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Curious to know if any experienced players would share their plan/strategy for setting up US Production. Just new to the game and reading through the manual it seems like a difficult code to break for success. And any thoughts on R&D would be nice to see too. Thx in advance!

Allied production is automated. The Japanese have a production system....GP

For US production you need Marlene Dietrich. Carole Lombard helps too. Throw in some Jimmy Cagney and you're in business.

More experienced players than you will ever encounter set the production up, and it cannot be fiddled with.

Don't forget Hedy Lamar.

Imagine this. You don't have to spend any time planning what you're going to get. It just shows up like someone stuck a funnel in your mouth and dumped stuff in. Oh, wait, the stuff you get isn't exactly what you wanted, like you don't really think much of P-47s or P-51s, you just have to bite the bullet and accept the hundreds and hundreds of them you get. You should be able to sue somebody, anybody for all the grief you had to experience. I mean seriously, why can't you just stick to Vindicators? This game just doesn't make any sense! Don't get me started on fuel. Who's idea was it that the Americans could never run out of the stuff? When I played Allies I rued the day I found out that under no circumstances could I ever run out of fuel, even if Nazi Germany defeated the Soviet Union and in short order the Brits. What kind of stupid game is this?

Sometimes it's just better to listen to music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRhwyzJABvI

If you don't like that, eat this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwwiBZh5Wys

If you don't like this, you need to speak to your doctor. Something's wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErKWJ8MINac

A simple explanation would have sufficed. Thanks for nothing and the insulting replies.

You are most welcome.

You've been around Matrix since 2016 and you haven't even taken a cursory look at the game, but you pose a question like that?

Somebody's in the manic phase? [X(]

Just purchased the game in the last week. Thought I'd ask for some advice. If this draws negativity for asking a "dumb question" then so be it. Comments accepted and understood so no need to pile on. I'm sure you all have better things to do.

You're fine, Aksully. Nothing wrong with your question. It seems you happened to catch the Gorn (Geoff) in a rare bad temper.

I've been playing this game for ten years (closer to 20 if you count it's ancestors) and I'm still learning important stuff every day.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

You're fine, Aksully. Nothing wrong with your question. It seems you happened to catch the Gorn (Geoff) in a rare bad temper.

I've been playing this game for ten years (closer to 20 if you count it's ancestors) and I'm still learning important stuff every day.

Yeah, pay no attention to the Gorn. Nobody else does.



Now darnit, put that disrupter away! I was kidding!!!!

Thanks Cano, All Gorn had to do was say it was a stupid question and moved on. Obviously he has other more real world issues. I just started reading through the manual. I checked the forums and saw the thread about Japanese production ideas and thought I'd ask the same question from the Allied side. I should have read through the manual fully first to see that the Allied production was automated. I simply asked the question with the intention of looking to do a PBEM game in the future. But no longer interested in that now. I'll just load the game and learn as I go. I do appreciate your reply. No need for further posts. I've learned the lesson.

Don't project one small unpleasant experience onto the entire forum, Aksully. Nothing wrong with your question and this is a great community.

P.S. I've never read the manual.

Geoff is always a bit off the wall but rarely and obtuse as what he just posted. I am actually concerned that something may be going on that is affecting his posts. The rants about Allies getting tons of everything are normal but the rest is ... bizarre, even for a Gorn! And I like Beethoven symphonies, but not weaponized!

ORIGINAL: Aksully

Curious to know if any experienced players would share their plan/strategy for setting up US Production. Just new to the game and reading through the manual it seems like a difficult code to break for success. And any thoughts on R&D would be nice to see too. Thx in advance!

Although the only thing you can do with Allied production, is to stop certain plane models from upgrading, there are two things you have to remember:
1. Don't turn off your HI, because you need it for your on-map factories
2. Don't lose tour production centers (For planes, and ships), because then they are gone forever, even if you can reconquer this Base. Keep there substantial forces, one quick raid can destroy hundreds of your reinforcement planets.