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The East Empire, is west of the Empire; and the Middle Kingdom is in the far east. Someone please kill them ASAP and correct this horror edit: I DON'T CARE THAT THE MAP WRAPS The Chad Jihad fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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It being built on the 2002 Uncommon Valor engine is really the flaw. Someone just needs to remake it in Unity.
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Alikchi posted:It being built on the 2002 Uncommon Valor engine is really the flaw. Someone just needs to remake it in Unity. But then it might not work on the 1997 Pentium 3 that some of the players still use! paradigmblue posted:The Political Point system was never fully implemented. It'll never stop being amazing to me that I can just abandon Singapore and not suffer any political penalties. "Hey Winston, I'm just going to not fight for the most important base you guys have in this hemisphere. You're cool with that, right?"
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paradigmblue posted:The KB is faster than your battleships, so generally what happens if you try and sortie your surviving battlewagons on the 8th to catch the KB is that even if they intercept the KB, the KB can then disengage and then sink your battleships with airstrikes during the air phase. If you sortie all your cruisers instead, the KB's battleships will eat them alive. This is what I suspected would be the outcome. General WiTP commentary (with the understanding that it's a game and not a real simulation): I have to admit that I have only once, since 2011, ever gotten very far into 1943, and I have noticed that American carriers are significantly underpowered versus their counterparts in the first year of the war. You've really got to wait until you have parity and the org penalty changes to really stand a chance in an even carrier battle as the Allies. Yet, in real life the "turning point" of the Pacific war was June 3-7 1942 at Midway, during which the Japanese carrier force was soundly trounced. A similar carrier battle in WiTP, at the same time, would be suicidal for an Allied player. It's also worth noting that the Dutch navy is far superior in game than they were in the real world, and so are surface elements in general. As an Allied player you can really make the Japanese pay for invasions, at least against the AI, with huge numbers of merchants with the cost of a few CLs. Sometimes a couple CLs can stop an entire landing.
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ZombieLenin posted:American carriers are significantly underpowered versus their counterparts in the first year of the war. A large part of the carrier issue is due to the concentration of force the game creates because players have the benefit of hindsight and logistics are a lot simpler, you would basically never see an IJN player splitting the KB into divisions like they did IRL. The only CV based disadvantages the allied player suffers are the 7 hex (rather than 8) strike limit and the (minor) penalties based on the number of planes in a TF (which the IJN also suffers from, it just has bigger max numbers available at the start). You can easily just have multiple CV TF's and mass them all in the same hex the same as the IJN player does. What the game doesnt really model is how disorganised IJN carrier operations could be, they use the same routines as the allies which does actually place them somewhat above where they were historically and lets them leverage their superior numbers to win CV v CV battles. That said the KB vs the USN fleet carriers in late '42 is by no means the sure thing you seem to think it is, IJN CV's are ridiculously fragile, most of the plane/pilot quality disparity is eliminated and often that sort of engagment will come down to the exact tactical factors of the situation. I have won full on carrier engagements as the Allies in August '42 and it's even easier if you bushwack the KB trying to cover an invasion or near an allied base (like Midway was). RentACop posted:The East Empire, is west of the Empire; and the Middle Kingdom is in the far east. Someone please kill them ASAP and correct this horror As the appointed representative of the Middle kingdom I can assure you that the Kindon is exactly in the middle of all the maps I can find so I dont know what you are talking about. Does anyone know what it takes to get a captured overseas factory working? Do I need to connect it to rails and/or a port that leads back to my home territory as I just got a port up and running this turn but the factory i (captured last turn)s not working (it has slight damage, does it need to be 100%?) while the oil is. 
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Phi230 posted:Is there really anything that WITP needs fixing? Besides some of the RNG weirdness and everybody is incompetent at contact reports (all information is unreliable). Reading AARs leads me to believe that the game breaks in super large air battles (e.g. 200 cap not shooting any bombers that have 100 escorts). Unless they already have, that should be fixed. The ground war is, frankly speaking, terrible. It needs at least a "reworked" interface. Then there are a whole lot of quality of life things, like: 1. Make the convoy system better. 2. Different map modes. 3. I want a real historical Japanese submarine doctrine option. 4. Give the allies more production flexibility 5. Allow players to give specific arrival/engagement instructions to TFs (like leave port at night, arrive at night, attack at night) 6. Better resources/industry/convoy/TF tracking tools 7. More Orphan Anna 8. For a game, it works, but I'd like to see more realistic surface engagements with elements at different ranges. For example, I find it hard to believe that battleships would intentionally close to 2k yards with anything by their own accord, whereas they might send their destroyers to close to 2k yards while they stayed a comfortable distance. Also, it's pretty impossible that destroyers would be shooting their 5 inch guns and raining down accurate death from its absolute maximum range (16k). There are other things more experienced players could probably point out. Edit Maybe you're right about the Japanese carriers, like I said, I rarely get that deep into 1942 (I know). That said, I think even if your point is valid, it is super important to have parity, at least, in carriers. So if the IJN player bunches their carriers together too, it makes pulling off 2nd half carrier battle victories much less likely in 1942 than reality. Then again, I'm basing 90% of this statement on AARs. ZombieLenin fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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Mines, factories and cities auto-repair themselves in ATG. The rate is listed in the location's info panel. Or if that's not what you're asking... hmm, it might not produce anything for one turn after capture, my memory is fuzzy. But it'll sort itself out.
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Feb 23, 2016 16:12
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So close, and its my turn..... Can't wait to get home.
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Grey Hunter posted:So close, and its my turn..... Yeah the bloody AI went after my beachead hammer and tongs while ignoring your advance (I still won the battles but it tired out my troops). Looks like you are gonna get the Raws if you can push out the troops entrenched there. Oh well. Just FYI the AI is drawing supply from its capital across the lake so you might be advised to pinch that off. Saros fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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Feb 23, 2016 16:53
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Cut their lines, but wasn't able to make good on the kill - I needed to clean up some annoying units I'd cut off in the previous turn.
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Slitherine Midweek Madness on Steam Now to see how long it takes them to actually put them on sale prices.  I'll be amazed if Pike and Shot goes lower than 13%. [edit] Oh wow, it is! 40% off. You can click on individual games to see the sale prices, just the  being Oh man, this is tempting, $24 for P&S...
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Feb 23, 2016 19:07
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Ughh I will probably need to buy Command then...
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Feb 23, 2016 19:13
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Oh and Advanced Tactics Gold is 
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Slitherine Midweek Madness on Steam Now to see how long it takes them to actually put them on sale prices. Is Pike & Shot worth it? It's been on my wishlist for awhile but I've always been put off by the dumbass 13%. It looks like some of the prices haven't yet been actually updated though. Command for 50% off is a great deal though. WITE is also down to a fairly reasonable price too. Edit: also Baloogan (or anyone else), is there any reason to buy Northern Inferno if I already own CMANO?
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Drone posted:Is Pike & Shot worth it? It's been on my wishlist for awhile but I've always been put off by the dumbass 13% That is actually the boat I've been in. The reviews and stuff for it look favorable.
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Pike and Shot and ATG picked up. Will be pretty upset if I miss the next ATG game.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Oh and Advanced Tactics Gold is Of course it is, I bought it last week 
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I haven't seen it posted in ages but since there are now a good amount of grognard games on Steam, here's a link to the existing grognard goon Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GrogGoons/members
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Feb 23, 2016 19:29
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Does anyone still play Commander TGW because that has been on my list forever
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Sweet, scooped up ATG
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Goetta posted:Does anyone still play Commander TGW because that has been on my list forever Yeah Saros and I are pbeming it right now, good game.
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Goetta posted:Does anyone still play Commander TGW because that has been on my list forever Yup me and Alikchi are playing one now and I'm always happy to pick up another game.
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ATG, CTGW and Star Hammer picked up, was eyeing Decisive Campaigns too. This is the worst hobby 
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It's a pretty big deal that Slitherine haven't just done an odd sale, but gone all in on the front-page attention grabbing midweek madness slot. Of course it's sad it won't work out for them because sales reduce wargame profits.
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I have a WiTP question. The Matrix forums are a mess. Does anyone have a recommended list of art mods? Not really looking for alt scenarios, though if there are some good ones with AI functionality let me know. I just want better art, and mostly, a better map. The stock map is a little too hard to read for me.
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I use the Rainy Day map but they are all good: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3696410 The directory above that forum post has a thread full of art mods and whatnot
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Alchenar posted:It's a pretty big deal that Slitherine haven't just done an odd sale, but gone all in on the front-page attention grabbing midweek madness slot. Someone needs to head over to the Matrix forums and ask them if this is like a going-out-of-business clearance sale.
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Do the insane grog people still think Steam is satan or have they finally come around to poo poo like 'unlimited downloads'
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Ask them how much money they are losing on each unit sold, are they running out of bits yet?
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Please don't spread the word about this sale, every copy sold costs them $$$ 
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I'm really surprised nobody has made a Final Countdown mod for WITPAE. I would love to see how I can influence the war with an 80's nimitz.
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Goetta posted:Do the insane grog people still think Steam is satan or have they finally come around to poo poo like 'unlimited downloads' The greater grog community is a gateway into the gaming world of 1995. They have only recently moved to actually having patches available for download rather than mailing a stack of floppy discs to your house.
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Phi230 posted:I'm really surprised nobody has made a Final Countdown mod for WITPAE. I would love to see how I can influence the war with an 80's nimitz. Already have, I posted it like 10 pages ago.
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Lockmart Lawndart posted:Already have, I posted it like 10 pages ago. What page? I can't find it. So I found it 40 pages back but there's no link, just a picture of a nimitz. The search for a final countdown mod continues. I got so excited 
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Is Panthers in the Fog much improved over Gateway to Caen?
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As a casual sort of grog who enjoyed UoC and Commander: The Great War but can't stand WitP, am I likely to enjoy any of these Slitherine games? Distant Worlds is exactly the sort of game I should like, but its never clicked with me. Edit: How is Pandora: First Contact? Better or worse than the mess that is Beyond Earth? Imaginary Baron posted:Sweet, scooped up ATG Isn't ATG the game that crashed in the middle of Grey's LP? I remember thinking it looked interesting up to that. LLSix fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Feb 24, 2016 |
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LLSix posted:As a casual sort of grog who enjoyed UoC and Commander: The Great War but can't stand WitP, am I likely to enjoy any of these Slitherine games? Distant Worlds is exactly the sort of game I should like, but its never clicked with me. I'm really enjoying Order of Battle: Pacific if you are into Panzer Corps.
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Panzer Corps is great and so is the 60% off the collection!
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Popete posted:Is Panthers in the Fog much improved over Gateway to Caen? I think it's the other way around - Caen is latest in the series. It's still shoehorned into the old engine though so there's not much of a difference. The full 3D Unity version of CC 'The Big Red One' was scheduled for a 2015 release (which will probably be 2017).
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Drone posted:Edit: also Baloogan (or anyone else), is there any reason to buy Northern Inferno if I already own CMANO? It's a series of connected scenarios that seem mostly intent on pointing out how screwed the UK would be if the Cold War had gone hot. I'm not sure of the differences between the two packages other than that, though.
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