berto -> RE: Thinking of buying ... but need a push over the edge... (9/10/2010 9:23:46 PM)
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ORIGINAL: b whittle So, I've discovered the tutorial thread and am getting started. If there are any hints how to digest this mammoth slowly in small chunks without the indigestion then I'm all ears. I'm a newbie, too, having just purchased the game several weeks ago, so what do I know? None the less... After a quick run through of the Coral Sea scenario, where I didn't know at all what the heck I was doing, I am now slowly playing through the Aleutians scenario. I try this, I try that, I read a little of the manual here, a little there, then go back to playing. I'll be tinkering and experimenting with the small scenarios for a good while longer, I figure. I let all the combat animations play out. It's both fun and enlightening. I have tried skimming through the printed manual, skipping over the sections (like production) that don't apply to me yet (playing the scenarios as I now do). I am about to read (not skim) through the manual, making a real effort to digest and reflect on all the material. Having played with the game the past week or two, I will understand better the reading matter. I figure on reading through the manual several times before I digest it all. So, back and forth, game to manual, manual back to game. Little by little, step by step. In many ways, this is like learning a new programming language. It will be months before I feel comfortable with it. Patience and persistence are my bywords. I'll get around to using the game aids (like the Tracker program) sooner or later. Very important to me, both to deepen my understanding of the game mechanics, also to motivate my interest over the long haul: My bedtime reading is about the Pacific War, in all aspects, but especially areas (like air combat) I have glossed over before. (I already know a good deal about Pacific War land combat.) After my current read, "Bombers Over Japan," next up on my reading list is Eric Bergerud's "Fire in the Sky." So far, I'm having a blast. My only regret is that, as expected, WITP:AE is leaving me no time to play HPS American Civil War (and Musket & Pike). In a way, it feels like bigamy, and I'm cheating on my wife #1!
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