Yes finally.............

[captskillet]

there's hope for the feeble minded in the world yet......[;)] [:D] ............ think I'm gonna get a victory in Coral Sea Hist. Managed to allude the enemy first day and lo and behold search plane from Yorktown spotted Zui & Sho around 09:35 hrs on day 2...........launched all avail. DB's plus my B-17's from Townsville (too far out for Avengers) and @ 12:10 1st strike from Lex got 2 bomb hits each on Z & S...........around 13:00 the strike from York got 5 on the Z sending her down and then my B-17 strike from Townsville got 2 more hits on the crippled Sho sending her down. Have lost the York from his strike but the Lex is unscathed (in a rain squall) and I'll finish this baby later!!!!!

[Prince of Eckmühl]

ORIGINAL: captskillet

then my B-17 strike from Townsville got 2 more hits on the crippled Sho sending her down.

I've found that B-17 drivers lie a lot. A great way to check is to check the strike screen at the end of the game, to see what hit, and what actually sank, as the in-game reports are NOT always accurate.

PoE (aka ivanmoe)

[JD Walter]

Hi Capt'n,

I'm interested in your experience with the rain squall. Was the Lex attacked, too? And was the difference between it and the Yorktown the squall?

I ask because I've found squalls are very variable, almost like a random % is being rolled to see the effectiveness of a strike caught in one. Some strikes get through and put hits on whatever's there, rain or no; other strikes seem to get lost and are lucky to get 1 or 2 bombs off.

Wonder what other's experiences are?

[captskillet]

Actually Zep no Lex was not attacked.............she was spotted but I had given her orders earlier to increase speed to 25 knots head for squall, sp she lost spotter AC.......the funny thing is York was on escort Command TF @ same speed (same hex) but was just outside squall, got spotted also and took full strike.