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ORIGINAL: rustysi

I've read everything of yours that I could find. You are one of my mentors on this site. So when I get my butt kicked in a PBEM... Its all your fault.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Numdydar

Well you are not crazy until you are into mid '42 and deciding where to attack as the Allies and planning it out on paper (or spreadsheet). Then and only then are you an official member of our little group.

Oh and it has to be a GC too. Not of these piddly scenarios for you [:D]

ORIGINAL: fulcrum28

hello,

After playing some small scenarios against PC, I'm considering to play a full campaign against PC controlling the Japanese side.

I have a concern about the time necessary for that huge campaign.

1)Do you recommend me to set up the turn length to 1 day or 2 or 3 days to reduce the playing time?
Since you are playing against the AI (and since the Allied AI is dumber than a brick) you need to play on Hard at a minimum. You also
Use 1 day turns for Japan until the end March '42 as that is when your invade bonus runs out. Then switch to 2 or 3 day turns as you see fit

2)has someone of you finished such a full campaign and if so how long did it take?
Say about a year with regular play to get into '44/'45

3)finally, China front should be omitted (controlled by Pc or playing the full campaign with quiet china option?
China is too important to Japan to be played as Quiet. At a minimum you want a land connection between Indochina and Shanghai. A quiet China will prevent that.
Also there is no AI just for China that will play both sides while the player controls the rest of the map. Either you do nothing, i.e. Quiet or you have to actively take part.


Thank you in advance, and look forward to reading the opinion of expert players on the full campaign.

Kind regards

Typically, how long does it take the average player to complete their input for a turn? I am new to the game but it seems to be over an hour for me playing the allies in 1942 (Grand Campaign)

ORIGINAL: wneumann

Typically, how long does it take the average player to complete their input for a turn? I am new to the game but it seems to be over an hour for me playing the allies in 1942 (Grand Campaign)

That sounds about right, maybe 2 hours of so (in 1942) for orders in a game turn where you're involved in extra activity(ies) involving significant levels of detail - such as pilot training, logistics (transport convoy system), tracking location & movement of opposing LCU and other forces from AAR's and other reports, etc. Much of this extra activity quite tedious and most (if not all of it) manual labor.

In late 1943 and after... Allied game turns get much longer simply due to scale. You have more stuff to keep track of and keep moving to where you want it going - more things and more you have to do with it. All on top of preparing and conducting offensive operations in the front lines. Logistics, intelligence and pilot training doesn't go away either.