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two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Calling the Kaga as my lucky ship

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two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Seems like a lot of losses on that 2nd day strike for just a couple more bomb hits.

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

Grey Hunter posted:




The Kido Butai has refuelled and is now sweeping towards Singapore – the plan was to cause terror, the first terror is mine! We get off lightly however.



Hmm, the Kido Butai didn't launch any strike fighters. I should check their planes to make sure they are ready for naval combat.




two_step posted:

Calling the Kaga as my lucky ship

Bad Grey! No trying to sink my lucky ship!

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

goatface posted:

Oh wow, they fixed her up quick. It must have been almost entirely superstructure.

Note this is just one of the 2 carriers Grey got damaged, the other one was in worse shape. Nice to see my lucky ship will be back in action soon though.

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Congrats, has the kid picked out a lucky ship yet?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

Grey Hunter posted:



The Seal makes two runs against one of our sweeping units.

Isn't "sweeping" with a BB kinda wasteful of fuel that Japan really runs low on later on?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Time for a Hawaii time update?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Where is my lucky ship, CV Kaga? In the yard for upgrades?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

gradenko_2000 posted:

For ships, the task force moves at the speed of the slowest ship, so it's in your interest to keep ship speeds as even as possible, and also as fast as possible for anyone that's going to be engaged in combat.

Speaking of this, did Grey take that training cruiser or whatever out of the fleet yet? I can't help but notice he didn't show the *full* fleet comp in his screenshot...

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
So will the AI just keep invading Luganville until it succeeds? Can't you just make the place a fortress and stall them forever there?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

Grey Hunter posted:



The Kaga's going to be okay.

My lucky ship! Careful with that, it was super explodey when damaged...

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

Grey Hunter posted:

They are not destined to be the last losses from this battle.


So there is basically no way my dear little Kaga is going to live another day, right?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Those are some cleverly framed pictures to hide all your extra arms, GH!

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
How are the KB carriers doing on sorties (and planes for that matter)?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
So if they start with 800 or so cargo ships, I am doing pretty well in my first game (playing as the allies, March 31st, 1942):

code:

              Ships sunk/active:       Sunk          Player
                                   Japan  Allies  Active  Total
                               CV :   0      0       7      32
                              CVL :   1      0       1      19
                              CVE :   1      0       0      90
                            BB/BC :   3      2      17      41
                            CA/CB :   5      4      15      44
                       CL/CLAA/CS :   8     12      22      90
                            DD/DE :   8     25     104     805
                       AM/DMS/YMS :   2     12      59     347
                              APD :   4      0       7     107
                       AV/AVD/AVP :   1      8      21      52
                        CM/DM/CMc :  11      7      11      36
                               AO :   1      5      17      72
                           SS/SST :   5      1      88     396
                              SSX :   3      0       0       0
                      PC/PG/SC/KV :  18      8      37     183
                  AP/xAP/xAPc/APc :  16     17     140     229
      AK/AKV/AKE/AKL/AKA/xAK/XAKL : 305    109     617     2106
           AMC/APA/LSIL/LSIM/LSIS :   3      2       9     136
                            TK/YO :   1     18      71     221
 PT/PB/MGB/PF/YP/TB/MTB/ML/HDML/E :  39     55      54     597
                    Landing craft :   0      0       0     1086
                        AS/AD/AGP :   0      4      18      64
                              ACM :   0      1      10      14
                        AR/ARD/AG :   1      2      16      41
                               AE :   0      0       3      12
                              AGC :   0      0       0      14
The AI threw a ton of ships away around Port Moresby, and I just kept on sinking them. I have lost a lot of small ships disrupting landings around Java, a couple good DDs can wreak havoc when the AI forgets to escort their invasion forces.

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
I threw in a couple bucks. I'd love to see some retro LPs, like the V for Victory series from atomic games.

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

Grey Hunter posted:

Crap, been very lax at posting these to the thread!

Part 18
Part 19
Part 20
Part 21
Part 22
Part 23
Part 24

Is it still worth posting these, or is everyone who is interested already subsbribed to my channel? (spelling mistake left as its funny.)

Please subscribe, I like to see pretty numbers go up. makes me feel all important.

I like having you post them here, I forget to check your youtube

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Could you pack them all up in strategic move mode, which should take a couple days for the AI to unpack?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
With nothing showing in the planes destroyed on field (which I think isn't subject to fog of war?), did you actually sink either carrier?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

barman posted:

An alternative is to load them on a small cargo ship and give them a viking funeral by sending them into allied waters

I like this plan. I say throw on some random crappy troops and order the invasion of pearl harbor.

two_step
Sep 2, 2011

The Sandman posted:

Seems like you desperately need some night fighters at your frontline bases.

Didn't he also build like a thousand of some obscure night fighter?

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Maybe go bombard port moresby? That might be fun!

two_step
Sep 2, 2011
I forget if it was in this thread that Neptune's Inferno was recommended, but just finished it and it was pretty interesting stuff. It is all about the naval battles around the Guadalcanal landings, with a ton of detail on what went mostly wrong for both sides when they tried to fight at night. It does feature some battleship bombardments of an airfield even, so well worth the read.

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two_step
Sep 2, 2011
Too bad about the lovely AI, but thank you so so much GH for doing this for literally years. I imagine in 20 years when WitP 2 comes out, GH Jr. will be doing the LPs, can't wait for that.

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