incbob
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Joined: 6/23/2004 From: Columbia, Missouri Status: offline
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Just to clarify my position: I want to move this game closer to World In Flames and away from Hearts of Iron 4. Here are my latest suggestions: == Victory Points. Midway, Hawaii, and Okinawa should be VP's. I am okay with Wake not being one. == Japanese Garrisons. One of the issues with the 1941 start was there was little reason for Japan to keep their units on the Philippines, DEI, or Borneo. Invade, take the place and quickly move on. Slowing down their conquest will help, but what worries me is that the game gives little to no reason for them to stop expanding. They can keep expanding until the US navy gains superiourity which isn't untl 1943 at the earliest. The game needs to give the Japanse a reason to keep units in the DEI, Borneo, and Philippiens. In my mind there are 3 possiblities. 1- strong partisans. 2- without units the hexes revert back to allied control. 3- VPs. Not sure it can be done, but give VPs each turn a japanese unit of X STR is in X spot. 4- My favorite, don't completely castrate the Allies. == Japan. I hate to say it, but start them with 40-60 more oil. == Dream...the ability to build 10 STR air units. This would allow the effective use of the size 1 ports. == Dream...DEI and Philippines don't fall just because Manila and Batavia taken. This is ahistorical. Make the Japaanese work for their conquest. == The DEI Airforce should not get to respond to attacks on Singapore on the Dec 7th (turn 1) air attacks. In a related manner give the Japanese a slight bonus to doing damage. I have seen to many times one or both ships are completely untouched. I am okay with them surviving, but surviving beat up. == Japanese should not be able to finish their conquest of the DEI, Borneo, and the Philippines prior to the end of February. == Get UK the ability to get more troops and air untis into India. As I have stated elsewhere, the 1942 scenario has UK units in India that the 1.00.01 1941 scenario cannot do. I suggest putting them in as events if you do not want to do................. == Do not completely hamstring the Allies. 1. Give the UK more land and air units deploying prior Feb-March. 2. Give the UK and the US 20 transports each on Jan 4 or 18th (Turn 3-4). This still gives Japan 2-3 full free turns invade. It gives the Allies the ability to reinforce Australia and India. It also gives Japan a pause. With the Allies now able to do very small invasions they are forced to take VPs and forced to garrison what they take. It also means that Japan has to keep Kido Butai and its carriers around to guard agaisnt Allied movement. 3. Give the US a larger starting oil stockpile. Instead of 15 start them with 50. This doesn't let them go wild, but gives them enough to do a little running around.
< Message edited by incbob -- 6/3/2021 3:20:22 PM >
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