PBEM solution for WIF

[peskpesk]

Guys, of course there is away to make WIF manageable with PBEM. The many interactions make it very hard to do a normal PBEM solution but there is another way.
For the non phasing player is most interactions about commit airplanes, try to intercept fleets, start naval combat or carry out HQ defensive support, etc.
All of this is very limited and perfect for a AI to handle. Think about it! The phasing player would need a minimum of email going back and forth with this solution.

How would it work?
Lets sat you have three AIs Land, Sea and Air. All these can be set to different options for each nation.

For the AIR AI the options could be

• Numbers of planes to commit
-Conserve air fleet (Use few planes, save for later impulses)
-Normal
-Spend air fleet(Save few planes, for later impulses)

•Equality (What odds are you ready to fly at)
-9 to +9

•CV usage
-Offensively
-Defensively

•Protect priority order
-Capital
-Fleet
-Airbase
-Army
-Factories
-Sea area
-Allied countries
-Specific hexes

•Airbase
-Return to starting hex
-Forward airbase
-Rear airbase

•Naval target priority
-Transports
-CVs
-Battleships
-Subs

Etc

What do you think? [:)]

[vonpaul]

The above could work, provided the information was kept secret the element of suprise could be maintained.

It would have to be able to be designed in such a way that it was easy to change however, as i imagine you would do alot of tweaking over the entire turn(pretty much every impulse)

There is an aweful lot of interaction between players during the turn however so you'd only be playing half a game, but better than taking 5 years to play a game!!!

[gbed]

The problem arises when there are multiple options for the non-phasing player. Deciding which ships, planes, etc. to sortie for EACH interception. Letting the AI decide would not be high on my list, as each decision will impact every other decision for the rest of that turn.

[meyerg]

i agree with gbed.
leave it to the AI decide to destroy the front fighter when it can take an air transport loaded with paratroopers. but we will have to make compromises to get PBEM. I do not want to have tons of emails to get the job done.
how bout this nightmare email about an attack on poland. You just rolled a no effect against the polish air force and they just rolled a no effect back. Do you want to continue your ovewhelming air attack against warsaw or do you want to abort? do all the other players need to wait for this?