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Is Avenger II the TBM-1c? Is that that much more powerful?
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Hmm maybe an entire division loaded onto boats and shipped into seas known to be prowled by allied CVs maybe needs air cover
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Dec 12, 2018 06:41
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Grey's just tired of waiting for the allies to invade, so he sent his troops to fight them where they are: the bottom of the sea
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Dec 12, 2018 06:45
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Leperflesh posted:Hmm maybe an entire division loaded onto boats and shipped into seas known to be prowled by allied CVs maybe needs air cover An entire division that appears to have been loaded on 10 knot AKLs, no less 
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Dec 12, 2018 07:03
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The lesson here is that a passive AI can lead to you getting really complacent.
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Dec 12, 2018 07:08
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Loss of an IJA division, c'est la vie. Let's get to the more important question: how irreplaceable are those xAKs and LSTs? How much does that delay the IJN's inevitable victory?
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Dec 12, 2018 07:16
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Grey Hunter posted:The lesson here is that a passive AI can lead to you getting really complacent. No kidding, you shredding an unescorted convoy with surface raiders is just another day in the office but the AI actually sinking something in return is shocking. I think I remember reading that it's actually not that hard for Japan to make up ground losses because they're not limited by small pools like some allied countries. This was in the context of someone on the matrix forums successfully capturing southern California in a PBEM game but eventually losing all the units he sent there, which didn't seem to set him back too much.
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Dec 12, 2018 07:51
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Grey giveth, grey taketh.
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Dec 12, 2018 08:07
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Leperflesh posted:Hmm maybe an entire division loaded onto boats and shipped into seas known to be prowled by allied CVs maybe needs air cover I mean, you're extremely right, but does the IJN even have that many CVE's that can be spared for air escort duty?
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Dec 12, 2018 10:57
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If IJA didn't want to lose almost 2 divisions worth of troops they would use their own ships. Or maybe submarines.
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Dec 12, 2018 11:13
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Most of those slow, short ranged, fragile xAKL 'transports' should be shuttling resources from China/Korea to the home islands. The thought of trying to use them for transporting actual troops fills me with existential horror.Jonny Nox posted:Is Avenger II the TBM-1c? British lend lease version. There are some UK carriers floating around there somewhere. Saros fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Dec 12, 2018 |
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Dec 12, 2018 11:35
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Nice, Grey scored a nice win today with all those transports! ...wait, Grey turned it around with all those transports...
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Dec 12, 2018 11:36
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Drone posted:does the IJN even have that many CVE's that can be spared for air escort duty? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no
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Dec 12, 2018 11:51
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Saros posted:
Bizarro GrayVerse strikes again, the Royal Navy enters the Pacific Theater and turns the tide.
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Dec 12, 2018 12:17
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CeeJee posted:Bizarro GrayVerse strikes again, the Royal Navy enters the Pacific Theater and turns the tide. There was actually quite a number of RN ships in the Pacific even in the IRL timeline. Just counting the carriers: the Implacable launched airstrikes against Truk the Indefatigable and the Illustrious attacked Japanese positions in the occupied Dutch East Indies and was involved in the invasion of Okinawa the Formidable, the Victorious, the Unicorn were also involved in Okinawa the Indomitable lead the effort to liberate Hong Kong and then six more Colossus-class CVLs were completed and commissioned before the end of the war, though I don't know exactly how many of those show up in the game
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Dec 12, 2018 12:39
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“Oh wow that’s a lot of posts I wonder what
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Dec 12, 2018 14:12
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You can’t let the losses go to waste, invade the Soviet Union
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Dec 12, 2018 15:33
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If only the IJA brought their own carriers.
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Dec 12, 2018 15:40
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What a day. I'll immediatly prepare two speeches about it: 1st version's beginning, if we win the war: "The outrageous story about the horrifying war crimes, caused by despicable monsters with no respect for human life, dignity, and the conventions at the time. We must never forget this infamy." 2nd version's beginning, if we lose the war: "The sad, sorrowful story of an incredible loss of life, reminding us of the terrible costs of war, in which many brave, innocent and candid men died for their country. We must move on, so their tragic sacrifice isn't meaningless."
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Dec 12, 2018 16:31
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simplefish posted:Nice, Grey scored a nice win today with all those transports! A whole year of Buttcoin in one post.
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Dec 12, 2018 16:46
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This is a pretty good cover story to hide our tribute of corvée to the dread Eniwetak Legion.
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Dec 12, 2018 17:03
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In that area can shipping be covered by land-based long-range CAP?
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Dec 12, 2018 17:34
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   Disappointing after yesterday!   A mythical British carrier is spotted!  Their CAP is to strong.  But we take one plane down.  This is a rag-tag force they have put together.  We're trying the “wave after wave of my own troops” strategy it seems!  Dammit, there goes another ship!   That carrier force is kicking my rear end – and while I don't think they could damage my carriers, I don't feel like throwing away all my aircraft against a wall of flak. So I'm sending them south, to see if there are any choice convoys heading to Australia! 
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Dec 12, 2018 20:50
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Holy hell, the Hermes is still afloat. Doesn't she get withdrawn from the theater within a year of Pearl Harbor?
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Dec 12, 2018 21:33
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Of all the times to not sink the Royal Navy!
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Dec 12, 2018 22:12
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Send the battleships!
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Dec 12, 2018 22:34
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Drone posted:Holy hell, the Hermes is still afloat. No, because she was sunk IRL she's not withdrawn in-game, although she probably would have been withdrawn had she survived. Realism! 
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Dec 12, 2018 22:47
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The Unicorn and the Indefatigable operating in a single TF together while operating Seafires and Corsairs makes this probably one of the deadlier TFs that the AI has managed to put together.
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Dec 13, 2018 02:20
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11 December 1944 Kamikazes wreck the destroyer USS Reid. 12 December 1944 Two Japanese destroyers go down near Cebu, Uzuki to PT boats and Yuzuki to Marine aircraft. Two German destroyers, Z-35 and Z-36, sink with all hands after straying into a friendly minefield in rough weather outside Tallinn. The Norwegian corvette Tunsberg Castle sinks after striking a mine rounding the northern coast of Norway.
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Dec 13, 2018 02:25
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... Hunred and fifty air ti air losses. OW
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Dec 13, 2018 06:51
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Admiral Grey, we demand a decisive battle! Send in the battleships!! It's the only way these carriers can be defeated! Has our glorious Navy not proved time after time its superiority in these crucial battles? To avoid a battle that will once again correct the destiny of the Empire is the height of dishonor! RA Rx3 fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Dec 13, 2018 |
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Dec 13, 2018 07:52
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If good CVs come after you piecemeal then it is your duty to send out forces to destroy them. For crying out loud you just lost 25000 men in a day, what's a few airframes and pilots?
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Dec 13, 2018 10:32
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habeasdorkus posted:Can we get a map of the real life battle lines overlaid with Grey's map as of December 7th 1944? I know the difference is drastic, especially in China, but the gods eye view would be really helpful. This isn't perfect but it should give you an idea of Grey's successes compared to real life: China and and the preparations for Ichi-go, mid 1944 (notice how far they were from Chunking)  Burma (serious operations occured during the summer in 44 but everything's chill on that front in this game)  An important map of the pacific, notice how the allies are starting to take over the Philippines and bypassing Truk 
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Dec 13, 2018 11:55
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  Another strike is cut to pieces. I'm left wishing I had Kamikaze attacks.  They can't be any less wasteful.  If I have any planes left that is.  Dammit, they found the second troop convoy!  This turned out to be a good idea already!  The defenders here give as good as they get!  This many torpedoes will cause some issues, I'm sure.  Please be tanks!   It looks like my pilots need the home field advantage to excel.  These are some sustainable air losses. But I have to try and get the hits in!  No battleships, but there is always tomorrow!
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Dec 13, 2018 21:45
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Oh those are two dead BBs. WW1 rebuilds can't take that many torpedos
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Dec 13, 2018 21:54
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But how could BBs be defeated by carriers? 
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Dec 13, 2018 22:19
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LLSix posted:But how could BBs be defeated by carriers? Insufficient bushido spirit, imho.
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Dec 13, 2018 22:41
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this is rapidly spiraling out of control
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Dec 13, 2018 23:41
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Grey Hunter posted:Horrendous HMS Valiant Abuse ...GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY Do I need to go and get the cricket bat from the Allied LP???
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Dec 13, 2018 23:53
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LLSix posted:But how could BBs be defeated by carriers? WW1 BBs don't have enough AA, clearly. And no transports to distract the bombers.
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