<t>You guys need to learn to meditate. Imagine yourself as a Japanese soldier stranded on one of those Soloman island chains, holed up in a cave with just grubs and such to eat, wondering if those dragon like creatures that have come down to the beach to feed on the carcasses of your comrades are ...

<t>Surely there is something in books on the Solomons campaign to indicate whether or not fuel shortages in that theatre restricted Japanese operations.<br/>
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I guess UV can just treat the rest of the Japanese navy and airforces and army as being in port or grounded or stationary in order to ...

Is there any capacity in this game to play via e-mail in a multi-player mode? I'm interested in whether or not you can have more than one player per side.

<t>Does anyone here remember the rulebook for Advanced Squad Leader? That was just a notebook with a cover pasted on it. It had notebook sized paper, color printed, and occasional rule updates and additions could easily be inserted. It was purchased separately from the boxes of maps and counters ...

<t>I really hope to see an airbase on the Indian mainland between Ceylon and Calcutta that would be able to attack any Japanese invasions of Ceylon or Calcutta. There may not be room on the map to have a base to represent the west coast of India, which would be a nice place to put the factories and ...

After watching a Japanese air collapse even with air groups of excellent experience, I came to believe what Major Tom said, the very high durability ratings of the US aircraft in version 2.2 was the heart of the problem. I say bring them back down.

<t>While I totally love the idea of eliminating most of the Chinese and Korean bases along with most of the Chinese and Japanese armies and air units in China, Manchuria, and Korea, I worry that many problems would crop up with hardcoding. If that could be worked around, then I think this version 2 ...

<t>So, Tomanbeg, if what you are saying is right, there isn't any point in having a game of WW2 Pacific War that goes beyond mid-1943. Allies get hellcats and corsairs and thunderbolts, and we can just say "game over!" Uncommon Valor will be a fine game, but no need to make a game covering the full ...

<t>Speaking of flight sims, the new "IL2 Sturmovik" sim put out by Maddox Games and Ubi Soft is absolutely fantastic! I've finally gotten hooked on sims because of this one.<br/>
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Of course, MS Combat Flight Simulator 2 is more relevant to PacWar. Maybe one should just fly in that one and get ...

I think the strength of enemy air zones deters ability to react. In the Indonesia area, the Japanese air zones should get so strong that even Doorman does not react.

<t>On the topic of "Organic Units" that manuever and change formation in the graphics, don't the units in "Cossacks: European Wars" already do this???<br/>
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With respect to control over subordinates, the lack of control over subordinates was critical in this period. It was fatal for Napoleon to ...

<t>I haven't bought "Shogun: Total War", but it sounds like it's got something that would be very important in Napoleonics: the visual impact of battle. Napoleonics has a very devoted following in miniatures. It's eye candy for the pagentry of the carnage. That should be captured.<br/>
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On the ...

<t>There you go John! Blame it on being down under!<br/>
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Actually, I had just gotten EU before recommending it to you. Now EU2 will extend to 1815. Look out!<br/>
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This game by Matrix could include some additional depth, though. Just hope the project produces an expandable game engine ...

<t>You should check your LCUs to make sure which HQ they are attached to. It is important when you are about to launch an amphibious invasion. It can be important for defense, as you just found out. I've forgotten which HQ gets charged the PP when an LCU moves overland, but you can do an ...

If you had a base commander, he failed his command check. Then, the top LCU in your stack was a unit attached to Combined Fleet. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

<t>Don't see anything wrong with what the Japanese did to take the PI. What was it they used anyway??? ...a few light ships and some transports and perhaps 3 divisions worth of troops??? (I really don't know, so help me out!)<br/>
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I'm not sure the Japanese could supply and transport those 3 ...

<t>TIMJOT, you've sold me on the idea of bypassing the PI, at least to the extent that the game should allow you to try it and see what happens.<br/>
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As for the production threads being boring, I started one of those and suggested some slider bars, a simple tool that wouldn't detract too much ...

That's too many players to be mailing the turn around to all of them. Try three allies and two Japanese. Even then multiplayer will take a while. <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">

<t>It is time to start another thread. I hate it when threads get too long. There are threads with more than 9000 posts on the Consim World Discussion Board. What a pain in the butt!!!<br/>
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One thing about production, I'm really not disappointed with the ship and plane types that show up ...

<r>I live in Roseburg, Oregon.<br/>
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I haven't really played EU beyond a few absorbing hours with the tutorial. The game is supposed to come into it's own with the grand campaign. The best way to get a feel for the game is to go to the forum site and start reading what the players have to say ...