How much is a fair bid in Pacific 1940?

[DizzKneeLand33]

Using second edition rules with NO’s, has anyone found a proper balance, or is the game balanced as is?  I am asking this from a perspective of running a tournament in the future and wanting to know your thoughts of which side needs the bid and how much.  So far I have only played Global….

Thanks!

[stroutqb22]

In my group we don’t do bids for any games, we just try to balance the teams by players

[theROCmonster]

I believe their is a new rule where if Japan attacks before turn 4 US gets 30 IPC’s immediately. This helps a ton to balance out the map.