modrow -> RE: New game.... (1/8/2011 9:18:11 PM)
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Nemo, another perception for your collection [:)] quote:
ORIGINAL: Nemo121 Ah, yeah, basically the old saw that "the easy way is always mined so come at them the way they never thought you could." Sorry, can't resist opposing that summary, specifically because it offers a "oh, I just did not think of that" excuse, whereas the problems of some of us, like myself, are much more basic. Much more relevant issues are, as usually (which is why my advice to any future opponent of yours would be to read carefully and understand all that you have posted in these forums), to be found in other of your posts, e.g. inside your previous post #737 in this thread: quote:
Well, I was fortunate that 1EyedJacks happened to not go hell for leather for Palembang. His initial desire to crush the Phillipines quickly gave my forces in Malaysia a tiny break and that's all I needed to put my plan into action. In other words: Know what your must haves are and what is irrelevant. Then, analyze how the must haves may be obtained or denied. Repeat for the OPFOR. quote:
That and the fact that I don't think he could believe the losses in ships I was willing to take off Malaysia. I literally fed him ships on a daily basis in order to give him a kill rate he thought was commensurate with victory ( and to keep him focussed on the easy pickings while most of my troopships actually survived ) whilst accomplishing the strategically vital goals elsewhere. In other words: Know what "victories" are meaningful / define success correctly. quote:
He also definitely didn't employ his airpower as well as possible early on. I think that is one of the big lessons from the game. All of these people talk about how Scenario 2 is so unbalanced in favour of Japan and how the Japanese =air force cannot be stood up to until 1943. Well, this is scenario 2 and when I meet the IJNAF and IJAAF I'm now getting 4 or 5 to 1 exchange rates in fighter vs fighter combat. It just shows you how different strategic approaches can result in hugely different games. In other words: Know your capabilities and use them appropriately (and/or refrain from using them inappropriately). Note that the above quote contains this comment twice, once in a negative example (Japan) and once in a positive example (Allied). quote:
We can't forget though that KB is almost entirely intact.... |His problem is that it just hasn't been allowed to be decisive as I run and hide when it shows up or just let it run into FlAK nests or take the opportunity to hit him in another theatre when it shows up. If he ever catches a naval force at sea with it though it'll be lights out for that fleet. In other words: Do not use a key strategic assets to hunt for tactical success. If you do, it is up to your opponent to allow it to be decisive or not. Just my 2cts. Hartwig edited to improve grammar/sentence/language
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