<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Grumbling Grogn <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Also, I said I have seen stupid moves by the AI in 100% of the major naval engagements in my games. Not that the one example mentioned in all of my games (that was someone else's example btw ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Grumbling Grogn <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>If someone can point me to where escorts attacked CAs 100% of the time in real life while ignoring the divebombers attacking the CV's I will stand corrected (for instance). :rolleyes: <e>[/B ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by iceboy <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Can we at least get the escorts to go with the majority of the bombers and not just a little group of 3 or 4? I need my main attack force protected not a few planes that go off on their own little ...

<t>Yes! Finally someone has pointed out the first thing that occurred to me when I saw the original post. Namely, the possibility that the fighters got separated from the bombers they were supposed to be escorting, and then managed to visually pick up the smaller bomber group and escorted them ...

Thanks David ... I'm looking forward to the new patch!

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Ron Saueracker <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Only thing I'd like to see is course and speed added to spotting reports. <e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE> <br/>
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This would be nice. Course information does not actually exist in ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by eMonticello <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Agreed (re: search effectiveness degrading with range) ... although we don't know if it is modeled this way already. <e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE> <br/>
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I agree as well. From what I ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Ross Moorhouse <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I believe that kills had to be confirmed via gun camera footage for the Allies in the ETO. So I would think that they did the same thing in PTO.<e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

I don't ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by wie201 <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I think the more important information to glean from these citations is the evidence of how many B-17s survived their missions, albeit shot to pieces, which I don't think would be exaggerated. <e>[/B ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[I]</s>"Kenney thought that 20 Japanese fighters were lost in the attack, but another claim amounted to seven"<br/>
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"Zeros closed in and in the fighting 3 were claimed shot down"<br/>
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"gunners claiming 10 of the 40 Zekes and Zeros attacking." <br/>
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"In ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Howard Mitchell <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>You should be proud of yourselves. <e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

I can agree with this, even though I have two years less in the business than Howard. <E>:D</E> <br/>
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- David ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Wolftrap <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I have experienced the no replacement pilot issue and now the F-17's<e>[/B]</e></B><e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

Hehe! F-17's, eh? I like that, although it took me a few seconds to figure out that you ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by David Heath <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I am going to say this plain and simple, you can't have it both ways. We always said we do our best to fix the bugs. We then went on to say we wanted to add features that you the players wanted. I ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by cap_and_gown <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I agree. I think the contemplated change may just allow the bombers to get off scott free. They may abort, but there is nothing to stop them from coming back and doing another fighter sweep all ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Nikademus <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I dont think lowering bomber D-Fire acc would necesarily increase bomber casaulties to an unreasonable level if at all. After all, Japanese bomber casualties (unescorted) vs Allied fighters feels ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Mike Wood <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>I am currently instructing the Zero pilots to try to shoot these tough planes down, but not to kill themselves, in the process. Make fewer passes, start firing earlier and veer off before the bomber ...

<r>Okay, even though I'm staunchly in favor of removing the "bomber sweeps" from the game via whatever method is necessary, for a moment I'm going to play devil's advocate ...<br/>
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One thing that concerns me about simply reducing the accuracy of the bomber's weapons is if this will allow ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Nikademus<br/>
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<B><s>[B]</s>So my suggestion remains, leave the air model alone but slash the ACC of the defensive fire big time. Killing fighters is the job of escorting fighters, bomber defenisve ...

<t>Indeed. 1941 seems to be receding all too quickly into the realm of ancient history, especially for younger generations who may never have the opportunity to at least meet and talk to survivors who witnessed those days first-hand. But we must never allow those memories to collect dust. The ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by ADavidB <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>... the Allied tac bombers are useless against naval targets nowadays. I haven't had a single hit on any Japanese ship in 6 weeks of game time. All that happens is that the tac bombers take flak ...