allies, I prefer tech, and I don’t know what you mean by Alpha or OOB.

@cminke:

im gona be busy this week so we may have to potpone this game. K?

It’s not like we’re all in a hurry to get it going.

At this point we’re best off waiting for Ikaros to come back from his trip in 2 weeks, you can go UK/ANZAC/Russia and he goes US/China/France, then I take Germany/Italy and we find me a Japan since kungfujew seems oblivious to this thread now.

Hard to say, really. HoI3 has a lot more to it, and splits units even further, so that when you build your divisions you decide what types of brigades make them up. Also in HoI3, the war system is changed a bit, so that you have to have your neutrality at a certain point depending upon the other nation’s threat level before being able to declare war on them, whereas in HoI2, you could just go for it, but risk that a major power stops your expansionism if you hit someone whose independence they have guaranteed. If you plan on ever playing a minor power, then don’t bother trying to do it in HoI3, it’ll take you 12 months solid to be able to hit anyone else, regardless of which nation you pick. If you plan on only doing the bigger countries that were involved in WW3, then it won’t make a difference.

HoI3 also has more glitches to it, but you can expect them to be fixed by patching.

Really, it depends on if HoI3 is too much micromanagement for you to handle, or if you want to ever play a minor power such as bulgaria or brazil.

@cminke:

axis-kungfujew(japan)-kdfsjljklgjfg(germany/italy)
allies-cminke(russia)-proud american(UK)-ikaros(to be decided)

any one else

That should do it if Ikaros goes US, then you just decide between yourselves who should play what minors, or if you can find a fourth to play all minors.

Also, since Ikaros and kungfujew haven’t posted in this thread in a few weeks, someone might wanna PM them to make sure they’re still in, in case they’ve stopped checking this thread.