Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Thanks. I won't mind then giving you my 2-cents, and that's exactly what it's worth.

(1) US scrapping 3-mover (i.e., bottom number) transports. I personally find that in 1944 and 1945 the US is looking for all the sea-lift capability they can muster to move units from the US to Europe and also to their westward moving bases in the Pacific. A 3-mover transport can move 3 sea areas (e.g., East Coast, North Atlantic to Bay of Biscay/or Faeores Gap/or Cape St. Vincent). I find these are very useful for getting units from the US to Europe. So, for the US I keep (i.e., don't scrap) 3-mover transports and use them in the Atlantic. Also, I find that they come in handy for naval reorg when not needed for transport. The 2-movers I scrap.

(2) For the CW, I'll at start scrap their 3-movers because, unlike the US, the CW is more constrained build point (BP) wise and I like to get their better (i.e., faster) transports to start off with.

(3) Personally, I feel you were a bit too aggressive in scrapping USSR land units (especially their 3-3 armies, 4-5 mot and 5-6 mech). A mech counts as 2 for Nazi-Soviet pact purposes. 3-3 inf armies will be sorely missed in 1941 and 1942. They make very good speed bumps. Now once you lose them scrapping them (may) make sense and often times I will. But you need every infantry army for the Soviets you can muster in 1941 and 1942.

(4) CW Swordfish NAV2's. I like to place these in Belfast, for example, so they can react to the 0-box in either the Faeores Gap or Bay of Biscay when German, or Italian subs, attack. Having air in the 0-box means that if surprised, the Germans (or Italians) have to spend 4 surprise points to force a sub combat. Also, these units add their air-to-sea to the ASW total (either 3 or 4 additional) which increases the risk to German/Italian subs. Of course, no air can fly or react if the weather is storm or blizzard.

(5) I personally don't scrap German land units at start. Like the Soviets, they are scrambling for all the land units they can muster in 1941 and 1942. The mot can also be broken down into 2 Mot division that can take the loss during Blitz attacks. The mech corps can be broken down into a mech and mot division and can also be use that way. Not to mention helping with getting a Blitz versus Assault land combat often times.

(6) Be wary about setting and moving Chinese units to coastal hexes. The Japanese can start ships at sea and have a significant bombardment potential even at start. Chinese units on the coast are "asking" to get shelled and eliminated. I had to learn this lesson myself the hard way.

The biggest lesson I learned was that to learn I had to just play the game and enjoy it, mistakes and all. Believe me, if you ask, folks around here are not shy about throwing their 2-cents in also. I personally continue to learn by posting and asking for constructive criticism. It's been invaluable to me.

And don't worry about making major mistakes. In the first global war scenario I played, which I posted as an AAR, I didn't even know about railing Soviet factories to the east (e.g., Urals and eastward). The result was that German captured a significant number of Soviet factories, Soviet production was pitiful and the Soviet army never recovered.