velkro -> RE: Surface Combat Sux (9/6/2004 8:03:37 AM)
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Pasternaski, you said: "From the description, LBA has been active, the situation is fluid, ..." Yeah, but it was MY LBA, not the Japanese LBA! These chuckleheaded Japanese were near Soerbaja (sic) WAAAYYYY out of range of any known Jap airfields, even Bettys'. He hasn't even taken any bases yet except for Midway, Wake, and Alor Star. I own Hong Kong, all of Malaya except for Star, and all of the PI. MY LBA was plastering them for days and my patrol planes were shadowing them for days. My surface fleets knew exactly where they were and what they were. I had numerous AK / TK TFs surrounding the whole area of action, none of whom had any air or surface action. This Jap TF was totally on its own, deep in my territory, and numerous intell sources confirmed it. The weather was clear. Half the force was burning, yet I only attack 2 ships? In addition, I spotted about 18 of the 26 ships during the surface action (the names appeared on the combat display). In addition, this situation was repeated for the next two days. You said, " hat I think we're seeing here is the result of a mediocre commander in charge of a thin TF against an unknown quantity and quality of enemy forces..." Perhaps, but not two or three commanders over three days... "You know from looking at the combat results that this was a pitiful convoy of 26 undefended transport vessels, many of which are severely damaged, but this information was not available to the captain or admiral standing on the bridge of the one significant ship in the group." Yes, it was, for the reasons mentioned above. "Besides, our old girlfriend Betty might have been coming to the dance any time." No way; unless the Brits were afraid of the Japanese "Doomsday" machine flown by Slim-san Pickens-iwa. "Again, I, too, would have expected better results, but I don't find anything wrong with this result, either. You pays your money and you takes your chance." Yeah, I paid my $70 for the game and I just want a patch to address this issue...it just makes common sense.
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