bradfordkay
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quote: ORIGINAL: bradfordkay A barge hub is the only base from which barge TFs can be setup as routine convoys (computer controlled). It should have a large supply depot, but you will probably need to keep shipping supplies there as the barge TFs will be taking those supplies to more forward bases. It will need to be relatively close to the forward bases (6-12 hexes away) as barges do not have a lot of fuel. Not true, actually. Computer-controlled Barge TFs can be created anywhere to run to wherever. Reading the rulebook, it seems that Barge Hubs are supposed to be a player productivity feature. The idea is that you can leave Barges in the Barge Hub's port, and if the AI thinks that a base nearby is short of supply, it will automatically create a Barge TF, load it with supply and send it to the beleaguered outpost. Pardon me, but I merely wrote what I found in my v1.0 manual (maybe the info has been updated in a later version, but the v1.0 is the one I printed out when I bought the game): "Once created, PT boats and barges act in all ways like all other ships, except that by using Barge Hubs the barge Task Forces can be set to Routine Convoy from the Barge Hub... ...Once a base is designated as a Barge Hub: -any computer controlled Task Force containing only barges, and which starts a Resolution Phase in the Barge Hub hex, will be used by the computer to move supplies from the Barge Hub to nearby bases that need supplies." It appears that you can set up barge TFs in other hexes, but, according to the v1.0 manual, you can only set up a Routine Convoy barge TF in a Barge Hub base. There is a difference between a Routine Convoy and a Constant Supply TF. I agree with you that I don't trust the AI to make good decisions in this respect, but I fear that in WITP we will all be relying upon the Routine Convoy to a greater amount.
< Message edited by bradfordkay -- 3/26/2004 8:07:16 PM >
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