tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post5909807582892270550..comments2023-12-04T18:50:21.348+10:00Comments on Wargamers Paradise: 5150 Campaign – S3 - Tactical AnalysisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244248056064945123noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-24417571549497668172018-03-14T04:57:18.107+10:002018-03-14T04:57:18.107+10:00Yes it is. I'm finding both the strategic and ...Yes it is. I'm finding both the strategic and the tactical challenges quite a lot of fun to try to balance. We'll see in the next battle report if I get the balance right. I think I'll have to be very aggressive to pull off the next mission and that might result in additional casualties but it might shorten the war. Yikes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244248056064945123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-53089429841839526542018-03-14T04:55:51.156+10:002018-03-14T04:55:51.156+10:00Also I found out during the game why it's so i...Also I found out during the game why it's so important to keep in formation. It's because you can activate more than one ship at a time and when you then get In Sight against the opposition you've got more opportunity to act first. <br /><br />I didn't pick up on this at first but when you get In Sight you go to the In Sight Reaction Test which is pretty much a roll off to see who goes first. The more of your team you've got in there the greater the chance that you'll get to go first, which, as we saw from the battle report, can be the difference between life and death. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244248056064945123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-17380846394562789712018-03-14T04:26:55.650+10:002018-03-14T04:26:55.650+10:00Yeah I agree. Standing off and using the fire and ...Yeah I agree. Standing off and using the fire and forget missiles sounds attractive doesn't it. Of course eventually you run out of them but none the less using them all to soften up the enemy will be absolutely valuable. <br /><br />Yes the CAP was rather in effective last time. I think they overshot the mark in the first instance. Perhaps going straight at the enemy might have been a better tactic but still that would have resulted in two Vipers against four enemy ships. Not sure if they would have survived that but perhaps if they did then Achilles would still have been around. <br /><br />Nasty choices really. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244248056064945123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-44815518713105077662018-03-14T04:23:27.913+10:002018-03-14T04:23:27.913+10:00Fingers crossed we haven't lost too many yet h...Fingers crossed we haven't lost too many yet have we but you'd probably imagine we will as the campaign wears on. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244248056064945123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-69516971355979183642018-03-14T04:22:32.518+10:002018-03-14T04:22:32.518+10:00It'll be interesting to see how the next engag...It'll be interesting to see how the next engagement goes given we should be on the offensive and how we go at taking down their big ships. Hopefully we do a bit better than they did. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244248056064945123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-31499535619181661202018-03-13T20:58:51.853+10:002018-03-13T20:58:51.853+10:00I can only agree with the comments made above. It&...I can only agree with the comments made above. It's all a balancing act, isn't it?Vampifanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318241813130102121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-90840750311047347562018-03-13T18:16:57.970+10:002018-03-13T18:16:57.970+10:00Yes if they do sound evenly balanced against one a...Yes if they do sound evenly balanced against one another position and timing sounds like it is the key.Simon Quinton https://www.blogger.com/profile/18001946192905517180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-91015811913273579332018-03-13T17:34:11.611+10:002018-03-13T17:34:11.611+10:00Well, up to a point, the fighters are expendable -...Well, up to a point, the fighters are expendable - but the capital ships are certainly not! I'd say that a heavier CAP might be a good idea, though perhaps more important is their doctrine: CAP exists to disrupt an enemy attack until reinforcements arrive.<br /><br />I note that the enemy fighters don't carry any dogfight missiles. Perhaps outnumbered vipers need to stand off (out of the range of those nasty pulse cannons!) and bombard torpedo bombers with FF missiles?Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-57397606009382144012018-03-13T11:13:15.492+10:002018-03-13T11:13:15.492+10:00From the stst's it looks finely balanced and J...From the stst's it looks finely balanced and Jackie really needs to make the right decisions on strategic AND tactical levels against this opposition.<br />He'll certainly be salary if he gets us 'rookie' pilots through this!The Wargame Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654413349305659155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534774907931463952.post-13694871008344330952018-03-13T09:27:43.784+10:002018-03-13T09:27:43.784+10:00Interesting analysis, it looks as if the enemy sho...Interesting analysis, it looks as if the enemy should have avoided dogfighting and concentrated on the big ships. Once the big ships are gone our fighters have no base and are effectively eliminated.Vagabondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031648950206231742noreply@blogger.com