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Rex Bellator -> Perfect - thanks Black Cat :) (7/26/2002 7:56:23 AM)
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[QUOTE]At 10/42 I have been waiting for a least 12 turns for the 3 high Experience, full supply, no fatigue, LBA set at Naval Strike at PM to start attacking the enemy AP`s ( not barges ) that have been spotted by Recon docked and coming and going near Lae...nothing, no matter what the weather, clear, cloudy, overcast, no matter they just doze away....zzzzzzz.. [/QUOTE]
Please excuse me if I join this thread as my other one on the main forum isn't getting very far.
I have been asking for information on how the computer makes up a strike and about weather affecting missions. What I haven't said there yet is that this has been brought to a head by the repeated and continual virtual non-appearance of my aircraft at Port Moresby.
I have thrown in the towel on my PBEM game, as it has driven me nuts, and UV is now regrettably shelved. The last straw was a Jap convoy of 8 APs which spent 5 days sailing to, unloading at and leaving Lae. This was the last of several to do so with almost no interference from the 121 aircraft set to Naval Attack and in range at PM.
I had 2 sqds of Havocs, 2 sqds of Dauntlesses, 1 sqd Beauforts, 1 sqd P-39 as fighter bombers - all on Naval Attack/No secondary mission. 2 sqds P-400 escorts, 1 sqd P40 escorts at 50% CAP. 2 Sqds PBY on Naval Search. There was almost 30,000 supply, 400 air support, all sqds had high to perfect morale and little to no fatigue. PM is a size 9 airbase.
So I had 121 aircraft capable of a possible 2 sorties a day - 242 potential sorties in total. I focused on this AP convoy sailing in closely after several no-shows from PM against other TFs. For 5 days it was in range with a modest escort and no LR CAP. A maixmum potential 1,210 sorties was therefore possible over that period. How many were scambled in total? TWELVE, meaning an unbelievable 99% of the potential attacks did not materialise.
The weather was mixed - 1 Thunderstorm, 1 Overcast, 2 Partly Cloudy, 1 Clear. The 12 Havocs flew on the second half of the Clear day - the first half also being cancelled due to alleged bad weather. Now this isn't extreme bad luck - there is a problem. I have noted LBA 'no shows' are happening almost all the time to other TF targets, Black Cat has too.
We have a situation where on the very few occasions a raid does manage to get away at PM it usually consists of a tiny fraction of the total available strike force. I don't know if this is a problem exclusive to PM in particular either.
I put an awful lot of (up to recently) enjoyable time into that PBEM game, building PM up to dominate the surrounding area, to be a springboard for my offensive and to wither the nearby Jap bases by flattening 'sitting duck' supply convoys. Instead I found I had created an impotent white elephant, and just got incensed at the constant sight of enemy TFs wandering around it unmolested.
As another thread advised, the whole Pacific War was a question of seizing airbases for LBA to operate from. This is possibly the most vital area of the game, and needs looking at ASAP. I feel it is probably a combination of too high a chance of the weather cancelling missions and a faulty strike make up routine. Of course we need hard numbers and facts from Matrix to know what's really going on.
Ok, thanks to anyone who made it through that lot, sorry if it turned into a rant, and I hope we can see some action soon.
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