Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: obvert

After this we got a sighting of the biggest of the big before the MTB was vaporized. nice that two are burning, which makes me feel like at least those hits are somewhat serious.

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ORIGINAL: Sangeli

Seeing as you yourself thought Moppo was going to be unCAPed based off the previous turns intel, don't you think it's unrealistic for the AI to understand that and not send strike aircraft there? I think people tend to underestimate the effect of FOW and friction, especially with the Japanese who had less sophisticated communication networks than the US. There is a reason IRL why Japanese LBA failed to have a significant impact in stopping the USN juggernaut during the latter half of the war and it was not just the lack of skill/experience of the individual pilots. You should expect the AI to make boneheaded mistakes and fail to coordinate strikes because that's just what happened IRL. Although I agree it's a bit unfortunate you cannot give more specific orders to air groups such as bases to stay away from. Would be nice if you could put arcs like you can for NAVs but oh well.

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As for the supply issue I guess that's the price you pay for production optimization and prioritizing aircraft over supply stockpiles. Again, I believe it is perfectly accurate and historical for AI to move supply around illogical ways because that's just what happened in the war. Getting the right parts to the right bases in a timely matter IRL was HARD and the problem is compounded by the variety of Japanese planes. If you read historical accounts of campaigns and look at the logistical details you find dozens of stories of things like a division receiving an extra 10,000 uniforms but no rain gear then getting drenched by rain for weeks straight because two cargo ships got mixed up. The best way to counteract that was just sending extra of everything which obviously isn't happening when all your supply stockpiles are low.

However, I definitely agree about the Kamis should just skip the experience checks when determining whether or not they will fly missions. Maybe in future patches this can be implemented because it's a lot more accurate.

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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

I'll second what Mr. Lemon said.

You managed to actually drive the actions of the Allied forces for the past couple weeks which is no small feet for a late war Japan. Nice job!

In Korea - if you haven't already bought all the AA units out, have you concentrated them in the places you want to defend? I know it isn't the greatest, but every little bit helps.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: obvert

After this we got a sighting of the biggest of the big before the MTB was vaporized. nice that two are burning, which makes me feel like at least those hits are somewhat serious.

I'm not fully up on this, but I thought that the smoke graphic also showed above a certain system damage level (like ">10"). So does that graphic really mean that two are still on fire?

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ORIGINAL: obvert
Do you really think 500-1000 planes would sit in base while invasions of Korea were ongoing and fleets of retiring Allied ships were sailing past the Home islands?

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ORIGINAL: obvert
Your smug comment about 'the price you pay for production optimization and prioritizing aircraft over supply stockpiles' is a bit annoying. You've obviously not played this side of the game to the end. Historical would be me sitting and waiting for the last year of game for the Allies to overrun every position on map with no chance to do anything about it.

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ORIGINAL: obvert
I know that, and yet I'm playing a game that postulates alternate histories every time it's played.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

But not damaged enough to split into an escort TF (I don't know the threshhold for that, but it's definitely north of 30, probably north of 40).


As a slight counter to Lemon (and definite counter to some of what I've seen in other threads...), and perhaps perpendicular to what you're saying about working off of DL... Even "clear" things like X number of planes on a strike are muddled and abstracted by the game. Just as in war.

Maybe your pilots flew 120 extra miles because they got lost! Maybe Joc meant to have more or fewer ships around but they didn't make it for who knows what reason. It's war. Crap happens. Look at Savo Island or Pearl Harbor or Yamamoto's assassination or any number of other battles - the Allies could have had ample warning, but for a whole number of reasons (sometimes just one), they didn't, and it made the battle go a certain way. Expecting every unit to follow your orders all the time, or even to attack what you, the player outside the electronic box, thinks is the most attractive target is unrealistic - we aren't playing an RTS. It sucks that you didn't get more swings at the BBs at Moppo, but crap happens. IRL I'm sure some heads would be rolling, or some seppukus committed.

Or Crappens, for short. I think I may have stumbled upon a new forum handle...

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ORIGINAL: Sangeli

Anyway I hope you read this post and reread my first post and realize I am not trying to be hostile or critical. I am merely saying that I think the game mechanics which tend to frustrate people in fact a bit more accurate than people realize.