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   I hope you saved some ammo for the airfield.  Good lads!  This late in the war, everyone gets hammered trying to land troops or supplies.  If nothing else, this is a different place to have a scrap.   We lose a ship to a surface attack from a sub.   The Mosquitoes come droning in again.   At least some supplies got ashore at Manus!  A nice fat tanker....
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Grey's technically got the Manhaus base he's working on, too. I don't know how valuable it is, but may be a small stream of points he can tap. If he ever breaks through the forts and manages to keep the sieging force in supply, that is
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How’s the AI on hard or very hard? I’m getting to a decision point on whether to restart or continue my current game into 44.
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Woodchip posted:How’s the AI on hard or very hard? I’m getting to a decision point on whether to restart or continue my current game into 44. It's no different. All that changes is that the AI gets a natural bonus to luck in any combat rolls and gets to cheat more supply to itself when cut off, so island garrisons that haven't been supplied in 2 years can still fight as effectively as if they've just got off the transports.
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9 July 1944 Minesweeper USS Swerve fails to do so in time to avoid striking a mine off Anzio.
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  Wait. These are the guys I've got sitting at Manus to stop the allies landing more troops. Were they trying to deliver fuel?  The mind boggles.  They are literally sailing the most valuable non combat ships into my guns.  We sink a squadron of planes.  Please conserve some ammo for your actual mission.  Today is not a good day for allies shipping....  Glug glug glug....   With light industry mostly ruined, I expand my bombing targets to hit the airfield.  I also order the firebombing of the city for more general damage.  The fires spread quickly....  A nice 200 point gain today!  Then again, it's not every day you do this....
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 Woodchip posted:How’s the AI on hard or very hard? I’m getting to a decision point on whether to restart or continue my current game into 44. I've come to the conclusion that the grogs on the Matrix forums may be right about PBEM being the "true" way to play. The AI is just not up to the task. I'm planning on playing through to the end, but it's early 44 in my game and the Japanese AI is barely above token resistance at this point. My invasion of the Marianas is starting and Singapore is about to fall (hopefully my assault goes a little smoother than yours). This is my first game and I am sure I am not good at it. But actually doing a PBEM is hard to imagine given the insane level of commitment and coordination required. Bold Robot fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Jul 11, 2018 |
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Grey Hunter posted:
Check out Matinicock.
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WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:Check out Matinicock. Most of those have to got to be an overzealous light AA gun or something, right? Each individual .50 cal bullet and the like counts as a "shell hit" iirc. There's no way it tanked 55 main gun hits..... is there?
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.. So do your ships have any ammo left for bombardment or after this do you not -mind- if they don't as this is better?
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Omae wa mou, shindeiru
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quote:That one shell hit against Kongo earns E for effort.
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Banemaster posted:That one shell hit against Kongo earns E for effort. That's some Cape Samar level bullshit. Remember, that's not just 13 Corsairs sunk. That's 13 Corsairs destroyed by the shell hits that sank the ship. "Destroyed on field" is at 24 for the day, and 2 Chinese planes were destroyed by bombing. That's 22 Corsairs sunk.
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Forgive me if I'm wrong but I'm starting to get the feeling the AI isn't very bright
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:Check out Matinicock. Maybe if I had a pair of tweezers and a magnifying glass.
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:Seems like the Americans have been closing the point gap a bit in the past week or so. You got any plans to try and flip the script to get the '45 autovictory (outside China), or are you just bunkering down and hoping for Chunknig to pop in December? Nope, barring any more lucky carrier kills. becasue mercenarynuker posted:Grey's technically got the Manhaus base he's working on, too. I don't know how valuable it is, but may be a small stream of points he can tap. If he ever breaks through the forts and manages to keep the sieging force in supply, that is Taking a base of 7AV with 300 is now taking months due to the broken battle calcs. Acebuckeye13 posted:Forgive me if I'm wrong but I'm starting to get the feeling the AI isn't very bright Yeah, which is why I'm going to look at this LP in jan and see if it's worth continuing. I'm holding steady at the moment, but unless things change in one direction or another in six months, I don't know if I have it in me to continue a stalemate LP for another year and a half. but then, what would be my next stupid LP idea?
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Maaaaan it's been a long time since I checked up on this! How's everyone been? I think I have my old favourite ship list from back in the Allied WotP campaign somewhere.
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Grey Hunter posted:but then, what would be my next stupid LP idea? It has been a while since the last Combat Mission game...
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It won't be a stalemate. If you don't autovictory things will turn against you pretty quickly once nukes are online. But Goon:CM (WWII) is always fun
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Grey Hunter posted:but then, what would be my next stupid LP idea? draft ElBrak into doing this again as a PBEM LP
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Grey Hunter posted:but then, what would be my next stupid LP idea? Real time day by day Crusader Kings game. Train your son to take over the updating after you. Make it properly dynastic.
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Flip back to the Vietcong vs AZNAC game
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Grey Hunter posted:Nope, barring any more lucky carrier kills. becasue Full-on Paranoid Stalin Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
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simplefish posted:It won't be a stalemate. If you don't autovictory things will turn against you pretty quickly once nukes are online. Yes, we should do that again! Also, last time I checked CM: Normandy was still like $60 lol I'm never going to buy a CM game
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Flavius Aetass posted:Yes, we should do that again! That's the beauty of the CM let's plays. You get to enjoy the best parts of the games while somebody else deals with the many, many flaws.
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glynnenstein posted:That's the beauty of the CM let's plays. You get to enjoy the best parts of the games while somebody else deals with the many, many flaws. Also witp lps. Man I got got when I bought this thing.
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Allies tried the Fireship doctrine.. It wasn't effective. For what it's worth I hope you stick with it until the end, it's very fun to read.
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glynnenstein posted:That's the beauty of the CM let's plays. You get to enjoy the best parts of the games while somebody else deals with the many, many flaws. 
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^^^^ Her is a man who knows my pain. ThatBasqueGuy posted:Flip back to the Vietcong vs AZNAC game You may get a nice surprise soon. Flavius Aetass posted:Yes, we should do that again! That and they charge $10 for patches..... I'd love to to get to the bulge one, but I don't think i can support that! Another joke, world in flames goon game (or whatever that AI less game is.) Not that I could justify buying that without a group of committed players (or a very cheeky kickstarter or GoFundMe). Spreadsheets hooooooooo! I've Already considered command ops battle from the bulge, all he matrix close combat games in cronological order, and Napoleon Total war. It's a shame my kid is restricting my free time during the terrible twos, or I'd be running at least one of these right now!
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At this point it seems obvious that grey should play 'Campaign for North Africa', especially if it's the actual table-top.
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Kodos666 posted:At this point it seems obvious that grey should play 'Campaign for North Africa', especially if it's the actual table-top. *redistributes water evenly to be efficient* All Italian units die off from lack of water.
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Banemaster posted:That one shell hit against Kongo earns E for effort. And going by what the Stadtfeld got in return, Old Bones wasn't particularily amused about that.
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Mooseontheloose posted:OPM EUIV challenge? Nowhere near groggy enough for GH. Though I certainly would follow it. GreyHunter posted:You may get a nice surprise soon. I am so on board, but only if you account for American Touchdown Throwing arm strength. I was so disappointed when I couldn't huck a grenade 25m into the enemy position... and then I got shot dead the next turn.
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