Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Bluebook


Well, since you need more than 100 rd-factories to have the chance to have the model arrive a month earlier. Since I will not be able to build a rd-factory up to 100 for several months yet, there is no point in researching models that will arrive in mid-late 42. And whats the real use of having a 43-model arrive one month earlier? I figured it would be better to focus on some really good late-war fighters, and perhaps have them arrive 5-6 months earlier.

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Poor AKs... this proves to be a very costly misstake. After the turn I looked at what had happened. All my escort TFs were ordered to follow the main invasion TF, TF92. Unfortunately TF92 were still in port trying to load more supplies (I had forgotten to click the "load troops only" button). Since the base did not have enough supplies to load the ships, they remained in port. This TF was heading to another invasion site, and went ahead alone and without the cover of Akagis and Kagas Zeros who were tasked to provide aircover.

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ORIGINAL: invernomuto

You do not need a 100+ rd factory to have that chance. You have a (very little) chance to move the A/C avaliability date early one month for EVERY 100 development points. 1 dev point = 1 A/C researched.
E.g. = you have a 50 Nick Ia factory, avaliability date = 05/42. On average, every 2 months, you will produce 100 dev point (50 + 50) and test the chance to shift the avail date of nick Ia on 4/42.

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ORIGINAL: erstad

You don't want your escort TFs following the invasion TF anyway. Your SCTF should lead, others follow, else if you enter a hex with an opposing SCTF the invasion TF will likely get hit first as it is first into the hex.

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ORIGINAL: Bluebook
So there is a running tally...and whenever I have constructed 100 dev points, I get the chance to shift the date one month. Then the counter is reset, I build another 100 dev points and the chance is checked again?

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13.5 AIRCRAFT RESEARCH
Aircraft or Engines with a production capacity that are not yet available will be researched. This may move up the availability of the new aircraft or engine. Whenever a plane/engine would have been produced, the new aircraft or engine will gain 1 development point. For every 100 development points the availability of the aircraft or engine may be moved up one month.

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ORIGINAL: invernomuto

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ORIGINAL: Bluebook
So there is a running tally...and whenever I have constructed 100 dev points, I get the chance to shift the date one month. Then the counter is reset, I build another 100 dev points and the chance is checked again?

Yes. This was the behaviour for R&D in WITP and in AE should be the same.

Section 13.5 of the manual:

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13.5 AIRCRAFT RESEARCH
Aircraft or Engines with a production capacity that are not yet available will be researched. This may move up the availability of the new aircraft or engine. Whenever a plane/engine would have been produced, the new aircraft or engine will gain 1 development point. For every 100 development points the availability of the aircraft or engine may be moved up one month.

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swimming for shore where they will form the nucleus of the Imperial Hawaiian Guerilla.

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ORIGINAL: n01487477

Yeah, but through testing these development points don't start accruing until you've a finished repairs of the individual factory at a base.
So 99(1) won't produce, 100(0) will.
If you have two factories
50(0) - producing R&D
25(5) - won't produce.

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ORIGINAL: Swenslim

Dont take on offence, but to read all this combat report bedsheets is very hard and eyes begin to ache very hard :) So if you dont mind post more interesting parts of combat reports.

I will note that you was VERY lucky at the begining. If you not had lucky torpedo hit, his 2 CV can bomb to earth your Truk or Kwajeilin bases.

And you were lucky that battle against Prince of Wells was at night, because in my expirience vs AI, both japan BB always went on bottom of sea if battle was at daytime.