<t>There's nothing wrong with aircraft bombing an AA unit per se. But in my current game they do it to the total exclusion of every other unit there, they do it again and again on every bombing raid, and inflict usually around 10 men casualties no matter how large the raid so they can never actually ...

<r><I><s>[I]</s>Bomb the port and make them starve<e>[/I]</e></I><br/>
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Yeah- that'll cheer up the Aussie Divisions trying to take the place.<br/>
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"Sorry mates, but you're gonna have to sit on this beach for six months while they starve" Strewth!<br/>
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I've been playing the game for ...

<r>I'm still playing this great game but am posting this thread out of sheer frustration with the silly way the game decides results of Ground Attack missions.<br/>
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The game makes one unit take all the damage of a raid, while all others escape unscathed. Example: In a current PBEm game I have ...

Looks promising, but I miss the old national objective flags like in the original. Hope they make in back into the game instead of the omniprescent White Star.

A hopeful *bump*

<r>One thing which is obvious to anyone who has watched a few Surface Combats is that the action proceeds in rounds - with probably 3 or 4 rounds taking place at altering ranges. It is also obvious that the AI works out which ships have sunk at the very end of the round before proceeding onto the ...

<r>Well, I've also tried Port attacks to no avail, in fact all that happened was that we promptly flew off and bombed an Infantry Regiment at Gili Gili <E>:mad:</E><br/>
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Prompted by the new patch I continued my PBEm game and with the same situation and am still seeing nothing flying out of ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>At 10/42 I have been waiting for a least 12 turns for the 3 high Experience, full supply, no fatigue, LBA set at Naval Strike at PM to start attacking the enemy AP`s ( not barges ) that have been spotted by Recon docked and coming and going near Lae...nothing, no matter what ...

<t>The Japanese Long Lance torpedo had an enormous range (30,000 yds plus?), I'm sure they could be, and were, launched at very long ranges. <br/>
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However, like you say I would think that deciding to launch at 20,000 yards range would certainly lessen the hit chances, which is a worry because ...

Thanks to those who continue to try to help me here, but I feel that we are guesstimating a lot of the time.

The Matrix guys seem quiet on this, any chance of some input Erik & Co?

What were Port Moresby's LBA doing during all of this? I can guess but....

<t>Thanks for the responses so far guys.<br/>
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If the weather is calculated on a hex-by-hex basis, does anyone have access to the actual figures of the % chance of scrambling and the % of finding the target. Eg. Thunderstorm - 30% chance of takeoff, 30% chance of finding a target. I'd really ...

<t>1) Could anyone please advise exactly how the weather routine works in the game? Is the map actually sub-divided into different weather regions which we do not see? Or perhaps the overall weather condition report at the start of each turn gives each sortie a % chance of being cancelled?<br/>
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<r>Just to confirm what Black Cat and others have said. In my current PBEM game I had a USN 2 CV TF attempt to strike a IJN 3 CV TF and inflict almost no damage on the first day, but as usual lose masses of Dauntlesses to the horrendous flak. <br/>
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Therefore I ordered the CV TF out of there ...

Nervermind...

After more hours of play there is no doubt that Offensive minefields are working, indeed they are deadly. But, Defensive minefields are causing no hits in either my PBEM games or my Single Player game.

This needs investigating.

<r>That's a great post Ron, enjoyed reading it and am looking forward to Matrix's comments. Keep 'em coming <E>:)</E><br/>
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Aside from the actual system queries, can I also just throw in one specific Surface Combat problem into the mix as well. Long Lance torpedoes are horribly ineffective at ...

<t>Hi J7B - you're not going mad - I've posted on this topic in another thread in the bugs forum because I see (or rather don't see) this non event as well.<br/>
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I'm playing Japanese, scenario 17, v1.11 and own Lunga. My idea was to stuff it full of CD guns and ring it with dense defensive ...

<r>Here's a prime example of what is going wrong. Playing as the Japanese I put together a TF with 16 AP/APDs at a total capacity of 36,000.<br/>
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I then proceeded to load the entire 38th Division (part of my attack on Australia <E>:)</E> ) which consists of 6 units at a total load cost of 28 ...

FWIW I'm in the system damage accrues too quickly camp. The real problem is that once your ships start to slow down they become much easier targets in their next action.

I'd be much happier with a slower damage routine or a quicker repair routine.