msieving1 -> RE: Some units move on their own... (3/23/2014 5:49:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: gunny3013 Case in point related directly to this post, while there are friendly reinforcements that appear on the reinforcement list designed to be placed in very odd places, there is no mention of such a significant activity anywhere in the manual to make players aware it will happen. "16.0 REINFORCEMENTS AND REPLACEMENTS Reinforcements are ships, air units and ground units that enter the game after a scenario has begun. These units appear in locations displayed on the various reinforcement screens found off of the Intelligence Screen." It states right there that reinforcements appear at the base shown in the reinforcement screens on the Intelligence screen. You might say that this is very general, but of course it has to be. Reinforcement arrival locations are set in the scenario and can be changed in the editor that comes with the game. There's no way that the manual can list where reinforcements will appear, since that is up to the scenario designer. I don't know what you mean by "very odd places." The arrival locations are based on historical sources. For example, the USAAF divebombers that arrive in Brisbane were the aircraft of the 27th Bombardment Group that were on their way to the Philippines when the Japanese attacked, and were diverted to Australia. They were actually part of the cargo of the convoy escorted by USS Pensacola, but because of the game mechanism that limits ships to carrying only one unit each and the LCUs that are carried by that convoy, it's not possible to load them on that convoy. So the scenario designer decided to place them in Brisbane at about the time that the convoy arrives there. A pretty elegant solution to my eye. If you don't like where a reinforcement unit arrives, you can change the location using the editor. I am not fond of the USS Yorktown arriving in San Diego, while her escorting destroyers arrive in Balboa. It's an easy change to have them arrive together. But I don't think it's reasonable to expect the scenario designer to explain every arrival location, and it's impossible for the manual to do so. There are plenty of valid complaints to make about the manual. It hasn't been updated since the game originally came out, and there have been numerous changes to the game since then. There no prospect of the manual being updated, so we just have to live with it. The forums are the best place for updated information.
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