obvert
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ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Looked through the SCEN 30 a little bit last night. Noticed the plane stats have changed quite a lot. I guess its the changes Simon did that was incorporated into DBB? Most of the Japanese late war fighters have had their max ceiling reduced quite a bit and very few (if any?) can fly about 35k. So I suggested to Olorin that we should reduce the max alt to 30k from 43 all the way to the end.
Not sure I could resist the temptation of strato sweeping... 
Olorin will start working on the dreaded first turn tomorrow. With some luck I might get sometime during the weekend.
If you're using Symon's new numbers there are a few things that stand out immediately:
1. The George is tough. Much better than in stock, and that is going to surprise you! It did me.
2. The Hellcat is also better than stock, and so by mid-43 the Allies actually have a top notch fighter in numbers, so that's good for you (and me). 
3. The P-40E-K are slightly better, with the K being a pretty decent fighter for late 42-43. Especially since there are a lot of A6M and Oscars around.
4. The P-39 does really well defensively.
5. The later Oscars and A6M that he'll undoubtedly go for ASAP are very good in the middle game, years before they would have been deployed.
After 43 I can't help you, but based on Nick's experience with Mr Kane using these airframe stats I don't want to see the Ki-83 or the Ki-94. The Frank 'r' might also be a beast.
All in all it feels pretty balanced by late 42. In early 42 though, the A6M rules and because of the reduction in numbers of PDU-off, you have almost nothing to fight with. As it should be! Pick your spots well!
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ORIGINAL: JocMeister
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
So you are playing Olorin? You didn't mention an opponent specifically, and the post showing the game start menu is set to "Head to Head" rather than PBEM.
I presume you will use the extended map with stacking limits?
Yes, I´m playing Olorin. The screen was just to show I´ve gotten everything installed and setup.
Yup, extended map and SL. Not a fan of SL. But I´m not a fan of no SL either.
I think you'll get to like SL. It's a big limiter fro both sides, and late he won't be able to stop you with 3k AV in a spot no matter what you bring, as I could in a few places. In China I think you can use them to your benefit early, and there are some very small choke points you can use to really slow things for the Japanese. He'll be using more supply to change over factories since he has to make virtually everything in PDU-off, so every bit you can bleed off his economy by forcing slower pace, more attacks, more bombing, the better.
< Message edited by obvert -- 5/18/2015 4:48:47 PM >
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