DD696
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Joined: 7/9/2004 From: near Savannah, Ga Status: offline
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I am playing against the Japanese AI using a modified BigBabes 28 scenario. Many additional ships have been added to the Japanese side from the enhanced Japan and Ironman scenarios along with 2 additional for the allies. I have made available extra oil and resources for the Japanese in order to enhance their economy. I started on 5 Aug using the betas as they came out and have played to 2 Oct 42. I run tracker both for the allied and Japanese sides, using tracker for the Japanese side to monitor vehicle vs armaments production and naval vs merchant production (had to go in and nudge them in the right direction a couple times), and to keep a light eye on the overall economy. Game wise, starting in July 42 (but possibly earlier - the current tracker databases start on turn 209) the Japanese home islands began having major shortages of resources with declines in HI and LI production. Tokyo alone was short 51,837 for HI and 51,837 for LI on turn 217, for example, as per tracker alerts. Turn 209 resources in Honshu were about 388,000 to a low of 336,000 until the AI took notice and pumped it up to about 900,000 by turn 298, mostly in the later portion of this time period. Fuel went from 952,000 to 216,000 and the AI is having shortages of fuel for the HI in Japan (and elsewhere). There are 94,000 tons in transit to Honshu. Stored HI points are declining, going from 279,000 on 2 Sep to 246,000 on 30 Sept (note the pilot training HI usage is not included here). On 30 Sept there were 3735 HI factories producing, 3340 not producing (due to fuel shortages) and 38 not repairing. Tokyo get the biggest hit with it's 2730 HI factories not producing due to only having 4174 tons of fuel on this date. There are 1,800,000 tons of fuel in Sumatra, mainly in Palembang. There are 57 tankers sitting in ports with their crews harassing the native women (only 10 in Japan) with another 39 in various task forces. Supplies in Honshu vary from 60,000 to 130,000. Oil during this time frame went from 2,400,000 to 2,090,000 for Honshu. Singapore has 235 AK's dawdling away their time sitting in port. There are many task forces set to pick up supply in Donggala (hex 68,99) even though there are no supplies located there. Tokyo appears to be used as the central convoy hub. I began noticing the decline of HI production but never took a close look to see what was happening until today. I don't know if the AI will rectify the fuel shortages as it has the resource shortages, but if it doesn't the Japanese economy will be in for tough times. These fuel shortages have been occurring in increasing frequency and effect for at least the past 3 months of game time. I'm nowhere near an expert on the Japanese economy, but it is a tad alarming to see it having these shortages so early in the game and this is the first I've seen it in an AE game. Should I be concerned about the hiccuping Japanese economy? Save attached.
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