Alfred
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1. There is no Allied benefit gained by fighting outside of the Port Moresby hex. Outside of the base,
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(g) LCUs gain no benefit from whatever their objective is whereas if the objective is Port Moresby and their objective is Port Moresby, subject to having the right HQs in place, combat bonuses apply to combat within the Port Moresby hex
(h) CAP cover for LCUs outside of Port Moresby is more difficult and less efficient that CAP cover for LCUs present within Port Moresby
I assume LCUs are Land Combat Units? My original thought was to build up Port Moresby, then march overland & take Buna possibly combined with an amphibious invasion. While I would gain only 4 VP points, it would deprive Japan of 12. Based on your comment above and experience, however, you seem to favor building up Port Moresby which might yield more VPs & force the Japs to attack me at their disadvantage - fortifications, air power, CAP, etc. If I decide on the latter, I need to change my Future Objectives from Buna to Port Moresby. If I do this, I will lose planning points of those units whose Future Objective has been Buna for a few turns, 4 units[range 29-35]. Any comments or suggestions?
No, I'm not prescribing what you should or shouldn't do. What I am trying to do is to get you to look at the situation more deeply than you seem to have done to date.
1. Yes, LCU = Land Combat Unit.
2. If your assessment is that, in the context of this scenario, the capture of Buna is a worthwhile exercise, then go for it. If that is your assessment, then of course it would be counter productive to change the objective of a LCU which already has Buna as the objective. But that just highlights my point as to why you want to avoid the 30th Bde being slowed down by having to fight outside of Port Moresby. Just send the LCUs you had in mind around the fighting and march directly to Buna.
3. You start off with the 30th Bde fighting outside of Port Moresby because that is the historical position the unit found itself in. In real life, there was a benefit to fighting the enemy to a standstill outside of Port Moresby. However in AE, as previously mentioned, no such benefit accrues. Hence if in your assessment the priority is to hold Port Moresby rather than capturing Buna, well that is when you would need to consider whether a move back to Port Moresby (and a consequent change of objective) is tactically warranted.
4. There is no uncertainty as to the VP value of Port Moresby. That is something which is quite easily determined. There is an absolute maximum of current and potential VP attached to Port Moresby. Again it is for you to determine how important they are in the overall context of the scenario. Then it is up to you to determine:
(a) what are the conditions needed to be met for those VP to be credited to the Allied player
(b) whether it is feasible for those conditions to be met
As I said earlier, first formulate the overall plan by which you think an Allied victory can be achieved. Then, and only then, is it possible to look at and test the efficacy of the tactical considerations to achieve the desired outcome.
In a separate post, you decided to concentrate on building up the airfield at the expense of the port and fortifications. The process by which you came to that decision is faulty.
Fortifications do not generate VP. Whilst airfield levels generate more VP, it is wrong to say that port levels do not generate VP. The decision to concentrate on building up the airfield I believe is the correct decision, but the correct process to come to that decision should have been reached after taking into account thiese considerations;
(A) the port could be built up only one more level whereas if I recall correctly, there is more potential to building up the airfield
(B) in this scenario (remember I spoke previously of bad ramifications of playing scenarios) the SPS of the port is 0, hence irrespective of its current level, it is always going to be much slower and consume a lot more supplies to build the port up compared to building the airfield
(C) notwithstanding the preceding points, it might make sense to build up the port because the rate of unloading cargo is directly dependent on the size of the port. Hence the quickest way to build up the supply stockpile at Port Moresby is to enlarge the port. Whether that is the appropriate course of action again takes us back to the fundamental issue of how you plan to achieve victory in this scenario
Alfred
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