Martin replied to Bill ... Axis control of Athens creates +1 DP; Axis NOT controlling Athens does NOT create -1 Italian DP, and surrender is caused by REDUCING...
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ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:14 pm
OK, I get Martin's point now. Please ignore previous posting -- If the Axis don't take the Yugo/Greece (which they sometimes don't) there should be a proce to...
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ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:20 pm
... I think the perceived problem is the ability to mobilize all the marines at once either as the US (6) or Japanese (3). A Japanese 'surprise turn with 3...
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Greg Wilson
GregLWilson@xxxxxxxx....
Apr 30, 1999 3:16 pm
... You normaly do need to get ashore somewhere in Italy to force a surrender, even if Italy does not hold Athens. Athens just makes the job tougher on the...
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Larry Torrance
gwgamer@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 30, 1999 4:15 pm
All my messages that I lost yesterday just majically reappeared today in my old mail. I agree with the air rp cost increase and I agree that subs/asw rp costs ...
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Apr 30, 1999 6:08 pm
... This whole e-mail, particularly Greg's many cogent points about commando threats from Gibraltar and in the Pacific, gets right to the crux of my contention...
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Moodey, William
wmoodey@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 30, 1999 8:29 pm
personally I prefer Greg's suggestion: commandos only get 1-1 air and naval support. This makes any garrison a real show stopper, but still has the desired...
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William F Steiner
110652.1220@xxxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 2:33 am
Message text written by Greg Wilson ... 1) Take back Malta 2)Drive you out of North Africa 3) Take Sardina & Corsica ( or Sicily would have worked) 4) Grab a...
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William F Steiner
110652.1220@xxxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 2:33 am
Message text written by INTERNET:gw2k@onelist.com ... real war, the Allies had to land at Salerno (the beach Se of naples) and control a solid lodgement before...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:13 am
Bill writes: "The real thing that caused the Italians to surrender was the presence of Allied troops in Salerno." This is a good example of bad logic. Or at...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:18 am
I guess. One person's "discrepancy" is another's "non-issue". If some sort of consensus emerges that something should be changed with commandoes, maybe we...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:23 am
I think you think wrong, as after a few military breakthroughs the two-factor armor units are cheap (although if 5-6 armor units can be produced, they may get...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:44 am
Valid points are being made here. I am so worn out I can't remember whether I intended to limit the mobilization of marines/SNLF to one per increment or not,...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 3:48 am
The rationale for the "heavy armor" project was to prevent the production of 5-factor armor units by Germany and Russia for 1941. It may be the higher cost...
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William A Humphrey
wh2a@xxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 4:26 am
... How can something which did happen be considered ahistorical? The simple fact is that Italy HAD positive DPs to boost tgeir "surrender level". We can...
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ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
May 2, 1999 9:37 am
... Right now there are three concrete suggestions: 1) Bill Moodey: limit ground support and shore bombardment for commandoes to 1x their combat strength (so...
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ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
ejschoenfeld@xxxxxxxx...
May 2, 1999 9:37 am
Darren replied to Greg: [snip] ... This was me (Ed S). But Im flattered ;) But jets could have been ... Only in that 1-3 units for powers other than Italy and...
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kozan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx...
kozan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx...
May 1, 1999 12:47 pm
In my experience (as the Axis) commandos are little more than a nuisance by themselves. It takes a few replacements to garrison enough hexes to prevent SR to ...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 2:22 pm
You're now looking for things to argue about. The rule change which your previous question triggered specifically addressed this question in the example set...
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David Copus
dcopus@xxxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 3:14 pm
The thing that makes commandos so deadly is not so much their ability to attack port hexes but the ability of other units to SR in behind them. This is...
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David Copus
dcopus@xxxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 3:34 pm
With the changes in the SR rules, specifically those governing damaging SR's, commandos now have the ability to damage axis SR's by capturing objective ports....
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William F Steiner
110652.1220@xxxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 5:00 pm
Message text written by William Humphrey ... fact is that Italy HAD positive DPs to boost tgeir "surrender level". We can debate the merit of Italy (which has...
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William F Steiner
110652.1220@xxxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 5:00 pm
... surtrender sequence), as opposed to changes ( like the SR rules). I agree. Putting a freeze on any discussion of fixes guarantees that flaws will exist in...
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R. Farley
farls@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 5:04 pm
I agree. This e-mail was sent out on Thursday, before we answered the question, for some reason didn't arrive until yesterday. Sorry about that. Robert M....
3950
gw2k-owner@xxxxxxx.xxx
May 1, 1999 5:12 pm
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deaton@xxxxxx.xx
May 1, 1999 5:17 pm
I think you could take Dave's ideas one step further and eliminate the commandos ability to place a bridgehead at all. This would create a situation where the...
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William F Steiner
110652.1220@xxxxxxxxx...
May 2, 1999 12:32 am
... ports captured by commandos until the subsequent turn. This would reflect damage done to the port much in the same way as objectives are damaged for SR...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 2, 1999 3:22 am
I don't see how you can make such an unqualified assertion. Since it didn't happen historically, so there is no way of proving the assertion is correct, so...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
May 2, 1999 3:30 am
Firstly, the "freeze" is intended to last only until after the convention, to give everyone a chance to catch up on their reading and play with the latest...
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CroweMike@xxx.xxx
May 2, 1999 4:44 am
In a message dated 4/29/99 5:25:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Darren_Kilfara@... writes: << I think that commandoes need to be deemphasized. Having them as...
