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So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 5:27:14 AM   
Sheytan


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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 5:46:25 AM   
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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 5:50:28 AM   
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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 6:35:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: scott1964

Dec 8th allies, still looking over the map. 



Same, but have had several restarts. I've been playing non-stop since release, but I spend 95% of my time learning the OOBs right now and trying to come up with plans for the different theaters. Once I'm familiar with it all, I'll probably get into a PBEM game, so I'm really just using the AI to get a feel for things right now.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 7:08:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		9 days into Allies vs. AI, and thinking that it's getting close to a restart. Only problem is, I can't help but wonder what nasty surprises I haven't discovered yet, but would if I slogged it out.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 7:09:12 AM   
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Still going over the map, units, editor and generally cleaning up drool!

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 7:30:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		December 26.  AI has taken Canton Island and is advancing on Singapore and Manila.  A big naval battle at Jolo took place about 5 days ago and ABDA came out the winner, sinking two CA's, four AK's and a DD for the loss of one Dutch DD and damage to half the TF.  USS Boise, as usual, was unscathed.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 1:20:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well frankly my head hurts and I am overwhelmed by the step change in the stuff I have to comprehend. Not to mention the most devastating Pearl strike I have ever seen. As my opponent said 'we sailed away so you had something left afloat'

Roger

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 1:21:43 PM   
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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 1:43:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Well frankly my head hurts and I am overwhelmed by the step change in the stuff I have to comprehend. Not to mention the most devastating Pearl strike I have ever seen. As my opponent said 'we sailed away so you had something left afloat'

Roger



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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 2:03:41 PM   
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I'm still looking over the map and the OOB trying to plan my first move as Japan against the AI.

I've put 50+ hours into it so far and I think I'll need another 100+ more before I have a first turn ready. That's not an exaggeration.

There's so much to unlearn and learn! I feel like a college chemistry student from the late 1800s who has been instantly transported to a modern day chem class - some of this sounds familiar, but there's so much more than there used to be!

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 2:09:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Still sorting things out, going over turn 1 as Japan. Had the partially done turn run a few times to get a feel for it (and so I could see some stuff going boom )
Mostly done now, just (JUST!) production to do


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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 2:45:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Redoing turn 1 as the Japanese. First time around I had too many WitP ideas wich, of course, did not a good turn make.

But boy, does my mind reel with possibilities...

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 3:33:53 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Well frankly my head hurts and I am overwhelmed by the step change in the stuff I have to comprehend. Not to mention the most devastating Pearl strike I have ever seen. As my opponent said 'we sailed away so you had something left afloat'

Roger


A practiced veteran like you should not be overwhelmed. AE is the same war you fought in WitP - only a little more realistic IMHO.


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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 4:13:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		January 2 as the Allies. Still reeling. Lost wake, managed to reinforce Port Moresby. Withdrew some ships. Smashed up a couple on convoys. ABDA ran wild for a while until I ran in to a task force with a BB. 1 CA sunk but the Boise is still active. PT boats from Manila took out some un-escorted merchant stuff. But the wear and tear is starting to show.
Started to strip India of troops to Mandalay but it seems to have cused Partisan problems. Couple of carrier raids. Problems with their subs and my Torps. Trying to figure out a way to do something, anything offensively useful. short of everything, particularly DD's and engineers that can support aircraft.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 6:10:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Sonny II


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ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Well frankly my head hurts and I am overwhelmed by the step change in the stuff I have to comprehend. Not to mention the most devastating Pearl strike I have ever seen. As my opponent said 'we sailed away so you had something left afloat'

Roger


A practiced veteran like you should not be overwhelmed. AE is the same war you fought in WitP - only a little more realistic IMHO.




I'm his Japanese opponent - not sure if it was a freak turn but I got 6 US BB's first turn plus the POW and Repulse. A second turn strike finished off the final two BB's at Pearl, so time to depart for pastures new...lol. Does AE allow the sunk BB's to be refloat?

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 6:18:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have 3 games going. I finished the first turn for the long allied campaign as Allied vs AI. I have a Guadalcanal scenario and I've taken the airfield.

I just finished the enhanced Japan campaign 1st turn as Japan. I may not bother trying to learn the production at this point, but just play out the first 6-12 months.

Fortunately I have a second gaming PC with 22 inch flat screenI can set up and run 2 games at once. If I'm feeling real motivated I'll try hooking it up to my HDTV.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 8:24:45 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Sonny II


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ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Well frankly my head hurts and I am overwhelmed by the step change in the stuff I have to comprehend. Not to mention the most devastating Pearl strike I have ever seen. As my opponent said 'we sailed away so you had something left afloat'

Roger


A practiced veteran like you should not be overwhelmed. AE is the same war you fought in WitP - only a little more realistic IMHO.




I'm his Japanese opponent - not sure if it was a freak turn but I got 6 US BB's first turn plus the POW and Repulse. A second turn strike finished off the final two BB's at Pearl, so time to depart for pastures new...lol. Does AE allow the sunk BB's to be refloat?



No refloats.

Those old battle ships at PH aren't any good anyway. He'll get some more & better ones.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 8:42:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		January 25th for me, been a fun campaign so far.  Singapore has fallen, Bataan will fall within a week I think, and the AI is starting to nose around in the Java Sea.  Torpedo armed Betties seem to be everywhere in the DEI, I reinforced Java with some Hurricanes though and the airspace over Java is still contested - I'm able to get ships into Batavia still, though with about 25% losses.

Port Moresby was under extreme pressure, being bombed heavily from Rabaul and out of supply, but I sent in two CVs to spank Rabaul, and while that was going on reinforced it with P40s and 20,000 supply while CA Australia cruised around Buna and Lae and sank a dozen transports, so it's gone a bit quiet, both sides sitting back for now. 

CENTPAC has seen a dozen mini-invasions of atolls, and the Japanese have paid heavily for them - too heavily IMO - as I got cruisers covering most of them. 


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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 8:51:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dec 24th as the Allies. About as expected. Lots to learn. Houston and a few light cruisers surprised a small TF with Kirshima, 1 CA and 2DDs. She got in some early licks (8 inch guns can hurt a BC now) but the BB put her under. All my damn torpedoes missed. Still 1 BC is going to be in the yard for a while. My allies subs are running amok.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 9:52:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		So you guys really sit for 2 or 3 hours per turn?I'd think the subsequent turns after the first turn would be relatively quick since for example it's going to take a turn or 2 before a unit complete's the order.

Anyone have any big naval battles so far?Anyone lose any carriers yet?Anyone in a PBEM?

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 10:00:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		So far I'm battling the US Customs officials to get my game but their AI is pretty good

Fortunately, our MAGIC intercepts have been recently upgraded so I now know where my game is at least.

It's now somewhere northwest of Midway island...behind a stormfront

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/1/2009 10:13:25 PM   
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So you guys really sit for 2 or 3 hours per turn?


No, takes me about 15-20 minutes, if that, but I am notoriously slapdash.

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Anyone have any big naval battles so far?Anyone lose any carriers yet?Anyone in a PBEM?


I sunk the AI's CVL with a whole mix of things, it got bombed by the Dutch just west of Singkawang, and then while limping home got torpedoed by a Dutch sub.

Holland shoots and scores!

Not had any big surface battles yet but I've had incessant cruiser actions against merchants. I think my cruiser forces must have sunk 20-30 ships by now. I did a carrier strike on Rabaul with my US carriers and that covered a resupply of Port Moresby and an extended cruiser raid by the Aussie navy which bagged half a dozen transports, thats probably the biggest naval encounter I've had yet.


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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 1:11:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Sonny II


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ORIGINAL: Mike Dixon


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ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Well frankly my head hurts and I am overwhelmed by the step change in the stuff I have to comprehend. Not to mention the most devastating Pearl strike I have ever seen. As my opponent said 'we sailed away so you had something left afloat'

Roger


A practiced veteran like you should not be overwhelmed. AE is the same war you fought in WitP - only a little more realistic IMHO.




I'm his Japanese opponent - not sure if it was a freak turn but I got 6 US BB's first turn plus the POW and Repulse. A second turn strike finished off the final two BB's at Pearl, so time to depart for pastures new...lol. Does AE allow the sunk BB's to be refloat?



No refloats.

Those old battle ships at PH aren't any good anyway. He'll get some more & better ones.


Those big battleships are good for something.Obviously the big guns help for shore bombardment, but they can also pretty much waste any ship in the pacific in a surface battle with no subs or aircraft around.

Plus, if you can get BBs close enough, you can cream those carriers anyday.

From my expierence with War Plan Orange, BBs can do alot, of course their's not alot of aircraft in WPO so...

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 1:32:39 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Chad Harrison

Shoot, I have not even started yet

Still going over the map, units, editor and generally cleaning up drool!


Yep. Been there, done that, still hanging around in the Grand Campaign. But, I have managed to sneak a few turns in one a short one to get the feel of the critter. EGAD, is it intricate? Patrol Zones, percentages of CAP and rest, putting LCUs into different modes to do things. But the first time I saw one of the units zip a couple of hundred miles along a road in strategic mode, I almost wet myself laughing.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 1:47:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dec 18th here......Allies vs. Japanese AI..............AE team hit a homer with this baby!!!!

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 1:50:21 AM   
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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 1:55:15 AM   
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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 2:48:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Currently on uh.... February 28, 1942. Right now, things have been heating up. The Enterprise was sunk early on while trying to relieve Wake Island.

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RE: So how far along is everyone? - 8/2/2009 3:23:28 AM   
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