Okay..this might be some bad computing

[rroberson]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed
E8N Dave: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-3 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CS Chiyoda
BB Nagato, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
BB Fuso, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Wakatake, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Sanae, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
CL Boise, Shell hits 117, on fire, heavy damage
DD Barker, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
DD Parrott, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Stewart, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

To quote the clickfest types...WTF!

I can grit my teeth through alot of things..explain them away...but no <insert sailor words> way!

[von Murrin]

Oh my... I'm sorry, but that's just hilarious.[:D]

I have extreme trouble getting more than 1-5 ships to go down in surface engagements, but you somehow came up with Jutland in a bathtub.[:D]

[kellyc]

Nice trade off for the Americans, if I was the Japanese I'd crying foul.

Well at least the Americans can pass out some much deserved CMOH after that battle.


Kelly

[Rob322]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed
E8N Dave: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-3 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CS Chiyoda
BB Nagato, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
BB Fuso, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Wakatake, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Sanae, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
CL Boise, Shell hits 117, on fire, heavy damage
DD Barker, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
DD Parrott, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Stewart, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

To quote the clickfest types...WTF!

I can grit my teeth through alot of things..explain them away...but no <insert sailor words> way!

DU shells maybe? [:D] Damn, never seen that before! [&:]

[dougmichel]

Some of those look like they are made from paper, DD Wakatake, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
others appear to have titantium armor CL Boise, Shell hits 117, on fire, heavy damage
too bad the other CL didnt CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

This is messed up. If this happens to me against the AI, I am cheating and redoing the turn.

[rroberson]

Its against a PBEM opponent..now this could be fog of war at work..Ill let you know in a moment .

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed
E8N Dave: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-3 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CS Chiyoda
BB Nagato, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
BB Fuso, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Wakatake, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Sanae, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
CL Boise, Shell hits 117, on fire, heavy damage
DD Barker, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
DD Parrott, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Stewart, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

To quote the clickfest types...WTF!

I can grit my teeth through alot of things..explain them away...but no <insert sailor words> way!

I'd ship this save to Frag if you've got it ... looks like the "intensity" die roll was triple 10s on this one !

[Xargun]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed
E8N Dave: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-3 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CS Chiyoda
BB Nagato, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
BB Fuso, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Wakatake, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Sanae, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
CL Boise, Shell hits 117, on fire, heavy damage
DD Barker, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
DD Parrott, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Stewart, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

To quote the clickfest types...WTF!

I can grit my teeth through alot of things..explain them away...but no <insert sailor words> way!

Well the DDs can and will kill each other and the 2 CLs will help.. But I don't see how any Allied ship there has a big enough gun on it to even scratch the paint on an IJN BB - at any time in the war.. Now if the reports said torpedoes... No... I'd still complain...

Xargun

[Captain Ed]

ORIGINAL: von Murrin

Oh my... I'm sorry, but that's just hilarious.[:D]

I have extreme trouble getting more than 1-5 ships to go down in surface engagements, but you somehow came up with Jutland in a bathtub.[:D]

Jutland in a Bathtub wahhahaha[:D][:D][:D]

[freeboy]

I think a ho rule would be any results like this gets tossed
Looks like the invisible ships at work!.. That might be the worst example of the game going into some really bizarre resutls.. like the pt boats way back that where getting maginzine hits with 50 cals.. [:D]

[Captain Ed]

Just curious was there a magazine explosion on the Nagato maybe a crewman left the turret hatch open. Seriously that is mindblowing and a tad distastful

[Oleg Mastruko]

Were those ships engaged in some previous battle?

Perhaps Nagato was on the verge of sinking already, received some hits that didn't penetrate, and sunk anyway because of accumulated float damage?

O.

[dougmichel]

Just curious was there a magazine explosion on the Nagato maybe a crewman left the turret hatch open. Seriously that is mindblowing and a tad distastful

My best guess is that the French were fighting on both sides, and decided to surrender and turned the guns on themselves. As a result they were highly successful, and the ships slowly surrendered into the ocean. French, LOL

[rroberson]

ORIGINAL: Oleg Mastruko

Were those ships engaged in some previous battle?

Perhaps Nagato was on the verge of sinking already, received some hits that didn't penetrate, and sunk anyway because of accumulated float damage?

O.

E8N Dave: 2 destroyed

No previous battles...he had hit a transport group the night before out of Balik so I sled this battle group over to make sure Balik couldnt do that again.

[rroberson]

Yeah I believe we are going to have to declare our game over...that or he has to share that 6 inch gun technology with me.

By the way the other 3 battleships have 80 sys damage or more. Um...no

[:'(]

[von Murrin]

ORIGINAL: Captain Ed

ORIGINAL: von Murrin

Oh my... I'm sorry, but that's just hilarious.[:D]

I have extreme trouble getting more than 1-5 ships to go down in surface engagements, but you somehow came up with Jutland in a bathtub.[:D]

Jutland in a Bathtub wahhahaha[:D][:D][:D]

The first image that came to mind was In Harm's Way and the cheesy surface battle that seemed to have been filmed in a bathtub. Add lots of ships in what looks like a point-blank Jutland-style battle, and you get, well...[:D]

[von Murrin]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Yeah I believe we are going to have to declare our game over...that or he has to share that 6 inch gun technology with me.

By the way the other 3 battleships have 80 sys damage or more. Um...no

[:'(]

Err, send that one to Frag or Mog. Maybe they can figure it out.

Heh, still funny.[:D]

[mogami]

Hi, and this is a stock scenario? No one modded the 6in into a 18in?

[Iridium]

ORIGINAL: Mogami

Hi, and this is a stock scenario? No one modded the 6in into a 18in?

You'd think that's what happened here, wouldn't you?[:D] This does seem impossible, that US TF should be reefs with minimal losses on the Japanese side...

[von Murrin]

ORIGINAL: Iridium

ORIGINAL: Mogami

Hi, and this is a stock scenario? No one modded the 6in into a 18in?

You'd think that's what happened here, wouldn't you?[:D] This does seem impossible, that US TF should be reefs with minimal losses on the Japanese side...

It's penis envy and arrogance. 16" vs. 6"? The IJN was overconfident and the USN decided to prove once and for all that it's not the size but how you use it.