The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[Lowpe]

I think in future games I will grow this repair yard to 50, and use it for all ship conversions to AV and AR, so that the larger dockyards can concentrate upon ship repairs.

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I think in future games I will grow this repair yard to 50, and use it for all ship conversions to AV and AR, so that the larger dockyards can concentrate upon ship repairs.

Why?

Once you start the upgrade, move the ship to Pier Side - where it won't really be soaking up any repair points.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Why?

Once you start the upgrade, move the ship to Pier Side - where it won't really be soaking up any repair points.

I do move them to pierside, low, which in theory means that are at the bottom of the cue.

However, I want to because of three things:

1. Centralization, and ease of finding said ships once under repair.

2. A port where I won't be tempted to use the ship while they await the activation date.

3. I think there is an impact on repairing minor damage even when set to low. It seems to me that ships undergoing conversions take system damage. At a large port, it seems that the system damage starts to repair when the number of days for the upgrade = system damage. I think when this starts that the ship does consume workers and does divert ship repair resources.

I want to see if I can accelerate this last bit of conversion, or prove this supposition.

But my main reasons are 1 and 2.

[Lokasenna]

The amount of Sys damage is actually set in the scenario/upgrade data. You can see it when looking at the upgrade, either in-game or in Tracker.

Repairing it does consume some small amount of port resources, but I've yet to see one (that isn't a CVL or BB conversion) that is more than 21 Sys on a relatively easy to repair ship (the Yusen and Kyushu xAK to AK conversions, or the AV/AR conversions).

[PaxMondo]

I don't think this shows that IJ is fragile in '42, rather it just confirms some rather obvious facts: the SOV forces being so close to the HI pose a huge risk. If IJ opens that front, it needs to be done with considerable planning. Lowpe did it completely accidently, and at the worse possible time. All his planning was focused west and south in the DEI and here he now has to deal with +8000AV in his back yard. Re-orienting his forces in time is impossible.

Having sandboxed this a number of times, even going for the Bear in 5/42 with PLANNING, it is a tough proposition. Its certainly possible against the AI, but I only have to help the AI (play head2head) a few turns and the outcome can quickly change. Particularly if the allied player is able to come hard at Burma/Thailand, he can force the IJ to decide between that area and possibly Singers or SOV. This was 1/42 ... krikey!

[Lowpe]

May 26-27

This ship was supposed to be docked, but for some reason wasn't. I wonder why? Light damage from the weak torpedo.

[Lowpe]

Meanwhile, Japanese subs are performing poorly.

[Lowpe]

Singers

[Lowpe]

Air losses for the day

[Lowpe]

Night bombing continues apace here in Manchuko. Always a few bombs get thru.

Soviets looking for their next offensive?, but perhaps they have had to ship off several divisions to Moscow? Whatever happens I am pulling some troops out that are unrestricted from here or from China.

[Lowpe]

Had a winter storm and lost power till yesterday. Currently expecting another 6-12 inches today, and the snow is coming down. A wet heavy snow sticking to the trees and power lines.

May 28, 1942

A quiet day, but did manage to get a battleship that suffered three torpedo strikes out of Sinkawang and headed from Brunei without getting hit by anymore subs. Allies continue heavy night bombing...during the day they rested their bombers.

[DanSez]

We recently moved to NY State (Catskills) and got hammered the last couple of days. Parts of the county was without power. We were fortunate but also have a backup generator.

Good luck.

[Lowpe]

12 inches of wet, heavy snow...but the war goes on.

May 29, 1942

The A6M3 flies.

[Lowpe]

Good results...heavy night bombing in Manchuko again, like every night.

[Lowpe]

Spoke to soon, lost power after the storm...but it is back on now and turn is away. So close to the Tojo IIa joining the fray.

[Lecivius]

Looking at the news, round 3 is out in the Atlantic. Keep your snow shovel handy, and hunker down [;)]

[Lowpe]

May 30, 1942

Night bombing in Manchuko, Allied bombers quiet elsewhere.

Managed to buy out only the 2nd division this game...headed for the SRA.

[Lowpe]

Managed to get the stricken Mutsu away from the front lines and back to Brunei....level 3 port with some repair ships. Now, most of the subs are west and north, but there are a few enemy subs on the route back to Honshu.

So many enemy subs this game.

[Lowpe]

May 31, 1942

Last day of May goes out pretty quiet....some of my warships didn't do as they were told, and there was an interesting surface engagement between an RO boat and and an xakl....the sub took one penetrating hit from a .303 mg and called off the attack after inflicting 8 hits on the small cargo ship.

June 1st tomorrow and the Tojo IIa.[:)]

[Lowpe]

Another storm headed here....will be in western VA today and back in Philadelphia for following round. Or perhaps I will be simply travel with the storm.

It is interesting watching all the forecasters, who have gotten burned badly on the first storm, did better on the 2nd storm and are very nervous about predicting this one with lots of caveats. Rain, snow, and mixed precip...they are calling for it all!

Ringing in the new month with some targeted attacks.[:)]