<t>3rd July 1942<br/>
The airbase at Lunga increases to size 3. However the work on the airbase has severely depleted supplies and another convoy is necessary. Two carrier task forces are formed, each with two carriers, and sent ahead to the south-eastern Solomons. A supply convoy begins loading at ...

<r>Scenario 17<br/>
My game is going well against the Japs and I have a size 5 airbase on Lunga. Medium bombers from Lunga and B-17s from Lae are pounding the Shortland Islands.<br/>
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As things were going well I thought I would take a risk and send my carriers into harms way. Three task forces ...

<t>I am having trouble getting a task force to go to a hex, bombard it and then stay in the hex.<br/>
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I know that after bombardment that the TF will switch to a surface combat mission.<br/>
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I also know that with a retirement allowed setting the TF will automatically head away at high ...

<r>Maybe not the arifield because it just increased to size 4 without an appreciable difference in supply. <br/>
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Oh well, I guess I will just have to write this one off to weird happenings.<br/>
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As I now have a size 4 base on Lunga with plenty of aviation support, I can take my mind of ...

<t>I had a squadron of A-24 dauntlesses in scenario 17. Around July 4th I moved them to Gili-Gili. When I checked the next day, my 10 Dauntlesses had become a squadron of 16 Havocs.<br/>
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I checked the complete air unit list and I confirmed I lost the dauntlesses and gained a second squadron of ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by dgaad <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Supply is used in large quantities by aircraft, especially aircraft on bombing runs. <br/>
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Supply is used in large quantities if the base is adjacent or linked by road to other hexes that need ...

<t>It has a potential of six and it has only increased to 3 so that isn't the problem.<br/>
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The manual states that 1 supply is used for every 12 hours of work by an engineer squad, which is nice to know but completely useless unless I also know how long it takes engineers to upgrade an airbase ...

I have been building Lunga up and it had about 18,000 supply.

Suddenly its down to 2700 a few days later

I have a division plus about four extra battalions on the island.

Does increasing the size of an airbase use a lot of supply suddenly?

<t>22nd June 1942<br/>
The enemy carriers and their escorts disappear northwards without further incident. TF222 arrives at Lunga and begins unloading a few extra troops plus additional supplies. The allied carriers remain near Rennell Island to cover the resupply operation.<br/>
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23rd June ...

<t>I am also having fun with Lunga in scen 17. The Japanese took it first but I managed to kick them off with the entire Americal division. Fortunately the Japanese carriers were in the Bismarck sea when I invaded as they were dealing with my recent landing which captured Lae with the Australian 7th ...

<r>This is my first game so I think its almost certainly very lucky <E>:)</E><br/>
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The enemy carriers always seem to be in the wrong place when I made an aggressive move. They were usually off somewhere else reacting too late to the last aggressive move. <br/>
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For any EQers, it was like ...

<t>5th June 1942<br/>
A seaplane tender and two cargo ships are dispatched to Rennell Island, 150 miles south of Guadalcanal to establish a new seaplane base.<br/>
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The Japanese land-based air at Rabaul mounts another attack on the landing beaches at Lunga. Fighters from Lexington intercept the ...

<t>There is a major range disparity between the starting Japanese and allied carrier aircraft and I was wondering what tactics allied players use to over come this.<br/>
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I just fought a major carrier battle with the Japs having Shokaku, Zuikaku, Kaga, Junyo, Shoho and Ryujo and me having ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Didz <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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However, I also don't expect the program to tell me that an MSW TF is going to Mine a hex when it doesn't have the capability to do so. <br/>
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<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by brisd <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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#2 TF operations are fine, no need for a special command to avoid airfields. It is factored into the aggressiveness of your commanders. Take charge of your forces or go back to C&C type games. [/B]<e>[/QUOTE ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by juliet7bravo <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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The...pdf...locks...up...my...system...when...alt/tabbing...and...is...an...enormous...pain...in...the...*** <e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

Its hardly Matrix ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by juliet7bravo <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>"Aren't pdf files pretty much the standard multi-platform document file format across the entire IT industry?"<br/>
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Not here in South Buttfuck Ohio apparently, the local print shop gave me ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Didz <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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<E>:D</E> Lol! Its been a long time since I've heard that excuse. Takes me back to my system design days.<br/>
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[Its not a bug, its a feature]<E>;)</E> <br/>
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<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Didz <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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I've had Naval Attack set as their primary mission ever since the start of the game two months ago and they have never attempted to do so despite having the IJN Carriers within strike ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by juliet7bravo <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>The only thing they could have possibly done to make the manual more difficult to use, print, or access is to format it in some esoteric file format that requires you to download some special ...