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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

Welcome to a newcomer!....with the greatest of respect, may I be the 1st to lobby you for a name change!

Hey he's already posted 26 times, he's a battle hardened veteran! [:D] Although, look at AW1Steve. I try to hog the forum every day but I can't touch him! [:(][:(]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I like to build up a large number of "green troops" in one place , then "blood" them against a much smaller force. That way their losses are minimum, they get extensive experience , before you send them off to fight on their own. I do the same with squadrons , constantly recycling through "nugget" pilots to gain rapid experience.

If you are sending a an air unit to the CBI via the "backdoor route", you might keep them training on route. That way you can send a slightly lesser trained unit out , and it will equal out by the time it arrives.

**** You know after reading this I wondered something...Is this gamey?"/b] [&:][:(]

ORIGINAL: rustysi

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I like to build up a large number of "green troops" in one place , then "blood" them against a much smaller force. That way their losses are minimum, they get extensive experience , before you send them off to fight on their own. I do the same with squadrons , constantly recycling through "nugget" pilots to gain rapid experience.

If you are sending a an air unit to the CBI via the "backdoor route", you might keep them training on route. That way you can send a slightly lesser trained unit out , and it will equal out by the time it arrives.

**** You know after reading this I wondered something...Is this gamey?"/b] [&:][:(]

IMHO, no.

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I like to build up a large number of "green troops" in one place , then "blood" them against a much smaller force. That way their losses are minimum, they get extensive experience , before you send them off to fight on their own. I do the same with squadrons , constantly recycling through "nugget" pilots to gain rapid experience.

If you are sending a an air unit to the CBI via the "backdoor route", you might keep them training on route. That way you can send a slightly lesser trained unit out , and it will equal out by the time it arrives.

**** You know after reading this I wondered something...Is this gamey?" [&:][:(]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Amoral

ORIGINAL: Leandros




"Ikke gjör som mora di' sier!" - translated: "...don't do what your mother tells you to do..."..Forget about the British, they're a self-centered, egoistic lot that only cares about their own narrow goals.
Which is hanging on to Singapore - a dead-meat (agreed upon by every Allied commander before the Japanese invasion - except some of the British). Give it all to dug-out Doug he's got plenty of use for it....

He's the one with a vision...

Stop the Japs dead in their tracks - they have over-reached themselves...[:-]

While this may have worked in real life, in the game it would be impossible to stop an evenly skilled opponent from taking the Phillipines. Anything you send there will be destroyed long before you get any value out of it.

If you are determined to fight forward, Singapore makes a marginally better festung than Manilla. But you would be better served putting them somewhere where they can retreat if japan brings the whole 9 yards. India/Burma or Australia are the dogmatic choices.

Maybe if Mac had met them on the beaches , then withdrew slowly across the island to prepared lines , supplied and fortified, all the way back to Bataan (like the plan called for). But Mac couldn't follow a plan that wasn't his own , and besides , he convinced everybody that he could destroy the Japanese with the B-17's. Heck , they wouldn't even DARE to attack the islands. Yeah. And how did that work out? [8|][:(]

ORIGINAL: Maggot99

Another quick question if I may.

Why does a ship in a Port (Like PH) with plenty of resources have an endurance of 0? The ships aren't even damaged.

Thanks again.

ORIGINAL: Trugrit

In strategic mode an -R will show up by the base to indicate transport by rail.

You can also send air groups and troops to far east using strategic mode
Provided the command structure is correct. Look for the base to show up on the transfer
screen. In this case Eastern USA to Cape Town. Notice the -s by the base.

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I like to build up a large number of "green troops" in one place , then "blood" them against a much smaller force. That way their losses are minimum, they get extensive experience , before you send them off to fight on their own. I do the same with squadrons , constantly recycling through "nugget" pilots to gain rapid experience.

If you are sending a an air unit to the CBI via the "backdoor route", you might keep them training on route. That way you can send a slightly lesser trained unit out , and it will equal out by the time it arrives.

**** You know after reading this I wondered something...Is this gamey?" [&:][:(]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Agreed mostly, but I don't do dogmatic choices, only catmatic ones.