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ORIGINAL: maximus102
Started playing Guadalcanal scenerio, Admirals edition, with the lastest update. Playing the Game with difficulty set at historical. Human, Japanese. US computer. 1 noticed that for some reason, torpedoes are not available to the Japanese player for the Bettys. Played two months worth of turns, they never became available, bombs were green when selected, but torps were always red. Anybody else have this problem? They should be available. See Eric Hammels books, or anybody elses, on Guadalcanal, they had them. 2nd, The AI for this scenerio was almost farcical, i managed to torpedoe, three US carriers and the North Carolina, because the AI would not move the US forces out of the hex they were in, they just stayed there, where of course every I boat on the planet showed up to say Hi. After that disaster the AI continued to run supply missions to Lunga, with out any air cover what so ever, refer back to three US carriers torpedoed, where they were destroyed, by my ships and air power everytime, to the tune of 57 ships lost. Is this just a glitch in the scenerio i was playing? I feel i wasted a lot of time, or is this scenerio better played H-H. I quit playing and came here to see if its me of if there is in fact something wrong.

ORIGINAL: jmalter

an AirHQ can be set to auto-purchase torps - click on its 'Show unit TOE' button, the 'Torpedo Ordnance' text turns yellow. click on this yellow text to bring up the 'Enter value of torpedo storage auto-limit' dialog. assuming the purchase takes place during the end-of-turn supply phase, an optimum value would be twice the number of torp-capable planes being supplied, since planes set to NavAttack can sortie during both the AM & PM air-phases.

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
Symon is not exactly new here..

ORIGINAL: maximus102

Started playing Guadalcanal scenerio, Admirals edition, with the lastest update. Playing the Game with difficulty set at historical. Human, Japanese. US computer. 1 noticed that for some reason, torpedoes are not available to the Japanese player for the Bettys. Played two months worth of turns, they never became available, bombs were green when selected, but torps were always red. Anybody else have this problem? They should be available. See Eric Hammels books, or anybody elses, on Guadalcanal, they had them. 2nd, The AI for this scenerio was almost farcical, i managed to torpedoe, three US carriers and the North Carolina, because the AI would not move the US forces out of the hex they were in, they just stayed there, where of course every I boat on the planet showed up to say Hi. After that disaster the AI continued to run supply missions to Lunga, with out any air cover what so ever, refer back to three US carriers torpedoed, where they were destroyed, by my ships and air power everytime, to the tune of 57 ships lost. Is this just a glitch in the scenerio i was playing? I feel i wasted a lot of time, or is this scenerio better played H-H. I quit playing and came here to see if its me of if there is in fact something wrong.

ORIGINAL: Chris H
you learn something new every day in this game.

i don't buy that, if he was cool w/ the game, he wouldn't be so avid to stomp on a newb's post.

ORIGINAL: jmalter

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
Symon is not exactly new here..

i don't buy that, if he was cool w/ the game, he wouldn't be so avid to stomp on a newb's post.

ORIGINAL: jmalter

hi Symon,

i'm dismayed by the tone & tenor of your response to the OP. he bought the game, gave it a spin, then posted his initial take & questions here.

new guy had 11 previous posts, our job is to explain some tech details that he didn't know about & welcome him. our job is NOT to tell him that he should've reviewed eleventy-thousand previous forum-threads before asking a question, or to tell him to get off of our lawn. he's capable of deciding for himself if the game meets his needs, a decision that will be informed by the 'tone & tenor' of the responses he receives here.

courtesy & encouragement might prove better 'ambassadorship' to the game - w/ 130 posts & a join-date of 11/24/2012, you are not in a place where you can tell another newb that "WiTPAE is clearly not for you."