ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker
Shore up a losing arguement? Pfttt! Give me an effing break. Blind or have an agenda to grind? I was countering your defence of the supply produced here is somewhat a non issue because the size 1 port limits its use. Hardly given the lack of any ports capacity/ops limits.
Taking 18 days to load a single AK is not limitless. If I try to load all the supply in one turn, I take 18 AK's to do that - and spend a lot of fuel that I will miss later. Tradeoffs, Ron. You can't complain about one side without acknowledging the other.
ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker
If you guys want to argue one day that the supply system is abstract and generalized for one reason (war materiel) then differentiate between tin, food and bullets the next to try and rationalize why 18" shells, tanks, spare parts etc are available in quantity without the benefit of having to actually SHIP the stuff, and actually suggest that the little shit factory down the road is capable of this, well, you guys are off your rockers.
You are confusing issues here. If you want to argue reload rates for BB's, let's talk about that. It is an entirely different argument that I tend to agree with. Let's not suggest sweeping changes to the game that impact supply drastically and unhistorically. The fact is, lots of supply (food mostly) and raw materials (everything from Tin to Rubber) were obtained and shipped out of the SRA. If you insist upon this change and cause it to happen, do I get to flame you as incompetent, careless, etc. when six months later everyone agrees your suggestion unhistorically ignores the contribution of food as supply? After all, you get to do it to Matrix, don't I get to do it to you? Fundamentally, your suggestion strikes me as trying to kill a deer with a machine gun. You are going to hit too much other stuff trying to accomplish your mission, not to mention probably ruining the deer. If your problem is BB reloads, suggest rules that affect *that* problem and that problem only.
Furthermore, I did not mean to suggest that the little ammo plant could produce BB ammunition. I can see where you might have gotten that, but did not intend that. I meant to imply that it was possible that some small arms ammunition (<= .50 cal) could be provided locally. It was more an implication that the SRA was not totally devoid of industry. In other words, the supply was not limited to food.
ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker
How many respected people (not me or Tris or some other heretic[8|]) have said this is an issue they feel strongly about? Lots. Yet I see only a few denying that any supply/logistics problem exists.
I would say that I am pretty well respected as far as Japanese production is concerned. I wrote a post many consider useful for thinking about Japanese aircraft production in the game. I wrote it from a theoretical perspective, not from an experiential one. You know what? After gaining more experience, my recommendations are different. Not hugely, but significantly.
My problem with all the "experts" is they "won't play the game because it is flawed" yet their analysis leaves out critical processes that materially affect their analysis. Those processes are clear to someone who has played Japan, but are totally glossed over or missed if you don't. My own experience as Japan tells me that you are making a mountain out of a molehill on one hand, and fighting the wrong battle on the other. BB reloads is an issue, I agree. But the solution you propose is a very bad one imo. So I argue the point.
My challenge to you to play a game as Japan against me comes from this: I think you will be unpleasantly suprised as Japan with what can be done by the Allies to curtail Japan's expansion. I think you will also discover more limits exist than you realize. Unfortunately, the accepted strategy for the Allies is to play turtle until overwhelming force arrives and then kick ass. A good strategy, but it makes Allied players myopic when it comes to Japanese power. The Allied player runs away and hides his carriers, then complains that Japan is too powerful. Japan isn't, but the Brave Sir Robin defense strengthens Japan and makes it look like they are.
