Haven't tried it yet, but I anticipated attacking in the spring. Pushing the offensive in summer & fall then playing purely defensively during the 1st winter season. Would that help cut losses?

<t> That's a really good point, Aletoledo. I'm beginning to see the light. Seems the randomness is a sustitute for the unrealistically high recon abilities in the world map which are needed to make the game playable. In the game you can see the enemy, but can't always shoot at them. In reality they ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I dont think anyone really thinks that the entire Japanese Combined Fleet can go engage the bulk of the US Pacific Fleet and just have a knock-down, drag out...Consider Midway...a LARGE part of Japanese fleet was present, yet how much engaged? Really only Nagumo's 1st ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>... basically the expected value is 25% of the largest nr of fleets present.<br/>
So quality is much more important than quantity in LF and HF combat.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Thanks. I can't say I like that system, in fact I think it stinks, but at least I ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Agema<br/>
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Unit targetting is also illogical in the scope of the game.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Hmm, perhaps in land combat, but naval battle is definately more specific. Consider the British sinking the Bismark, or ...

<t> I'm new here and am trying hard to understand this game, but I just don't get the randomness of attacks, especially in naval battles. I was Germany. I moved my ships (2 heavy fleets, 2 light fleets) 2 sea zones and attacked an English armada of 3 heavy fleets & 1 light fleet. One of my light ...

I'm new too. Was getting frustrated till I turned off the supplies by clicking on the "no supplies required" box under game options. Sure its cheating, but you got to learn how the game works. Naturally you should de-select it as your confidence builds.

Good Question. I was ready to scrap the game for want of the amphibious assault. Fortunately I looked here first. Just tried it with mutiple transports and this game will live to fight another day. Thanks.