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ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks
Everything I've been reading about AE lends to a mighty big patch tho... Against the AI I've seen some rather strange air and ship combat. Land combat seems somewhat normal - so far.

ORIGINAL: hartwig.modrow

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks
Everything I've been reading about AE lends to a mighty big patch tho... Against the AI I've seen some rather strange air and ship combat. Land combat seems somewhat normal - so far.

"normal" = WitPish normal or with less anomalities ? I still did not manage to do more than download AE and do a test run of the program. But if I have to continue to wait for an EA-turn from Nemo in my inbox, maybe this will change... the mod is addictive.

Hartwig

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

I'm again looking for someone to play the allied side in Fionn's latest update to his Empires Ablaze Mod. My last opponent has stopped communicating for whatever reason...

Proposed house rules:
Ki-=264 bombers can't level bomb from below 20,000 feet and should never be used to hit ground targets.
G9Ms can NEVER be used for port attacks ( their torps would hit the harbour bottom )

Soviet Union is active but not necessarily in the war. My preference is to keep the Soviet union non-aggressive unless attacked by Japan or until much later in the war - maybe June 15, 1944?

Game starts with Suprise Off but allies are limited in issuing orders for T0...

A. China - can implement orders to all units as they are currently @ war for T0
B. OZ & America can implement orders for transport/cargo TFs on T0
C. Set Fighter CAP & Naval Search to anything you want for all allied bases. No orders for TB/DB/LB other then search, transport supplies, or training on T0.
D. Any ships not in port - feel free to move where you want

NOTES: I'm looking for a nockdown dragout game. There are a lot of toys on each side and there are high losses expected on both sides from reading AARs related to this mod. This mod is not for the faint of heart... If you haven't played this mod before then I recommend you read some of the AARs from Nemo121, Goodboyladdie, hartwig, & n01487477 (Damian)

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

I'm again looking for someone to play the allied side in Fionn's latest update to his Empires Ablaze Mod. My last opponent has stopped communicating for whatever reason...

Proposed house rules:
Ki-=264 bombers can't level bomb from below 20,000 feet and should never be used to hit ground targets.
G9Ms can NEVER be used for port attacks ( their torps would hit the harbour bottom )

Soviet Union is active but not necessarily in the war. My preference is to keep the Soviet union non-aggressive unless attacked by Japan or until much later in the war - maybe June 15, 1944?

Game starts with Suprise Off but allies are limited in issuing orders for T0...

A. China - can implement orders to all units as they are currently @ war for T0
B. OZ & America can implement orders for transport/cargo TFs on T0
C. Set Fighter CAP & Naval Search to anything you want for all allied bases. No orders for TB/DB/LB other then search, transport supplies, or training on T0.
D. Any ships not in port - feel free to move where you want

NOTES: I'm looking for a nockdown dragout game. There are a lot of toys on each side and there are high losses expected on both sides from reading AARs related to this mod. This mod is not for the faint of heart... If you haven't played this mod before then I recommend you read some of the AARs from Nemo121, Goodboyladdie, hartwig, & n01487477 (Damian)

Bump - December 6th and still looking for someone to play with. Below is a link to Empires Ablaze.

http://sites.google.com/site/empiresablaze/

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Well, you might want to hold on on this. Come January I intend to put together an EA mod for AE... I've looked into AE in a bit of detail now ( I've had it for a few days ) and I can definitely see some major ommissions.

I also love the flexibility with conversions. If I read it right you now have a choice of which way you want to convert something and can always go back ( at ruinous cost etc obviously ). This'll make a lot of options in EA a lot more "optionable". No longer will I have to add discrete CVLs etc. Now I can add in the APs or whatever they used to be and give the player the fiendish choice of using these fast, huge APs to race troops around for a year or two before converting them OR sitting them in port and protecting them at all costs until they can convert.

Same thing with CV conversions and multiple options for surface combat vessel conversion.

There are also some "gaps" in the programme/scenario design which can be exploited to create traps. RIght now I think the pitfalls are accidental but I think they point the way towards use as intentional traps.

If I start work on it in January then I'd expect to be finished by the end of January. I'm starting a new job in January though so it'll all depend on me not being killed by some addict in early January ( working in drug rehab etc ).