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Sodo you like have any CAP or escorts at all? Ow.
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Calcutta's a pretty long trip for fighters, even from the forward bases in Burma, and those have been getting hit often enough that I'm not sure they're operational. One of the quirks of the game is that it sets every air group to max range by default, and because bombers almost always have a higher max range than fighters, that means they'll be outlasting their escorts unless you rein them in manually. In a game with so many fiddly details like WitP, it's really easy to forget to do this 100% of the time. The good news is there's a "set all groups at this base to these settings" button, so at least you don't have to reset the range one group at a time.
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Did you forget to equip Tokyo Bay Fortress with depth charges? The world wonders...
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If the AI was as good at naval and ground warfare as it is at air warfare this game would be a hundred times harder.
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Gort posted:If the AI was as good at naval and ground warfare as it is at air warfare this game would be a hundred times harder. If the naval and ground war were as (relatively) simple as the air war is, it would be a hundred times easier to play the game competitively.
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So there are now MULTIPLE subs in Tokyo Harbour sinking ships within sight of the Imperial Palace? Someone's playing a game of Silent Hunter 4.
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Aug 28, 2017 11:02
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Why are those betts even heading that way? Have they forgotten how the last push went?
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27 August 1943 British sloop Egret, first ship to be sunk by HS 293A glide bomb, west of Vigo.
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Comstar posted:So there are now MULTIPLE subs in Tokyo Harbour sinking ships within sight of the Imperial Palace? Someone's playing a game of Silent Hunter 4. In SH4 I infiltrated a Japanese harbor, dodging the warship patrolling the entrance, and sank the merchant ships at dock. On my way out, out of curiosity, I crept past at periscope depth to see what the warship patrolling the entrance was. Shokaku-class aircraft carrier. That's when my patrol went from good to great.
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   Get out of my harbours!   I think their torpedoes are working.  I think the world has turn against me.   My subs do exist!   We are doing well! There is nothing bad to report. There are no missing crew or ships!  The backlog makes things a bit easier.
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If I remember correctly there is a feature you can exploit with the bombing height limit (provided that you've trained your bombers in ASW warfare) that can make your planes really, really good against subs. Train them bombers asap.
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I guess unrestricted submarine warfare in Tokyo Bay is what happens when Tokyo Bay Fortress is moved to Luganville. Hey Grey, have you re-taken Rabaul yet?
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What is your most modern CL that actually should have an almost tolerable AAA suite doing escorting a bunch of 12 knot merchantmen?
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This game is really weird. There's this bizarre pattern with submarines; you can go weeks with almost no sub activity whatsoever, and then suddenly a bunch of subs are doing something all on the same day. Seems to happen with Grey's subs as well as with the AI. It's at a point now where I'm convinced there's some kind of bug or unintended behavior going on. Like, subs all cycle in and out of supply at the same time or something.
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Maybe the AI is somehow hindered by the arcane logic of WitP. The Allies sent a submarine to Tokyo harbor, but did not set it to attack. It sat in Tokyo harbor for two weeks, parked at a distant dock and getting refueled. One day a Japanese officer appears with a telegram from the USN stating "You're supposed to sink the Japanese ships." The American sub leaves the dock, slips below the waves, and the man who delivered the letter, the IJA Officer smiles
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CannonFodder posted:Maybe the AI is somehow hindered by the arcane logic of WitP. ...and that man was Grey Hunter
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:...and that man was Grey Hunter Or more likely, Grey Hunter's child.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:What is your most modern CL that actually should have an almost tolerable AAA suite doing escorting a bunch of 12 knot merchantmen? At the moment, being home for a shitload of fish.
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28 August 1943 Italian torpedo boat Lince, aground since 4 August, torpedoed by British submarine Urge. Danish sloop Ingolf, scuttled in the Great Belt after the Danish government resisted German demands and Germany imposed martial law. 
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:28 August 1943 Urge is the best name for a submarine.
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:28 August 1943 I have questions.
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HannibalBarca posted:I have questions. Torpedos are right bastards. One of them even chased a Marine up on to the beach at Guadalcanal.
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Ah yes, the Terminators of the Sea as they're often called.
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:Ah yes, the Terminators of the Sea as they're often called. Torpedoes are dangerous and only the strongest can take them on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxhEZG0k9_w&t=131s
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We have cleared Tokyo Bay. There are NO Americans there. I will take you there and show you. IN ONE HOUR!
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Reuben Sandwich posted:We have cleared Tokyo Bay. There are NO Americans there. I will take you there and show you. IN ONE HOUR! They are committing suicide outside the walls of the Tokyo Bay Fortress!
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RZApublican posted:Or more likely, Grey Hunter's child. Grey Hunter2
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terrenblade posted:Grey Hunter2 Lol. I tried that joke in the Sims LP but I think it was too meta for them.
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Funny that Tokyo Rose was 45 years ahead of the Iraqi information minister in doing the same thing though.
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  Can't you guys find a single solitary sub?  Phew.  Things are quietening down. Thankfully. We gain 300 base points as supplies arrive at Rabaul.  Thinks even out in the kills.
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29 August 1943 More Danish ships are scuttled at Copenhagen: Coast defense ships Niels Iuel and Peder Skram; Sloops Hejmdal, Freja, and Lindormen; Minelayer Lossen. All of these were eventually salvaged by the Germans.
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:29 August 1943 This was a very evil update.
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Is... is that a surface attack in Tokyo 
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How much of an impact have merchant shipping and general logistical losses had so far, Grey?
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food-rf posted:Is... is that a surface attack in Tokyo Yes, Yes it is. I have planes there on ASW, but this is night. There are also at least two ASW naval units in the area - but for some reason you can't tell them to patrol the bay - I think its counted as ground when setting zones, but the AI has got its subs in there somehow! As for logistics, I have having trouble moving fuel and oil around - oil is the killer, as every ship on that is one less moving fuel. I'm coping at the moment, but I think the US subs are going to start biting deep soon. Then the game gets really interesting!
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Sounds like you're doing well! Hopefully you can keep things stable or even gaining ground for as long as possible. --- Btw. when do you plan to begin teaching your son basic boardgames? Ludo, checkers, or maybe something more combative, like jenga? 
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Aug 30, 2017 11:34
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gently caress that start the kid on ASL
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Campaign for North Africa. If you start now, the game will finish when he's 12.
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:29 August 1943 By 1943 you would expect the Germans to have taken control of all these ships years ago. I know there was a collaborator government that was then replaced with direct military rule (like in Vichy France), but did the Germans just let them have even more important craft? Also why did they not attempt to sail to Sweden? It's not like its a long voyage.
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