What's your Strategy?
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I think his earlier pick up game against tiemanj is even better example. Previous Japan player got Allies on his doorstep in early 1944, and Lowpe showed feats of resourcefulness and cunning in his defence of HI[&o]ORIGINAL: Encircled
Lowpe strikes me as the sort of person who revels in a crisis!
Its got to be curiosity and the possibility of "what if I can do it?"
Bit like his West Coast Invasion against Jocke
+1 [&o] Kudos to Lowpe!ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
One time about two years ago (?) I counted up the Soviet infantry levels at the start and got something like 31 divisions and division equivalents. From memory. As you say, decent supply, and a lot more arty than China. Everybody always talks about how their air force is so weak, but Japan's level bombers aren't strong. If you move the fighters back out of the way and never confront him except with AA and forts I don't see how he begins to have enough land force to fight the USSR AND China, AND Burma, AND do the perimeter requirements.
And he works with a knife at the back of his neck every day.
I also think he wanted to do this "just to see." Not because he thinks it's a winning move.
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
One time about two years ago (?) I counted up the Soviet infantry levels at the start and got something like 31 divisions and division equivalents. From memory. As you say, decent supply, and a lot more arty than China. Everybody always talks about how their air force is so weak, but Japan's level bombers aren't strong. If you move the fighters back out of the way and never confront him except with AA and forts I don't see how he begins to have enough land force to fight the USSR AND China, AND Burma, AND do the perimeter requirements.
And he works with a knife at the back of his neck every day.
I also think he wanted to do this "just to see." Not because he thinks it's a winning move.
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
6k supply per day doesn't actually sound like that much to me.
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
6k supply per day doesn't actually sound like that much to me.
It's not when you factor in needed fort-building. Still, better than China.
Another reason to minimize the air war and focus on the ground with the Reds. For two years. [:'(]
ORIGINAL: obvert
I think 6k a day sounds like quite a lot. Consider we make so much out of the Burma road to China, which is 500/day. And that is significant for China doing well in game.
Vlad also has a good stockpile to begin at 220k, and other bases are in full supply. Soviet base has 120k as well. So I'm not too concerned about supply yet, and Bull is right about the air force. Once it's apparent there is no benefit to using them forward, I'll just sit back and train pilots, let the AA do it's work, and occasionally maybe strike at industry where there is an opening.
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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
6k supply per day doesn't actually sound like that much to me.
It's not when you factor in needed fort-building. Still, better than China.
Another reason to minimize the air war and focus on the ground with the Reds. For two years. [:'(]
I think 6k a day sounds like quite a lot. Consider we make so much out of the Burma road to China, which is 500/day. And that is significant for China doing well in game.
Vlad also has a good stockpile to begin at 220k, and other bases are in full supply. Soviet base has 120k as well. So I'm not too concerned about supply yet, and Bull is right about the air force. Once it's apparent there is no benefit to using them forward, I'll just sit back and train pilots, let the AA do it's work, and occasionally maybe strike at industry where there is an opening.
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
It's not when you factor in needed fort-building. Still, better than China.
Another reason to minimize the air war and focus on the ground with the Reds. For two years. [:'(]
I think 6k a day sounds like quite a lot. Consider we make so much out of the Burma road to China, which is 500/day. And that is significant for China doing well in game.
Vlad also has a good stockpile to begin at 220k, and other bases are in full supply. Soviet base has 120k as well. So I'm not too concerned about supply yet, and Bull is right about the air force. Once it's apparent there is no benefit to using them forward, I'll just sit back and train pilots, let the AA do it's work, and occasionally maybe strike at industry where there is an opening.
I don't [:'(].
So you have 2 stockpiles totaling 340K supplies, and get 6K per day production right now. Production - not surplus. Will you even have any surplus once fighting begins in earnest? How long will those stockpiles last once you no longer have any surplus production and are in the red?
Asking the real questions here.
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
ORIGINAL: obvert
I think 6k a day sounds like quite a lot. Consider we make so much out of the Burma road to China, which is 500/day. And that is significant for China doing well in game.
Vlad also has a good stockpile to begin at 220k, and other bases are in full supply. Soviet base has 120k as well. So I'm not too concerned about supply yet, and Bull is right about the air force. Once it's apparent there is no benefit to using them forward, I'll just sit back and train pilots, let the AA do it's work, and occasionally maybe strike at industry where there is an opening.
I don't [:'(].
So you have 2 stockpiles totaling 340K supplies, and get 6K per day production right now. Production - not surplus. Will you even have any surplus once fighting begins in earnest? How long will those stockpiles last once you no longer have any surplus production and are in the red?
Asking the real questions here.
I'll be trying to see how much the Soviets use per day and per week, but to tell you the truth, I have no idea right now. With 5,400 of this supply generation happening off map it does seem like a lot, since so much can't be lost.
Have you done some math? Do you know something I don't? [;)]
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
I don't [:'(].
So you have 2 stockpiles totaling 340K supplies, and get 6K per day production right now. Production - not surplus. Will you even have any surplus once fighting begins in earnest? How long will those stockpiles last once you no longer have any surplus production and are in the red?
Asking the real questions here.
I'll be trying to see how much the Soviets use per day and per week, but to tell you the truth, I have no idea right now. With 5,400 of this supply generation happening off map it does seem like a lot, since so much can't be lost.
Have you done some math? Do you know something I don't? [;)]
I can tell you that you can look at the supplies required numbers for your units and divide that by 30, then round up to the nearest integer. That will give you a supply usage number per unit, per day.
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
I also think he wanted to do this "just to see." Not because he thinks it's a winning move.
ORIGINAL: mind_messing
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
I also think he wanted to do this "just to see." Not because he thinks it's a winning move.
That's why I like Lowp.
I've considered most of his stunts myself at one point or another. Whereas with me, they tend to get binned at the paper stage as being impractical, Lowpe will do it.
In doing so, he's gaining an insight into the game that very few players will get on the PBEM stage.
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
I can tell you that you can look at the supplies required numbers for your units and divide that by 30, then round up to the nearest integer. That will give you a supply usage number per unit, per day.
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
I can tell you that you can look at the supplies required numbers for your units and divide that by 30, then round up to the nearest integer. That will give you a supply usage number per unit, per day.
So I went through the numbers. It looks like about 1850/day in supply usage for all units. That is adding a bit extra requirement in too.
Adding in groups flying CAP and bombing runs I'm sure it's another 500-800 depending on the day.
Without intense combat there should be some significant surpluses. I will have to be careful to keep a good amount of the surplus in the Southern areas in case of a rail cut. I'll be trying to max out al of those bases in supply soon. A few bases have high fort levels already, and won't need to build much if any more. I will just keep building to level 6 in most locations though.