Hi all!

I’ve played A&A for years, but sparingly as time opportunity presents itself.

I’ve just started playing the online game again, and a Pacific version. I also do miniature wargaming and various sports.

Regards,
Trevor

Hi all,

This is the version of game I am playing, but, I guess it might apply to a variety of different versions, eg. Pacific that I also own.

What are the best naval units to purchase to project and dominate the naval battle against Japan? Conversely, if the USA is building up naval forces, what are the best forces to build up to counter this?

For IJN, I feel that fighters and bombers are the way to go as they can be used in land offences and fly quickly back to deter or destroy American naval pushes.

For the USA, I’m not as sure. If they continue to build fighters and a sub or DD a round, what are the best naval units? CV’s/Fighters? Subs or DD’s? Should I build up 4-5 BB’s?

Thanks,

@PGsquig Thanks for the reply!

I’ll share some quick backdrop to my query: I’m about to play a couple friends who are newish to A&A. So I want to play well, but I’m going to do a couple things to help handicap myself so as to not make the game unenjoyable for them. First, I’ll play the Allies without any bid. Second, instead of going all out with a KGF or KJF strategy, I intend to play and fight against both. I want to build up a USN Pacific fleet to challenge Japan, as well as using the British to mostly support Russian (or perhaps via Africa) in challenging Germany.

So I realize I’m asking for the optimal non optimal…

I find myself questioning whether CV’s and Fighters are the way to go as far as pure fleet dominance. Taking the starting IJN fleet versus the USN fleet (assuming the Brits don’t go for SZ37, and the IJN don’t go for Pearl Harbor, I started using a battle calculator.

My results are showing that for the USN, building pure subs is the way to go. Not the CV/Fighters. In fact, building 34 IPC’s of a CV+2 Fighters seems to drastically underperform compared to 5 subs.

Of course, subs will not help with subsequent land invasions, but, to gain initial control of the oceans, it seems that subs are the way to go?

Hi all,

This is the version of game I am playing, but, I guess it might apply to a variety of different versions, eg. Pacific that I also own.

What are the best naval units to purchase to project and dominate the naval battle against Japan? Conversely, if the USA is building up naval forces, what are the best forces to build up to counter this?

For IJN, I feel that fighters and bombers are the way to go as they can be used in land offences and fly quickly back to deter or destroy American naval pushes.

For the USA, I’m not as sure. If they continue to build fighters and a sub or DD a round, what are the best naval units? CV’s/Fighters? Subs or DD’s? Should I build up 4-5 BB’s?

Thanks,

Hi all!

I’ve played A&A for years, but sparingly as time opportunity presents itself.

I’ve just started playing the online game again, and a Pacific version. I also do miniature wargaming and various sports.

Regards,
Trevor