Attacking defenseless transports prevents offshorebombardment, good or bad?

@theROCmonster:

G1 Egypt without the fighter is 2 infantry arty tank fighter bomber vs inf tank fighter… not that big of a risk at all.

When I am Germany it is.  :-P :wink:

When I would play Revised more often, I had a penchant for having that battle go horribly wrong. We usualyl had 7 bids for Germany which meant inf/art in Libya

The best example.
With 3 inf, 1 art, 2 tanks, 1 ftr, 1 bmb, I rolled 12 out of 13 6’s the first 2 rounds. He got 4 hits the first two rounds. I wish I still had the screenshots.

I eventually I had ftr/bmb left and I think all he had was ftr, but I still retreated. Sometimes you just gotta know when the dice hate you and it is futile to object.

@Varn:

Based on your description, I have analyzed your situation carefully. I have identified your three options. You may be able to search this forum for articles that inform you which of these three is best for you given the exact situation:

1.) German prison/labor camp.
2.) Japanese prison/labor camp.
3.) Apologize heavily to the Germans. Agree to do more chores around the house. They may agree to let the Russians join the Axis, but only this once and only as a house rule.

Don’t take option number 1, I heard they got quite a bad rep around the historical period we’re talking about.

Honestly Granada I would have to show you in a game. Not to sound cocky but I am very good and don’t make mistakes. For this strategy to work you have know when you are able to move your infantry stacks out of Germany/southern Germany/Eastern Europe/ and sometime karelia if you are here. You are correct in that germany won’t have much attack power. I almost always build 10 inf 2 tanks R1. Gives Germany some options on R2. Even possibly sending a tank to africa if your fleet was not destroyed. The thing is Germany doesn’t need attack power so much as Stacking power. 6 tanks =30 while as 10 infantry=30 is a huge difference. The more units you can stack in a Certain area the better. I am not a big fan of trying to take an hold western Europe. I Usually give this up very early on in the game and send almost everything at Russia. Germany’s tanks are vital in holding back both russia and US and UK. Try keeping Germany tankss in Eastern Europe. This both protects against a combined stack in western europe from the allies, and also is realy scary to russia and can hit many fronts on your eastern theatre.

Hobbes is correct.  The destroyer must be in the battle, not just in the sea zone.

Ahhh i see, thanks germanman01, kreighund, and hobbes for your guy’s input

No.

Great, I WAS right!  :-D

Thanks for the help!

No.  You can’t load transports in a hostile sea zone.