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Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 3:23:31 PM

richlove

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Subject says it all, I think. I have 4 APDs in Brisbane, and I want to use them to land a USMC Raider Battalion somewhere (occupied by about 200 IJA troops). When I create a FT TF, it wants the troops in strategic mode (?). What am I doing wrong? Should it be an amphibious TF instead?

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 6:39:21 PM

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Doesn't seems to be right; I have done many fast transport missions with troops on combat mode.

snapshots can sometimes help

can you try docking the TF before loading?

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 7:05:20 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: richlove

Subject says it all, I think. I have 4 APDs in Brisbane, and I want to use them to land a USMC Raider Battalion somewhere (occupied by about 200 IJA troops). When I create a FT TF, it wants the troops in strategic mode (?). What am I doing wrong? Should it be an amphibious TF instead?

Most plausable explanation would be that you inadvertedly set to 'Transport' instead of 'Fast Transport'. Did you doublecheck on TF type?

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 7:45:16 PM

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Sure, here's the FT TF docked @ Brisbane:

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 7:49:34 PM

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.... and I figured it out, at least the loading part. The 3rd Marine Raider Btn was in rest mode. Flipping it to combat mode allows me to load it. A small bug in what's displayed in the 'status' column, maybe? Here's the original troop load screen before I flipped them to 'combat'.

Back to my original question - can I use this TF to amphib assault an enemy held base? I've never tried that with a FT TF, and I can't find a mention of it in the forum.

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 10:10:39 PM

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4 APDs are not going to carry a lot of troops or bring a lot of supply, so it would have to be a pretty small scale amphibious landing, but I think I have used them to take unoccupied bases. My memory is a little hazy about it at the moment.

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/1/2014 11:13:39 PM

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I have used fast transport to take empty dot bases, empty bases, and reinforce existing landings. Never tried an initial attack but I think it would work.

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RE: Can fast transport TFs make contested landings? - 12/2/2014 1:04:21 AM

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I have used fast transport to take empty dot bases, empty bases, and reinforce existing landings. Never tried an initial attack but I think it would work.

You should add this tool to your repertoire, particularly for early war Japan.

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