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So russia is going to stack buryatia AND get their second NO against Germany by round 3? Perhaps with help of an an even weakened UK navy that is sending DD’s to the pacific….
I’m not necessarily saying you can do this all at once, but I was just throwing out options. I haven’t played that many games of AA50, but I can see myself trying a Bury stack in one game, or a UK move to Pac in another, etc. Unless other have tried them and the game is posted where I can read the moves it didn’t work.
As for the 2nd Russian NO, that can be independent of the other moves. I mean Russia always has the option to attack Fin in Rd 1, pending Ger moves Nor can then be taken by Rus or UK in Rd 2, meanwhile you probably have a decent stack of Inf 7-9, mabye 1 arm in Cauc at the end of R1, that can easily be moved to Ukr on R2 (since Ger tends to focus on Kar early and is lacking in Inf to start), and that makes Bul tradeable for your 2nd NO. A Bury stack is somewaht irrelevant since theose Inf can’t get to Mos for like 4-5 rds.
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To what end does threatening a few islands really mean?
The US fleet could never venture close enough to Japan as early as US2.
How long can US sacrifice transports for small island gains?
It will be many rounds of USA full income pacific spending before USA can go on the offensive against the IJN.
And what happens to the European theatre while US concentrates all their money in the Pacific? Germany and Italy will go largely unchecked.
It really depends on the overall Allied strat. I wouldn’t claim there is some automatic way where if you do this then you automatcally will win.
But the US does start with 4 ftrs, 2 bom, 1 ac, 1 dd, and Japan will typically buy an IC (or perhaps another trn) rarely have I seen Japan immediate go offensive navy on J1. So if the US buys something like 1 AC, 1 dd, 3 subs you immediately have 3 subs, 2 dd, 2 ac, 4 ftrs in Sz 56. Can this sink the J fleet? No. But will Japan make an effort to try and sink your fleet? I don’t know.
IMO one of the key things about navies is you don’t have to sink them, and trying to sink them can be a huge pain. BUT you can manuever them and use blocker ships etc. If you can force the IJN back to its home island sz early enough it is equivalent to sinking it. From there the burden is on them to sink your fleet since you can now claim all the islands at your leisure. Also depending on timing you can afford to lose Mos to Ger if it means you’ll eventually get Japan.
I do agree though, that it is slightly worse off for the US b/c they cannot gain credit for Bor or EI. In AA50 you essentially have to gun for Phil, which is fine and doable but it would be a bit better to be able to go from Sol to EI, to Bor, then to Phil.
I’m still more of a KGF player since Germany is main threat in AA50 but I also like to try new stuff from time to time. Eventually I’ll get around to testing more things in the Pac.