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Gents,

I've just downloaded, installed, and started a Grand Campaign against the Jap AE without a hitch (a minor miracle since I'm computer illiterate).

As I begin running the first turn, the first communiques I receive are that midget subs are sighted at Pearl Harbor, undergo depth charging (by, among other ships, DM Preble), and one midget puts a TT into BB Maryland!

Wow! Fun stuff!

Canoe "I'm Still Celibate" Rebel

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Canoe "I'm Still Celibate" Rebel

No you're not. [:D]

Played my first turn as allies using 2 day turns and the AI stayed at pearl for a second day and beat the tar out of my ships in and around pearl. all I can say is WOW. Map is awesome, could scroll around it all day (but I have to work[&:])

Jealous...I am SOOOOOOOOOO jealous....
 

It's a damned bloody business. First turn is absolutely crushing to the allies.  180 aircraft destroyed on the ground, another 11 shot down or lost to ops. 

Oklahoma, Arizona, Repulse and Prince of Wales sunk, along with 14 other assorted ships...

Now to plot my revenge...[:-]

jw

ORIGINAL: jwxspoon

It's a damned bloody business. First turn is absolutely crushing to the allies.  180 aircraft destroyed on the ground, another 11 shot down or lost to ops. 

Oklahoma, Arizona, Repulse and Prince of Wales sunk, along with 14 other assorted ships...

Now to plot my revenge...[:-]

jw

Heh, you're probably going to be the only guy who lives in Myrtle Beach who's pasty white...........unless someone else around there bought AE, of course. [:D]

First turn was brutal for allies.

4 Bbs in PH sunk. Every CA in the Harbor damaged and 8 DDS damaged or sunk.

Repulse gone. POW limping badly. Danae sunk.

200+ aircraft destroyed.

My usual defence of Java will not be happening is my initial thought.

Wow, my first turn against the AI was tough - much different than WitP:

BBs sunk- West Virginia, Tennessee, Prince of Wales.
BBs damaged moderate to severe - all others, including BC Repulse

Other ships sunk:
DDs Shaw, Hull, Ralph Talbot
AVD William Preston
PC Tiger
AM Rail (what the heck is an AM? A mail ship?)

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Wow, my first turn against the AI was tough - much different than WitP:

BBs sunk- West Virginia, Tennessee, Prince of Wales.
BBs damaged moderate to severe - all others, including BC Repulse

Other ships sunk:
DDs Shaw, Hull, Ralph Talbot
AVD William Preston
PC Tiger
AM Rail (what the heck is an AM? A mail ship?)

AM and AMc = minsweepers (c = coastal)

CM and CMc = Mine layers

Some first impressions:

After running the historic first turn, it's the Allies turn....

WHAT THE HECK DO I DO NEXT?

After shaking feeling of being overwhelmed, I enjoy scrolling the map, noticing a few things:

1. Diego Garcia is on the map. I GUARANTEE that John 3rd will see that and immediately identify it as an invasion target.
2. Free French city near Pakhoi, China. What's up with THAT?! [:D]
3. Free French-controlled Tahiti. I GUARANTEE that's where LargeSlowTarget took that photo of his....
4. Nome is occupied by company of U.S. Infantry. Cool!
5. The name of the game box moved from the right hand corner to the left hand corner. Shoot! That means I can't use it to camoflauge desperation convoys making for Auckland from Panama City....
6. No box for Southern USA. Durn, the Confederacy aint represented in the game!

My first turn as Allies I lost all of my BBs except 3 that are very heavily damaged (will probably lose 2). Also lost PoW and Repulse. Looks like only the West Virginia might surive. Not to shappy for an AI start compared to WiTP.

Lord.
 
    I was looking in the manual and trying to internalize the damage repair (irony) routines while the first test turn as Allies was running:
 
BBs  Tennessee, Maryland, West Virginia, Oklahoma, California, Arizona, Pennsylvania sunk
 
DDs  Hull, Cassin, Patterson, Litchfield gone
 
PoW and Repulse sunk in third LBA raid of the turn
 
The AI seems pretty capable....
 
 

Guess I was lucky only lost the California and 2 DD's.................Tennessee is still got over 50 fires and bunches of ships got serious sys and flt damage...........right now POW and Repulse are trying to limp back to Singapore dunno if I can get them out before its too late later or not.............WHAT A GAME!!!

Jeez, I got off lightly. 1 BB lost at Pearl (another in dire straits), but PoW and Repulse survived with only 1 torp hit on Prince and another dud. Buffaloes from Singapore got involved, which may have been the difference.

Random, random, random. We went to a lot of trouble to sure the game didn't get too predictable.

With the AI too.....

I lost 5 BB's and 8 other ships at PH. I BB is at 97% float and other has 63 fires!

Repulse is not going to make it to Singapore.

Good grief.

Lost Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada and CA San Fransisco at PH, around 20 other ships damaged with damage running from 12-56 sys.
Lost 61 planes at PH.
Lost Repulse and PoW.
BUT placed a torp and 3x500lb bombs in the Kongo.

And now I have to go to work!? Knew I should have taken out some vacation [8|]

Wow, just wow!
Sounds fantastic, but i dont dare to buy and try this monster.
Sooo, back to A&A Iron Blitz... [;)]

ORIGINAL: Norden

Wow, just wow!
Sounds fantastic, but i dont dare to buy and try this monster.
Sooo, back to A&A Iron Blitz... [;)]

Come on. You want it! You know you do. Take the plunge. No guts, no glory.

Yeah, same for me. Lost 4 BB at Pearl and Prince of Wales. A fifth BB a likely gonner since it wouldn't appear that I can dock it with fires raging; sinking is probably the only way to put out the fires. Haven't moved on to day 2 since I thought I'd take a tour of things. If KB comes back to dance on Dec 8, it'll be a tough start. Well, just wait until I get the SNJ's into the fight. Anyone notice that the P39s look very capable down low, and the P40s really stink - at least until the N model. Funny how low the manueverability of all top U.S. model fighters are . . . hope that airspeed thing really works.

Oh, and Oahu also sank . . .