RE: Fortress Java - House of Cards
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:07 pm
Sigh. I was afraid that the computer's cheating may mess up gameplay. It might be time for a look at "the other side" to see if the game is worth continuing or if we're in cloud-cuckoo-land already in April 1942.ORIGINAL: AHFlattop
I too am seeing similar results in my game against the AI. Singapore fell on Feb 24th and within days, Java was invaded at Merak and some other minor ports. The Phillipines fell in late March. I used March to strengthen Port Moresby using my carriers then prepped to reinforce Java. KB showed up with all CVLs and CVEs off Java in early March and has been circling Java since mid May. All my airforce has been destroyed including B-26s, B-17, P-40s that I'd sent from Australia. Now as I'm reinforcing Java with Aussie troops, supplies with the 5 American cairriers plus 2 Brit CV and 1 Brit CVL. The info screen says I've destroyed over 900 Bettys and 600 Zeros, 150 Vals and 100 Kates, totalling about 3000 frames in all. FOW may be exaggerating these number a bit. Its May 20th and I only hold southern Java and might not get there in time.
Right before I arrived, KB seem to teleport off Port Moresby to support an invasion then moved to raid Brisbane and Sydney. I managed to sink the Junyo with what assets I could find. It seems the Ai gets almost unlimited planes as reinforcements. According to the info screen, I've sunk over 200 ships but I think its about double than number. The AI appears to have no shortage of plane reinforcements and no shortage of transports. I've caught and sunk about a 100 ships in transport TFs loaded with troops and destroyed maybe 40-50,000 troops on those transports but the AI is still managing to capture distant allied based behind the Noumea-Christmas island line.