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How is the Yamato still afloat 
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Jul 27, 2018 04:43
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One more hex closer to safety! And hopefully a day wtihout bombings leads to at least some of the float damage being dealt with so it can go a bit faster. how lon before the KB gets in range of Truk to engage the Americans?
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Jul 27, 2018 04:49
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One critical thing at Chungking is engineers, because it's only going to be possible if Grey can break down fortification layers quickly. Grey, is there any possibility of sweeping up engineers from across the theater and sending them to Charnel House?
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Jul 27, 2018 05:06
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mllaneza posted:Sayonara Samidare. Who is Captain Hara?
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Jul 27, 2018 05:33
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Bold Robot posted:Who is Captain Hara? Tameichi Hara (原 為一 Hara Tameichi, October 16, 1900 – October 10, 1980) was an Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques, notable for his skill in torpedo warfare and night fighting. Hara was the only IJN destroyer captain at the start of World War II to survive the entire war and his memoirs serve as an important source for historians.
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Jul 27, 2018 06:54
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 If Wiki is to be believed IJN had 68 destroyers in December 1941.. Does it mean KM U-boat captain was more likely to survive the war?
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Jul 27, 2018 08:33
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RZApublican posted:How is the Yamato still afloat It is the embodiment of the will and spirit of the Japanese people 
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Jul 27, 2018 13:19
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It's so low in the water the pilots can't see it.
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Jul 27, 2018 13:22
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ_LCy89Nt8
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Jul 27, 2018 13:28
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If we refuse to admit it, it's like the Yamato hasn't sunk!
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Jul 27, 2018 13:32
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alex314 posted:
I could cite statistics, but suffice it to say that after mid-1943 the USN thoroughly and mercilessly destroyed the IJN wherever and whenever it could with near impunity. If you were a Japanese sailor or airman and you lived through the war, it wasn't for lack of trying on our part.
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Jul 27, 2018 14:33
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The IJN also leaned very heavily on their destroyers for operations with any amount of risk, e.g. the Tokyo Express. Heavier ships seemed to sit at Rabaul and Truk for most of the war.
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Jul 27, 2018 15:06
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Yeah, anything heavier than a light cruiser spent a large chunk of the war sitting in safe harbors far from the front. Being preserved for the anticipated "decisive battle."mllaneza posted:Sayonara Samidare. Something of a terminology thing, but Samidare spent some time as one of the ships under Hara's command (as part of Desdiv 27), not as one of his commands. Commands generally refers to the ship they themselves are on (so for Hara that would be Amatsukaze, Shigure, and Yahagi). Or so I understand it.
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Jul 27, 2018 17:11
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I was reading up on the imperial family of Japan and found that Hirohito's brothers were various officers. Are they modeled in game? Can you send them off to fight, or does it cost political points if you pull them from the back lines?
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Jul 27, 2018 18:08
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   My failure to take Munda is embarrassing. I order it levelled.  This is a good showing.   All shall die for the transmutation circle... Wait. Ignore that.   Another ship goes down.   We trade planes here.   The Yamato continues to limp home at 2 knots. That's a nice number of losses inflicted today as well. 
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Jul 27, 2018 18:09
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I think they must have covered the whole top with tarps painted to look like a really big whale.
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Jul 27, 2018 18:17
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 How the hell is the Yamato still alive
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Jul 27, 2018 18:29
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5 more days at 2 knots, right?
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Jul 27, 2018 18:39
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Crazycryodude posted:
Half the crew swimming alongside pushing up
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Jul 27, 2018 18:39
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Allied pilots have a pool going on when she'll sink, attackers are sporting and decline to inflict more damage.
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Jul 27, 2018 18:49
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Does the risk of sinking decrease as the days go by due to the crew performing emergency repairs? Since the Yamato will be out of the fight for the rest of the war probably, can you assign the crew to do something useful instead? Like assaulting Chungking?
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Jul 27, 2018 18:58
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Put the Yamato on rails and have it assault Chungking.
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Jul 27, 2018 19:03
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Noshtane posted:Does the risk of sinking decrease as the days go by due to the crew performing emergency repairs? Again, there is no crew. There's just a captain, alone on his ship, with a few numbers representing the crew part of the ship. They're really just ship stats. And probably the fires are put out by now so it's just floatation and systems damage which I think, if I recall correctly, have a chance of going up (or down?) every day, so the ship can still spontaneously sink at any point.
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Jul 27, 2018 19:14
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If it hits rough weather like the storm that's nearby it should be turbofucked. South pacific storm with gaping holes in your hull...
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Jul 27, 2018 19:26
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Classy FMA reference : ) Please sink already, I want Grey to go all the way to fending off a land invasion in Japan... if it's even possible to mod it to continue after victory. But yeah, if the Yamato makes it she really earned it.
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Jul 27, 2018 19:41
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The fires should be out so damage shouldn't stack up any higher, and I think it might be possible to pump some of the flooding out to lower the floatation damage but the systems damage is also high so the pumps might not be working. As long as it doesn't get bombed again and doesn't get caught in a storm it could probably limp back, but I still don't give it good odds of remaining unmolested for another 5 days.
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Jul 27, 2018 19:43
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The Yamato is a stealth battleship!
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Jul 27, 2018 20:31
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Excellent news admiral! We have introduced 18" guns to our undersea fleet!
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Jul 28, 2018 00:58
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Crazycryodude posted:
Maybe the Allies think it is already gone, what is dead may never die.
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Jul 28, 2018 02:29
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Are you able to keep a CAP up over it Grey? And good luck getting it back to port.. So it can be repaired enough to go back to port for the rest of the war! And good luck getting your carriers to Truk - or you not sending them as the USN is likely to be heading out by that time?
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Jul 28, 2018 02:56
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Question for people who are good at this game. As the Allies, I've got a bunch of troops in Singapore, but I don't think they will be able to take the city. I've got a few divisions of reinforcements I want to send in, but I'm concerned about the river crossing into Singapore. If the reinforcements cross into the city, they will have to do a shock attack, even if I have some friendly troops there already, right? If so, does the attack get rolled as just the new units attacking (in which case they would be outnumbered by a lot) or will the units already in the hex join the fight (still not ideal, but better than getting the reinforcements slaughtered)?
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Jul 28, 2018 03:17
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27 July 1944 Carrier raids around Palau continue, sinking the fast transport (basically a destroyer hull with some engines and armament traded for cargo space) T-1.
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Jul 28, 2018 05:00
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Bold Robot posted:Question for people who are good at this game. As the Allies, I've got a bunch of troops in Singapore, but I don't think they will be able to take the city. I've got a few divisions of reinforcements I want to send in, but I'm concerned about the river crossing into Singapore. If the reinforcements cross into the city, they will have to do a shock attack, even if I have some friendly troops there already, right? If so, does the attack get rolled as just the new units attacking (in which case they would be outnumbered by a lot) or will the units already in the hex join the fight (still not ideal, but better than getting the reinforcements slaughtered)? If you already have troops who have crossed the river into Singapore, you own that hex side. Crossing a river hex side that you own shouldn't trigger any further shock attacks. There's a hotkey that will highlight ownership of hex sides (I think it's W). This is also useful when you're trying to encircle a force and destroy it rather than force retreats. When a unit does a forced shock attack across a river hex side that you don't own yet, I'm pretty sure only the unit doing the crossing will attack automatically. Of course, because it's WitP's UI, you'll see all of your AV in the hex in the combat report.
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Jul 28, 2018 06:24
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Furiously F5ing to see if Yamato makes it 
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Jul 28, 2018 11:53
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Slippery42 posted:If you already have troops who have crossed the river into Singapore, you own that hex side. Crossing a river hex side that you own shouldn't trigger any further shock attacks. There's a hotkey that will highlight ownership of hex sides (I think it's W). This is also useful when you're trying to encircle a force and destroy it rather than force retreats. Ah, that's a good point, I forgot about hex side ownership. This is good news. Another technical question: what exactly are the circumstances required to get the benefits from an Amphibious Force HQ (HQm)? I know it doesn't need to unload and can just hang out on AGCs. But for the landing to get benefits from the HQm, is it enough for the HQm to be in the same hex, regardless of planning? Or does the HQm need to be planning for the hex where the landing is occurring? If so, does the level of planning matter? Wondering because I am invading the Marianas right now and it would be great if my HQm could sail around and assist multiple landings without going through the planning process again, or even disembarking.
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Jul 28, 2018 14:55
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She's sloooooooowly inching forward, all the way muttering "I think I can, I think I can"  I love it.
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Jul 28, 2018 16:08
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In the real world, would it be possible to tow a battleship the size of Yamato behind cruisers or other escorts?
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Jul 28, 2018 16:36
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Depending on the damage you might just flood it faster doing that.
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Jul 28, 2018 16:44
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If Yamamoto survives today can you let us know it's day by day float damage?
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Jul 28, 2018 16:44
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This chugging along for the Yamato is impressive even without any fires. 5 days more... like when the Allies sailed into Singapore harbor and gave up because of light resistance. We just need that kind of luck.
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Jul 28, 2018 17:14
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