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All else fails.... DEFAULT AGGRESSIVE

The probability of a bomber surviving 5 missions is less than 50% so I don't like that you assume that they would be able to make that many

Maj Gen

Good job giving credit to Guadalcanal in 2007

Dude this guy has his math wrong. 1 AA gun against 3 planes has a 50% chance since 3/6=.50

Great video! Thank you!

Subs all day long. Rest are too pricy to churn out. An too easy to lose.

You probaly saved me from losing a lot of pacific games knowing cruisers are for losers!

Excellent ideas! Looking forward to trying them out in my next game. Thanks for sharing!

"God favors the side with superior artillery" - Napoleon Bonaparte

Generally, Artillery should only be bought for Russia and Germany and mostly in the first few rounds. In Russia to create a threat that prevents Germany from moving too close, and In Germany before they are able to advance. If either Army has an opportunity to march on the opposing capital, then they should switch entirely to tanks because they can catch up. At 6 per tank, artillery are definitely better if advancing them isn’t an issue. At 5 per tank it is very close and very situational.

Battleship and Cruiser’s offshore bombardment definitely gives them a bump in usefulness. They can in fact attack land units so they are kinda the best when you consider that.

New video!!

I cried

AA guns feel like the ultimate gambler's piece. High risk high reward. You can take out many of the attacker's most valuable units out, but if you don't hit you will be wishing you bought the infantry instead.

I love your channel! It has really helped me improve my skill! Keep up the great work!

Please do more videos on each piece thanks

So... 2 destroyers per sub?

Clegg, I would love if you did a strategy episode for each nation just an extra idea im excited to see more videos!

18:36 Flaktürme!!

I am Happy with my Brigadier General Status! My incorrect guesses were questions 5, 16, 17, and 19.

This is a fun idea, thanks CC! Question-it's been 4 years since you posted the video, after further testing would you tweak any of the unit costs/abilities at this point?

Excellent series, love the little bits of humor also! Can I ask what lengths you used for your flight stands (bottom of base to magnet)?

Hope I didnt miss a video or anything if you covered this, but I'm curious how you got the flight stands you use, I like the look of them

As an Allies player most of the time, I generally use a strategy of “preserve your forces, trade space for time, then counterstrike when the enemy is getting overextended. I like to combine my British Indian and pacific fleets on turn 1 and put two fighters on the carrier, as well as picking up two Australian infantry. This gives Japan poor odds on a turn 1 strike, and even if they do it and succeed, their fleet is way out of position with substantial losses. Most axis players ignore that fleet, which gives me two cruisers with two transports. I can use this force to rapidly control all of Africa, and the cruiser bonbardmenr is extremely helpful. I have come to the conclusion that cruisers are best used as bombard support and fleet defense in small force amphibious actions. In my opinion, cruisers would see a lot more use if they had a special ability, and this would be in line with other naval units. I would have liked for cruisers to bombard on a 4. It’s a small thing, but would probably be enough to buy one over a destroyer in some situations. The real problem with cruisers isn’t that they are bad, it’s that submarines and destroyers are just a better value.

And just as a reminder as someone who has read the rules many times, if you deploy more units than you can mobilize, you are refunded them in IPC 1:57

I think the battleship answers isn't so much an overestimation of their value per ipc, but more of an interpretation of the question not considering the cost of deployment

We can give cruisers an additional plus 1 on defensive battles against attacking units that include at least one air unit. So it’s a 3-4 when there’s an air unit present. If there are no air units left or none to begin with, it’s a 3-3 unit. This makes cruisers an elite defender against air units for 12 IPC’s. Having one in a fleet makes more sense because it defends as well as a fighter but you don’t need a carrier and you don’t have to buy a battleship.

I'm proud of my 19! I admittedly did pause on several and think about it

The statistic damage ratio might seem to justify strategic bombing, but the opportunity cost tilts the scale completely one way. It isn't (usually) worth it.

I think artillery is largely useless. You have air units to attack territories. Infantry is cheaper and defends the same as artillery once you take the territory. Unless you are facing an AAA, artillery does not do much for you in a big battle. It adds more offense, but artillery are worse on defense. Therefore, tanks are better because they can defend better once you take the territory. Artillery is really just a gimmick they worked into the game. I generally never buy them. I just use the pieces they give you at the start. If I don’t have enough to buy an infantry, I would rather save the one or two IPC for the next turn. Spending more to get an artillery is also pointless most of the time.

Im so glad you are back at it making videos mate. I know its hard to keep up with all the things in life and make content on top of that. You are a valuable member of the axis and allies community and I love your style of videos. Keep up the good work!

Love it.

Excellent series mate! Love the whole back catalog to boot. Love me some A&A

Ooof every one of these was a trip down memory lane. Made the same mistake with Japan in my first every game of pacific40. Never, ever doing that again. I got absolutely thwumped that game.

15 I'll take it. grumpy missed the last one haha. Totally forgot to figure the second hit of the battleships into my headmath and gave it to the subs for the sneak attack with very close units/attackpower of both sides not accounting for the second hit.

The two most important units in the game are infantry and transports. The game can be simplified down to these two units. It’s unlikely that anyone would ever purchase a battleship or cruiser in Axis and Allies because if you have the cash to spend on those kinds of luxury items, it generally means you have won the game already. The only nation that might purchase cruisers is Britain. They can only really come in handy if you want more one shot bombardment ships if you do an amphibious landing each turn against Germany. With AA guns being a threat, bombarding with more ships is a little safer than attacking with a huge Air Force if Germany is stacked with AA guns. Battleships may be too expensive to purchase to match all the transports that are landing. This is the only circumstance that cruisers may have a specific use that would be better than the other units. Otherwise, cruisers are just pieces the opening set up provides that you use and that’s it. No one would ever buy one unless they just wanted to build a pretty fleet. Japan and the US wouldn’t buy them for a Pacific fight because destroyers and subs are better ship to ship units and fighters are better than a cruiser in attacking land units on an island. The US has little need for cruisers against Germany also because when they land in Africa or Europe, generally UK has gone first already so the US is not going to be bombarding but just landing its own troops.

Hey CLEGG, you neglected the most Infamous quote “Plans Never survive contact with the Nolimit💂<🤡! The issues I see that I have to amend is to take Africa First(Perhaps Scandinavia 1st or 2nd)rather than France asap since it’s much easier (Unless you’re playing with a Tokyo/Paris idiot), and if it’s a kgf then building your Luftwaffe intended for Moscow in later rounds is not recommended…..

Hey, Corporal Clegg. Great videos. Love your work! Keep going!! Do you plan to do something specifically to Anniversary, since this year we will have a reprint? Thanks!

The main shuck in 1942 is Eastern Canada to Finland not UK. I don’t think many players get very far shucking to the UK. The simple rule to sustaining a shuck from Eastern Canada is to build as many new troops as ware leaving Canada.

Hello, newbie here. Is there anyway to find out the rank of your opponent when playing on the app?

Great videos. Just sent them to my buddies playing A&A for the first time!

I like most tips, just have been too lazy to read the rulebook. 😂

Brilliant videos

I would like to encourage you to draw your own map using satellite images as a colour reference. It will take a month, but it is worth it. In the first version, I made the territories too small, so I did better in the second.

I love your tips video series. Keep going on!

Sry i meant worst axis and allies moments vid

Corporal Clegg you could do a part 2 to the greatest fails video but if you don't have too much it's all good

In G40 you have a Harbour on Western US, which allows you to move 3 spaces on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. So this strategy should work too.

Great animations! Simple yet perfect when trying to understand something.