Optimal use of US money

[Ghostglider]

I think the most important aspect of this game is how you use US money.
Personally I think it is best to contain Germany/Italy before going after Japan although I see a lot of persons going after Japnan as first priority.
My reason for going towards Europe is that it take more turns to be effective there. Naturally if it looks like Japan is winning the war I would go all against Japan but while there is a choice I think it is more important to help UK.
A US force with navy in z91 have many nice options… SIta (first choice), DEN combined with UK attack on GER (second choice) or taking NWY (removing bonus for Germany + possible factory for US, nice!).

How do you determine how to spend US IPCs… When do you go all pacific/Atlantic? My experience is that it is possible to win with allies without liberating London after a succesfull sealion as long as Italy is not too strong…

[Spendo02]

The most important key is actually harmonizing your Allied strategy with your US purchase plans.

Either way works in regard to Europe or the Pacific, but much depends on what Japan does.  That is why I think many people try to contain Japan early, to take the initiative out Japan’s hands.  Once contained, the Allies can focus on turning Germany from wherever it decided to go.

There is little the US can do to stop any German strategy until Japan allows the US to join the war (through either an attack on an ally or the US allowable DOW at the end of US3).  I think this also plays into why the US goes after Japan early - they are more exposed to Allied aggression and also subject to more attention from the US in a sea battle than the US landing small forces in Africa or Europe that may or may not survive Axis counters.

[Gargantua]

What you need to do…

Is buy ALL Infantry, and Mechanized units, and hold the mainland off from invasion.  How are the Axis supposed to win, if you NEVER let them take Continental USA?

[Guest]

Garagntua is right.  America and all of the other allies should NCM all units to their capitols and build nothing but infantry.  The same goes for the axis.  It makes for kind of a long game but everyone is happy because no one ever loses.  Its like socialism that way.  Nobody wins, nobody loses.

Peace.  :lol:

[Cow]

Well, because it takes awhile to be effective in europe, people generally lean toward fast results in the pacific. I do too.

Don’t get me twisted, I still drop some dds and carriers fighter stuffs in the atlantic. but I do not buy ground forces for it, since brazil has 3 inf and you start with some mech and tonks and an artillery. 2-4 trans is all you need.

after that dds and carriers to protect UK transports so he can get drops going sooner… that is the way to go.
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Depends on how the pacific is going really. I mean you do have to stop japan from winning the game. A good Japan player is not a pushover… you either invest now or wait till japan has all of asia and is poised to take hawaii for the win…

people rather invest sooner than later so it don’t come to that.
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also it is true, a good japan player will not be anywhere near hawaii. so you buy, then move to hawaii, then move to anzac, then you can threaten japan’s fleet…

in other words your first round buy is critical for the pacific campaign.

where as your first round buy in the atlantic, generally is not enough to survive the luffwaffe.