A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Actuarry, Hu on first.

What?

[:D]

No, no arready terr witpqs-san What on second, Hu on fuhst.

[:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Ahh..so A6M3 rittah bit fastah because reave arr of important crap off. Great idea.

Hai!

Good-ah news: A6M3a (note-ah rittah retter 'a') carrier compatibarh!

Bad-ah news: Carrier compatibarh A6M2 research not-ah upgrade to A6M3 or A6M3a research. Upgrade to piece of-ah-.... A6M2 Sen Baku (Sen Baku Japans-mens phrase for red-ah headed step chird)

Good-ah news: A6M3 upgrade to A6M3a!

Bad-ah news: Mandrake-san probabry arready have switch A6M3 research factories to A6M3 production instead of 'advancing' to A6M3a research or A6M5 research factories.

Good-ah news: It's OK. There are other A6M3a and A6M5 research factories working now!

Bad-ah news: Sure. Mandrake-san be aburh to upgrade in rate 1944(d) now.

Good-ah news: A6M2-N "Rufe" (froat fightah) can-ah upgrade directry to A6M5!

Bad-ah news: Mandrake-san probabry arready have switch A6M2-N "Rufe" research factories to A6M2-N "Rufe" production factories instead of 'advancing' to A6M5 research.

And-ah so on...

[Cap Mandrake]

Actuarry...seem rike A6M3 just start on own. [:D]

Perhaps SPrior-san ordah that.

A6M5 arready accerated and Jack and Frank.

[Cap Mandrake]

Seem rike Rufe start on own too. Perhaps Emperor son have part of business.

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Seaside Virra, Truk Ragoon**********

Mandarake-san: WHAT? Idiots reave off arrestor hook on A6M3? Who ordah that? Just screw back on or something. Sweet Baby Jesus! Mandarake-san have to think of everything around here?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Actuarry...seem rike A6M3 just start on own. [:D]

Perhaps SPrior-san ordah that.

Hai! Trick is to make sure A6M3 doesn't start on own and waste perfectry good factory. It wourdn't surprise me if the Rord Admirar Sprior-san did ordah that. [:'(]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Seem rike Rufe start on own too. Perhaps Emperor son have part of business.

Hai. Rufe start on own on 4/42. Trick is to make sure that Rufe research (before 4/42) gets advanced to A6M5 rines before Rufe come into production.

Mandrake-san know that Japans-mens get aircraft by historical day even if no research arrocated to it. Right?

[Lowpe]

You are butchering the R&D, but not to worry![;)]

A6M3a is the fighter you want for CV for the rest of 42 to mid 43. It is about on par with the A6M5 and A6M5b so aim for that guy...

The super important planes to r&d is the:

Frank and Sam. [:)] Shoot for 6-10 size 30 factories on each. Then you need to build George or Jack or both. Frank, George and Jack have upgrade paths so be careful about that.[;)]

You want to build well over 3000 Franks by mid 44...they will be used to wear down Lightnings and Jugs and Corsairs. Throw in 1000 to 2000 Georges or Jacks and you will be okay to mid 44.

That also means you need to r&d the Ha45 engine and also the Ha43 for the Sam.

You can r&d one late fighter like the Shinden if you want.

other planes you want are the Judy, Jill, Randy 102a, Grace, Irving -s, Nick D. you can look at Oscar, Tony etc...but Frank and Sam. Perhaps a kamikaze?

Say it with me, Frank and Sam! Throw in a dash of George and Jack!

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

You are butchering the R&D, but not to worry![;)]

A6M3a is the fighter you want for CV for the rest of 42 to mid 43. It is about on par with the A6M5 and A6M5b so aim for that guy...

The super important planes to r&d is the:

Frank and Sam. [:)] Shoot for 6-10 size 30 factories on each. Then you need to build George or Jack or both. Frank, George and Jack have upgrade paths so be careful about that.[;)]

You want to build well over 3000 Franks by mid 44...they will be used to wear down Lightnings and Jugs and Corsairs. Throw in 1000 to 2000 Georges or Jacks and you will be okay to mid 44.

That also means you need to r&d the Ha45 engine and also the Ha43 for the Sam.

You can r&d one late fighter like the Shinden if you want.

other planes you want are the Judy, Jill, Randy 102a, Grace, Irving -s, Nick D. you can look at Oscar, Tony etc...but Frank and Sam. Perhaps a kamikaze?

Say it with me, Frank and Sam! Throw in a dash of George and Jack!

The Ki-100 (late war Tony) is a nice one for the early R&D acceleration. Keep advancing through the lesser Ki-61A-Ki-61D models and start researching the Ki-100. Once the Ki-61A research factories have all healed (mid-late 1942), research can be started on the subsequently converted Ki-100 factories the next day. You won't have all your Frank research factories pulling for you until a year or so later.

The Tojo-IIc is a must have in later 1942-mid-1943. Oscar IIa and IIb are worthwhile upgrades over the Ic as fighting platforms. With significant range and a 2x250kg bomb payload, they can also be potent (and fast) kamikazes later in the war. Judy is a worthy upgrade from the Val (don't build the D3A3, it's a waste) and the later Judys are a nasty surprise with an 800 kg payload. Jills are fast with excellent range, a worthy TB upgrade. The Grace is a dream and can be run as a DB or TB.

Of course, almost all of these opinions and advice presuppose that this game will see 1943, let alone 1944.

[Cap Mandrake]

<headache set in> So how much acceleration of Frank R&D required to reach 3000 aeropranes by mid 44?

If have 10 factories producing 30 aeropranes per month wirr need 10 month of production which means design ready by August 43.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

<headache set in> So how much acceleration of Frank R&D required to reach 3000 aeropranes by mid 44?

If have 10 factories producing 30 aeropranes per month wirr need 10 month of production which means design ready by August 43.

Ummm. No. What Lowpe was recommending is an efficient research program. 10 research factories ideally sized at size 30. Together, when all factories are fully repaired, they will produce 300 research points per month thereafter, thus 'bringing forward' production of the Frank-a by roughly three months every one month of reality.

Research factories will probably not be all repaired until mid-late 1943. Then it's a matter of how many fully repaired research factories are pumping out 'research' in 100 aliquot sizes. It's very difficult to get the Frank-a before late 1943-early 1944 because of this delay in repairing all research factories.

Once the Frank is in production, you can elect to A) convert research factories to Frank-a production factories or B) convert Frank-a research factories into Frank-r research factories (the next one on the chain) or (very importantly) C) convert other production factories to Frank-a factories.

The initial relationship to a size 30 factory really only holds true for the research aspect. Personally, I would expand some factories that are producing the Frank-a to the point that I was producing some 400+ per month. That'll get you to your goal in less than 8 months.

[Lowpe]

I have the Frank A in my game (scen 2 type) in June of 1943 for example. In my game the Frank A arrives normally in Jan of 1944. I also had the engine bonus while it was being researched.

Ha-45 engines have to be researched, and you will need tons of Ha45 engines over the course of the game. You want to get 500+ so you double your research for the Frank A.

Frank and Sam are the two fighters you have to go big on r&d unless you are playing for autovictory. At a minimum you want 5 size 30 facilities r&d the both fighters. Having 10 on each isn't outrageous.

Since you want to start production of Frank A immediately, it often makes sense to make one of the r&d facilities larger say 60 or 90 and it goes into production while the other advance and start researching the Frank R.

Unless you get a really great late war fighter like the Ki94II, the Frank R will be the most important fighter of the game for you. A monthly production of 350 is probably on the low end but ok for 1944. Come 1945 you probably will want more.

In April of 1944 the Army undergoes a huge fighter expansion with most squadrons expanding to 49 planes. You want to be prepared for that with lots of fighters in the pools.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Actuarry...seem rike A6M3 just start on own. [:D]

Perhaps SPrior-san ordah that.

Hai! Trick is to make sure A6M3 doesn't start on own and waste perfectry good factory. It wourdn't surprise me if the Rord Admirar Sprior-san did ordah that. [:'(]

I-ah read this you know

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Actuarry...seem rike A6M3 just start on own. [:D]

Perhaps SPrior-san ordah that.

Hai! Trick is to make sure A6M3 doesn't start on own and waste perfectry good factory. It wourdn't surprise me if the Rord Admirar Sprior-san did ordah that. [:'(]

I-ah read this you know

[:D]

[witpqs]

He meant on Twitter, certainly not in the manual!

[Cap Mandrake]

OK. Mandarake-san start understand aeroprane research and production even before big conference.

Arready, one factory set on 183 to research Frank. Now, that-ah twice highest figure Lowpe-san suggest. Chief probrem is that-ah onry factory research Frank othah than factory set to 13
to research Frank-b modurh.

Mandarake-san now undahstand why more smarrer factory bettah.

Mandarake-san arso rearize it was Sam that was advanced not A6M5.

Seem thing is Mandrake-san arways win wah even before rate '43 so nevah use fancy aeropranes....except in one Marinara wah-game where kick ass opponent...what-ah name...oh...HAI!...That-ah Chickenboy-san. Brow up rike 32 CVE's with 3 destroyers. [:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Seem thing is Mandrake-san arways win wah even before rate '43 so nevah use fancy aeropranes....except in one Marinara wah-game where kick ass opponent...what-ah name...oh...HAI!...That-ah Chickenboy-san. Brow up rike 32 CVE's with 3 destroyers. [:D]

Chickenboy-san young and foorish then. Tired from the misery of the death match bracket victories racked up before and just wanted to end suffering without use of wakazashi. Ret Mandrake-san win, of course. [:D]

Mandrake-san: With as many knots and tangles and destroyed / damaged factories in Japans-mens economy, how can you tell if the Arries not nuke you in 1942? It-ah rook rike that to me. [:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

************Seaside Virra, Truk Ragoon**********

Mandarake-san: Hey, Jimmy Too Tarr, check out. Put tuning coir from warkie tarkie on guitar and then put wire ovah to microphone input on short wave and turn up arr
way..<strums F G G C F G>

Jimmy Too Tarr: Hory crap, boss! That-ah pretty good.

Mandarake-san: Risten to ryrics.....

Mandarake-san so hot for Geisha, Mandarake-san so hot for Geisha
Mandarake-san so hot for Geisha, Geisha so COHRD
Mandarake-san so hot for Geisha, Mandarake-san on fire for Geisha
Mandarake-san so hot for Geisha, Geisha so COHRD
Mandarake-san burning bush, Mandarake-san burning fire
Mandarake-san breeding VORCANO!

What-ah think?

Jimmy Too Tarr: Great boss. Vorcano part remind Jimmy of Raburh. Maybe try in Engarish?

Mandarake-san: Engarish? It arready in Engarish.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Ret Mandrake-san win, of course. [:D]

Haha! That-ah good one.

Mandrake-san: With as many knots and tangles and destroyed / damaged factories in Japans-mens economy, how can you tell if the Arries not nuke you in 1942? It-ah rook rike that to me. [:'(]

That-ah pran. Seem rike roosing wah then press bet for second harf.

[zuluhour]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Actuarry...seem rike A6M3 just start on own. [:D]

Perhaps SPrior-san ordah that.

Hai! Trick is to make sure A6M3 doesn't start on own and waste perfectry good factory. It wourdn't surprise me if the Rord Admirar Sprior-san did ordah that. [:'(]

I-ah read this you know

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