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ORIGINAL: Terminus

I've held onto Luzon all through the war once, but that was against the poor, lame-brained AI. I counter-attacked it at Clark Field, kicked its forces out, and it never came back.

When I scrubbed the game in 11/43, it still hadn't come back, and Manilla, Clark, Bataan and Naga were all still mine.

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ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Single ship convoys. The AI ignores them

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ORIGINAL: FAdmiral

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ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Single ship convoys. The AI ignores them

Is that what the programming of the AI had originally intended?
Or is it just a 0 dice roll for something that small....

JIM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Erm, I seem to recall about 2½ division equivalents at Clark, battering themselves against my defences with endless Deliberate Attacks. They got so weak that I kicked them out using the troops I had at Clark, augmented by the Marines and the Provisional Tank Group. Never came back.

Poor AI confuses so easily...

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Don't know why it works but it seems to. Single ship convoys get hit more often by search planes but seem to be ignored by strike AC.

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ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit

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Don't know why it works but it seems to. Single ship convoys get hit more often by search planes but seem to be ignored by strike AC.

I must disagree with you there. My single ship convoys were getting bombed left, right and centre by Japanese strike AC's. They were either sailing or unloading supplies at either Bataan or Manila itself. I guess it just depends on some games over others I guess.

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After looking at this situation more closely in my Allied game vs. Jap AI, I think it
has to do more with distance and better targets. If I take a single ship TF too close
to an enemy airbase, it (AI) will surely devote some planes to make an attack. But
if the distance is much greater, I would guess a dice roll will prefer a better target
if one is available. Patrol sightings have alot to do with it too. I find the AI will attack
a base about 99% of the time over sending aircraft long distances to attack the sighting
of 1 ship....

JIM

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Yes and its a right pain in the posterior if the allies can pull it off, see our AAR:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=943426

for details

Roger

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ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit

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After looking at this situation more closely in my Allied game vs. Jap AI, I think it
has to do more with distance and better targets. If I take a single ship TF too close
to an enemy airbase, it (AI) will surely devote some planes to make an attack. But
if the distance is much greater, I would guess a dice roll will prefer a better target
if one is available. Patrol sightings have alot to do with it too. I find the AI will attack
a base about 99% of the time over sending aircraft long distances to attack the sighting
of 1 ship....

JIM

I have noticed that myself. If the ships go to Bataan, the planes from Formosa attack and vice versa, so it is indeed a close proximity issue. Which is good, because it makes the game a bit more harder to tackle. Cheers Jim.

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Yes and its a right pain in the posterior if the allies can pull it off, see our AAR:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=943426

for details

Roger

Ah, I remember reading this once, a year back. Nice writing, my good sir! Anyway, it is good to know that atleast someone was able to hold onto Sing. Any tips you can give? As an Allied player, one of my goals is to try and defend Singapore, mainly for historical reasons but still.

And I hope you don't feel offended but if I may comment as lastly, if that is your picture as an avatar, I must say, you do indeed look like a very relaxed chap there. [;)]

Cheers.

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Anyway, it is good to know that atleast someone was able to hold onto Sing. Any tips you can give? As an Allied player, one of my goals is to try and defend Singapore, mainly for historical reasons but still.

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ORIGINAL: Jaypea

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Erm, I seem to recall about 2½ division equivalents at Clark, battering themselves against my defences with endless Deliberate Attacks. They got so weak that I kicked them out using the troops I had at Clark, augmented by the Marines and the Provisional Tank Group. Never came back.

Poor AI confuses so easily...

I have had this same experience against the AI. I am thinking of creating a game mod to play via email where The Phillipinne army is fully mobilized and the 41st ID was actually sent to PI plus some additional supplies that were on the way or had been requested by Mac. Just for fun.

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ORIGINAL: DSwain

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ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit

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After looking at this situation more closely in my Allied game vs. Jap AI, I think it
has to do more with distance and better targets. If I take a single ship TF too close
to an enemy airbase, it (AI) will surely devote some planes to make an attack. But
if the distance is much greater, I would guess a dice roll will prefer a better target
if one is available. Patrol sightings have alot to do with it too. I find the AI will attack
a base about 99% of the time over sending aircraft long distances to attack the sighting
of 1 ship....

JIM

I have noticed that myself. If the ships go to Bataan, the planes from Formosa attack and vice versa, so it is indeed a close proximity issue. Which is good, because it makes the game a bit more harder to tackle. Cheers Jim.

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Yes and its a right pain in the posterior if the allies can pull it off, see our AAR:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=943426

for details

Roger

Ah, I remember reading this once, a year back. Nice writing, my good sir! Anyway, it is good to know that atleast someone was able to hold onto Sing. Any tips you can give? As an Allied player, one of my goals is to try and defend Singapore, mainly for historical reasons but still.

And I hope you don't feel offended but if I may comment as lastly, if that is your picture as an avatar, I must say, you do indeed look like a very relaxed chap there. [;)]

Cheers.

What a great and enjoyable AAR, Roger - kudos to all concerned