<t> I've had some aggressive japanese opponents in the past - they tend to fold quicker than the hedgehogs because "victory disease" is as real and dangerous in game as without.<br/>
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That said - stacking limits are your friend as the allies in the pacific. The right 6000 man atoll with the ...

<t> Brilliant - that should totally have been in the manual somewhere.<br/>
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So to truly be comfortably safe against a 2 large IJA division invasion (let's call it 900 AV even though they will land with disruption and maybe losses to CD units) means you're looking for about 600 AV . . . so ...

Anyone have an exact reference table for what effect fort size has on AV at a base?

manual seems to be missing that appendix (or I'm being unusually thick).

e.g. 100 AV at a base behind a lvl 2 fort = 3-1 AV (300AV) to take the base (plus/minus the dice roll).

<t> Hooper runs a fleet in being.<br/>
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Once used as necessary he keeps it invisible so I never know where it is or where I'm safe etc.<br/>
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Macro strategies aren't going to help me here - I'm looking for the tactical level stuff.<br/>
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Where do people traditionally spend their ...

And not that possible against an opponent who will use his 7th December strike against Manila, then bring KB or elements of to support a Mersing landing

My opponent and I have been known to do 30 turns a day some days - probably average 7-10 most days.

Never found another opponent with that speed!

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
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BTW, is Hooper the real name of the classical WITP opponent with an avatar name? Or was that Raverdave?<br/>
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Alfred
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Hooper is on these forums as Hooper82.<br/>
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Raverdave was my original ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: kbfchicago<br/>
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position Dutch, & PI B17s to pepper prime Oil/refinary targets immeadiately after they are taken. Day if you can get away with it, night if you don't think you can. This also can cause him to hold back limited front line fighters in a ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jmalter<br/>
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hi Luskan, just 4 ideas off the top:<br/>
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1) Dutch & USArmy 2EB airgroups Train for LowN from the get-go. They'll give a much better account of themselves than they would doing NavB.
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I generally train ...

Totally usual stuff:
- no early game low naval bombing for 4es
- pay PP for units that get transferred (esp china)
- no mass PT boats (max of 12)
- no allied orders t1 other than to move existing tfs etc.

<r> Hello friends,<br/>
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For those that remember me, I was one of the original UV guys that got to beta test WITP / wrote some AARs for the beta test phases of the game etc. I've been in lurk mode for a long time, but still playing WITP and WITP:AE plenty over the last . . . 8 (?) years.<br ...

<t> Ok, so there is a bit of a resting period while my damaged ships lug themselves back to a repair port and I try to give my battered LCU's a chance to recover.&nbsp; Very little of note happens for a while so I'll bullet point the next few months of the game:<br/>
- Hooper rebuids his naval air ...

<t> Yes - I'm aware there are some allied fanboys that won't be happy with my performance to date. But what I lack in allied player skill I make up for with overwhelming numerical superiority. And when that fails me - good looks.<br/>
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Anyhow, I put my bandaid/rubber band little plan into ...

<t> Ok - so I've got Kendari, one of the few bases in the SRA that produces enough supply to support itself.&nbsp; Good start Hooper losing it.<br/>
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So, if you've been paying attention you know what my problem is now, and how I have to solve it:<br/>
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Problem: Front line ...

<t> Hi Oli - yeah - good to see some old hands still around!<br/>
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So - details getting a bit hazy here because the pace of the game slowed considerably and Hooper and i were blitzing through 5-6 turns a night and dozens on weekends. <br/>
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Having noticed that Hooper went for hedgehog ...

<t> With Timor in my pocket, I stole a few more islands westward towards java, but the truth was I was so out of supply and fuel and my 4E bombers were so tired I basically stood the theatre down until some uber convoys could come in and resupply and refuel everything to the point I could go back on ...

<t> As Hooper as said, he was evacuating Tarawa by air, and although I'd secured the sea and air (and next door island) my lightning "unload at the base, then reload onto smaller barges and LSTs and LCIs then hit the beach at Tarawa in successive waves" move turned into a much more US kind of ...

<t> Ok - so the next chapter and verse of this little drama was pretty straightforward.<br/>
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In Burma: I held at Mandalay and bombed Pagan from Chandpur, Akyab and Mandalay while Hooper tried to take Mandalay now and then, bombs mandalay or Akyab from Rangoon.&nbsp; After a while he ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: witpqs<br/>
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Luskan,<br/>
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You make this guy (Hooper) sound like a real monster. Can you sit down yet or is your bottom still sore? Damn!
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Ye of little faith - thou really shouldn't have any other WITP Jap-god before ...

<t> So, with about as much premonition as the token black grunt in a war film I saddled up and sent in my simultaneous invasions of Kai and Hollandia.&nbsp; To prevent further walls of text I'll summarise below:<br/>
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Hollandia:<br/>
- Awful landing, troops get smushed<br/>
- Lots of ...