Froonp -> RE: MWiF Map Review - Pacific Islands (7/27/2006 2:55:50 PM)
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ORIGINAL: trees trees I propose eliminating the following hexes: Sumishu Jima Tori Shima Mukeshima Retto Nishi-No Shima Kita-Iwo Okinotori Shima I just googled some of them again and most of them are volcanic specks of land. I think it was Tori Shima that is only 700 meters wide. Whatever the land hex three hexes WSW of Tori Shima is probably similar and should go too. I would prefer making Mukoshima Retto & Kita-Iwo as mountain hexes rather than delete them because they are quite large. Mountain hexes are pretty unusable by regular aircrafts (ENG & HQ are not used often to upgrade the stacking limit of a mountain isle, more to upgrade the stacking limit of an already valuable island), but still are usable for seaplanes. I would agree to delete the smallest of them on the other hand (Sumishu Jima, Tori Shima, Okinotori Shima, Nishi-No Shima). quote:
Note that in Europe the island of Pantellaria, 8.5 miles by 5 miles and "rocky", in between Tunisia and Sicily and a strategic concern for both sides (Italy garrisoned 12,000 troops on it); does not make it on to the WiF maps. Yes, and I'm sorry it does not. But the supply system of WiF would make it pretty useless anyway. quote:
This would leave three hexes (Iwo Jima, Hahashima Retto, and Chichisima Retto) on the Marianas/China Sea boundary, as in WiFFe currently. (Though this does increase to two the number in the North Temperate zone, but disconnects Iwo Jima from Hahashima Retto). Perhaps Kita-Iwo is big enough for the CBs to gouge out more runways. You can 'wifzen' eliminating it as where the extra planes go if HQs or ENGs are used to increase stacking on Iwo Jima. I think that the Weather border should be moved so that Hahashima Retto is no more in the Temperate zone, so that there is only 1 island hexe in the Temperate Weather Zone, on the Sea Area Border. quote:
I don't think Tinian should be added to the boundary south of Saipan. Tinian should not be on the border, it's right. But Tinian should be on the map. quote:
When work commences on the Marshalls I hope the boundary can be very carefully drawn to leave only two land hexes directly on the boundary between the Marshalls and the Marianas as well (both minor ports on the current WiF map, extremely useful already). This work is already done. See previous posts. IIRC, it respects the WiF FE map in regards to the number of island sitting on the Sea Area border. quote:
Good US play (well, it's always worked for me) is to use land-based air from Hawaii to dominate the Marshalls sea area, then use this dominance to cover landings in the Marshall Islands, then use these airbases in conjunction with Wake to dominate the Marianas zone, do some ultimate island hopping and land on the Bonins under cover of land based fighters. I would add to invade Truk after "dominate the Marianas Zone" and to invade the Philippines after "land on the Bonins", because without Truk nor the Philippines the US won't go anywhere with only air support in the Bonin & Marianas & Marshalls.
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