treespider
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ORIGINAL: treespider Just thought I'd start a thread for some generalized player tips - this is for potential Allied players.... 1. In the beginning - If you form a TRANSPORT TF on the US West Coast, DO NOT direct them to any ports other than Pearl, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Auckland. Use AMPHIB TF to transport Base Forces and units with Naval Support to the lesser ports first. The AMPHIB TF is not nearly as efficient as the TRANSPORT TF in terms of amount carried but the unload time at smaller ports is significantly higher. More to follow later.... Treespider...For a couple of years I have been making transport convoys, sending them from Frisco to, say, somewhere around Nw Caledonia, and then, AT SEA, going back in and making them an amphib convoy, thereby getting the speed of the long haul, and the quicker unload speed of the amphibs. I never deemed it gamey because it was basically the same role as the APA's... Is this no longer a capability, or will AE continue to allow me to swap convoy types mid-ocean? You can no longer switch between Transport and Amphib TF...mid voyage. Units that are loaded on a Transport TF can only be in Strategic Move mode...meaning all of there equipment has been palletized and consolidated for shipping purposes... Units that are loaded on Amphib TF can only be in Combat Mode...their equipment is loaded so as to be readily accesible for immediate use...this translates into less efficient use of available stowage space. Once loaded onto a ship you cannot change the units mode...hence the TF that the ships are in that the unit is loaded on cannot be changed.
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