Sounds to me like you have never played the game findmeifyoucan. singapore starts mined and landing at mersing on turn 1 is possible without a lot of effort although a decent ally will at least hurt it. japan can be in singapore in force in a few days.

<t> Depends on ally strategy. as japan i rarely take any of the oil fields until last. means stay out of miri palembang balikapan. why? because once you own ally can bomb. if he own can not bomb. singapore yes you want 5 or more division assault. but i take java before any of the other oil cities ...

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Well if he referred to my remark then he should have something even worse to say about jwe response no? [:D]<br/>

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Could you re-state this ...

<t> Well if he referred to my remark then he should have something even worse to say about jwe response no? [:D]<br/>
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the problem with the thread is not what wwengr is saying in my opinion. he only copied right from rules and rules do not always work like it is in game. i speak from game ...

<r> Not negative just saying what is real. as for example is very useful. i would say invaluable to both sides. that is hardly 'negative'. the problem with thread is it not say what alternative is. for example ag will reload 5 inch guns and less. level 1 port with 20 naval support do same thing. ag ...

<r> Here is sample of ship with no major damage. pier side faster than using repair ship. think this is broken. ready repair is even faster than use repair ship.<br/>
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<t> mature response from dev. not unexpected from him.<br/>
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getting back to what i was saying i see point in most tenders [and have said this many times even in this thread] of the tenders that were in witp. it is new ones in ae that are worthless and unneeded. they add nothing to the game ...

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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: John Lansford<br/>
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If you thik WitP was the better game, I'd suggest you go back to playing it then.<br/>

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Who said i ever stopped? and as for the 250 maximum i have 771 airplanes at this base and not 1 of them is not ready ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: wwengr<br/>
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Japan's total aviation support squads is only a little more than the total number of land-based aircraft. Given, as others have noted,
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<t> again, why would a person use a tender [av] when he can fly in [or fast transport] a base unit [or fragment of one]? japan has many av support companies [8 av] that are perfect for this. why give the ally points for sinking ships out on the fringes? and cs ships are far too valuable with your ...

<t> japan does not have avd. your whole mind set appears to be only what ally can do with no regard to japan. in above example is case in point. japan had submarine designed to refuel airplanes for this exact purpose meaning fly in patrol airplanes for quick mission and leave. since game does not ...

Well to wonder is the mind of free peoples. i see no need to commit a 100 av base force to operate 3 seaplanes for 2 or 3 days out of friendly dot base near enemy water. if you think in real war they did not or would not do this then this is your right. i disagree.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: John Lansford<br/>
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If you disband the seaplane tender at the base, it's more difficult to be spotted, much less get hit and/or sunk. Again, I find using land units just to operate seaplanes at forward bases a waste of a valuable asset (the BF itself), of ...

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Here is my take:<br/>
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never send fuel FROM the Home Islands anywhere. <br/>

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Really! I'm not that experienced, I've been doing this in my pbem game ...

Do not care what rules say. do not care how it is supposed to work. i know it works from experience. do not believe? try it yourself.

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The dutch also have a number of small but useful seaplane tenders. Ok so they can't oversee/service/maintain as many planes as the US ones (I think it is 6 but I might be wrong), however they are very useful if you can get them out of the DEI ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Fishbed<br/>
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You may spend only 15 days pierside, but you won't repair your Flt major damage, just the Sys. You'll spend more time in the shipyard because it shall take care of the 4 major Flt damage points too (although I guess there should be a # to show ...

<r> ship repairs faster tied to dock than in shipyard. note major damage will be repaired at dock [no #] and no ar present.<br/>
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depends on mission and air threat.