SireChaos
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Joined: 8/14/2006 From: Frankfurt, Germany Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: SubCaptain There are not any visuals, just a note to share about a few things. I just started a game as the Japanese (my only game as the Japanese) and now I can see why the current game presented here is so challenging. At this time, the Japanese have so many more resources. Furthermore, my esteemed opponent sent all of his carriers to one broad geographical area rather than a PH attack, which overwhelmed my meager forces. It was a clever strategic move to insure high victory points and the assurance of invasion at significant bases with important resources for the Japanese. He certainly is dominating the areas and I did use fighters as bombers since I knew that they were no match for the massive carrier attacks to come. I do feel good about the two separate sub attacks on his carriers and the delay in their being available anytime soon. They don't call me SubCaptain for nothing . As for my esteemed opponent's overall long-term strategy, it shall be interesting to see what happens when reinforcements arrive and I add more carriers to the ones that I currently have along with the great majority of surface warships. He has great forces but can't have his carriers be patrolling everywhere and now he needs to protect his vast acquisitions which was my only recourse up to now. Still, I am impressed with his strategy that is proving to be very effective in his areas of influence. Thank you. However, to avoid confusion, "esteemed opponent" should be reserved for referring to you. I, on the other hand, am the "honorable opponent", although "unstoppable Japanese steamroller" is acceptable, too. In the meantime, Manila fell several days ago, and Singapore just yesterday. Capturing Singapore, in particular, provided a spectactular boost to my VP score - the VP ratio, as presented in WitpStaff, was 70% before Manila fell, 78% the day before Singapore fell, and is 120% now. The troops surrendering in Singapore alone were worth 1200 VP. I have several plans up my sleeve right now, and once the troops that captured Singapore have had a few days to rest and recover casualties, I should be able to implement most of them at once.
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