Let's talk the Taranto raid.

@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.

@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.

@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.

@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?

@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.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

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

@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.

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

@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

@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 :)

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?

@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.

@TheDesertFox Both works fine.

@SuperbattleshipYamato

I do appreciate the feedback. I’ve seen some people in their strategies for the UK not scramble which to me feels like coping because if it were me playing the Axis I would scramble 10 out of 10 games. Plus its better to practice is though they do then if they dont’.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Let's talk the Taranto raid.:

@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.

You do know that the allies can chose the casualties after they rolled and you chose casuatlies and you rolled right. So they can just pick the carrier if the combat goes badly and if the combat goes well they can just take a cruiser.

So the chance of winning does not change depending on what they chose as casualties because it is selected after the chances are removed and the outcome is clear.

@TheDesertFox said in Let's talk the Taranto raid.:

@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.

Attack Hawai J1 with what? 1 inf and 1 tank VS 2 inf and 2 fighters. If they are that lucky then US might have a problem.

So the US basically can kill the whole japan fleet near Hawai round 1, Remember that japan cannot use carriers as soakers because US can just retreat and kill all the air that way.
Sure the US will be making a suicide attack on that fleet but doing a lot of damage and anzac can also hit afterwards for even more damage if the fighter screen is gone.
And that fleet cannot run far while your reinforcements you buy round 1 will be able to hit them again.

Japan VS US head to head in a fleet battle is great for the US. Even a 2 for 1 trade is great as US makes more then 3times the income.

@shadowhawk Yeah I never actually realized the issue with his statement. Japan can’t capture Hawaii if they do some how I would probably forfeit :D