<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>The main reason for a shortage of oil in Japan was due to merchant shipping losses. Japan really only had a shortage of oil in 1944, when the shipping lanes were being closed off by the USN. This is what killes the Japnaese oil supply, as a stockpile of 38 000 will quickly ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by strawb <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Thought there was a rather good house rule about a max of 6 CV/CVL per TF, as there is no 'confusion' check in game on how much CAP you put up (?) unlike a check of how much strike you put up ...

I'm guessing you're talking about obc41. The Japanese leader stats (among other things) were raised to make the AI harder in that scenario. If you look at obc_a or one of the other intended PBEM scenarios you'll see more balanced stats.

<r>Hmm... The reason I asked #1 was because of quotes like these-<br/>
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<I><s>[I]</s>"You see, the Beaufort, and later the Beaufighter as well, has one great advantage which does not show up in the docs: it does NOT have to be assigned the "Naval Interdiction" mission to attack enemy ships ...

<t>Hi, I'm new to the game and have a few questions about things the manual isn't clear on or that I've read in old posts on this forum.<br/>
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1. The "Beau" type planes can attack enemy TFs even when not set to Naval Interdiction. Are there any other planes with undocumented features?<br/>
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