stww2
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Completed this with no losses! A first for me with EDC. Granted there was a lot of luck involved in producing that result; for instance, two F-15E's were hit by AAA fire and caught on fire, but both managed to extinguish it. Lack of losses wasn't the only rarity: the Libyan AF decided to make an appearance, and thus four hapless SU-22s were massacred by F-14s. Final score was 4525 (Triumph). Losses and expenditures appended to the end. Log files attached.
In terms of substantive feedback, I don't really have much to say. The previous iterations of EDC were already superb, and it doesn't seem that any flaws creeped into this version that would detract from that prior assessment. One suggestion I do have is to consider having the F-15's set to their mandatory loadouts. Considering that 1) the air-to-air threat is minimal; 2) maximizing range is important in this mission (particularly if the player gets really unlucky and doesn't get overflight rights for France or Spain); 3) reducing the aircraft's weight helps it in the weapon endgame calculations (at least I assume that's what "weight fraction" means), I think that the downsides of having AMRAAMs outweigh the benefits. On the other hand, IIRC, you can change aircraft loadouts to mandatory without resetting the ready timer, so perhaps this is something better left up to the player.
The only other comments I have are some exceedingly minor issues within the mission briefing and messages. You may well have been planning to update some of these in a later version, but regardless here's a brief list:
-date in briefing references 1986
-CINCSAC referenced in briefing (presumably the tankers came from SAC in the 1986 operation?). Since from what I understand SAC was disbanded in 1992, this should presumably reference a different commander (perhaps the head of Air Mobility Command?)
-a special message referenced A-6's from Enterprise, but Enterprise was not present in my playthrough (JFK instead)
-in Special message at 142006z, America and Coral Sea still referenced
That's all from me. This scenario was a blast to play and is an excellent continuation of your EDC saga!
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Losses and Expenditures:
SIDE: United States
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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61x AGM-88C HARM
48x GBU-10E/B Paveway II LGB [Mk84]
19x Generic Chaff Salvo [5x Cartridges]
4x Generic Flare Salvo [3x Cartridges, Single Spectral]
60x Mk82 500lb Snake Eye
6x AIM-7P Sparrow III
72x CBU-87/B CEM [202 x BLU-97/B Dual-Purpose Bomblets]
72x CBU-59/B APAM [717 x BLU-77/B Dual-Purpose Bomblets]
SIDE: Libya
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LOSSES:
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2x Boeing 727-200 Adv
5x Il-76T Candid A
5x MiG-23MS Flogger E
4x Su-22M-2K Fitter H
1x A/C Hangar (1x Very Large Aircraft)
1x A/C Hangar (2x Very Large Aircraft)
1x A/C Hardened Aircraft Shelter (1x Large Aircraft)
1x Building (Airport Terminal)
32x Building (Large)
1x Building (Small)
1x Radar (Back Net [P-80])
4x Radar (Spoon Rest D [P-18])
1x Radar (Tall King A [P-14])
2x 23mm ZSU-23-4 Shilka [Cargo]
4x R.440 Crotale-2000 [Cargo]
4x SA-3b Goa Quad Rail [Cargo]
4x SA-7a Grail [9K32 Strela-2] MANPADS [Cargo]
3x Vehicle (Fan Song E [SNR-75M3]) [Cargo]
9x Vehicle (Flat Face B [P-19]) [Cargo]
10x Vehicle (Low Blow [SNR-125]) [Cargo]
3x Vehicle (Mirador IV) [Cargo]
3x Vehicle (Spoon Rest C [P-12]) [Cargo]
1x Vehicle (Straight Flush [1S91]) [Cargo]
20x Vehicle (Truck, Unarmed) [Cargo]
EXPENDITURES:
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21x R.440 Crotale-2000
24x SA-3b Goa [5V27, V-601P]
10x 23mm ZSU-23-4 Shilka Burst [50 rnds]
7x SA-7a Grail [9M32]
9x SA-9b Gaskin [9M31M]
34x 23mm ZU-23-2 Burst [20 rnds]
3x SA-2d Guideline Mod 2 [S-75 Volga, 20D / V-755]
108x 57mm S60 HE
SIDE: Downed Pilots
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Task Force 60
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SIDE: Civilian
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SIDE: Spare Aircraft
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