<t> I take issue with some of the feedback. As long as you face a single attack, a reasonably high CAP level will provide best results. However, if you experience four or more raids over a base in a turn, you will get clobbered in the last raids because of damage and fatigue. Setting CAP at 40 ...

No! I was certain thet were, but they were at rest. Thank you bushpsu.

I'm playing the AI Campaign version 1106i. After 10 days, the port and air field damage at Pearl has not been worked on. Plenty of supply and base engineers, I tried turning on repair industry in the list bases display to no avail, what am I missing?

Frankly, run for your life. Opening gambit probably doesn't apply. Trying to ambush a landing would be as close to gambit as you get early and even then you would have to be cautious.

<t> Concentration of the Jap carriers has been referred to as the death star approach. You do not go near the death star in the first 18 mos of the war. You can look for opptys to attrit his planes and pilots with LBA, but in general leave the field to the death star except judicious LBA ...

<t> If the game mechanics allow for it then it is up to the opponent to offer a compelling argument. I see no reason the Allies couldn't have done what you did with your PTs. A lot of Jap Fan Boys don't want the Allied player doing anything that wasn't actually done in the war. On the other hand ...

Only differences I am aware of are 1-some escort types and APs will join a transport TF but not a cargo TF, 2-Cargo TF will not show any troop load data.

CAP penalty only seems to apply to friendly bases, the purpose of the rule is to take into account the historical difficulty in coordinating friendly base CAP w/CV CAP.

<t> As Pax pointed out most of the suggestions above aren't available in April '42. In this time period combining multiple CVs into single TF causes heavy coordination penalties, so you are better off with multiple 1 CV TFs kept within support range of each other. The 4/42 BBs are too slow to escort ...

Kill or bleed rate is not the optimum way to disrupt AI Japan early, rather decide on critical oil/fuel/res areas to mount unconventional defense to deny the area to Japan long term or permanently. The farther you stray from historical the more difficult for the AI to script response.

<t> I agree with everything said above. Here is the issues:<br/>
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You are compelled to convert as soon as possible due to the precious ASW improvement. The only dilemma is whether to convert some to DEs. The only significant advantage of DEs is better AA and torps. APDs on the other hand are ...

The AI will not resemble human play. Hardest level comes closest and yes it will cheat.

While I agree having ASW TF lead is preferable to having it follow, it can be problematic if merchants are slow and can't keep up. The other tactic is to plot sightings to approximate enemy sub patrol zones and set air asw arcs comb w/ asw TF to hunt in the area.

<t> Keep in mind, the earlier in the war, the more severe the consequences for combining US CVs in TFs. Very early in the War, Dec 41 -Mar 42, the coord effect if you combine 3 carriers into a single TF is that lots of your planes won't fly and the attacks will be split up into small groups that are ...

<t> I have to share a rare bombardment success. Frankly I've never experienced this. I successfully intercepted a small Jap invasion fleet, but they were able to land 500 troops on Banjoewangi on Java. Since all I had at the base was a small Base Force, I bombarded with a significant fleet the next ...

To your other question, my experience is multiple ASW TFs patrolling together in the same hex is much more effective than one. I haven't really tried more than 2 TFs unless I have less than 4 ships in one. I have experienced much better results.

<t> This doesn't exactly answer your question but, the reason you don't generally want top go below a range of 14,000 to 18,000 yards with a heavy bombardment TF is due to the potential damage your ships could take from land based counter-fire. Depending on the composition of your Bombard TF and the ...

<t> Can you see the break in your logic? If you don't trust my info, how can you trust my recommendations on knowledgeable posters. Most of the info posted in this forum is very good. With a young release of a game of this complexity if you are looking for perfection you need to research or test it ...

Combat ops is the setting so the units best repair damage and increase sizes. Be careful of troop limit for an atoll, depending on what size force you landed that would explain the red. You have to evac inf after you take the atoll to get the combat personnel back below the limit.

Look up ranges for guns on the ship display, there is a toggle for shore guns that will provide range