I’m no A&A veteran, but the way I see it, the U.S. and German economies can afford transports, since they’re great powers. Transports are expensive because if you destroy a transport fleet, in the case of the U.S., it’s a major strategic achievement. The U.S. isn’t out of the fight, but you’ve seriously retarded his plans and brought yourself time, in addition to any units they were holding, too. Now the U.S. also has to build those boats back, too.

Japan doesn’t really need/get enough transports to get the eastern islands in the Pacific right away, because first it wants to build up its economy. Once it does that, it’s free to work towards other objectives, like those islands, but with a higher resource base.

Italy and the other nations, I don’t know, though. I suppose destroying too many transports for them is basically too major a setback, so it forces those powers to play more carefully? I’m not too sure.

Anyway, that’s how I look at it.

@Young:

• Units that the UK purchases with Calcutta money may not move into the Europe side of the map.

What do you mean by this? Do you mean that UK purchases from the Pacific economy can only be mobilized on the Pacific board of the map, or that Calcutta units cannot move onto the Europe board?

I ask because I’d be very surprised if it were the later. I’m new here and I’m anything less than a novice at A&A, but I was always under the impression that you could move all the UK units anywhere on the board. Am I misreading your point? Also, I watch your videos and I can’t wait until you post your Top 10.