<r> On the previous turn in my PBEM I (playing as Japanese) and my opponent upgraded AE from 1123v2 to 1126b. After updating, my opponent reported that the message saying that the turn was saved in other version of the game was appeared, even though I certainly did the turn in the same 1126b version ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Ocean of Even More Blood<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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While Bigred gave me a permission to look and even post in his part of AAR, I think I'd limit my comments to here.<br/>
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It is the end of January of 1945, and, at the moment, probably what might be the last battle of the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: sufaloofa<br/>
I was wondering what steps would it take to "surprise" a Jap CV task force in late May 1942?
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The exact same as at Midway, catching your opponent when he does not expect your carriers to appear, and a significant ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>The War Isn't Over Yet.<e>[/b]</e></B> <br/>
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For a long time when I was not updating this AAR the game barely crawled forward, due to my overall lack of free time and ebbing interest in AE. However, it is not finished yet. Currently we are in the early January of 1945, and ...

<r> Purely in terms of cost, Yamato stood at 281 mil. yen, with following battleships in the series projected at 214 mil yen each. A B-65 battlecruiser was estimated to cost 136 mil. yen (by calculations made in July of 1941). So looking at this in terms of cost, building 3 smaller superdreadnoughts ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Symon<br/>
Hi Stan. Yes, there will be 'some' airplane data that's tweaked, but one needs to look at the extent of the tweak and how it relates to the other airplanes in the database. And look seriously at Alt, Climb, Speed, Mvr Bands. Yesterday's 'gotta have' may ...

<t> Glad to be of service. Would you mind if I suggest a couple of minor tweaks based on new things I learned about IJN since I last visited? For example, my earlier change of Matsu/Tachibana-classes torpedo armament was wrong. Japanese indeed had plans to install a six-tube torpedo launcher on it ...

<t> (4)Another bug note: N1K2-J is marked as carrier capable, which certainly must be an error. The presence of N1K4-A already makes George the god-king of IJN fighters, getting a carrier-capable rocket 8 more months earlier is just an overkill, unless PDUs are off or plane acceleration is forbidden ...

<t> A few notes based on looking through 7.0.2 so far:<br/>
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(1)KD8 sub class is classified as SST, instead of SS. Don't know if that might cause problems with combat resolution.<br/>
(2)There are a couple transports at Home Islands, heading alone and unloaded into the Pacific. Probably they ...

<t> Sorry to everyone for disappearing for a year (again). As I see, there was a tremendous progress in modding since I last read this forum, and I'm now trying to catch up with it. But I don't see the newest mods on the Reluctand Admiral download site, which still only has 6.7. Would anyone care to ...

Uh, John, hate to inform you about this, but the RA 6.4 version on the site still contains nothing of the final air changes that were contained in the files, I've sent you. That is most obvious from the fact, that Jack is still present. Should I replace it myself?

<t> I'd argue that with the old aircraft stats exploiting Japanese production and pilot training possibilities to the max were basic necessities for surviving an average AE game into 1944, much less later, not so long ago, even in Scen 2 and possibly in earlier RA versions. Several factors have ...

<t> Speaking of Symon's aircraft stats...<br/>
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I think it goes without saying, that Realistic R&D is a must have now for RA (either that, or a houserule restricting plane acceleration), and PDU Off is recommended. I wonder if an appropriate recommendation should be placed on the site? While ...

As far I can see in 6.4, it did.

Though I question the rationality of this idea, from the game standpoint at least. Surface assets, even low-quality ones, are probably more valuable than some extra flak ships in a carrier battle.

Congratulations on a good beginning. Or am I past the times and taking Palembang in December is considered a standard opening now?

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Hope to have 6.4 done tomorrow. Am having issues with Ise's conversion but that is about it.
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I'm glad to be of some help. <br/>
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I'll need to do some necromancy on my old AAR, not to describe ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Symon<br/>
Stan, for you, I will open my overcoat. Lets chat. We got lots to talk about. You got my pm, but I prefer to go direct.<br/>
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Ciao. John
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Glad to hear this Do you mean by going direct continuing discussion in the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Symon<br/>
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Strasv'i Stan, just some quick thoughts in return.<br/>
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Thanks for your comments.<br/>
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p.s., the A6M8 was “dialed in”. I have great specs on the actual performance of the Kinsei 62 ( Ha-33, MK8, Ha-112, Ha-112-II, Ha-112 Ru ...

FatR: Michael sent you the files and I have not done anything with them so go ahead and make the changes.

OK, I will send you the files in a few hours.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: John 3rd<br/>
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FatR! Nice to see your Post. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Thanks. Now that I've finally returned all the turns I owed, here are the thoughts:<br/>
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(1)A7M line as it stands is a trap in RA. Compare A7M2/3 to N1K4-A. The latter is ...