<t> I hadn't considered that.<br/>
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I am thinking about stopping my game versus the AI Allies. The AI put his whole carrier fleet in the Indian Ocean, I don't know if he's ever going to take it out (even send new ones there). If I got my kicks from sinking cargo ships and transports and the ...

<r> "And don't load game on the AI side because the stupid things you see there might traumatize you forever <E>;)</E>"<br/>
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I know Zeros are fragile, but not being able to shoot down a B-25 is a bit much <E>;-)</E><br/>
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I posed the bomber dilemma more from the ...

<t> In my current game I have gone through October '42 achieving a major victory, but I noticed a few odd things that were bugging me about the AI.<br/>
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1) I know he had at least 3 fleet carriers that were hiding somewhere. He was letting amphib task forces attempt to land whole divisions ...

Thanks for the input. Perhaps I am experiencing a particularly bad stretch, the weather has been consistently poor lately.

Wow!

<t> Thanks guys!<br/>
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I am just wondering something else: I am getting really high miss rates with my carrier based dive bombers (the elite ones 80+). Just a rough estimate in my head, I am getting hits in about 1 in 40 (or much worse in some cases) sorties. I have gone 0 hits in many ...

<t> That is worrying. I am paying much closer attention to the altitude capabilities after looking over the A/C db.<br/>
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On another note, I caught a raiding USN CV TF, I mean straight on. Our carrier TFs ran into surface combat in the middle of the day. It was 4 heavy and 2 light IJN ...

<t> I have successfully climbed the learning cliff and am proceeding to play out my game. I have played from May - September '42, as the Japanese. Needless to say, its been a tough road. Little things keep annoying me about the game, little details about managing this or that, but overall I am ...

<t> I do appreciate all of the advice, I think I have digested much of the basics to the point where I almost understand what is going on. I just need a couple of clarifications:<br/>
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1) How do you figure out how much space a crated plane will take up?<br/>
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2) How do you train ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Justus2<br/>
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I am very interested in this debate, I've read some on the final days of the war, and recently signed up for a course at our local university on this topic (looked like an interesting elective):<br/>
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<B><s>[b]</s>History 440: WMD and ...

Another question for a Japanese veteran: I have a bunch of short endurance ASW vessels; what is the best way to use them? I assume just forming up ASW TFs that sail around and look for subs is not the most efficient way to employ them. Or maybe so, that's why I ask

That's actually great advice Numdydar! I must let go... I must let go...

But I have to point out the contradiction- this game is made for OCD micromanagers! For god sakes you must deploy minefield tenders and match engines to airframes!

<t> I am slowly digesting everything, but I have two things giving me some trouble now.<br/>
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1) It looks like the situation in China could get dangerous without my significant input. Right now, its just a mess of units to my eyes.<br/>
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2) The HQ structure is very messy too.<br/>
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I see, the AI is creating auto convoys, docking them, filling the holds, and then sending them off the next day. That makes sense, but with a bunch of convoy targets this is going to take awhile.

One question: How quickly does the auto-convoy system ramp up?

I actually pressed the turn button and nothing sank.

Thanks and bookmarked!

AVs sound like very useful units.

Do you just send the submarine tenders to a base? Do they just sit there or do you deploy them in TFs?

<t> Thanks again!<br/>
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A couple of questions:<br/>
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1) How do you properly use submarine tenders?<br/>
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2) Are AVs basically mobile search platforms? They also look like the have aircraft capacity other than float planes. Can they also provide replacements for CV aircraft at ...

Thank you, thank you!

I have read the linked document twice, thanks for making it! You have saved me a few screwed up restarts.

UncivilEngineer- Thanks for the specific advice.