The Gamiest Game in Town - EL (J) vs Rio Bravo (A)

[el lobo]

ORIGINAL: adarbrauner

My approach is simple. I shuttle all of the oil to Formosa non-stop, and from there second leg, second shuttle line to Japan proper at the same time.

There is something to be said for simple for sure, but isn't it great that this game can be played in so many ways?

[el lobo]

BURMA May 22, 1943 Turn 532

Rio is building strength in Mandalay but I will hold-out as long as I can. The same for the hex south-east of Prome.

[el lobo]

CHINA May 22, 1943 Turn 532

The units that broke-out of CK to the south showed a movement arrow to the west a few turns back. I now have 850 AV in the hex to their west. Even at 4X magnification and a magnifying glass I see no arrow now.

I am moving units into the hex west of CK and will move them all at once into CK for another DA.

[el lobo]

PNG May 25, 1943 Turn 535

This is going to be one of Rio's new fronts.

[adarbrauner]

You basically have neglected any expansion South east of New Guinea, isn't that?

So what is your main defensive line-posts, there?

North New Guinea-Moluccas-Caroline Islands?

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: el lobo

There is something to be said for simple for sure, but isn't it great that this game can be played in so many ways?

yep ... [8D]

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: el lobo

I am moving units into the hex west of CK and will move them all at once into CK for another DA.

[el lobo]

ORIGINAL: adarbrauner

So what is your main defensive line-posts, there?

North New Guinea-Moluccas-Caroline Islands?

The Moluccas. Right now I am trying to decide who and how much I am going to lose at Truk.

Here is what I am going to lose at Adak.

[Andav]

OCD Me looks at all the different Target Preps and will probably not be able to sleep tonight. [X(]

You really should press "Set All" on one of the ones which is currently At Target unless you are playing Sigint games in which case, carry on ...

Wa

[Lowpe]

Allies only get sigint on prep for Allied bases.

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: Andav
You really should press "Set All" on one of the ones which is currently At Target unless you are playing Sigint games in which case, carry on ...

Unless non-combat LCUs are already at full xp attainable through 100-prep training, there is little reason to switch targets

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: Andav
You really should press "Set All" on one of the ones which is currently At Target unless you are playing Sigint games in which case, carry on ...

Unless non-combat LCUs are already at full xp attainable through 100-prep training, there is little reason to switch targets

+1

[el lobo]

ORIGINAL: Andav


OCD Me looks at all the different Target Preps and will probably not be able to sleep tonight. [X(]

You really should press "Set All" on one of the ones which is currently At Target unless you are playing Sigint games in which case, carry on ...

Wa

I never even noticed this. Thanks for pointing it out. Whether I need to or not, I will press, now go get some sleep.[:)]

[el lobo]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Allies only get sigint on prep for Allied bases.

Along these lines.

Rio and I banter all the time via email. He ask me why I am sending the 26th to Mouliem (when I am supposed to be getting our of Burma.) They are in a convoy about half-way there. Mouliem is mine, and he hit is spot-on.

How did he know?

[PaxMondo]

He can get TF Intel ... its '43 ... it 'feels' as though allied intel improves through time. the devs have never commented on this though they have confirmed ASW does improve at least twice ...

[Andav]

ORIGINAL: el lobo

ORIGINAL: Andav


OCD Me looks at all the different Target Preps and will probably not be able to sleep tonight. [X(]

You really should press "Set All" on one of the ones which is currently At Target unless you are playing Sigint games in which case, carry on ...

Wa

I never even noticed this. Thanks for pointing it out. Whether I need to or not, I will press, now go get some sleep.[:)]

Thank you for understanding El Lobo. These other guys just do not get it. [:D]

Wa

[Andav]

ORIGINAL: el lobo

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Allies only get sigint on prep for Allied bases.

Along these lines.

Rio and I banter all the time via email. He ask me why I am sending the 26th to Mouliem (when I am supposed to be getting our of Burma.) They are in a convoy about half-way there. Mouliem is mine, and he hit is spot-on.

How did he know?

I know with an app like Intel Monkey, witpqs could fairly easily follow most of my units. witpqs added functionality to even track units over time in a hex where attacks took place. He could track units arriving and departing the hex over time. I think it worked with both land combat attacks and air attacks. Looking at other AARs, the Allies almost always know what is where. It is just the degree of care the Allied player chooses to track the data. If I ever played the Allies, this would be something I tracked very closely.

On the other side, the Japanese are really good and detecting heavy radio traffic at Pearl and San Francisco and Sydney and Karachi ...

Wa

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: Andav
You really should press "Set All" on one of the ones which is currently At Target unless you are playing Sigint games in which case, carry on ...

Unless non-combat LCUs are already at full xp attainable through 100-prep training, there is little reason to switch targets

+1

I come down in the middle on this one. The factors I weigh are:

• The experience state of the unit (for the reasons stated above).
• The state of preparation of the unit.
• Upcoming operations that compete for the units' preparation.
• The importance of the present target.

Basically, I see the importance of units gaining experience via having 100% preparation and I do not want to impede that by changing target. But if the target is important enough to the situation, maybe I will. With units that have already gained full national experience and can only gain more via combat the question is only about 'prepare for this target' versus 'prepare for a future target', and that also depends on the situation.

[el lobo]

Thanks guys. Great information.

Rio's computer is broken and it looks like he may have to get a new one. He may be out a week.

I have finished this project and am off to read AARs.

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The WITP AUTOMATED SCENARIO TESTING APPLICATION is ready, if someone wants to give it a try.

I ran fifty turns of GA's Scenario 34, without saves, nineteen minutes, saving every turn, twenty-three minutes. Five-hundred turns starting the saves at turn 300 and saving every thirtieth turn, three hours and four minutes, while I slept.

Feed-back appreciated.

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This application is designed for scenario testing only and will not function as a game automation.

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Use at your own risk.

WARNING

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[PaxMondo]

Sorry to here about the broke comp ...