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Sorry to hear that Ramon as I was really enjoying your AAR.

It is hard to reconstruct the whole war on the level of detail you wanted to achieve, even counting in the complex HRs you developed.

I believe that staying as close to the historical timeline as you attempted to is impossible, first, because of your knowledge about the war itself,
second because the first historical engagements already produce a deviation from the intended chain of events which grows by each single engagement.

That leads to situations which may be artificially historical on a grand scale, but completely ahistorical on a smaller strategic/tactical scale, and this
in reverse forces you again to implement limitations to keep within the pace of the historical grand scale or let the whole situation get out of hand.

That said in my opinion your battle against Cantona was one of the most interesting WitPAE experiments I had the luck to witness.

Thank you for a great read.

Congratulations Ramon, but I feel sorry for this AAR to end.

About monsoon rule: we've implemented it in our game with JonReb, and it works in reducing sweeping and CAP - generally no fighter vs. fighter combat. But heavies from Calcutta and IJN bombers from Rangoon still fly in large numbers, making this rule only a minor tweak, not the decisive change.

As a JFB also, I concur about Chinese being understrength. Too easy to conquer China now (but being AFB you can still take many juicy IJA squads and vehicles with you in the process!)

Congrats Ramon.  Like everyone else, I was a daily reader and am going to miss this.  I think you will find that the latest beta patch addresses a lot of the issues that you had.  Maybe not all , but many. 
 
As for china, it appears to be a fragile balance for both sides.  If IJ gets on a roll, it is hard to stop.  On the other hand, if the allies are able to stop IJ even once, it is hard for IJ to get going again.  I'm not sure that isn't accurate.  Historically, we know that China held out the entire war.  But accurate histories portray how tenuous that hold was several times.  Historically, the allies put a LOT of focus on supporting China.  My interpretation of the game at this point is that focus was warranted.

Fantastic and very enjoyably AAR. A great and honorable opponent and a good friend too. We are talking about a new game with the new patch or maybe staring one with DBB. We'll see what happens. A very enjoyable game with a supremely gifted opponent.

Lo Baron, Durbik, PaxMondo,

Thanks a lot for your posts !
I am glad to know you like this humble AAR !. It was my wish. With only an AE player following, I was encourageous to keep on. Thanks a lot for your support.

I hope the next patch will adress the understrenght chinese theatre for the allies. Chinese are too weak to comparision at RL. I hope all issues would be adressed too...for the other hand, I know i was to ambitious with my House Rules looking for a historical envrioment.. I must be more realistic with the engine capabilities.

After official patch will be released, I think about a new game (I hope like Allied, ..for a change after more than 15 months playing with IJA/IJNAF)with Official after-official-patch release or with DaBig Babes (a marvellous work!)

Best of wishes, and thanks all of you for your support.
Ramón

Ramon por supesto que mi AAr esta avierto para ti tambien

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Fantastic and very enjoyably AAR. A great and honorable opponent and a good friend too. We are talking about a new game with the new patch or maybe staring one with DBB. We'll see what happens. A very enjoyable game with a supremely gifted opponent.

Jonathan,

Thanks a lot for your kind words. I may to say that you were a very reliable, honorable player. A great opponent and good friend too !.. I must to say it was the best of all my WITP games that I played. An amazing experience.

You have played against the odds at China.. It must be a horrible headache..

I hope all issue (or a most of them) would be adressed with the new patch, and I will take a time to thinks about a new game...

thank you very much for your kindness, and for your time playing against me this game.
Best of wishes
Ramón

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Ramon por supesto que mi AAr esta avierto para ti tambien

Jonathan ! con mucho gusto entraré a verlo, porque tiene que ser interesantisimo.

Jonathan ! I will take an eye to taste it... must be very interesting !

It's a pity. The AAR was superb, and the strategy and the execution too. Congratulations for the victory !!! 

Thank you very much Traskott !
You are very wellcomed !

Best of wishes
Ramón

Sorry to see your match end Fletcher. I always looked forward to your updates and thought you and Cantona were having a fun game despite the frustrations you mentioned. Thanks for all your time and effort puting it together and I look forward to following your next AAR.

Has been a great, well written AAR Sir, and I am sorry to see this game finished. Your writings have greatly improved my understand of playing the Japanese side, and I thank you for this. I wish you luck for your next campaign, and hope to see another great AAR then. [&o]

SqzMyLemon, DivePac88

Thank very much both of you for your support. I hope to start a new game after official next patch will be released, but I will must to test all changes to take a decision about it. I hope to play the allied side for the next.

Best wishes, and thanks a lot.
Ramón

Has bee a great AAR, I understand the Japanese play better after read this.

Thanks for your efforts an time, Ramon.
Best wishes,

 Jesús (from PDL).

Jesus, thank you very much for your post and support !
Regards, and good luck for your new PBEM game ! Selecting a reliable player would be essential.

Jesus, muchas gracias por tu mensaje y por tu apoyo !
Buena suerte con tu nueva partida PBEM. La elección de un contrincante de confianza sería esencial.
Saludos y suerte en tu próxima partida PBEM

I will miss reading your AAR. Looked forward to it everyday I went to the forumn.

jeffk3510,

Thanks a lot for your kiNdness.
Best wishes
Ramón

ORIGINAL: Fletcher

jeffk3510,

Thanks a lot for your kidness.Best wishes
Ramón

Where was I acting like a child! [X(]

Ooopss ! Excuse me, I lost a "N" for your KINDNESS...

Dear Fletcher-San
Congratulations on a well played and triumphant victory. Many players who take the Japanese side ignore China and try to capture as much of the world as possible, until running out of supplies and ships. I see no reason why Japan could not have defeated the underseas menace had they taken the same steps as did the allies in the battle of the Atlantic. I expected that as your air search teams gained in experience, that they would have been very effective at finding and killing allied submarines. This was a most delightful AAR to read, and I want to thank you for taking the time to play not only the game, but to write about it as well.
Oi