ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks
Steve has been a great guy to play with. We keep things light. Often our emails are just - here's the turn kind of thing but every now and then we get lippy and have a bit of fun with each other.
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This is what makes a PBEM so much fun, if you have an opponent you can mess with a bit, who isn't short and easy to take offense, and where you can build a bit of a dialogue. Sounds like you guys are a good match.
I haven't been posting much on either side, as I read both, but might start here more. He gets enough advice/support. [;)]
I converted a couple of 12 aircraft Nate units to the Oscar-Ic. I’ll use these for escort missions to free up my larger air groups for sweeps. I want to outnumber his CAP and I want to take advantage of the altitude bonus when I sweep. The Ic does not have the fire power to kill a lot of allied fighters outright but good pilots and the maneuverability of the Oscar seem to be giving me those “attacking from behind” messages which equate to hits on the airframes. I’ll take the write-offs from damaging his planes but the tradeoff is that his pilots will most likely live to see another fight – thus gaining more experience.
If I understand this right, you might be lowering their exp if they are wounded. But they probably do make it back. I've found my opponent loses only about 1:2 pilots to mine if I win the battle, but even less of course if I don't.
I'm trying to use my units in China as whole Armies to hit Burma and then push up into India. I'll never be able to use wet transport for them but they've got legs so I might as well use foot power...
What do you plan to do moving through the jungle into India? Actually take some bases or just set up a deep MLR?
