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JohnK -> The Night Japanese Bombing "Problem" (5/29/2003 11:13:34 AM)
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Haven't made up my mind about whether this requires a "house rule" like no Argonaut minelaying or anything...
I'm currently playing a campaign where the Japanese hold Lunga and Irau and bombing of Brisbane and Lunga ports is taking place sporadically.
I think it really declines in effectiveness at extended range.....many hits were scored in Lunga but my opponent has had far more problems...and operational losses...scoring hits at Brisbane.
Of course, the strikes are invulnerable to any night CAP at all..and also seem invulnerable to AAA.
I think a really KEY problem is that when hits are scored they are INVARIABLY on the most valuable ship in the port. If you have 1 CA and 15 APs in a port, the bomb hit will ALWAYS be on the CA, without exception, in my experience.
At night aircraft are not going to be able to ID targets well; heck, in daylight, in WWII, target ID was horrible.
I think if the overall accuracy was dropped a little, AND the targeting of ships in ports was randomized more, it would be fine. It certainly motivates one to not let the Japanese have a base close enough to do it.
It's also a little odd that your ships are basically rendered invulnerable to this night bombing by simply having them in a docked TF....in reality, they wouldn't be any less vulnerable that way.
On the other hand, I think in reality ships in Australia would have been based in Sydney or something, which isn't on the map.
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