@wittmann:
US not having a big At War bonus is not right in my opinion.
If it’s like Alpha 3.9 the US gets the same amount of “bonus” IPCs, just from National Objectives. I think the balance intent was to give US some actual incentive to do “American things” like protect Hawaii or the Philippines.
Before the Axis were able to win on any map you could theoretically just ignore the entire Pacific map with America with relatively no consequences and still receive your bonus production. In this one they still want to give you the money, you just have to work for it.
Hell, in OOB you could pull all of your USP navy to the USE board and screw Hawaii and the Pacific islands and just build up and crush Italy. Keeping the US on the Pacific board (when not doing KJF) has always been a tricky balance with the rules.