Bean,
I have to admit, my response to carriers is to build fighters. Why?
Well, fighters are my most logical counter as well. Didn’t I say earlier I thought it might be best for the UK to overbuild fighters?
That means I’ll have two, 1 UK, 1 US should be enough firepower with the 2 battleships, 3 destroyers, submarine and 8 transports to withstand a German attack. (Think unification of LA Fleet and Pacific/Indian Ocean Fleets around turn 3.)
Well, that would ruin my day if I thought that buying carriers would give me a shot at killing navy. But I don’t buy the carriers in order to threaten Allied shipping, I don’t think about it even a bit. So it’s very strawman to say that I can’t attack the Allied fleet. The whole point is, how are they going to deal with it? They are not going to be very happy without their favorite shipping zones disabled. And if you simply do your North Africa dominance remember that Germany will not have to make a second carrier until round 5 when the Allies are actually able to attack SZ5 with enough force to scare them, meaning plenty of troops to push Russia around and defend W. Europe with.
Meanwhile, as I’ve been lambasted for stating before, during that time I have negated the German fleet by retaking Africa. I can get it faster then Japan can come to help Germany, meaning England’s not too far in the hole, especially if they end up with Norway to make up for India.
Well, it’s impossible to count on getting far in Africa with solely Germany early on, so I’m not exactly frightened that you’re overlanding large quantities of men that are going to take 2 IPCs away from me and threaten Japan 5 turns later.
And the German fleet is anything but negated. It’s still there waiting to block entry into Berlin, E. Europe, and Karelia. If anything it’s more stable since Germany has the time to build land troops before having to build that second carrier.
How are you actually thinking about containing Germany with all those troops in Africa, and the best landing zones locked out since you don’t have SZ5? All I see is that you’re saying that I can’t kill your Allied navy and Germany doesn’t have Africa - both of which are the most minimal requirements that the Allies have to meet within the first few rounds. Where’s the pressure? S. Europe will disrupt the shuck, and you aren’t going into Norway until round 4 or 5, and you are forced to walk bottleneck from Norway instead of being able to combine forces quickly through SZ5.