US Carriers

[inqistor]

ORIGINAL: Zubnik

Cool, read that wrong, so as long as OPS is <1000 (or zero in my case) and MS is > 0, my carrier task force should fly CAP and launch offensive missions, correct, because mine are not, why?

Not quite. IIRC every sortie uses 1 OPS, so you need some spare, but only rearming tends to use anything nearby 1000.
Weather might prevent your air operations, or terrible morale of your air groups. Or wrong orders. Or lack of fuel for ships.

[inqistor]

ORIGINAL: fcooke

I'm going to feel like an idiot here, because I've been playing the game since it came out, and did read the manual way back then, but what is the impact of what home port is assigned?

TF will try to return to Home Port, when mission is fulfilled, or aborted. That can be really painful, when some damaged ships get split.
It can also abort your mission prematurely, if AI recalculate, that your TF would not have enough fuel for return trip to remote Home Port.

Generally, you should set Home Port to nearest Base, so if one of your ship gets torpedoed, it will disband in the same turn. That would help fighting fire, and flotation damage.

[rockmedic109]

I think coastal hexes also cut flight ops by 50%. I think CVEs are exempt.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: inqistor

ORIGINAL: fcooke

I'm going to feel like an idiot here, because I've been playing the game since it came out, and did read the manual way back then, but what is the impact of what home port is assigned?

TF will try to return to Home Port, when mission is fulfilled, or aborted. That can be really painful, when some damaged ships get split.
It can also abort your mission prematurely, if AI recalculate, that your TF would not have enough fuel for return trip to remote Home Port.

Generally, you should set Home Port to nearest Base, so if one of your ship gets torpedoed, it will disband in the same turn. That would help fighting fire, and flotation damage.

+1

Home port is something to be careful with when a TF heads into danger. Think about making be a port in a favorable direction from where the action is taking place, that is to say favorable for retirement to that port. If your TF "retires" in a direction which you know to be toward greater danger that can really screw up your plans.

[Zubnik]

Thanks everyone, it was aircraft capacity that was the problem!!!!!

[fcooke]

Thanks guys. I tend to learn something new every day, it just came extra early today.

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: rockmedic109

I think coastal hexes also cut flight ops by 50%. I think CVEs are exempt.

Originally it WAS all coastal hexes, but was changed to be only port hexes.

And yes, CVEs are exempt.

[Trugrit]

ORIGINAL: rockmedic109

I think coastal hexes also cut flight ops by 50%. I think CVEs are exempt.

No,

Base hexes cut CV's and CVL's flight ops by 50%.
They operate normally in coastal hexes.

CVE's can operate normally in base hexes and coastal hexes.

witpqs says "friendly" base hexes cut CV's and CVL's flight ops.
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I'm not sure about that so I never run flight ops when I'm in a base hex.

As this thread has pointed out carrier operations are complex in this game.