MP Tech Sharing Strats

[WhiteHojo]

I'm at work, I'm bored, I've never played HOI MP but I have a Q for all those that do.

What are your strats for sharing tech in MP?

by this I mean, does anyone, if the sides are uk/us & germ/italy or whatever combo spins your propeller, tell one player/nation to concentrate on say infantry techs, the other on armor techs, etc.??

and then swap out what you discover at the max allowable rate in a game (be that default settings or house rules)...

just a idle wonder...

 

[Diefledermas]

There are a lot of different strategies and a million opinions but my in my humble opinion if you are the:

Axis

Its beneficial for Germany to share its land doctrines and then land tech with its partners (usually Italy and Japan of course). Germany tends not waste a lot of resources on a blue water navy so those techs from Japan/Italy aren't always of great value. There are some land/air techs they possess that Germany have which help.

Coordination is more of a preference thing with future research (ok, Japan - you focus on aircraft, I'll focus on land doctrines, and Italy you handle the industrial tech)

This is assuming those 3 team up and are human players of course.

Allies

This is little more complicated since whether or not the USSR joins your side effects decisions in tech trading (guess the USSR could be Axis too but less likely). Assuming the USA will (eventually) be an ally they have the resource to really do some serious research. France starts with a lead in the land techs while UK has a good jump in the air/navy stuff, the USA has good navy as well. So, after trading around the appropriate techs, it makes sense for to continue focusing on land (for the inevitable German attack), UK - air, USA - navy/industrial.

These are just my opinions on the subject, I've seen many different strategies work