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Feinder -> RE: What now? (6/16/2008 2:09:41 PM)
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Certainly playing into 1944 even against the AI can yeild valuable insight (most significantly on the scale of things past mid-1943 : every op is huge!).
Bear if you truely do wish to get a better handle on production before diving into PBEM, that your current game will be a (very) skewed teacher. Having captured India and most of China, as you say, you're already swimming in supplies. While for training purposes, you do want a learning curve that is forgiving, you might have created a situation that is "too forgiving", and liable to "teach" you bad habit for PBEM.
If you really do want to learn production for the purpose of playing PBEM, I hate to say it, but you might want to restart and this time, simply "play a good game" as Japan, and take it a little easier on the AI, in order to create a more challenging economy to manage. That being said, there is still great utility to playing thru 1943, because as I indicated earlier, the scale of things becomes staggering, and it's often good to see just what can be done in 1944.
Now, if you really don't care about playing PBEM, one thing many AI players will do is to swap sides. Frankly, you've created an almost (if not completely) untennable situation for the AI. It litterally won't know what to do (esp with all of the UK units suddenly evaporating with India's loss). You're likely to see some bizzarre and frankly stupid actions by the AI, because it really can't handle having any of the major capitols knocked out. By switching sides, you'll learn alot and it will certainly be a challenging game given your description of the situation. You won't learn anything about production (if you switch sides to Allies), but you will learn alot about digging yourself out of a hole, and gain a new respect for the "holy snikeys, the Allies get a ALOT of stuff in 1944!" (*you* probably -can- salvage the game for the Allies, even as beat up as they are, whereas the AI is basically beaten by your description).
Good luck!
-F-
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