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DesertWolf101 wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:56 pm I understand your frustrations Lowpe, but I will echo some of the previous posters. We do appreciate the time you take to post your AAR, and I certainly hope that you continue.

The WITP AE community remains very vibrant (arguably even more so now), but the vast majority of players have migrated to Youtube and especially discord. I myself, despite having posted frequently here in the past, have done so as well. Nevertheless, it is still nice to see AARs in the old format still going here. There are some advnatages to posting in the forum that you don't get in discord, notably a more accessible and permanent record.

Cheers.

I am not stopping, DW, just don't want to waste my time doing the AAR while I watch the replay. I miss a lot of the flavor of the game....sad the developers could never squash this bug. Hats off to AFB PBEM players that play thru it.

RangerJoe wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:16 pm I enjoy your AAR, it is the first one that I will look at. Not that I can give a lot of advice to you on tactics or strategy but I can sometimes give advice on how things work like device upgrades. The only advice that I think would be useful is "Find the bastards and pile on!" by Major General George Smith Patton.

https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/20 ... 726295007/

Been toying with strategic bombing, from the giving end. It seems the trick is as low as you can go. 30k precision bombing just misses....there might be a place for that though as a distraction or to spread the CAP. For example bomb Tokyo that high, while the real attack hits a neighboring base.

I think 5k for 500 pounders and 3k for 250 pounders. Just made that up.

Lowpe wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 12:14 am

RangerJoe wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:16 pm I enjoy your AAR, it is the first one that I will look at. Not that I can give a lot of advice to you on tactics or strategy but I can sometimes give advice on how things work like device upgrades. The only advice that I think would be useful is "Find the bastards and pile on!" by Major General George Smith Patton.

https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/20 ... 726295007/

Been toying with strategic bombing, from the giving end. It seems the trick is as low as you can go. 30k precision bombing just misses....there might be a place for that though as a distraction or to spread the CAP. For example bomb Tokyo that high, while the real attack hits a neighboring base.

I think 5k for 500 pounders and 3k for 250 pounders. Just made that up.

If you know that his machine cannons are elsewhere, then that is the best way to do it as long as there aren't a lot of barrage balloons.

DesertWolf101 wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:56 pm I understand your frustrations Lowpe, but I will echo some of the previous posters. We do appreciate the time you take to post your AAR, and I certainly hope that you continue.

The WITP AE community remains very vibrant (arguably even more so now), but the vast majority of players have migrated to Youtube and especially discord. I myself, despite having posted frequently here in the past, have done so as well. Nevertheless, it is still nice to see AARs in the old format still going here. There are some advnatages to posting in the forum that you don't get in discord, notably a more accessible and permanent record.

Cheers.

I prefer the AARs here, they are so much easier to see. I don't watch youtube videos of the replays, it takes so much more time when I can read and see a picture so much faster.

RangerJoe wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 12:26 am

DesertWolf101 wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:56 pm I understand your frustrations Lowpe, but I will echo some of the previous posters. We do appreciate the time you take to post your AAR, and I certainly hope that you continue.

The WITP AE community remains very vibrant (arguably even more so now), but the vast majority of players have migrated to Youtube and especially discord. I myself, despite having posted frequently here in the past, have done so as well. Nevertheless, it is still nice to see AARs in the old format still going here. There are some advnatages to posting in the forum that you don't get in discord, notably a more accessible and permanent record.

Cheers.

I prefer the AARs here, they are so much easier to see. I don't watch youtube videos of the replays, it takes so much more time when I can read and see a picture so much faster.

I hear you. Especially for the time constrained, the written presentation is often better than the video presentation. Written AARs are also regularly done in discord (it's what I do now myself) it's just harder to go back and search through the AARs there compared to the forum.

The main advantage of the discord however is the sheer number of active players/community there now. More than a hundred active players with more than 30 AARs currently taking place at present and growing. The cutting edge in gameplay tactics and strategy has also clearly shifted to discord as well, with old players like Nemo/Loka etc. joining in with rising stars there as well. As you saw, the game code is also now much better understood there given the significant access to game code that has been opened.

I am also in the forum AAR camp. I read them at work. No headphones and I'm too old to like Discord. This AAR is my primary read after checking emails at the office in the morning.

In my experience, a base's shipyard capacity for the Allies after capture is 100% of the repair yard capacity and 50% of the merchant and naval yards. So, once you take Shanghai, the yard would be worth 50 (the repair yard capacity) plus 15 (half the merchant yard capacity), or 65 once repaired. [For new players: Note that in mouseovers the yard capacity shown will be one higher than actual, a known bug which isn't worth fixing in my opinion.]

Once you take Nagasaki, you'll never have to send another ship home again. The yard will be worth something like 250 once repaired.

EDIT: I checked Discord and it looks like there's a Jochen Heiden AAR Youtube link every few days and not much else. DesertWolf101: Do you have a link to other AARs?

Cheers,
CB

Jan 24, 1944

Another good day...although I blunder a 9 plane Avenger squadron into Canton...

One more day to open the hexside to Shaohing from Ningpo.

Japan is much less aggressive in the air today...

Strategic precision bombing of Japan....8 bombs for 5 hits on the Aichi Ha60 engine factory which is for the Judy I think?
Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 7

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aichi Ha-60 hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 26000.
Raid is overhead

Our first three squadrons tasked with attacking Japan....based at Foochow.

Nicks on station at Kurume...

Morning Air attack on Kurume , at 103,58

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged


Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

At at Oita....we get valuable intel about Japans rules of intercept. Bleeding CAP and altitudes.

Morning Air attack on Oita , at 104,59

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
A6M5b Zero x 1
A6M8 Zero x 2
N1K1-J George x 1

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
204 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
263 Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
265 Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
301 Ku S-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
343 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
343 Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
345 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

Wotje is easily taken...
The rockets red glare!

Pre-Invasion action off Wotje (135,115)

Allied Ships
LCI(G)-82
LCI(G)-80
LCI(G)-79
LCI(G)-76
LCI-334
AM Impeccable
LCI-443

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-80 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-76 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

DesertWolf101 wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:56 pm I understand your frustrations Lowpe, but I will echo some of the previous posters. We do appreciate the time you take to post your AAR, and I certainly hope that you continue.

The WITP AE community remains very vibrant (arguably even more so now), but the vast majority of players have migrated to Youtube and especially discord. I myself, despite having posted frequently here in the past, have done so as well. Nevertheless, it is still nice to see AARs in the old format still going here. There are some advnatages to posting in the forum that you don't get in discord, notably a more accessible and permanent record.

Cheers.

Old timer here. Yes, Lowpe, Thank you for the AAR. I look forward to it. Haven't played in a bit but I do enjoy the AAR. DesertWolf, there is a discord and Youtube community? Do tell

Oosthaven taken...

JohnDillworth wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:04 am

DesertWolf101 wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:56 pm I understand your frustrations Lowpe, but I will echo some of the previous posters. We do appreciate the time you take to post your AAR, and I certainly hope that you continue.

The WITP AE community remains very vibrant (arguably even more so now), but the vast majority of players have migrated to Youtube and especially discord. I myself, despite having posted frequently here in the past, have done so as well. Nevertheless, it is still nice to see AARs in the old format still going here. There are some advnatages to posting in the forum that you don't get in discord, notably a more accessible and permanent record.

Cheers.

Old timer here. Yes, Lowpe, Thank you for the AAR. I look forward to it. Haven't played in a bit but I do enjoy the AAR. DesertWolf, there is a discord and Youtube community? Do tell

My apologies in advance to you Lowpe for taking space in your AAR on this topic. Since both JohnDilworth and CB have asked, please allow me to give a quick answer.

You can access the discord (adminstered by Jochen) through this link (which expires in 7 days): https://discord.gg/hWVEdTcC

Within that discord server (think of it as a forum of sorts), each player has their own channel in which they post their AARs.

I think have 90 to 92 points from hitting Pescadores, so we did do some engine damage yesterday, despite the smaller bombs (250# compared to the normal 500#)
Pescadores damage:

DesertWolf101 wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:27 am

JohnDillworth wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:04 am

DesertWolf101 wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:56 pm I understand your frustrations Lowpe, but I will echo some of the previous posters. We do appreciate the time you take to post your AAR, and I certainly hope that you continue.

The WITP AE community remains very vibrant (arguably even more so now), but the vast majority of players have migrated to Youtube and especially discord. I myself, despite having posted frequently here in the past, have done so as well. Nevertheless, it is still nice to see AARs in the old format still going here. There are some advnatages to posting in the forum that you don't get in discord, notably a more accessible and permanent record.

Cheers.

Old timer here. Yes, Lowpe, Thank you for the AAR. I look forward to it. Haven't played in a bit but I do enjoy the AAR. DesertWolf, there is a discord and Youtube community? Do tell

My apologies in advance to you Lowpe for taking space in your AAR on this topic. Since both JohnDilworth and CB have asked, please allow me to give a quick answer.

You can access the discord (adminstered by Jochen) through this link (which expires in 7 days): https://discord.gg/hWVEdTcC

Within that discord server (think of it as a forum of sorts), each player has their own channel in which they post their AARs.

No problem at all!

To answer your question on the graphic map, the HA-60 is indeed the engine for the Judy DB.

Possible British long range bomber strikes...

Interesting - I wonder if Keijo is protected as well as the Homeland ...
He will have lots of CAP and AA over his aircraft manufacturing cities. Perhaps hitting HI is the way to hurt the most?

I think she took 4 250kg hits...damage isn't really bad. Only 41 naval support at Ningpo currently, but that will improve shortly. Japan used Vals, which goes to show how depleted their strike force is currently...but they will build their way out of that rather quickly I suspect.

It is those wave hopping Frances that are a problem, and of course dual striking Emily.