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ORIGINAL: markb50k

the 12 pts must be a "lowest 2 of 5" on the AA CRT. it adds the lowest two, 5 + 7 = 12.

Not sure if that's a bug.

Missing albacore may be a bug I guess, don't know the circumstances.

ORIGINAL: sanderz

Thanks for the AAR, a great read for someone like me trying to learn the game.

A couple of fairly basic questions though:

1) A lot of your carrier planes are still Gladiators/Swordfish in 1943. I know (think) the planes in the force pool upgrade each Jan, but can you "upgrade" your already on map obsolete air units or do you have to wait until they are destroyed to replace them?

2) In land combat where all defenders vacate the hex, but all attackers are disorganised, can you still advance after combat?

3) There hasn't been much on production/resources. Are both sides having an easy time convoying resources back to their respective home countries. Have you had to "fiddle" with the convoys to get the most of them or does it basically run itself as long as you keep a chain of convoys. e.g. when you capture all the resources in the DEI etc i presume you have had to move in convoys to get them back to Japan and how vulnerable are these to Allied interdiction.

4) Am interested as to why you chose the 1D10 CRT. You seem to get a lot of extreme results and would have thought that the 2D10 CRT would would give you less of this.

Am looking forward to the next installment, and am plucking up the courage to dive into the Barbarossa campaign having been inspired by your valaint efforts

Cheers

ORIGINAL: Orm

1) You can replace aircraft if you want. This, however, often removes the carrier from action for a while or you need to transport the replacement aircraft to the carrier and that is not popular either. So many players often delay with this.

ORIGINAL: sanderz

Thanks for the AAR, a great read for someone like me trying to learn the game.

A couple of fairly basic questions though:

1) A lot of your carrier planes are still Gladiators/Swordfish in 1943. I know (think) the planes in the force pool upgrade each Jan, but can you "upgrade" your already on map obsolete air units or do you have to wait until they are destroyed to replace them?

2) In land combat where all defenders vacate the hex, but all attackers are disorganised, can you still advance after combat?

3) There hasn't been much on production/resources. Are both sides having an easy time convoying resources back to their respective home countries. Have you had to "fiddle" with the convoys to get the most of them or does it basically run itself as long as you keep a chain of convoys. e.g. when you capture all the resources in the DEI etc i presume you have had to move in convoys to get them back to Japan and how vulnerable are these to Allied interdiction.

4) Am interested as to why you chose the 1D10 CRT. You seem to get a lot of extreme results and would have thought that the 2D10 CRT would would give you less of this.

Am looking forward to the next installment, and am plucking up the courage to dive into the Barbarossa campaign having been inspired by your valaint efforts

Cheers

ORIGINAL: sanderz

Thanks for the info.

Regarding this bit....

ORIGINAL: Orm

1) You can replace aircraft if you want. This, however, often removes the carrier from action for a while or you need to transport the replacement aircraft to the carrier and that is not popular either. So many players often delay with this.

Not sure what you mean by "replace" Is it that:

a) you can't actually "upgrade" a unit - you just have to buy the new model to replace the old model - and presumably disband/destroy the older model in the process.

or

b) The air unit does upgrade but the carrier is out of action as well - and is the out of action bit because of the upgrade or just because there may not be another CV air unit available.

or

c) something else

Thanks again

will post any future questions in the general forum as i'm getting a bit off topic for this AAR

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Thank-you sir [:)] How is Devon? Wet and windy I'll wager.

ORIGINAL: Centuur

You need to buy a new CVP and than decide if you are going to put the old CVP in the reserve pool and use the pilot for the new one (thus putting the CV in port for two months turn) or to build an extra pilot.

And to put a new CVP on an CV, you need to sail the carrier to the port it is in (or close too). That usually means sending it back to the home country, or using TRS to send the plane to the CV (and use the same TRS to sail the old one back to the home country to get the pilot for further use).

So it is both a and b...

ORIGINAL: warspite1
For my third AAR I intend to make more of a Janet and John production, very basic but essentially teaching myself and others the rules in detail. This means I will need to tackle production head on [X(]