This is so your allies can buy resources they don't need from you to correct the trade imbalance. Take account of how many civilian factories you were trading to your allies before and after the switch. Hence everyone in the axis should have the same amount of factories after the switch to free trade. This is done under the assumption that everyone will trade back the factories that they receive in excess of what they received. Most Games the Axis will switch over to free trade at the beginning of the game to optimize their construction and research speeds. The Speed however will be lower than a fighter 2 with max engines, however due to your superior Mitsubishi Air designer you have will have 10% extra agility than your opponent (most designers only give 10% agility while Mitsubishi gives 20%) allowing your planes to trade evenly to favourably against other fighter 2s. The range isn't much of a problem as it only takes two pips in range to overmatch fighter 2s (1080 km vs 1000). Carrier fighters have 20% less range (800 vs 1000) and 20% less speed (585 vs 650) but oddly have a higher defense score by 1 (17 vs 16). Fighter 2s and Carrier fighters are the same in all combat stats except range, speed, and defense. Fighter 2s cost 26 IC cost to make, while Carrier fighter 2s base cost is 30.4, however at -20% off they only cost 24.34 IC making them cheaper in IC cost than regular Fighter 2s. Carrier fighters however only cost 2 aluminium 1 rubber and 2 oil, making them cheaper in resources than land based fighters. Fighter 2s cost 3 aluminium 1 rubber and 2 oil. First off let me compare the stats of the two. Because of the Interservice rivalry decision “ Prioritize Naval Aircraft Production” that gives a -20% cost to all carrier planes, Carrier fighters end up much cheaper than fighter 2s. This is because I obtain Carrier Fighter 2s from the Zero National Focus and use that as my primary fighter.

Another potential flex pick is anti air 2 to be put in my infantry as a support battalion to reduce the effects of allied air (which will generally be much larger than you).įirst off you might notice that i never research fighter 1s or 2s. In my communities meta Australia, New zealand, and Raj often go tanks so i often Tech Medium 2s using the bonus from the Russo japanese border war (assuming i won it) or research anti tank 2. If USA is focusing on Naval dockyards and naval tech you should react to it. Once no longer head of time tech Concentrated 2,Ī Air Doctrine of your choice (continuous),Īfter this you should adapt to what techs your opponents are taking by looking at their licensed production. Ha Go light tank 2( once finished pick light spg 2) , A Land Doctrine of your choice ( continuous, keep researching after each tech completes),

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