Let's talk the Taranto raid.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Japan doesn’t need India to win the game though. If we’re playing with OOB rules, they need 6 victory cities and two of them can just as well be Honolulu and Sydney.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox Point is it scratches you option form there list. Then you know exactly where they have to go. Plus HAwwi and Sydney are relaitivly easy to defend especially if they put no pressure on India.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

You might know where they’re going but how do you plan to stop them with only infantry on Calcutta and no naval authority in the Indian ocean? And what do you do as America if Japan chooses to conduct a J1 Pearl Harbor? That’s one of the two victory cities I mentioned out of your control right from the get go.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox Is should have said I would be using a custom ME where you buy other units than just defense. You can also build a fleet in that area than haul it over it takes time but works. You can also use the South Africa Factory to. ME with time can become an unstoppable force but it take a lot of time. The only way ME works properly is a full length game. If Japan attack Pearl Harbor it does not stop the plan. If anything it’s good in my opinion because the U.S. get in the war right away. Hawaii is easy to defend as America. Plus if your out IPC’ing Japan (which mean U.K. needs to pressure Japanese controlled China) it’s almost impossible for Japan to catch up and take Hawaii.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Very interesting ideas. Do you have a template/video that shows this custom ME? I’d be interested to see how it works for myself.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what does “ME” mean in this case? Middle Earth?

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@SuperbattleshipYamato @TheDesertFox Yes to Yamato and no to Fox. I could make a video i the future but right now I’m playing G42 with my Father so the board is tied up. I also don’t have time to make a template currently but I will try in the future. If I do I could copy you on it when I get around to it.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower That’d be really cool! I’ve been wanting to replicate middle earth strategies and examine them myself. So far I’ve only been able to investigate general hand grenades.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox I could start on the project but don’t plan on it being finished for a decently long time. I will tag you on it when I get around to it.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Does your custom ME mostly follow the structure of GeneralHandGrenade’s? Does it involve just the UK or does it kind of have some cohesion with an American strategy too?

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox It kind of works on it’s own. It can work with multiple other strategies. One thing I can do is summarize it for you. When I do the video the Free French, and Anzac units will also be part of it.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Sounds good I’ll read it through and give my thoughts or better yet try it myself

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox AH! I have an idea I could just screen record TripleA to because my G40 board is tied up. I’m not sure if that would look good though a “on the board” version would probably be best but I could create a temporary one. The strategy is very im-prompt to as well.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox I can also just do a summary whatever you would prefer until I get to an actual “on the board video”.

[TheDesertFox]

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Honestly a summary would be just fine. All im really interested in is kind of the “What the UK does” for every turn and if you’re working on cotangent with the United States and what you’d purchase. Just that kinda information until your board is freed up

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox Alright I can do that. It will take me a bit more time probably just because I have to write it. Time to get to work :)

[TheDesertFox]

On a more open ended note since this thread is on the Taranto Raid, I have a genuine question for anyone to answer.

Do you normally scramble 3 fighters into the Taranto Raid as the Axis? Why or why not?

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox Either or works. A lot due it just from their preference. I do but I have seen people do both equally. I think it’s a good idea to and not to do it.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@TheDesertFox Both works fine.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@TheDesertFox

It depends on the circumstances.

Obviously the Axis should scramble if doing so causes British odds of winning to go significantly down.

Still, even if the British are likely to win I would still scramble. This is because the British only have a high chance of winning if they take their carrier as a hit-soaker first. However, if the British do that, some of the fighters from London or elsewhere may not have a place to land, and if they survived the battle they would be destroyed.

On the other hand, if the British start taking combat units first, there’s still a 30-40% chance of the Axis winning that fight.

Overall, scrambling forces the British to make some hard choices at a time when the Italians won’t be able to do much naval damage if the British succeed.