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Yeah, that's looking more like at least one chufty lady to hunt down.
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Any chance of Hyuga making it home?
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Jun 28, 2017 21:58
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Gort posted:Any chance of Hyuga making it home? Chance? Sure. If GH replaces the Japanese damage control parties with American ones. Or anyone else's really.
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Jun 28, 2017 23:36
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It depends where you define as home.
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Jun 28, 2017 23:46
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Hyuga's not flooding too badly, but that's some pretty severe fires. If the American carrier strikes again it's almost certainly over.
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Jun 29, 2017 04:51
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Guys what if we just took one fighter and strapped it to another fighter. Twice the horsepower!
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Jun 29, 2017 05:40
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Ron Jeremy posted:Guys what if we just took one fighter and strapped it to another fighter. Twice the horsepower! What was the point of this? What were they hoping to accomplish? Other than influencing The Empire Strike Back many years later.
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Jun 29, 2017 05:48
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pthighs posted:What was the point of this? What were they hoping to accomplish? Other than influencing The Empire Strike Back many years later. Range and radar. They were production aircraft during the Korean war. Had the first 3 kills of the war too!
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pthighs posted:What was the point of this? What were they hoping to accomplish? Other than influencing The Empire Strike Back many years later. It was supposed to be a Very Long Range Escort. One of its significant test flights was a non-stop from New York to Hawaii, and these F-82s were supposed to be able to accompany B-29s from the Solomons or the Philippines all the way to Tokyo, and back. In the early days of the Cold War, they could also be expected to act as escorts from bombers from London to Moscow, and back, or such similar configurations over the Arctic Circle. Finally, big planes meant they could carry radar, which was necessary for night-fighting.
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Jun 29, 2017 06:14
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Is the idea that one pilot sleeps while the other one flies? Because otherwise, adding a redundant cockpit etc. seems like it's just adding weight which is counterproductive to extending range...
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Jun 29, 2017 07:15
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RIOs gotta sit somewhere, and while pilots lobbied hard to have them ride outside the aircraft, eventually a compromise was reached where they'd be relegated to their own bubble, on the other side of the aircraft.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:56
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Surprisingly the F-82 was not a bad plane at all.
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Chunky Monkey posted:Chance? Sure. If GH replaces the Japanese damage control parties with American ones. Or anyone else's really. Is American damage control actually superior to Japanese damage control in this game? I thought they were identical.
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Jun 29, 2017 15:07
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Gort posted:Is American damage control actually superior to Japanese damage control in this game? I thought they were identical. Yes, the Americans have better damage control. Well, technically all the allies do, as per the option(s) available.
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Gort posted:Is American damage control actually superior to Japanese damage control in this game? I thought they were identical. There's a realism setting to make them identical, but I can't remember off-hand if they're supposed to be identically good (as the Americans) or identically bad (as the Japanese)
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Jun 29, 2017 15:11
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gradenko_2000 posted:There's a realism setting to make them identical, but I can't remember off-hand if they're supposed to be identically good (as the Americans) or identically bad (as the Japanese) Identically bad, and its a plan I have for the future.
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TheDemon posted:Surprisingly the F-82 was not a bad plane at all. It's also hilarious in War Thunder, where it can get a gunpod that gives it a total of 14 M3 (the kind with an electrically boosted feed that increases ROF) .50 cal guns on the center-line. But yeah, it was really for recon and long range flight.
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Ron Jeremy posted:Guys what if we just took one fighter and strapped it to another fighter. Twice the horsepower! I swear it looks like it has no moveable control surfaces. simplefish posted:RIOs gotta sit somewhere, and while pilots lobbied hard to have them ride outside the aircraft, eventually a compromise was reached where they'd be relegated to their own bubble, on the other side of the aircraft. Ultimately they dragged them behind the airplanes like sonobuoys.
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TildeATH posted:I swear it looks like it has no moveable control surfaces. Sleek design and bright light. Just a shame the 109Z never became a thing, but at least the world got a "proper" taste of the He-111Z!
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   For once my escort ships do something!   Here the escorts are unable to protect our shipping.   A ship in harbour takes a hit when the port at Rangoon is bombed.   The enemy carrier is being very annoying and hits our next wave of reinforcements from China – hopefully most were ashore!   I can't really complain about the antics of our opposing carrier force, I've been sinking allied ships left right and centre, but this has been our worst month for shipping losses in nearly a year!  That's a lot of 1,000lb bombs! Thankfully I was right and most troops made it ashore.
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Oh, what a savage loss! I hope you can find that carrier before it does more damage than it would be worth.
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That's gotta be a fleet carrier, right? Forty planes finding the target and attacking would probably mean a bunch more used in scouting and another bunch that got lost before reaching the target.
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Gort posted:That's gotta be a fleet carrier, right? Forty planes finding the target and attacking would probably mean a bunch more used in scouting and another bunch that got lost before reaching the target. Doesn't necessarily imply its a singular aircraft carrier.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Doesn't necessarily imply its a singular aircraft carrier. Escort carriers managing synchronised strikes seems a bit good
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It's certainly not a solo CVE, they just don't have the capacity. E: a quick wiki check says neither do CVLs. So if it's not a CV then it's at least a pair of lights or three of four escorts. I'd put my money on a CV. Murgos fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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Jun 30, 2017 02:16
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I'll bet multiple carriers
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This isn't always captured in Grey's screenshots, but if you pay close attention during the combat replays you can see the squadron designations so it's possible to tell if they're all coming from a single airgroup or not. It's easier against the Japanese since, for example, the Akagi airgroup is just designated Akagi-1, Akagi-2, etc.
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gradenko_2000 posted:This isn't always captured in Grey's screenshots, but if you pay close attention during the combat replays you can see the squadron designations so it's possible to tell if they're all coming from a single airgroup or not. Yeah, but any number of squadrons can take part in combat 
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  Oh, look one of our subs!  Ahh, we're back!   It seems my subs are a lot more active today!  We lose a plane, but damage a good number of theirs.   We begin to hammer the interlopers at Sinyang.  Apparently when someone criticized my subs, they heard you!  We came out ahead at least!
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Ron Jeremy posted:Guys what if we just took one fighter and strapped it to another fighter. Twice the horsepower! We can go one better than this: 
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That looks like it would stress the hell out of the main wing spars.
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Saint Celestine posted:That looks like it would stress the hell out of the main wing spars. If that wasn't enough, they put rocket pods on it so it could take off towing a massive transport glider.
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 Bugger off!  You little.....  I've been playing with my ASW patrols, and it seems to be paying off!  You guys are lost! Or this is the bravest invasion in history!  For the love of.... I never got hits like this in my game.  Snipers everywhere!  We continue our fight.  Bloody level bombers and their amazing accuracy!  I mean, look at that! Its ridiculous.   The Allied score remains stable while we slowly increase ours – so things are going well still.   Little change here.  The airfield campaign in Rangoon has been responsible for a spike in plane losses this month.  As you can see, my pools are empty of several important types.  Not for the want of trying though!  There has not been much ground combat this month.   Even with the recent spike in losses, I've done pretty well in keeping our ships afloat this time.
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How much can you accidentally mess everything up by adjusting how much fuel or how many engines of whatever type are being made?
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Flavius Belisarius posted:How much can you accidentally mess everything up by adjusting how much fuel or how many engines of whatever type are being made? Totally. Veteran strategists on the Matrix forums sometimes make spreadsheets.
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I'm going in with historical incompetence. No planes by 44!
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Grey Hunter posted:I'm going in with historical incompetence.  Your ASW saved your rear end back there, a sub had several tankers and an oiler in its sights. That convoy was juicy as gently caress.
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  Hot Sub on sub action! I think their sub captains have become a little overconfident!  The Surgo fires off half its ordnance. At least five torpedoes are used to get one hit.  Oh no! They have transferred the torpedo curse to us!  Their back! More Kiwi's I assume.  The carriers deal with the landing craft, but take heavier losses than I would have liked.   The subs have suddenly gone crazy!  Curse you! I need those planes!  They manage to hit a ship in the opens seas moving at what I hope is a good rate! Its witchcraft I tell you!  The fighting at Sinyang is going in the right direction now!  Well that was a busy day that took us to most theatres. I have no idea why the subs have suddenly become so active!  Killing a sub is always good.
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Ron Jeremy posted:Do you have to tell them to Zigzag or what? Nope
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