<t> Could the Leander and co still be lurking in the area? Or perhaps merely the fear of them is affecting the TF commanders. [:)] I wonder if there was something big backing up the CLs that was never spotted, and is on the move again trying to coordinate with the Marshalls threat. <br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: castor troy<br/>
But hey, this thread is called ending an IJ wet dream and this is what I intend to do. So far it looks impressing what the enemy did, but basically I can only repeat myself, he took EMPTY ground and when he tried to tangle with a place that was ...

<r> Will you commit any LBA or real warships / carriers to try to oppose these latest invasions?&nbsp; I mean, reading your AAR one would think the allies didn't actually have any LBA (other than one group of marauders) or carriers at this point, but I'm pretty sure that's actually not the case ...

<t> Thanks CT, that's a pretty daunting perimeter for only the 2nd week of Feb! You seem to be taking it all in stride though. <br/>
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Are you digging in to defend PM, or has the SOPAC push interfered with your usual Australia plans? It seems like he hasn't really caught much of value for all ...

<t> I think bluebook made a mistake hitting Singapore with so many regiment-sized infantry units. They always seem to take severe losses and perform poorly in big battles. If you notice, on the last hit he finally snuck in a fourth full division (5th Div). If he'd had four or five full divs instead ...

<t> If you like flak you may want to try out the Babes mods. Last time I started up a BabesLite game I left the Zeros on 100 ft sweep at PH, and lost a good dozen (~30%) to flak (day 1). Naval strikes on ships at sea can be a lot more painful too, saw a couple cargo ships shoot down 4 Nells on ...

<r> Hi castor troy, I wanted to say I really enjoy this and all your AARs, even though I'm cheering for the other team sometimes. [:)] (Poor mortar...)<br/>
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I've been playing BabesLite, and I'm pretty sure it's based off Scen 1. 3k AV in Malaya is most everything if you reinforce it (HK, etc ...

When I look at this model as a practical interceptor I always wonder if the poor climb rating compared other options reduces its effectiveness.&nbsp; I see this test was at 7k - is that a typical altitude for 4E bombing runs?

<t> First off, thank you for this AAR, it's fun to read and very helpful. [:)]<br/>
Regarding engineers, have you scoured the HI for unrestricted ones?&nbsp; At the start there are some scattered around (I like to route them all to Ominato where they fix the port while I figure out where to send ...

<r> Thanks for the replies michaelm and all. I'm not familiar with the allied side but I can see how costs associated with upgrades to 4E bombers makes sense. I do appreciate the flexibility the whole system now has for changing between types when you want to and the tradeoff is worth it. <br/>
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<r> As one might surmise from the title, I dislike the rule change that made many formerly free IJA level bomber upgrades from 1 engine models to 2 engine models now cost 75 political points for each group. I think this is especially silly for the 12 plane chutai groups. You could change 30 or 40 ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>58. Placed cap on pilot training cycles so strange experience levels are suppressed <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I'm sure this made perfect sense to whoever wrote it [:)], but I'm having trouble interpreting this one. Is there any additional information available on what ...

<t> Are the escorts set to an altitude at or near the bombers? (I expect this was already checked, but it wasn't mentioned.) <br/>
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In my game, I see reasonable coordination with Kates @ 5k, Vals @ 10k, and Zeroes @ 10k, but I recall some issues when I tried pushing the Zeroes up to 15k. (The ...

<r> I went back and kicked the three ships lowest on ammo out of the TF and reran the turn. This time the TF started at 60% gun and 80+% torp ammo, and ended up with much better results. <br/>

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Baker Island at 145,136, Range 9,000 Yards<br ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Don Bowen<br/>
Take a look at the stats for the TF commander.
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CPT Oda Tamejiko<br/>
62 Ldr, 68 Insp, 64 Nav, 55 Agg<br/>
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An inspiring retreat order, no doubt!<br/>
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The task force got an ops message about ammo and ...

"Massive Explosion during loading of xAK Yae Maru at Saipan"

I had 5 ships loading 3 units, and so naturally the ship that exploded was the only one carrying a unit by itself. [:)]

ORIGINAL: String

Perhaps they thought those were battleships?

Haha, I'm sure that's what the mission report from the commanding officer said, at any rate. [:)]

<r> I think it's "the emperor demands your ritual suicide" time for my task force commander! [:D]<br/>

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Baker Island at 145,136, Range 12,000 Yards<br/>
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CL Kiso<br/>
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<t> briny_norman - <br/>
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Were your training results with veterans achieved with the most recent official patch (i.e. December or later)? I did a lot of pilot training testing with and without veterans and never saw any strong improvement, so I'm curious. <br/>
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<r> I'm with Altaris on this. In my game I've also gone to some lengths to clean up my reserve pool so I can use Get Pilot->Reserve to populate my combat air groups instantly as needed. I do still use Request Veteran - except now it's only for my training squadrons to pick stray incompetents out of ...