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Mech Infantry, supported by Artillerym in attack ?

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warrafael '16
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Hi,
I don’t see this ability in AAP40 (it is listed in AAE40).
Is it done on purpose for this game ?
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Krieghund Official Q&A
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It also applies to AAP40, and was corrected in the FAQ.
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warrafael '16
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Thanks! it makes sense
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@calvinhobbesliker:

If the Jap fleet is at Singapore, what stops the US from taking Truk, which threatans all VC’s except Calcutta and San Francisco? What stops the US from landing in Korea? You need quite a few planes in japan to stop the capture of Korea, and those planes are needed in the CBI theater.

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come on TripleA!

It will take a while (if ever) before there’s a playable version of Pacific because of all the rule changes. But let us hope a little longer…

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Oh i’m not saying you have to attack hawawi, nor that you should try to take it. But it is a good idea I feel to send the US fleet at pearl to the bottom of the ocean. The way I do that is with 2 carriers parked in SZ 31 with some extra boats to add to the attack, like a BB, pair of DDs, pair of subs, and keep a bomber or two in range, along with a purchased sub or 2. Just 2 carriers alone in SZ 31 bring 8 planes into the fight allowing for 24 punch and 8 or 12 hits if you bring the carriers. Add to that a pair of bombers, 2 DDs and a BB and you got 40 punch with 6 more hits. And thats not counting the purchased units or the pair of subs you can position there if you want. That still leaves you with a carrier, a battleship, 2 DDs, 2 Cru, and 15 planes for the DEI area. Now I do sacrifice my transports to take DEI islands in the end, but I feel it is worth it. If the US cannot be at Pearl on US2, or is sunk there, the earliest turn they can get to the DEI area with a significant force would be on US 5.

I understood that the propose is to prevent the US from moving the fleet to Pearl, not taking Hawaii itself and I agree that it is a good move. Most likely I’d move the US fleet to Line Islands and buy a naval base, allowing them to reach Australia on the next turn by leaving a DD on Johnson to block any J attacks.

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The only time an aircraft is EVER going to get “trapped” on a carrier, is if you use a carrier on your own turn that has a multinational fighter on it and you have attacked with that carrier, and taken a hit on it.

So basically, this “can’t” happen to you, unless you go out of your way to make it happen, during an attack. It may make sense to do this, is some certain bizare scenario’s. But Don’t be worrying yourself about it.

Now that said, once the carrier is tipped, the aircraft trapped on it cannot be used at all, until that carrier is repaired.

The more real likely hood, is, that if you are not careful, you may, wish to take fgt’s as hits as oppossed to tip your carrier, in attacks or defense, so that your aircraft will have a friendly place to land, if the carrier is totally at sea, with no island or territories in or adjacent to the sea zone, and no other possible carriers in range, to pick up the aircraft.
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as well as make the tank completely worthless, as opposed to its current mostly worthless status :-P
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