hawker
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Joined: 6/25/2005 From: Split,Croatia Status: offline
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Hawker, I think the reason that most Japanese PBEM player put less emphasis on DEI early, is because the Dutch happily stack the oil and resources for you. It actually works in their benefit to not initially push hard in DEI. Take the jewel Palembang. If you do nothing in DEI, it accumulates what, 700 oil a day? It just stacks neatly on the docks. The faucets cannot be turned OFF. If you go for Palembang quickly, maybe you don't have the resources to pulverize the engineers well enough. They demolish half the facilities. It would have been better to let the Dutch stack the oil neatly for you, until it is ready to be captured. Furhermore, if you capture Palembang before Java, every Allied B-17 is bomb the crap out of the place. Japan has enough stocks for several months. Most PBEM opponents will use those stocks to capture places that they could not have otherwise, if they waited until DEI was secure (ex. Port Moresby, Noumea, etc). The forces in DEI aren't going anywhere (restricted command). You do have to keep the Allies from reinforcing DEI, but you don't actually have to CAPTURE much of it early on. I have one opponent that didn't invade anything but Malaya and PI until mid-March. It's not historical, but it works. -F- You have the the right Feinder,as always Reason why i so obssesed with DEI is because,in all my games(and i played much so far) i always get under pressure with oil/resources. If i have enough,i am scared,if i have less,i am scared. Thats is OBSESSION by oil/resources. Look my adventure in Russia against GH,i even less care about VPs. I want Komsomolsk industry(880 HI),i want Okha(440 oil),etc...
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