Mike Solli
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Joined: 10/18/2000 From: the flight deck of the Zuikaku Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Frandoxx Mike as a new player trying to fanthom the Empire of Japan, i have really appreciated your very detailed AAR. A couple of things you have not mentioned, i would like for you to comment on: First is minelaying and mine sweeping. Do you do this and what criteria do you use to decide where you do this? Second, what about ASW TF's? What guidelines do you use in creating and deploying those, or do you use them at all? I love this game and thanks to all for the time and effort in keeping this game getting better. That applies to both the development team and people like you and Q-Ball and many, many others who share their ideas and tactics! Well, I didn't say much because I didn't do much with minelayers yet. Actually, the only things I've done were to drop off the mines on the I-121 - 124 and drop off 150 mines at Kushiro (along with an ACM). Before the game started, I looked at the starting locations of the ACMs and minefields and prioritized the minefields. That allowed me to quickly figure out where the ACMs should go. I'm eventually going to build more ACMs and place them in locations I want to put minefields. These locations will include Shikuka, Rabaul, Pt. Moresby, Miri, Tarakan, Balkipapan, Palembang, Soerabaja, etc. You get the picture. I'm just not sure how many ACMs I'm going to build. In the rear area, they'll survive, but the minefields will only defend against subs. In the front line, the ACMs are expendable. Eventually, they'll be sunk and the minefield will begin to deteroriate. Not sure what I'm going to do there. Minesweepers..... Interesting issue. Are the AMc types worth it? So far, I have left them in port. I haven't looked at them. Here's a quick count of the To'su, Kiso and Ansyu classes, how they start and (I think) how I want to convert them over time. I'll talk about why in a second:
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