Not too bad. Made it through the past two yers which is something. Hope all is well on your end.

Don't drop in much these days. Kids!

Haven't fired up the game in a while either. Do miss it, and that rush of getting a turn in my box.

Hi all, just popped in to check out the "new" forum. I noticed the Book thread, and thought I should refresh this link post for any newbies (or vets) who might have missed one or two of these very useful posts ...

<r> This pretty much sums up the differences and the outcomes. Although the armored decks (apparently) shrugged off hits, the force did unseen damage to the hull structure since the deck and hanger were internal rather than external to the ship's hull as on USN CVs. <br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Night fighters. *Sigh* They all suck. I chose the Dinah and Myrt mainly because of the speed.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mike Solli<br/>
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Updated thoughts on R&D:<br/>
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Oscar to IIIa. 3 R&D will remain R&D.
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Do keep going to the Oscar IV. It's decent late war and obviously cheap. Better than Tojo or Ki-100 as service 1.
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: rustysi<br/>
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And on, and on, and on....<br/>
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But its still fun to talk about.[;)]
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Lowpe is an expert at small TF night combat missions, especially, and gets a lot out of all ships. As he says, it depends, but it is ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alpha77<br/>
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Saving supply, factory slots and HI, which also puts less strain on fuel/oil..<br/>
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I do not like Kamikazes, so do not plan to use them (reasons already given). I know they can get some hits, I have played Allies to mid 44 on the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: mind_messing
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<B><s>[b]</s>I personally cross train the plentiful and very experienced IJAAF pilots for low level naval bombing from day one.<e>[/b]</e></B> So I end up with plentiful kami pilots, EXP 70 pilots with 80 ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alpha77<br/>
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Guys...KEEP IN MIND, this thread is not about comparing plane data. Or which plane you personally find cool and want to have it no matter what. There are a ton of threads about these topics already.<br/>
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It is mainly to safe ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: GetAssista<br/>
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WRT all this streamlined stuff. I don't see much point in trying to outline IJ plane management in an intermediate-simple way. When you are a beginner, you should just start with the simple "research your fighters and use chains to your ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: mind_messing<br/>
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2. Level bombers<br/>
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2.a) 1E<br/>
No research. All 1E bombers are obsolete in contested airspace. They are usefull in China, for training and (less) for ASW. The only 1E ...

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Altitudes aside here, in these cases the air-frames of the Japanese planes are too light to be going up against those Allied opponents. Their durability is in the 22/23 range, except for the Nick, which ...

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but the facts are that in my game against Lowpe I used many different tactics<br/>
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That game Obvert did excellently in the air war and the war overall. The ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: RangerJoe<br/>
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In the US, what are the best reasons to be a teacher?<br/>
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June, July, and August!
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Well, I teach at an American International School in London. The schedule is a bit different, but overall, it's ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sardaukar<br/>
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I *think* system works (often) that you can have low CAP and high CAP, sometimes with evem middle CAP.<br/>
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E.g. you have planes good up to 20k ft, planes good up to 15k and good MVR rating planes maybe 10k. Enemy is coming in 25 ...

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lol<br/>
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you realize I copied the combat reports I've posted in my AAR out of your AAR vs Lowpe. Seriously? Must have happened all by accident that the sweeps went in above 30k as standard. Why doing this when you could also sweep ...

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@ Castor Troy: I do not even know why this is questioned at all...perhaps those only playing the AI (not much sweeping) or ones with ...

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You guys got me thinking about this, and I will ask my sons what they think about armor. Haven't talked to them about armor in a long time. One of them has been in combat recently, and most recently a trainer at Fort Irwin -- and I suspect he ...

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<URL url="https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/50763/what-is-a-typical-altitude-for-a-dogfight"><LINK_TEXT text="https://aviation.stackexchange.com/ques ... a-dogfight">https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/50763/what-is-a ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Corvulus<br/>
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Hallo, its me, the opponent of PontiusPilot.<br/>
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First time Im writing in Matrix Forum, so apologize if I do something wrong.<br/>
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Using P47D2 and D25 with P38 at high altitude Pontiuspilots Cap was annihilated. So we decided ...