27 August:
Nanomea Island: Typical!!!!! My massive battleship force takes its time and bombards the morning after my ground assault. You can guess the result. Jwilkersons gets a couple CV's to the area and the bright side of my day is when he attacks my BB's at range 5. Those pilots got a lot of hits but the 500 lb bombs just bounce off. My flak kills 10 planes.
So now I'm running away with everything and will try and see if I can evacuate my troops. By air at first and if the CV's decide to go elsewhere maybe by fast transport. But why wouldn't the CV's stick around for a while. It's not like I have any carriers.
Thus concludes probably the most botched operation in WITP history. Those who hoped that Jwilkerson would do some work on the AI can forget it. I'm making the AI look pretty smart.[&:]
Burma: I take heart in the performance of my P40E's which fight the Tonies over Akyab and kill 8 Tony's for 9 P40E's. A few more Tony's are killed on the groundd when my B17's hit but its pilots not planes that matter. Next turn my heavies will go in alone. I don't have enough P40's to send them in every day.
China: 7 Japanese units advance adjacent to Homan where I have only 6 Corps. (A bunch are in the countryside surrounding Ichang. I don't know if Japan is serious here or not, but to be safe I've got 7 corps adjacent to the Homan rail line at about 20 to 40 movement points. So I can reinforce if needed. Homan is at fort level 9 so it should hold for a while.
Moses(AL)Jwilkerson(IJ)
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RE: 27 August
Just to let you know in my PBEM, currently Feb 44, I made mistakes due to ignorance of the game system, lack of knowledge of my opponent,
and just bad judegement. This cost me almost 7 divisions, 9 BB/BC, and 2 CV's plus numerous others by 10/42 and he had conquered all of chinea except 4 bases, had been repulsed barly from India, and he controlled all the DEI, Noumea, Fiji, Pago, I had recaptured Baker and just barley held on after his counter invasion (barly holding on meant he shifted since I invaded noumea at the same time to defend noumea, thus destroying almost completly 5 division I had landed there). We also had PDU on, and since I never had played AI past 7/42 , nor a previous PBEM (I had game only 2 months exp with this game, but am experiance gamer of 35yrs) I was also surprised and depressed at the power of the tonies in burma, his dominance of land and sea. I turtled till 8/42 then launched my counteroffensive with corsairs, Hellcats and newly rebuilt CV's it takes a year to recover the divisions at least. Since that time I have recaptured many islands have fought the marianas turkey shoot, and now can sail around at will, with logistics of supply and transport my largest concerns at the moment.
My opponent is highly skilled and competant, What I am saying is if one doesn't keep throwing oneself at the Japanese, but instead build a big Hammer, in a year or less Wilkinson will be on the wrong side of the stick. I have much respect for both of your abilities and I have hats off to what he achieved, but the allied economics even with PDU on, outweighs the Japanese advantage, as long as you build up an unstoppable force,
then mount what I call a rolling invasion. I failed early, doing worse things then you, and have recovered, the strategy was boring yes, glamorous no, depressing yes, but it paid off and when my rebuilt forces finally meet his, it was the marianas turkey shoot almost
to a tee, just off the PI, and 9 Japanese CV's went under in a day, to no sinkings on my side.
So in the end, the game is not unbalanced and as many have stated the Japanese have to play a perfect game to the allies allowed many
bad judgement calls, My opponenent only has made 1 or 2 mistakes, but they where very costly, I have had many and have recovered.
Thus, take heart, your not the worst PBEM (I did worse but it wasn't an AAR game) and you will recover.
and just bad judegement. This cost me almost 7 divisions, 9 BB/BC, and 2 CV's plus numerous others by 10/42 and he had conquered all of chinea except 4 bases, had been repulsed barly from India, and he controlled all the DEI, Noumea, Fiji, Pago, I had recaptured Baker and just barley held on after his counter invasion (barly holding on meant he shifted since I invaded noumea at the same time to defend noumea, thus destroying almost completly 5 division I had landed there). We also had PDU on, and since I never had played AI past 7/42 , nor a previous PBEM (I had game only 2 months exp with this game, but am experiance gamer of 35yrs) I was also surprised and depressed at the power of the tonies in burma, his dominance of land and sea. I turtled till 8/42 then launched my counteroffensive with corsairs, Hellcats and newly rebuilt CV's it takes a year to recover the divisions at least. Since that time I have recaptured many islands have fought the marianas turkey shoot, and now can sail around at will, with logistics of supply and transport my largest concerns at the moment.
My opponent is highly skilled and competant, What I am saying is if one doesn't keep throwing oneself at the Japanese, but instead build a big Hammer, in a year or less Wilkinson will be on the wrong side of the stick. I have much respect for both of your abilities and I have hats off to what he achieved, but the allied economics even with PDU on, outweighs the Japanese advantage, as long as you build up an unstoppable force,
then mount what I call a rolling invasion. I failed early, doing worse things then you, and have recovered, the strategy was boring yes, glamorous no, depressing yes, but it paid off and when my rebuilt forces finally meet his, it was the marianas turkey shoot almost
to a tee, just off the PI, and 9 Japanese CV's went under in a day, to no sinkings on my side.
So in the end, the game is not unbalanced and as many have stated the Japanese have to play a perfect game to the allies allowed many
bad judgement calls, My opponenent only has made 1 or 2 mistakes, but they where very costly, I have had many and have recovered.
Thus, take heart, your not the worst PBEM (I did worse but it wasn't an AAR game) and you will recover.
Showa rules!
31 August
Tks Stldiver. Nice to know there's hope'
31 August: For the month I kil 259 A6M2 zero's, 32 A6M3, 61 Oscars, 45 Tony's and 5 Tojo's. A total of 402 fighters. I probably won't do as well next month as he has better aircraft now and my totals were helped by a carrier battle that I don't want to repeat.
Namonea: I am evacuating my NZ BDE by air as there is no chance of success while his carriers are sitting about. The entire eastern offensive is a failure but at least its winding down.
31 August: For the month I kil 259 A6M2 zero's, 32 A6M3, 61 Oscars, 45 Tony's and 5 Tojo's. A total of 402 fighters. I probably won't do as well next month as he has better aircraft now and my totals were helped by a carrier battle that I don't want to repeat.
Namonea: I am evacuating my NZ BDE by air as there is no chance of success while his carriers are sitting about. The entire eastern offensive is a failure but at least its winding down.
6 Sept
6 Sept:
This is my last entry for a while as I am headed on a cruise to Alaska. The game will go on break till 7 July.
We are now in what looks like a long period of static attrition. Japan has shown no indications that they intend to invade anywhere and with my carrier force consisting of 2 damaged carriers at San Fransico and two small British carriers in the Indian Ocean, I don't think I'll be launching any major offensives in the Pacific.
China: We are having quite an active period with lots of fighting around Ichang. The Japanese forces are surrounded for the moment but probably not that worried. To break my blockade of Ichang Japan will have to send some more divisions into the countryside. He probably doesn't want to do this because once you get troops off road they have a tendancy to get stuck in place. moving 5 miles per day with the possibility of your movement getting halted any time I send a division into their hex.
So if he sends 5 or 6 divisions off road this opens things up for say my 10 Corps sitting at Homan or my 20 Corps still sitting on the rail in the Changsa area. Right now he has a large force sitting opposite Homan (on the rail) and significant forces holding Wuhan and Nanchang. As long as he maintains this deployment he is safe from most disasters but Ichange will remain cut off.
Burma: My goal now is just to kill pilots. The Tony's don't look invincible. My P40E's seem to get a 1 to 1 kill ratio and when I send my heavy bombers they also kill some pilots in the air before killing a bunch of planes on the ground. I'm not winning but I am stressing his pilot training program in preparation for my P38's which arrive in about 24 days. I did pull off a nice ambush in china with my I15/16 killing about 20 Nates in air-to-air combat. To me thats a Tony group that just had its training program set back over a month.
Carriers: In 4 months I will have a token carrier force. I will recieve one Essex class carrier and 5 CVE/CVL's by that time. Plus my two carriers at San Fransisco should be repaired by then. Until then KB doesn't even have to mass it forces. It can do pretty much whatever it pleases. Thats a long time to be nearly defenceless.
This is my last entry for a while as I am headed on a cruise to Alaska. The game will go on break till 7 July.
We are now in what looks like a long period of static attrition. Japan has shown no indications that they intend to invade anywhere and with my carrier force consisting of 2 damaged carriers at San Fransico and two small British carriers in the Indian Ocean, I don't think I'll be launching any major offensives in the Pacific.
China: We are having quite an active period with lots of fighting around Ichang. The Japanese forces are surrounded for the moment but probably not that worried. To break my blockade of Ichang Japan will have to send some more divisions into the countryside. He probably doesn't want to do this because once you get troops off road they have a tendancy to get stuck in place. moving 5 miles per day with the possibility of your movement getting halted any time I send a division into their hex.
So if he sends 5 or 6 divisions off road this opens things up for say my 10 Corps sitting at Homan or my 20 Corps still sitting on the rail in the Changsa area. Right now he has a large force sitting opposite Homan (on the rail) and significant forces holding Wuhan and Nanchang. As long as he maintains this deployment he is safe from most disasters but Ichange will remain cut off.
Burma: My goal now is just to kill pilots. The Tony's don't look invincible. My P40E's seem to get a 1 to 1 kill ratio and when I send my heavy bombers they also kill some pilots in the air before killing a bunch of planes on the ground. I'm not winning but I am stressing his pilot training program in preparation for my P38's which arrive in about 24 days. I did pull off a nice ambush in china with my I15/16 killing about 20 Nates in air-to-air combat. To me thats a Tony group that just had its training program set back over a month.
Carriers: In 4 months I will have a token carrier force. I will recieve one Essex class carrier and 5 CVE/CVL's by that time. Plus my two carriers at San Fransisco should be repaired by then. Until then KB doesn't even have to mass it forces. It can do pretty much whatever it pleases. Thats a long time to be nearly defenceless.
18 Sept
18 Sept:
I'm back from Alaska and have let the game run for a while but I guess I should update.
But not a lot to say. Continuous low-level fighting continues in China but nothing decisive appears imminant.
Burma: I work on his Tony's and Tojo's. They are not invincible. My P40's fall a little short of 1-1 kill ratio's in the air but then I hit quite a few fighters on the ground. So I think at least I'm keeping his pilots from training up too much. I moved a 4E bomber unit here from Austrailia and it will be ready for its first mission over Burma in 2 to 4 days. I plan to fly my first Mass raid on Akyab. I'll have 3-4E groups and 4 big groups of B25/26. My main problem continues to be a shortage of long range fighters. But P38's start arriving in 12 days.
Alaska: I sight 6 CV's in the area. Not sure what he's up to. Maybe he will try and take Adak Island.
General: Currently I have no significant carrier force so offensive ops are pretty much out of the question. Japan has the capability to attack but has so far shown no inclination. So for the moment we just spar.
I'm back from Alaska and have let the game run for a while but I guess I should update.
But not a lot to say. Continuous low-level fighting continues in China but nothing decisive appears imminant.
Burma: I work on his Tony's and Tojo's. They are not invincible. My P40's fall a little short of 1-1 kill ratio's in the air but then I hit quite a few fighters on the ground. So I think at least I'm keeping his pilots from training up too much. I moved a 4E bomber unit here from Austrailia and it will be ready for its first mission over Burma in 2 to 4 days. I plan to fly my first Mass raid on Akyab. I'll have 3-4E groups and 4 big groups of B25/26. My main problem continues to be a shortage of long range fighters. But P38's start arriving in 12 days.
Alaska: I sight 6 CV's in the area. Not sure what he's up to. Maybe he will try and take Adak Island.
General: Currently I have no significant carrier force so offensive ops are pretty much out of the question. Japan has the capability to attack but has so far shown no inclination. So for the moment we just spar.
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RE: 18 Sept
Thanks for the update, Moses. I'm pretty new to WitP and when I signed on I began following just a few AAR's - those for your game; those for the game between John and Cap Mandrake, and those for the game between Speedy and Admiral Dadman. All three went quiet at the same time and for several weeks, leaving me with little to read! I'm glad you're back from vacation.
By the way, in Uncommon Valor I frequently experienced catastrophic losses of my American CVs (including a couple of games against John 3rd). I discovered that in UV the Americans forces become so powerful that carrier anhiliation didn't prevent victory. Have you played WitP enough to know if the same holds true? (Probably so). Good luck on the long road to victory.
By the way, in Uncommon Valor I frequently experienced catastrophic losses of my American CVs (including a couple of games against John 3rd). I discovered that in UV the Americans forces become so powerful that carrier anhiliation didn't prevent victory. Have you played WitP enough to know if the same holds true? (Probably so). Good luck on the long road to victory.
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RE: 18 Sept
Hey, it's good to know somebody reads this stuff.[:)]
My vacation stoped us for a while and since my carriers are gone there is not as much day-to-day info to write about so I decided not to bore everyone with the details of slow attrition warfare.
I have recovered from the depression that results from losing carriers en mass. I am beginning to look at resuming offensive operations in Burma fairly soon. My production of good long range fighters triples in 12 days. Currently I get 50 P40's per month. But on Oct 1 I add 100 P38's per month. I bringing over another 72 plane P40 group from Austrailia which should help. With 3 4E bomber groups and tons of other bombers I should be in full control by Dec.
I won't have a significant carrier force for some time. This makes things difficult in the Pacific. But I do start getting my B24D groups very soon which might make him think twice about getting too aggressive.
My vacation stoped us for a while and since my carriers are gone there is not as much day-to-day info to write about so I decided not to bore everyone with the details of slow attrition warfare.
I have recovered from the depression that results from losing carriers en mass. I am beginning to look at resuming offensive operations in Burma fairly soon. My production of good long range fighters triples in 12 days. Currently I get 50 P40's per month. But on Oct 1 I add 100 P38's per month. I bringing over another 72 plane P40 group from Austrailia which should help. With 3 4E bomber groups and tons of other bombers I should be in full control by Dec.
I won't have a significant carrier force for some time. This makes things difficult in the Pacific. But I do start getting my B24D groups very soon which might make him think twice about getting too aggressive.
22 Sept
22 Sept:
Burma:A big day at Akyab at over 200 bombers hit the airbase there supported by about 100 fighters. 73 Tony's/Tojo's die and 2 of my 4E bombers don't even attack. A lot of those losses were on the ground but 22 were air-to-air losses vs. 15 of my P40's. (I also lost some lessor fighters like my Brewsters) But I'm killing pilots at a good rate. Akyab is closed but he will probably still be flying LRC over it and so it will be pounded again next turn.
Alaska: One of his VVE's gets a little cute and moves to within 4 hexes my forward base there. 3 SBD's (yeah just three attack) They meet and fly right through about 20 zero's. They actually get a shot at the carrier......and miss. The SBD's are trying to earn their keep. A week back they hit the BB Mutsu with 3 1000 lb bombs. Not a single one penetrated. I just need some luck here!!
P38's in 8 days.
Burma:A big day at Akyab at over 200 bombers hit the airbase there supported by about 100 fighters. 73 Tony's/Tojo's die and 2 of my 4E bombers don't even attack. A lot of those losses were on the ground but 22 were air-to-air losses vs. 15 of my P40's. (I also lost some lessor fighters like my Brewsters) But I'm killing pilots at a good rate. Akyab is closed but he will probably still be flying LRC over it and so it will be pounded again next turn.
Alaska: One of his VVE's gets a little cute and moves to within 4 hexes my forward base there. 3 SBD's (yeah just three attack) They meet and fly right through about 20 zero's. They actually get a shot at the carrier......and miss. The SBD's are trying to earn their keep. A week back they hit the BB Mutsu with 3 1000 lb bombs. Not a single one penetrated. I just need some luck here!!
P38's in 8 days.
30 Sept
30 Sept:
Made it through a difficult month and I think I have weathered the challange of the Tony/Tojo combo pretty well. The last turn was a big day for me as I took out 23 fighters in air-to-air for a cost of 10 of my P40's. For the month I killed 345 Japanese fighters which is 3 more then the previous month. On the downside a larger proportion of these were destroyed on the groun which kills few pilots.
Next month should see improvement. I have another big P40 group coming to Burma and my P38's are available next turn. October should be a transition month in the air war. By November I hope to be in complete control and will resume my land offensive.
Made it through a difficult month and I think I have weathered the challange of the Tony/Tojo combo pretty well. The last turn was a big day for me as I took out 23 fighters in air-to-air for a cost of 10 of my P40's. For the month I killed 345 Japanese fighters which is 3 more then the previous month. On the downside a larger proportion of these were destroyed on the groun which kills few pilots.
Next month should see improvement. I have another big P40 group coming to Burma and my P38's are available next turn. October should be a transition month in the air war. By November I hope to be in complete control and will resume my land offensive.
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RE: 30 Sept
Moses,
Re your post of 11 July, just letting you know that I too read your AAR.
Alfred
Re your post of 11 July, just letting you know that I too read your AAR.
Alfred
RE: 30 Sept
Moses,
Re your post of 11 July, just letting you know that I too read your AAR.
Alfred
Re your post of 11 July, just letting you know that I too read your AAR.
Alfred
6 Oct:
6 Oct: (Hey Alfred[:)])
I sight Jwilkerson sending a bunch of surface ships to Akyab. So this turn I set all my heavies for naval attack. Over 150 heavy bombers hit his ships which are protected by a pitance of CAP (9 Tony's). 6 DD's get hit with one going down immediately.
Latly I've actually been damaging his ships a little as I've hit a few CL's up in the area of Alaska. My LBA is starting to ramp up.
I sight Jwilkerson sending a bunch of surface ships to Akyab. So this turn I set all my heavies for naval attack. Over 150 heavy bombers hit his ships which are protected by a pitance of CAP (9 Tony's). 6 DD's get hit with one going down immediately.
Latly I've actually been damaging his ships a little as I've hit a few CL's up in the area of Alaska. My LBA is starting to ramp up.
8 Oct
8 Oct: I formed my first 24 plane P38 group today!!
In addition It looks like I may be able to do some upgrades of low quality fighters and thereby gain 72+ P36 Mohawks which can then swap out with one of the P40B groups in the south Pacific. Bottom line is that I will shortly have 72 replacements for the 2 big P40B groups in Burma.
Also it seems my P40E's from Austrailia will arrive at Columbo India in 5 or 6 days without incident. This will give me 2 big 72 plane groups.
So bottom line is that in under two weeks I should have 4 big 72 plane P40 groups and two small P38 groups ready for action in Burma. In combination with my massive bomber force and some lessor fighters I plan to put some serious hurt on his air force before the month is out.
In addition It looks like I may be able to do some upgrades of low quality fighters and thereby gain 72+ P36 Mohawks which can then swap out with one of the P40B groups in the south Pacific. Bottom line is that I will shortly have 72 replacements for the 2 big P40B groups in Burma.
Also it seems my P40E's from Austrailia will arrive at Columbo India in 5 or 6 days without incident. This will give me 2 big 72 plane groups.
So bottom line is that in under two weeks I should have 4 big 72 plane P40 groups and two small P38 groups ready for action in Burma. In combination with my massive bomber force and some lessor fighters I plan to put some serious hurt on his air force before the month is out.
16 Oct:
16 Oct:
Air War: I'm ready to go at it in Burma. 72 P40E's, 120 P40B's and 24 P38G's will escort over 200 4E bombers and about the same number of 2E bombers against Akyab. Japan has probably 100 fighters there. He flys them at about 50% CAP so that my recon has been finding 50 fighters over the area each day.
I have another 72 plane group getting ready at Columbo which will join the fight in about 4 to 6 days. I also have about 25 P40E's and over 30 P38G's in the pool.
This will be an all out attempt to break his Burma air force. I will hit Akyab for as long as he defends it. Then I will shift to Pagan and Mandelay. I don't think he will be able to handle 300 first line fighters supporting heavy bombers.
On the ground I have sent two good indian divisions from Ledo toward Mytnkia(sp). Small Chines forces have been moving from China toward Mytnkia for about two weeks and intend to slowkly infiltrate through the wooded terrain in order to maintain pressure on the area.
So Jwilkerson will soon have a choice:
He can fight in the air over Burma. I don't know how he will do as he losses experienced pilots. If he fights I expect to kill over 500 planes in the next 14 days. Maybe 250 in the air. Can he sustain that.
Or he can pull his fighters back to the Rangoon area at some point. Then my bombers will pound his ground troops without mercy. In the meantime my fighters will have an excellent training area which I will use to the fullest.
We will see what happens tomorrow.
Air War: I'm ready to go at it in Burma. 72 P40E's, 120 P40B's and 24 P38G's will escort over 200 4E bombers and about the same number of 2E bombers against Akyab. Japan has probably 100 fighters there. He flys them at about 50% CAP so that my recon has been finding 50 fighters over the area each day.
I have another 72 plane group getting ready at Columbo which will join the fight in about 4 to 6 days. I also have about 25 P40E's and over 30 P38G's in the pool.
This will be an all out attempt to break his Burma air force. I will hit Akyab for as long as he defends it. Then I will shift to Pagan and Mandelay. I don't think he will be able to handle 300 first line fighters supporting heavy bombers.
On the ground I have sent two good indian divisions from Ledo toward Mytnkia(sp). Small Chines forces have been moving from China toward Mytnkia for about two weeks and intend to slowkly infiltrate through the wooded terrain in order to maintain pressure on the area.
So Jwilkerson will soon have a choice:
He can fight in the air over Burma. I don't know how he will do as he losses experienced pilots. If he fights I expect to kill over 500 planes in the next 14 days. Maybe 250 in the air. Can he sustain that.
Or he can pull his fighters back to the Rangoon area at some point. Then my bombers will pound his ground troops without mercy. In the meantime my fighters will have an excellent training area which I will use to the fullest.
We will see what happens tomorrow.
RE: 16 Oct:
he will probably do what jap players have to do... Bend and retreat, an try a trap once in a while... so as to force you to keep your fighters on escort duty, etc.. If he accepts frontal attritional battle, it would be a big mistake...
Adieu Ô Dieu odieux... signé Adam
RE: 16 Oct:
Yeah maybe.
Once I get control though I will be in good shape. I will be able to do ground attack missions with mass bombers. This causes great casualties to the ground troops. Plus my fighters can gain experience with safe missions.
The last thing he wants is my P38's training up to level 80/90 by escorting ground attacks.[;)]
Once I get control though I will be in good shape. I will be able to do ground attack missions with mass bombers. This causes great casualties to the ground troops. Plus my fighters can gain experience with safe missions.
The last thing he wants is my P38's training up to level 80/90 by escorting ground attacks.[;)]
RE: 16 Oct:
IIRC they don't get experience by escorting ground attacks past 60 or something, it is either fighting or ground attacking that gains experience...
As a jap what you have to do is let the Allies get into a rythm, become less vigilant, strike, and then go away, rinse repeat.. it will work sometimes..
As a jap what you have to do is let the Allies get into a rythm, become less vigilant, strike, and then go away, rinse repeat.. it will work sometimes..
Adieu Ô Dieu odieux... signé Adam
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RE: 16 Oct:
ORIGINAL: moses
16 Oct:
Air War: I'm ready to go at it in Burma. 72 P40E's, 120 P40B's and 24 P38G's will escort over 200 4E bombers and about the same number of 2E bombers against Akyab. Japan has probably 100 fighters there. He flys them at about 50% CAP so that my recon has been finding 50 fighters over the area each day.
I would bet he´s flying his fighters at 90% cap, he just doesn´t get more into the air. If you have recon about 100 fighters and see 90 in the air then it must be an Allied base with radar. Perhaps you can ask your opponent how the cap setting really was after the attack. I have yet to see 90% of the fighters in the air as a Japanese player in many years.
In my games I have 300 fighters at Rangoon (which is unrealistic enough) and then mostly see around 100 in the air.
RE: 16 Oct:
We're both playing with tactics.
If you put 90% CAP then it works well if defending agaianst a single strike. But say my first strike is some BS sweep by the 16 Brewsters that I will be sending in. Then all you're aircraft take off and cream those 16 Brewsters. The problem is you're fighters are then tired for the next FOUR strikes that I send in with good fighters.
So my first group of P40's hits and gets 1-1 kills in the air. But now you're guys are really tired. They have flown 2 missions now and lost some on the ground probably. The next three missions of mine go in and get very good kill ratio's due to the fact that the defending fighters are exhausted.
The idea of 50 % CAP is that you're aircraft remain more rested. Is it better???? I don't know. It's one of those tactical issues that none of us can really get a fix on.
But I'm seeing about twice as many planes with my recon as I see in the air. (When I move my curser over the airfield I'll see 100 fighters, but when my recon aircraft do their thing in the combat phase I'll see 50 fighters.) So I'm guessing that he's putting about 50% CAP. My recon might be crap of course. But thats what I am seeing.
If you put 90% CAP then it works well if defending agaianst a single strike. But say my first strike is some BS sweep by the 16 Brewsters that I will be sending in. Then all you're aircraft take off and cream those 16 Brewsters. The problem is you're fighters are then tired for the next FOUR strikes that I send in with good fighters.
So my first group of P40's hits and gets 1-1 kills in the air. But now you're guys are really tired. They have flown 2 missions now and lost some on the ground probably. The next three missions of mine go in and get very good kill ratio's due to the fact that the defending fighters are exhausted.
The idea of 50 % CAP is that you're aircraft remain more rested. Is it better???? I don't know. It's one of those tactical issues that none of us can really get a fix on.
But I'm seeing about twice as many planes with my recon as I see in the air. (When I move my curser over the airfield I'll see 100 fighters, but when my recon aircraft do their thing in the combat phase I'll see 50 fighters.) So I'm guessing that he's putting about 50% CAP. My recon might be crap of course. But thats what I am seeing.