Tech

@MechanizedWarfare:

@Amon-Sul:

is ˝tech˝ another name for the weapons devealopment

Yea they are the samething.  Russia I heard is awesome with the rockets tech, its definately worth buying rockets with Russia.  Also for Japan, super subs is good, since they need a potent but cheap navy in case they lose some naval pieces.  I dont know about the other techs.

They still have improved industry?  Cause in classic Russia with improved industry could pump out 12 infantry a round for 24 IPCs…that was a killer technology for them, especially if no one else had any techs.

Rockets is pretty useless for anyone except Germany and Russia.

Jet Fighters is nice for Japan and America, who generally have at least a few carriers. The boost to fleet defense can be worth it.

Super-Subs is generally nice for Japan and America as well…the only other country likely to mass enough subs for it to be worthwhile is Germany, and if your doing well enough to be building lots of subs as Germany, you probably don’t need the tech.

I highly recommend Long-Range Aircraft for any nation with the cash to spare on tech-rolls, especially for America and Germany. It makes defending Germany from Allied invasion much easier, and aids greatly in America’s efforts in the Pacific (especially when coupled with the “Island Bases” National Advantage)

Combined Bombardment is generally useless, but Japan has a couple National Advantages that might make it worthwhile.

Heavy Bombers are generally not worth the double investment (dice for tech AND bombers), but if your going by the book rules, they can be quite powerful against enemy fleets when used in combination with your own fleet.

The only tech I don’t like are teh heavy bombers out of the book.  They aren’t as rediculous as they were in classic but they still are overwhelming.  Once I have heavy bombers I just buy infantry and transports.  So if your playing by the book buy them early and buy them often.  Germany on turn 1 with Hvy bombers is just silly.

People use the word tech and weapons development interchangably.  In older versions it was called technology rolls.  In revised it is called weapons development.  But the two are the same.

Generally speaking I don’t roll weapons development. If we are just “playing it out” sure but I think IPCs are better spent on units.

Generally:
If you don’t have Bombers don’t roll for Hvy BMBrs
If you don’t have  subs don’t roll for super subs.
et al.

Remember you are buying a chance at improved weapons instead of an ARM. Bird in hand an all that.

On the other hand what the heck? Do you feel lucky?

Yes, forgive us old farts for using terms from the old Milton Bradley version :-)

Has anyone tried playing with full techs and NAs enabled? It’s pretty funny. At first the Axis kicks some major ass with those long range luftwaffe dive bomber fighters slaughtering navy all over the board, but it turns around real quick when the Allies’ rockets get rowdy in Berlin and S. Europe  :-P  -21 IPCs per turn on Germany : (