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NGDBSS posted:Which update was it? I skimmed the Distant Worlds portion but didn't spot anything relevant to that. https://lparchive.org/Distant-Worlds-Legends/Update%2034/
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May 10, 2018 04:32
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NGDBSS posted:Which update was it? I skimmed the Distant Worlds portion but didn't spot anything relevant to that. https://lparchive.org/Distant-Worlds-(by-Grey-Hunter)/Update%2083/
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May 10, 2018 04:34
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   Curses, I keep forgetting they have subs!   The raiders were out to hunt carriers, instead they find laden troop ships.  Thunderbolts!  How did you get there?  No survivors!  show off, you have effective land based fighters. We get it.  There are a lot of Allied ships in the water. I need to sort this.  I'm disappointed by the lack of hits.  Sigh.   I'm not stupid enough to think I can get that lucky twice.  Their guns rake Wake.  They are of course landing another base force.   Lots of action, but not much in the way of actual killing. Well, not including the suicide landings at Wake.  31/100. I think I may well do this!
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May 10, 2018 04:37
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Yeesh. Two sunk CV's and the Allies are sending an equally as strong one (seemngly) on another raid somewhere else. So is the Kido Butai withdrawing back to Rabaul to replenish air grousp or doing a few more sweeps to see if they can hit anything?
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May 10, 2018 04:55
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700 troops landed, 900 casualties. That's impressive.
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May 10, 2018 05:33
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How's your aircraft production holding up? Feels like we've been bleeding planes for loving ever now.
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May 10, 2018 06:37
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Gray may have sunk 2 fleet carriers, but there are a dozen more out there with a dozen more on the way. Grey took a smart, aggressive roll of the dice and came out ahead. If that second strike were targeted at his carriers we could be talking about this being a Philippine Sea type battle that permanently destroys the Kido Butai as a major force. Grey could have easily lost multiple fleet carriers there, irreplaceable assets. A Japanese victory is far from a sure thing ar this point.
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May 10, 2018 06:58
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Is "Base force" just a small garrison unit? Does it have any additional value, like engineering units that maintain fortification and air strips? I was wondering if sacrificing base forces on taking defended islands screws Allies in any way except taking out squads? Can you order empty units for PP?
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May 10, 2018 07:51
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sparkmaster posted:Gray may have sunk 2 fleet carriers, but there are a dozen more out there with a dozen more on the way. Grey took a smart, aggressive roll of the dice and came out ahead. If that second strike were targeted at his carriers we could be talking about this being a Philippine Sea type battle that permanently destroys the Kido Butai as a major force. Grey could have easily lost multiple fleet carriers there, irreplaceable assets. He was aggressive and it worked. He also thought it was just some CVE's and they lost a lot of their air power in the initial strike. Based upon intel (presuming it was just two CVE's) they'd have had almost no strike power left. he played aggressive - but with a reasonable prediction based on intel. He lost a lot of planes but no damaged ships, and hopefully has a bit of breathing room to rebuild his air grousp and train up some pilots again. Two dead Essexes and a third that should be in a shipyard for a few weeks isn't bad - even if small in the swing of things.
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May 10, 2018 07:58
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alex314 posted:Is "Base force" just a small garrison unit? Does it have any additional value, like engineering units that maintain fortification and air strips? I was wondering if sacrificing base forces on taking defended islands screws Allies in any way except taking out squads? Can you order empty units for PP? Base forces include engineers to expand ports, airfields, and fortifications, and also include small amounts of air support enough to run one to two squadrons. You still want a dedicated engineering unit for any major construction projects, and you still want a dedicated Air HQ for major air operations, but a base force (and multiple base forces) are the basic building blocks of running a base, and it's damaging to the AI for them to be pissing them away like this. It's also the case that destroyed units can be "respawned" by buying them off with Political Points, but I don't know if the AI is capable of using that functionality.
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May 10, 2018 08:13
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wedgekree posted:He was aggressive and it worked. He also thought it was just some CVE's and they lost a lot of their air power in the initial strike. Based upon intel (presuming it was just two CVE's) they'd have had almost no strike power left. he played aggressive - but with a reasonable prediction based on intel. Oh, I never thought it was a pair of CVE's, I knew what I was getting into - that was far to many planes for two CVE's.
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May 10, 2018 08:35
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Grey Hunter posted:Oh, I never thought it was a pair of CVE's, I knew what I was getting into - that was far to many planes for two CVE's. Huh, cool. Still nice seeing howyou play the game and how you think through it. T hanks foran awesome LP that's been ajoy to keep on following.
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May 10, 2018 09:06
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Zeroisanumber posted:Best way to deal with India is to take Celyon and then bomb the christ out of anything that pokes its nose out along the coast. I think steinrokkan did a Japanese LP (week by week?) a few years ago where he did this, and invaded Perth and Darwin, and then stopped in late 42 because it was just no fun beating the AI so badly.
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May 10, 2018 19:25
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Grey Hunter posted:https://lparchive.org/Distant-Worlds-(by-Grey-Hunter)/Update%2083/ How in three earths have I missed this? My week is occupied, thanks.
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May 10, 2018 20:23
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  That's an annoying destroyer.  The carriers return home and drive off an invasion force.  There is more dogfighting over Rabaul.  Another thunderstorm comes in.  Keep on racking up those kills lads!  Boom!  Hmm, loaded with troops. My favourite flavour.  I don't even get a kill today. Sad.
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May 11, 2018 04:54
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Does anybody have the Cogswell as their lucky ship because holy crap not getting run over by the carrier escorts.
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May 11, 2018 05:34
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Fujita Where’s your sense of adventure Grey?
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May 11, 2018 08:04
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Adding Mary Bickerdyke to my list of amusing ship names.
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May 11, 2018 14:41
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The Cogswell has really been running the gauntlet the last few days, it has appeared in a ton of combat reports.
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May 11, 2018 14:45
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It's interesting in that combat pic how you can see that all the IJN carriers are one-offs. Not two look the same.
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May 11, 2018 15:29
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aphid_licker posted:It's interesting in that combat pic how you can see that all the IJN carriers are one-offs. Not two look the same. Bespoke artisinal carriers. Each flight deck folded over a thousand times.
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May 11, 2018 19:17
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10 May 1944 IJN destroyer Karukaya sunk off the coast of Luzon by an act of [USS] Cod.
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May 12, 2018 01:02
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Theoretically given losses, how many CV's/CVL's/CVE's would the Allies have available at this point in the game (May 1944) if folks had to ballpark?
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May 12, 2018 02:32
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At least 3.
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May 12, 2018 03:02
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wedgekree posted:Theoretically given losses, how many CV's/CVL's/CVE's would the Allies have available at this point in the game (May 1944) if folks had to ballpark? Going by the Lucky Ship database to see which ships have already been sunk: CVs: USS Hornet, USS Bunker Hill, USS Essex, USS Hornet II, USS Lexington II USS Intrepid, USS Franklin (Well not yet, but it'll be here in like two weeks) CVLs: USS Bataan, USS San Jacinto CVEs: lol IIRC a few of those ships like the Essex are probably in for repairs, but otherwise the AI still has a boatload of carriers to throw at Grey if it can figure out how. edit: oh and that's not even counting the British carriers Double Edit: For extra fun, here's an update to a post I made last year: Acebuckeye13 posted:So I have no idea what the actual dates of introduction are in the game (Someone else can look that up), but this is roughly what I can find out via Wiki when the various Essex-Class ships made it into the PTO (Counted as when they made it into Pearl or Ulithi): Acebuckeye13 fucked around with this message at 03:33 on May 12, 2018 |
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May 12, 2018 03:21
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Going by the Lucky Ship database to see which ships have already been sunk: 3 CVs confirmed sunk, 5 either assumed sunk or heavily damaged and with heavy fires. 6 CVEs confirmed sunk, with another 7 assumed sunk or heavily damaged. 2 CVLs confirmed sunk, and 4 potential sunk ships.
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May 12, 2018 03:36
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Jobbo_Fett posted:3 CVs confirmed sunk, 5 either assumed sunk or heavily damaged and with heavy fires. Yeah, my list is a best case scenario for Grey, and even if all those ships are truly sunk he still doesn't have carrier superiority. A pretty good illustration of why Japan really lost the war if nothing else 
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May 12, 2018 03:42
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Ok, but bear with me here, what if Japan invents time travel and uses it to send the Yamato and Musashi back to 1853 and confront commodore Perry???
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May 12, 2018 04:12
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  Yeah, that should do it!  Carrier watch report in.  I found another armoured cruiser. She starts the raiding process.  Thunderbolts pay us another visit.   A plane dies of Malaria.  A rather dull day. It's nice for a change.  Even a dull day gets me to 33/100!
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May 12, 2018 04:57
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Grey Hunter posted:
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May 12, 2018 08:07
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So...you just had the Myoko sitting around all this time?
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May 12, 2018 15:12
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Yep. She was docked in baleopakin or whatever for a couple of years.
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May 12, 2018 16:08
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Triggerhappypilot posted:So...you just had the Myoko sitting around all this time? He had to lose some preWW1 cruisers before he could bring out the modern stuff, you see. Gotta keep it fair. Though, to be honest, the fact that the Katori managed to live into 1944 while being a part of a wildly more active Kido Butai is astonishing.
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May 12, 2018 16:09
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Grey Hunter posted:Yep. She was docked in baleopakin or whatever for a couple of years. Is there even a repair shipyard at Balikpapan?
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May 12, 2018 16:11
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Nope. She was there to protect against raids.
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May 12, 2018 16:24
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Grey Hunter posted:Yep. She was docked in baleopakin or whatever for a couple of years. One hell of a shore leave
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May 12, 2018 17:57
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  Raider Force is at it again!  A lone enemy destroyer sails into Rabaul, heard only by the clanking of his balls.  Guess who's back!  The raiders return home and deal with that destroyer.  Okay, that's a fair number of ships in Rabaul...  The carriers are to the north murdering tankers.  Lots of tankers apparently!  And some normal ships.  In fact, they have a very good day!  A VERY good day.  There's going to be some drunken Karaoke tonight!  Things are heating up a bit in Burma.  We get another carrier report.  “Can't. Stop. The Bombing. Keep the bomb's afalling!” Oh sorry, you interrupted me and the lads celebrating. We rather happy with the month so far.  And why shouldn't we be? We've sunk 41 of a hundred ships so far, and we are on target to get the hundred.
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May 12, 2018 17:59
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Y'know, with this many tankers sinking or about to, I think you can just setup a bunch of pumps on the shores of the Home Islands and turn them on when the oil slick gets there to solve your oil troubles for the foreseeable future.
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May 12, 2018 18:05
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What the hell did the AI have tankers up there for? That’s way behind your lines.
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