LoBaron
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Joined: 1/26/2003 From: Vienna, Austria Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Puhis If allied player have skill, guts and a little luck, he can turn the tide in mid 1942. If he plays Sir Robin and let Japan prepare, train pilots and accelerate carriers, turning the tide is going to be tough even in mid 1943. played a full Sir Robin. IMO this makes it harder for the Japanese, not easier This discussion is pretty moot, because an Allied strategy can be successful in turning the tide with or without Sir Robin. It depends on how the Japanese player reacts to either strategy, and how well the Alliied player orchestrates it. And then, obviousely, on luck. Personally I don´t like Sir Robin, not because it is less effective, but because I think its boring and ahistorical. But I accept opinions differ here. It is just a matter of taste. nothing the Allied can do in early 42 is as unrealistic or unhistoric like anything the Japanese USUALLY do in EVERY PBEM. The problem with WITP players' thinking is (and always has been) that it's off to save 50 Allied aircraft from Luzon and perhaps some base forces while retreating into favourable positions but it's perfectely ok for the Japanese to do landings in the South Pacific, the SRA, on the West Coast and Northern India at the same time in 42 while the Japanese in real life weren't even able to supply a single division just a couple of hundred miles away from Truk. Thats the kind of "I hate being punched into the face, this is why I preventively punch people into the face" kind of logic I never found intriguing. Our priorisation of reasons to play PBEM are different, so is our understanding of a means to an end, and so is our choice of opponents and playing styles. Thats what I meant when saying I accept opinions differ, and that its a matter of taste.
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