<t> <br/>
ai is normally a weak substitute for a skilled human opponent<br/>
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however remember 2 details:<br/>
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1) you know the start locations of the allied carriers, hence why enterprise was sunk<br/>
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2) allies historically conducted the "early carrier raids" (were ...

<r> aah.. remember once when the opponent DEMANDED a mulligan after the midway battle <br/>
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it was the "bore in the pacific" AAR where I hid for several months. he captured basically every possible base (noumea, port Moresby, Johnston island, Palmyra, paradrop at hilo :O)<br/>
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<t> <br/>
easier system would be to allow custom sizing for all squadrons at all times<br/>
(or since there is a limit, to create new squadron TO&E slots at will)<br/>
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after all "squadrons" are just paper<br/>
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and only AC, crew, and AV support are material objects<br/>
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<t> <br/>
interesting experimental note with the editor, i once made a modified Ki-45 Nick (Toryu) with the rear gunner whipping around a handheld 20mm Type-99-1 - result: plenty of attacking fighters damaged but none destroyed in the animation, though probably lead to many ops losses <br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>
just doesn't matter at all, it could have two of those guns or none, it just won't even save a single of those bombers when being attacked by Allied fighters. You can go through a full PBEM campaign and you will never see a Japanese 1E or 2E bomber shooting down an Allied ...

<t> <br/>
more accurate would be to make the B6N Jill (Tenzan) available earlier but give it a service rating of 5 (engine unreliability was a major reason why it was not made, <br/>
even though IJN was anticipating it to be ready (hence why B5N Kate (Kankoh) was being run at 0 per month ...

<t> <br/>
to fix with A2A with the editor<br/>
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1) give all AC the same max altitude (30,000 feet will do)<br/>
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that way the max alt sweep broken phenomenon can be mitigated <br/>
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2) remove the max alt MVR penalties and change the MVR using a standard formula<br/>
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the fighter 96 has an armored bucket seat.. and the fighter 97 has a 20mm cannon under its fuselage

<r> <br/>
the fact that the allied player knows the stats of the STOCK jap AC stats, <br/>
is a major disadvantage to japan [:(]<br/>
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<URL url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P84llyNugqA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P84llyNugqA</URL><br/>
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I suppose the answer is to only play ...

<t> <br/>
want to point out that B6N Jill (Tenzan) was already researched by 1941<br/>
it's engine didn't work<br/>
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want to point out that B7A Ryusei (Grace) was already researched by 1941<br/>
it's engine didn't work <br/>
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AC research is ridiculous <br/>
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R&D is a process ...

finally all that can be recommended is to frequently "sandbox" any changes

lots of free slots to save, just start a head-to-head match and set up trials
to test if your results are within reason, or so that any bugs can be identified

another note is that it is difficult at first to find the AC / ship ART folders

on the upside, there is plenty of existing extra art out there to include models like the G5N shinzan, G8N Renzan, Ki-64, etc.

<t> <br/>
first note is to indicate to any prospective modders<br/>
that there are limits to any parameters that are being changed <br/>
(devices, etc)<br/>
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example: tried modding a submarine to carry 12 torpedo tubes<br/>
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result: message: submarine experiences malfunction during ...

<t> <br/>
saying that Emily was excellent<br/>
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expensive to build <br/>
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still a good idea despite cost (maybe put elite crews into Emily, bad crews into betty/nell/kate/sally/other Japanese cannon fodder)<br/>
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best system is to use Dinah-III model for search <br/>
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yes.

oops.

make that 11 zeroes for the price of 1 Emily.

main advantage of Emily is that no space is taken on the AF

a size 4 AF can be full with 200 zeroes, a formidable escort for the Emily fist

<t> <br/>
actually it is worse.<br/>
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Emily really consumed 3 times the materials of a Betty<br/>
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same reason why G5N Liz was not built in large numbers.<br/>
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you could build about 7 or 8 zeroes for the price of 1 Emily <br/>
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BUT you could not build aircraft ...

<r> <br/>
credit to: <URL url="http://www.ijnafphotos.com">www.ijnafphotos.com</URL><br/>
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<r> <br/>
Dec 7 1941, 69 Mavis patrol versions + 11 Mavis transport <br/>
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the 69 Mavis arranged into a torpedo fist<br/>
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