paradigmblue
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Some exciting changes coming down the pike, I should have a new full install as well as an update installer posted tomorrow (crossing fingers). I also hope to post two different versions of the mod - one with, and one without Soviets active on day 1.
Minor Updates:
*Added a Sentai of Zeroes to Toyohara due to feedback that it was undefended. In this scenario, it does make sense for Japan to protect such an important location for aircraft factories so close to its border with the Soviet Union.
*Adjusted Toyohara's Aviation Support via an engineering unit stationed there to support the Sentai of Zeroes.
*General Patton noticed decreasing AA values on some Canadian DD additions. Those issues have been fixed.
Major Updates:
Active Emergency Reinforcements
Added all allied "Emergency Reinforcements" to the game on day 1, as temporarily restricted units. It has always felt wrong to me that the Japanese player can run roughshod over India, New Zealand or Australia, but if they don't cross the "line of death", the allies OOB will remain exactly the same. Conversely, it also feels wrong that the Japanese player feels they have to stop their conquests at an imaginary line in the sand. These units will no longer activate when the Japanese player crosses the LOD, but instead start at Capetown, Salt Lake City, Eastern Canada or Aden as restricted units. To load them on transports, the player must pay the PP cost of the unit. As these are high AV units, some of the PP costs to buy out these units are quite high. Note that this isn't a house rule PP cost, but actual game mechanics will prevent the unit from being loaded unless the cost is paid.
Allied Advantages: The allied player will have access to some high AV LCUs that they normally would not have access to, if they can afford to pay the PP cost. Because once they are bought out they are unrestricted, it gives the allied player greater flexibility with these units than in stock - which restricted the US reinforcements to the West Coast.
Allied Disadvantages: The allied player will not magically receive these units if the LOD is crossed, which means that if they have not saved PP to buy them out, they still won't be able to bring them into play.
Japanese Advantages: Crossing the line of death no longer has the strategic and mental stigma that it once did. The additional units are already in the game, so there is less cost to the Japanese player to cross the LOD.
Japanese Disadvantages: The allied player, if they spend their PP wisely, can over time bring more AV than in stock, which will make things more difficult for the Japanese player. Also, the device pool convoys are still activated by crossing the LOD, which means that the allies will still receive additional devices if Japan invades too deeply.
Hopefully this change will create more dynamic and organic gameplay in the theaters where automatic reinforcements can be triggered.
The Mk14A Torpedo
The allied player will have a chance to change the landscape of the sub war with the addition of the 21in Mk 14A and the XT Mk 14A torpedoes. These new devices are a Mk 14 Torpedo that only has a 25% dud rate, instead of Mk14's 80% dud rate. These are not standard equipment on US subs, and instead the player must convert their subs to take advantage of the improved Mk14.
Here's how it works: All US subs that use the Mk14 Torpedo in 1942 will have and option to convert to a version of the sub that used the Mk14A rather than the Mk14. For example, a Dolphin class sub would have an option to convert to the Dolphin A. This is a lengthy conversion, taking the sub out of commission for 45(!) days. Once converted, the sub will miss out on all further upgrades until mid 1943, when it will have a chance to upgrade to its mid-43 layout. Further upgrades after mid-43 take place normally.
The allied player will have to make some tough decisions - How many subs to take from the front lines to make the conversion? Is the conversion worth losing 3 or 4 upgrades from 1942 to 1943?
Credit for this change goes to Bullwinkle
< Message edited by paradigmblue -- 7/19/2015 6:51:58 AM >
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