@Sean.C:
@adaptation:
I don’t know why people say Pearl Harbor cannot be done anymore - don’t forget that the Japanese sub is now absolutely untouchable with the new rules and can always go for Pearl Harbor. You can get 3 fighters(9), 1 bomber(4), 1 cruiser(3), 1 sub(2) and 1 AC(1) (grand total of 19) VS sub(1),destroyer(2),AC(2),fighter(4) (Grand total of 9).
Over 95% chance of victory with average IPC losses around 16-18 depending on if you chose to lose a bomber or fighter after your sub.
Then you end up defending with 2 fighters ( 8 ), 1 cruiser (3), and 1 AC (2) (grand total of 13) VS 2 fighters (6), 1 bomber (4), 1 destroyer (2), and 1 battleship (4) (grand total of 16).
Over 95% chance of losing your Japanese fleet with an average IPC loss around 18-20 for America depending on if they chose to kill a fighter or bomber after their destroyer.
Plus US player submerges the sub right at the beginning of the J1 attack, allowing it to participate on the counter on US2…
Then you have to consider that UK1 has almost a 70% chance of wiping out the other half of your japanese fleet
You’re goal here is India, not America. The only reason people did it before was it was a slam dunk with no losses most of the time with units you didn’t need for India anyhow. It’s a completely different story now. Now your looking at the annihilation of a majority of your fleet that you actually need to help take India.
Yup, if the UK attacked SZ37 then Japan has to wipe out any remaining UK fleet from that attack and get the UK transports as quickly as possible. Attacking the US fleet almost removes Japan from the Pacific after US1.
