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Is this the closest thing to Samar in this universe?
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Dreamsicle posted:Is this the closest thing to Samar in this universe? You missed the earlier battle where the Yamatos ran down and sank the Enterprise with gunfire.
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Nov 9, 2018 20:14
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Nov 9, 2018 20:19
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This tf commander gets to dine out on this engagement forever.
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Nov 9, 2018 20:37
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Long Lances finding pay-dirt in night-time surface action  .
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Nov 9, 2018 20:46
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This strikes me as this timeline's Battle of Savo Island, only with the IJN actually driving their attack home and wrecking a bunch of support elements instead of retreating. Complete with slipping past the destroyer screen. Also, I'm wryly amused someone literally JUST claimed Maryland as their lucky ship, after it hasn't been seen for nearly a year due to damage... only for it to immediately reappear and take two Long Lances. That's certainly some kind of luck.
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Saint Celestine posted:You missed the earlier battle where the Yamatos ran down and sank the Enterprise with gunfire. And the knife fight between Iowa and Yamato (or was it Musashi?) 2 hexes away from Rabaul.
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Nov 9, 2018 21:36
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Where the gently caress did they all come from? Did the FE fleet just get a new admiral with a significantly higher aggression stat?
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HereticMIND posted:Is it too late for me to claim the Maryland? lol
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...Guess it was, indeed, too late to claim the Maryland. Goddammit.
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wiegieman posted:This tf commander gets to dine out on this engagement forever. If so, I think they found themselves right at home.
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Nov 9, 2018 23:05
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Those crews probably have some of the highest experience scores in the pacific (after the Stingray).
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The spirit of Chokai lives on in the Haguro!
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Nov 9, 2018 23:33
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HereticMIND posted:...Guess it was, indeed, too late to claim the Maryland. Goddammit. Nah. Two torpedoes and shell hits from cruisers and destroyers is probably survivable. Just, uh, don't expect to see her again before like May or June.
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Nov 9, 2018 23:53
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Magni posted:Nah. Two torpedoes and shell hits from cruisers and destroyers is probably survivable. Just, uh, don't expect to see her again before like May or June. Is it wrong that I want the Maryland to square off against the Yamato and come out on top? Or has the Yam sunk already? EDIT: Just checked the claimed ships list. The Yam has indeed sunk. I feel vaguely cheated but I am not surprised. HereticMIND fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Nov 10, 2018 |
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Nov 10, 2018 00:07
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Magni posted:Nah. Two torpedoes and shell hits from cruisers and destroyers is probably survivable. Just, uh, don't expect to see her again before like May or June. I dunno, those were long lances. Shes a WW1 rebuild. Theres a pretty high chance she sinks.
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HereticMIND posted:EDIT: Just checked the claimed ships list. The Yam has indeed sunk. I feel vaguely cheated but I am not surprised. IIRC Yamato and either Iowa or New Jersey pretty much sank each other. They had a huge scrap and both sank afterwards before making it back to port.
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Nov 10, 2018 00:48
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I thought it was the Musashi that slowly sank as she was almost reaching a friendly port? When did Yamato bite the bullet?
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Nov 10, 2018 01:31
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Mans posted:I thought it was the Musashi that slowly sank as she was almost reaching a friendly port? Yamato bit the bullet this past July because it got torpedo'ed, then Grey forgot to dock it at Rabaul and it went 'round to Milne Bay and got torpedo'ed some more. Then it limped back to Rabaul only to sink 1 hex away.
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Mans posted:I thought it was the Musashi that slowly sank as she was almost reaching a friendly port? Musashi was sunk after a surface action with an Iowa class I was confused by that combat result with the Maryland until I noticed it was a night combat
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Nov 10, 2018 04:11
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... The next few days ar egoing to be fun if you can sally out the BB's in time to catch them. Nicley done Grey! We haven't had a proper slugfest with the Royal Navy lately! Think you'll lose any of the raiders or they can make it back in time to get to Rabaul without issue? Also your raiders probably have INSANE experiencea t this point.
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Nov 10, 2018 04:59
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GLORIOUS NIPPON
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8 November 1944 Japanese torpedo boat Sagi torpedoed west of Luzon by USS Gunnel.
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Nov 10, 2018 06:58
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Don’t you sink my Valiant you bastard! 
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Nov 10, 2018 11:55
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Since this has come up once before in your glorious naval adventures... You did remember to pack enough fuel for the trip this time. Right?
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Nov 10, 2018 15:36
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Ammo. check. Crew. Check. Celebration fireworks. Check. Fuel. Urm.....
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Nov 10, 2018 16:04
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Just shoot everything except their fuel tanks and then liberate those.
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Nov 10, 2018 16:33
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Yamato bit the bullet this past July because it got torpedo'ed, then Grey forgot to dock it at Rabaul and it went 'round to Milne Bay and got torpedo'ed some more. Lakedaimon posted:Musashi was sunk after a surface action with an Iowa class Riiiiiight, so it's Yamato that limped back while Musashi died in combat. This campaign is incredible.
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In this reality, there are going to be insanely detailed grog games simulating the numerous Battleship vs Battleship engagements that happened during the war, along with different scenarios present in them and alternate universes (like what if the Mushashi ran into the Iowa wihtout having expended most of her big gun ammunition and was at her best in the engagement along with her battle line).
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Nov 11, 2018 03:08
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Goons in the alternate timeline are going berserk when Grey Hunter sends a carrier fleet for a surprise raid and it beats the crap out of battleships and how in a WITP American run he managed to down 600+ Japanese fighters in the Marianas in 44.
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Mans posted:Riiiiiight, so it's Yamato that limped back while Musashi died in combat. Mans posted:Goons in the alternate timeline are going berserk when Grey Hunter sends a carrier fleet for a surprise raid and it beats the crap out of battleships and how in a WITP American run he managed to down 600+ Japanese fighters in the Marianas in 44. Although save scumming Dec 7 1941 would be a particular level of Hell. 2 hours of fixing everything wrong with Japan's industry and troop allocation before starting the turn, over and over and over and over CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Nov 11, 2018 |
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   No naval combat, only airstrikes on my ships.  This one we fend off easily.  French battleships are a thing. Weird looking things, but a thing.  Wait, they have a carrier down here? BATTLESHIPS AWAY!  Also, planes go away please.  All of you.  Yeah, if I'd known there was a carrier there, I wouldn't have sallied forth – but these are the risks you take, and I've had it easy until now.   Down goes a heavy cruiser!  This destroyer is in trouble as well!   So, do I call off my ships or go for it? I think the battleships need to come home, but the cruisers can go for the kill!  Dammit, one of their ASW planes must have gotten lucky!
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Grey Hunter posted:
The only proper reply Blood for the blood god!
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Grey Hunter posted:
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Jobbo_Fett posted:ASW planes? during the air search phase of the inter-turn processing, search planes with ASW capability can end up detecting a sub (presumed to be surfaced), bombing it, and sinking it, without triggering a full combat replay/combat report.
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gradenko_2000 posted:during the air search phase of the inter-turn processing, search planes with ASW capability can end up detecting a sub (presumed to be surfaced), bombing it, and sinking it, without triggering a full combat replay/combat report. Yes, I know. The ship was lost at port by bombers bombing it, not during an ASW phase.
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CannonFodder posted:
How can you not like a timeline where Grey as the american player sinks both a british and a japanese battleship inside Pearl Harbor on day 1 of the war? (the british ship wasn't intended it was a range finding issue)
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10 November 1944 Japan loses an escort (No. 11) to US aircraft near Leyte and a patrol boat (No. 46, ex-destroyer Yugao) to USS Greenling. Mines claim yet another minesweeper—HMS Hydra, off Ostend; towed to Sheerness but not repaired. US ammunition ship Mount Hood blows up at Manus.
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