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ORIGINAL: Chaylaton

Ok its m/a 1940 I just brook a hole into the french line using my first of 2 o chits that germany starts with. As a strategy how often should germany or japan for that matter, since i'm playing the axis in my first 4 map game, purchase more o chits i mean they cost 15 pnts!

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Btw way I almost in the last turn used japans o chit on an attack that would have cut the burma rd and left a gaping hole in the southern china defense. But the experienced player said are you sure man that is usually used on the super combined so they can spread out quickly when fighting the Common wealth the first time. I have also thought about using it on Russia since they A: havn't offered me any resources to set up a non aggression pack and B: the russian player keeps railing troups over to threaten manchuria. So get me advice please

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: Chaylaton

Ok its m/a 1940 I just brook a hole into the french line using my first of 2 o chits that germany starts with. As a strategy how often should germany or japan for that matter, since i'm playing the axis in my first 4 map game, purchase more o chits i mean they cost 15 pnts!

There are two aspects to consider :
- The sheer shock power of the OC in combat. This aspect of the OC occurs 1 time, but is very efficient.
- The psychological power of the OC on your enemy's mind. This effect occurs all the time when you have 1 OC in reserve. Your enemy respects you even more, when you have 1 spare OC, he hesitate more to decide for an assault that could fail and leave him desorganized, or without air cover.
Hence, having ALWAYS at least 1 spare OC is a must be for me, for any country that can afford having OC, which are the USA, USSR and Germany, and also Japan and the CW if they have a wealthy economy.

There is a third thing to consider about OC, is that it is useless to have more than 1 OC if you do not have the bulk of an Army. So, with already 1 OC for 1941, you'd better buy an army rather than buy a second OC, that might be useful, but do not add to the psychological effect.

So, in your case, having played one in M/A 40, you still have another one for Barb (or else) 41, but then in the Fall of 41 you should buy a new OC.

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Btw way I almost in the last turn used japans o chit on an attack that would have cut the burma rd and left a gaping hole in the southern china defense. But the experienced player said are you sure man that is usually used on the super combined so they can spread out quickly when fighting the Common wealth the first time. I have also thought about using it on Russia since they A: havn't offered me any resources to set up a non aggression pack and B: the russian player keeps railing troups over to threaten manchuria. So get me advice please

Well, not having the OC for making a Super Combined on the first impulse of the Japanese onslaught is not good for Japan, that will be left with the choice of either make his onslaugh in 2 impulses (one Naval, and then one Land), or make a mini onslaugh with a simple Combined.
This is very important for the Japanese to be able to sail lots of TF AND invade in lots of places when he starts his onslaugh, so being under this condition is bad for him.

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ORIGINAL: Neilster
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ORIGINAL: 38special

I would rather have two armor units and an infantry.
That said, it does a handy job on Gibralter though.

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ORIGINAL: composer99

O-chits are tremendously useful devices (when they are in the hands of my opponents I refer to them by a different word, just change a letter around and you'll see what I mean).

Aside from the war-starting supercombined that Japan usually uses its start-of-game O-chit for, if it keeps its production up enough during the game (adequate convoy protection and a little luck), the Japanese should consider having one or two built later to provide extra oomph if they need to (to pick a not-so-random-example) take the Bonin Islands or Manila back from the Allies.

The Germans can also benefit from O-chits both early on to energize their offensives in France, Russia, or Spain/Gib, or provide a supercomibined to invade England and late in the game to engineer massive withdrawals to better defence lines (no air unit left behind!) and/or blast Allied beacheads back into the sea (or Russian probes across the Vistula).

Finally, the Allies will by the late game be spending O-chits like water, either to provide the all-important supercombineds or to bludgeon their way through Germany's lines. The USA and USSR in particular should by the tail end of '43 be cranking them out.

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ORIGINAL: Jimm
Steve, have you looked at OC usage by the AI in the game yet? As this thread illustrates, there is a lot of conventional wisdom about when they should get played (and how they fit into build strategy) but there are often occasions where the not-so-conventional is the right way to go.

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ORIGINAL: composer99

One power that I have never seen build O-chits is Italy (if they reach the stage where their possessions are secure enough to consider building one, the Axis have probably already won, rendering such a purchase redundant).

I haven't personally seen China build offensive chits, but I have heard of it happening.

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ORIGINAL: coregames

Does anyone prefer the old naval OC over the new one? I do, because of shore bombardment, but some like the new version.

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: coregames
Does anyone prefer the old naval OC over the new one? I do, because of shore bombardment, but some like the new version.

I prefered the old naval OC, and have used it to great advantages in the Pacific a couple of times.
Not for Shore Bombardement, but to lure the Japanese fleet in a trap and devastate it as hard as possible, or to land double the allowed number of troops ashore in Japan, or both.

I seem to remember that Steve agreed to keep the old naval OC as an option in the game. I would have prefered if RAW (and MWiF) had allowed for the choice of which naval OC you wished to use, but that's not the case (yet ?).

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
My memory is a little hazy on the two versions and I would have to read them again, but my bias is towards the old one (and that is already coded, if I am not mistaken).