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Feinder -> (2/22/2003 2:05:46 AM)
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Yes, as your FIRST game(s), I'd recommend the Coral Sea and Eastern Solomons scenarios (or is it called Santa Cruz, can't remember). They're short, and you can play them 5 or 6 times in a row, correcting each little mistake as you go.
The only difference in the Scen17 and Scen19 are...
Scen17 is historical, without the battle of Midway, meaning that IJN is going to recieve Hiryu, Soryu, Kaga, Akagi as reinforcements, and USN will get Yorktown. Sounds lop-sided yes, but IJN really needs those extra fleet carriers along the way for things to be at all matched.
Scen19 is the same as 17, except that IJN gets a few extra squadrons and ground units (representing transfers from Indo-China and Manchuria to help the push in the Bismark Sea). Also all IJN replacement rates are increased by 50%, which amounts to a whopping 95 A6M2s each month. Also, IJN replacement pilots are better, they come in at about 50exp instead of the 40exp that they do in 17. But you don't actually get any extra ships (some people seem to have thot that was true, it's not).
As far as stratagy for USN, -that- much I can tell you about (if you got an hour, read my AAR "Sibling Rivalry"). Basically, the first months of the conflict, your job is to make IJN pay for whatever gains they can make. You're gonna be out-gunned as USN for a while. You want to deny IJN the decisive CV engagement that will most likely put your carriers on the bottom. But at the same time, if you can contain his conquests, maybe pop a carrier or two WITHOUT LOSING YOUR OWN, you're doing ok. In my own game, we've somewhat found that "stalemate" ground in about October/November. Knavey (probably) isn't going to be able to push any farther, but I don't have the assets to mount a counter-offensive yet. I expect that as we drag into Decemebr and January, I'll be getting my CVs back (he actually hasn't SUNK any of mine, but sent several to the yards for repairs). But with my greater land-based assets, combined with a trio of carriers, I think I can start my campain to retain Gili-Gili, Lunga, and Tulagi (and then forward rom there). As USN, you just want to grind at IJN at attrit him until you can achieve a material advantage and then start moving forward. And attriting IJN's aircraft is also important (albeit a bit harder to do in Scen19).
Good luck.
-F-
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