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Jobbo_Fett posted:
I just realized I accidentally unbookmarked the thread a month ago. And then this.  Farewall, Hiyo, thank you for being so full of greetings.
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Nth Doctor, Mikl
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   This attack run is more costly than I would have liked.  This is better, but I'd like some actual hits please.  There we go!   The carrier picks off another ship.  Oh god, there are two of them!  So this is what it feels like to not have air superiority!   That was a painful day, and one of many to come I think. I'll get that convoy moving to give them a better chance against the torpedo bombers.  This could have been worse. As the thread turns two, its time for the yearly what has changed since the LP has started chat.   It is never to early to learn.
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Dec 7, 2017 18:55
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Not gonna lie, I immediately started scanning your bookshelf to judge you.
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One would hope that you'd have gotten further in that book in two years. Also, has Grey Jr gotten his divisional command in China yet?
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farraday posted:Not gonna lie, I immediately started scanning your bookshelf to judge you. Those are mostly the wifes books. I can take a photo of my bookshelves if you really want.
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Dec 7, 2017 19:12
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Grats on another year grey!
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I can't wait for the inhouse WITP game in 8 years
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Dec 7, 2017 19:21
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Oh wow, Grey. You look so much like my brother it's unsettling. And yeah! Bookshelf pics!
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Cute. Soon enough you'll be able to take him to museums and let him climb on tanks and planes and stuff.
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Awww you guys are adorable! So how much of that book have you managed to get across? 
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Dec 7, 2017 22:21
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Those are some cleverly framed pictures to hide all your extra arms, GH!
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https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/938852566347210752
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Cute photo Congrats on another year, Grey.
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farraday posted:Not gonna lie, I immediately started scanning your bookshelf to judge you. Seriously? I just liked the cute kid. Even if he no longer looks like he deserves the name SOVIET RESPONSE.
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Five Japanese warships sunk in Battle of Leyte discovered The Michishio, the Asagumo, the Yamagumo, the Fuso, and the Yamashiro
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A year of change indeed. We only really have one constant in our lives, and that's the Katori still being attached to an active battlegroup.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Five Japanese warships sunk in Battle of Leyte discovered Sounds fake. Since the Yamashiro and Fuso's's super structures are a 2.3 km high how could they not know where they sank for 70 years?
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gradenko_2000 posted:Five Japanese warships sunk in Battle of Leyte discovered Fuso was too beautiful to live. o7
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Zeroisanumber posted:Fuso was too beautiful to live. o7 Truly a sight to behold. 
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Those screws will be stolen like 30 seconds from now.
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aphid_licker posted:Those screws will be stolen like 30 seconds from now. I was going to say... probably not a good idea to announce where the wrecks are. 200m is not far enough down to prevent the wrecks from being looted.
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Lifting a battleship propeller from 100-200m deep requires specialized heavy sea lift craft and takes months of planning and effort. They're not going anywhere. But yeah divers can totally get down there and loot other stuff from the wrecks. Although the news article only says the general region where the wrecks are located, not specific GPS coordinates.
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Dec 8, 2017 18:04
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Fortunate that the ocean is a big place. Don't you need specialized equipment to get down to 200m, by the way?
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Leperflesh posted:Lifting a battleship propeller from 100-200m deep requires specialized heavy sea lift craft and takes months of planning and effort. They're not going anywhere. Never underestimate the ingenuity of thieves. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/asia/indonesia-ww2-ship-wrecks-disappear/index.html I will bet you they will be gone in a year or two. This finding and announcement pretty much announced "THERE BE $$$$ HERE!"
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Dance Officer posted:Don't you need specialized equipment to get down to 200m, by the way? Yeah. You're not gonna see recreational divers there, or more accurately since people often do stupid things, you're not going to see them get back to the surface. Even technical diving, which is one step above recreational but still not professional, doesn't get there. There are some techniques used by commercial divers that can get there, but even then it's fairly deep, and it's not something that involves just grabbing your drysuit and helmet and jumping in. It's probably going to be saturation diving, and that means you pretty much need an entire ship outfitted specifically for that. Mind you, that's not exactly my line of work, I'm just a schmuck who likes to look at fish from time to time, so I might be very much wrong. I guess nowadays there might be unmanned vehicles that are cheap and sophisticated enough to do some of the work divers would normally do, though?
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Yeah I was thinking of the Java Sea thing when I made the post. I can't find the number but I'm pretty sure that the Java Sea ships were deeper than these now. That battleship screw should be worth a pretty penny.
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The Java sea wrecks were at around 200ft, about a third of the depth.
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Oh yeah, if nobody actively protects them, two years they could be gone. But it depends on how carefully they've protected the coordinates: in that CNN article I get the impression the exact locations of the ships were made public. But to salvage the big pieces takes underwater shipbreaking tools and heavy lift. These things:  e. Here's a smaller Korean vessel that does basically the same thing: 
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Ok, Ive captured Lunga and have some Seabees set in Strategic Mode in Noumea. When I go to load troops into a Transport TF with an AK, the only troops available are planes and an HQ. How do I pick up actual troops?
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Woodchip posted:Ok, Ive captured Lunga and have some Seabees set in Strategic Mode in Noumea. When I go to load troops into a Transport TF with an AK, the only troops available are planes and an HQ. How do I pick up actual troops? You need an AP or xAP to load troops. AKs just carry cargo.
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:You need an AP or xAP to load troops. AKs just carry cargo. Yup. The manual says AKs can carry troops but the one I have selected has 0 troop capability. Welcome to supply duty little dude. e: adding AP or xAK still only allows me to select air units / HQ for transport. Obv not working the right knob e2: unit I'm trying to move is in a restricted hq, maybe that's the issue. e3: DAMMIT, so political points can moved pull troops out of my rear HQ to the right spot. Woodchip fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Dec 8, 2017 |
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Woodchip posted:Yup. The manual says AKs can carry troops but the one I have selected has 0 troop capability. Welcome to supply duty little dude. It has zero troop capability because I'm guessing you haven't set up your supply chain to pull doorknobs for that fleet from the doorknob pool, or that you have allocated brass for bullet cartridges only.
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Have you made sure that the troops in question are cleared for that theatre? Go in to the medical tab for the unit and make sure they have the relevant inoculations
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If you're playing as Japan, your soldiers don't get any inoculations, but you still need to go to that tab and press the confirm button even if the inoculation queue is empty.
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I know I am dealing with a grog game because I find myself unable to rule out that what should be obviously joke mechanics are not indeed actual game mechanics
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Does Grey ever get access to the two I 400 subs? Are they any fun? Is there any "experimental" weaponry that is modeled?
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Mikl posted:What do you think Tokyo Bay Fortress is? A clever and profound metaphor for mankind's hubris?
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Mikl posted:What do you think Tokyo Bay Fortress is? A symbol of the duality of man?
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