Fishbed
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Joined: 11/21/2005 From: Beijing, China - Paris, France Status: offline
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Myself in a sopac specific scenario in a 6 US CV vs KB+baby KB november 1942 confrontation, my opponent's forces were ravaged as the US TFs, with 3x2 CVTF, ended up at dawn concentrated in the same hex between his two equally distributed CVTF, separated by a hole of something like 8 hex. In the following battle, hornet took moderate damage and that's pretty much it, while one of the Japanese CVTF was mauled finished off in the night by one SCTF detached from the CVs, with 3 CVs, 2 CVL and Yamato lost. In the north, Nagato, Akagi, Soryu and other folks all either ate a bomb or a torp. All of this because of sheer luck, thanks to the fact that part of the enemy force didn't launch (surprise was total, it was happening south of Munda), partly because of weather, but maybe also as some of its planes must have been in ASW duty. Death took its toll after that, as Betties and several engagement finally killed USS North Carolina in the race to south, and subs put torps in Yorktown and Saratoga, but other than Showboat no other big guy was lost, which made the tally beautiful. But well, the level of detail in WitP just forbids you from actually failing or winning because of your own flawed or lucky personal decisions in the heat of the battle which, beside weather, are the very causes of the outcome of most of the WW2 carrier battles. In WitP, everything you decide is a consequence of your orders the day before, which may make you feel a little bit powerless (like a Commander in Chief should feel!!!). You have to accept other factors, and a lot of randomness, that can somewhat make for that feeling - but either way, you'd rather fail because you're bad, instead of having a dice roll getting the victory away from your hands. I can live with that, for it isn't in my view the point of WitP. But some others can't. I'd advice these ones to look for another game if they want to find that kind of feelings and results, for WitP ain't the good game for that, although it gives you galore of chills in other areas.
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