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I feel for Alki. In my vanilla game I had the yorktown torpedoed outside of San Diego with five escorting destroyers. She went down with with 3 torpedoes in her.
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I was reading about some of the Japanese Battleships historically. It seems the poor Mutsu was sabatoge by a suicidal seaman. At least that is what the Japanese concluded.
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Guper posted:So, could a WW2 buff tell me how effective PT boats were in the real world? I recall learning that MacArthur escaped the Philippines on one but other than that don't remember much. They seem to be fairly effective here in WitP. There is a surviving one here in Portland Oregon. I have seen it a couple times on the willamette. They are larger than you would expect. Took me by surprise the first time I saw it.
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Yeah his stuff is hard to follow the timeline. He mentions the events but then has no date on which they happen. He will briefly mentions his plans but doesn't have a follow up though. I follow it mainly to see the other side of the big battles.
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Have you or Alikchi advertised this on the Matrix forums? Seems like a more even play than the reluctant admiral?
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The naval and air aspect of this game is great fun. Logistics is alright. Ground combat is downright awful and I hate it.
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Why does he have the Enterprise on the port Moresby hex. 
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Alchenar posted:If you are able to use Alikchi's twitter thread to spoil yourself then you have world class reading comprehension This is the truth. It is fun to read but it is a mess figuring out the timeline.
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Do the twin engine planes have a lot of the same properties as the P-38. I know P-38 was a badass from fighter in the pacific. If the modded planes were based on that it might change contributed to a maybe overpowered plane no idea. I know Pharnakes had said they nerfed scythes. Maybe most of the twin engines needs to be done as well.
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Feb 6, 2021 05:59
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It was almost Pearl Harbor Part II Colombo Boogaloo. The only option he has is to run because most of his planes are on the mainland. That or Banzai.
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The 1945 Burma campaign. Bill Slim used specific air transit ready battalions to reinforce areas and respond to threats. Do you have any idea on where he is transporting these troops? I know Singapore doesn't have a lot since he probably didn't send in the 18th division. You are not far off the historical timeline for Singapore. The historical invasion of Java starts on February 28. Though he seems he will fight a bit longer than the Dutch did in real life. Tiger Crazy fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Feb 20, 2021 |
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Japanese naval doctrine. Never change! Never adapt! Decisive Battle only. 
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Feb 22, 2021 19:25
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The carrier can't possibly be the Ark Royal or the Hermes? What other British carriers have arrived by now?
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Mar 1, 2021 23:49
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Well at least this midway disaster was nothing like the real life Japanese midway disaster.
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Having never played a War in the Pacific multiplayer game, is this usually how they go? Alikchi seems like he is being super cautious and isn't really using his carriers contest you or even raid. He also seems to be using a minimal amount of his surface fleet. (Mainly using the old ships to doing surface raiding)
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Being in a high level port really helps ships survive.
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Pharnakes posted:
Yes become Orphan Pharnakes and make a post saying you were conquering and winning all your battles. Any ship sinking means two carriers and numerous cruisers and destroyers.
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Is the USS chester that the first we have seen of the USN surface fleet doing anything? He seems to be holding back the rest of the surface fleet.
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So this is just like the allies trying to assassinate our glorious Admiral Yamamoto. Getting a cow to do the dirty work. A speedy recovery to you. May nothing keep you down.
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The S submarines have a different type of torpedo then all the other american classes of subs. The MK 10 is an old WWI design and the MK 14 is the newest design that has all the problems. The S boats are mainly coastal subs. Not sure where they are based from out there.
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Will an AKE actually explode if hit by a torpedo when loaded with supplies? That would be a cool mechanic. I know of one incident where an ammo ship exploded at anchor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mount_Hood_(AE-11) Tiger Crazy fucked around with this message at 22:51 on May 10, 2021 |
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Sometimes the front can fall off. Though that isn't supposed to happen.
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Ground combat in this game is pure awfulness. I wonder if that is why people like to stick to island hopping? Mainly avoid ground combat as much as possible and have the main focus be the naval warfare and logistics.
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Night10194 posted:CAs honestly seem really valuable in this game for being able to pull off stuff like that, in addition to being fairly useful for bombardment, etc. CAs are the work horse of the navy in this time. Able to keep pace with most destroyers, provide AA support, and a lot less fuel expenditure then a BB. If you want to read about them irl read Neptune inferno by James Hornfischer (RIP).
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You flew too close to the sun. The sun in this case being Australia.
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Woo surface combat and that Japanese night fighting bonus.  Well at least the Houston survived longer than the OTL. Though I am not sure what I would prefer being eaten by salt water Crocs or dying in a forced labor camo.
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The audacity of what you just did if you managed to sink all that. This would be a bigger thing then your pearl harbor strike. Makes we wonder where his CVEs are. He has at least a few of them by this point.
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MrYenko posted:Hypocritical History’s piece on Milne Bay is excellent, if perhaps a touch dry. The hypocritical history stuff is great. I am enjoy the ahistorical theaters.
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Alchenar posted:Oh everyone in the war would prioritise a big capital ship over a freighter. It seems like Pharnakes doesn't use the auto generated routes that the game creates. Where as Alikchi might be a be lazier and use them. This was certainly true at the beginning of the game. He also didn't have the escorts for all those ships and we saw Pharnakes having a field day. Tiger Crazy fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Sep 15, 2021 |
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I believe there was an interwar project where the Americans accurately gridded most of Europe for quick artillery barrages.
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The Japanese didn't really even have a SMG. They developed one but it was never employed in large numbers and was equipped to their special forces. The one of the requirements for this SMG was a rifle bayonet. A total of 7,500 were produced through the whole war. Tiger Crazy fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Oct 6, 2021 |
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It would be great if they created a WitP 2. With just half of the required fixes it would still be amazing. Tell Alikchi to get to work.
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AMC stands for armed merchant cargo. They have a lot of weaponry. One of the most famous being the duel between the HMAS Sydney and Kormoran. Mainly used during WWI and WWII. This may be her https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokoku_Maru
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wedgekree posted:Looks like the Americans have redeployed al ot of heavy stuff into India. Good luck handling those bombers. With his lack of forward operating islands outside of Port Moresby doesn't seem like much of a downside. Also seems like we are coming up to a year of this LP on Sunday the 19th, congratulations on that.
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I respect the Aussies after watching some YouTube videos on the Australian's fights in New Guinea; they became a hardcore jungle fighting force. They setup a jungle fighting school in North Australia. Then they stripped the units of their heavy weapons and engaged in aggressive patrols in the jungle. Plus the fact that a raw Australian division stopped the Japanese on the Kodoka track is even more impressive.
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60 is the new 40. 40 is new dead.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:ASW improves for Japan in June of 43 but fundamentally: no I love the reason why the depth charges improve for Japan is some dumbass Kentucky House rep bragging, "oh the Japanese set their depth charges too shallow to hurt US subs." Japan takes notes.  Proceeds to be responsible for death of US sailors. Nice to see Kentucky hasn't changed much since then.
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I still follow along and I also follow Alikchi on Twitter. Though twitter was one of the worst ways to have an LP.
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I would like to nominate a raid into Newcastle or Noumea. A possible stopover in Fiji would be relaxing. It is close enough to the forward bases if you have an oiler around you should make it. There might also be the possibility of checking convoys making their way back and forth between Australia and pearl.
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