Not necessarily. Theatres can be created for AI purposes if it's needed, e.g. Northern China HQ might be one and Manchuria HQ might be another one. In-game theatres don't always have to correspond with chain of command for AAR purposes.I'm not sure how successful vertical hierarchy will be unless we get a lot of participants. Furthermore how would theatre commands work then? Would the 'Pacific Theater HQ' participant be subordinate to 'West Asia Theater HQ'? Given the former, by rights, would then be responsible for homeland defence that would be contra to both players being responsible for Honshu as well.
There will always be one CiC for the IJA. He/She can have as many So Gun commanders as they want.Or you have two 'Commanders-in-Chief' deciding on how to set the sliders*, and what to produce for their respective theatre, as well as who gets what divisions.
Then you have a number of 'So Gun' commanders who actually decide on their battle plans, and how they want to conduct the offensive with what they have.
No need to. If necessary, one person can control the whole IJA. If needed, 6 people can control various Armies or AGs. It all depends on the number of players.With that latter layout, you might need at least 7 participants;
2 Theatre Commanders,
1 IJN naval commander,
1 IJA Pacific Gun,
3 IJA Manchukuo, Kwantung and Southern Expeditionary Gun
Sure.I volunteer for the IJA Subordnate. Please?
Please, if you have more, then share them with us . I would like to finalise the rules as soon as possible so that the real gameplay can begin.Well you da boss Cybvep. Just throwing thoughts out there...
You can. Here is the procedure:Don't know that I can participate, since I upgraded to FtM and can't go back to SF for HPP :-(
Pretty much. Airforce will be distributed according to needs, BUT if the IJA or the IJN build their own aircraft, then they will have the right to use them at all times. However, the other faction can request aircraft if it needs it and if the potential lender refuses, then he or she must give a good reason for doing so.Or are they a centralized asset, like home-island defense or infrastructure, which each faction can request the use of?
Cybvep said:...we will have to decide who will play as High Command and various subordinates. Since Gensui Yamamoto was the first volunteer, I think it would be fair if he did it...
They will be worthless. I don't want to promote gamey and unrealistic invasions. That's why neither faction gains anything from the Americas, excluding the Hawaii etc. Naturally, if the invasion is planned, then I will execute it, but it won't add anything to the VPs. My intention is to achieve sth that the Japanese hoped to achieve, i.e. dominate Asia and the Pacific Ocean and present the international community with a done deal. If it cannot be done, then at least survive with as many VPs as possible until Jan 1946Another couples questions, how much will VPs be worth in the Americas?
Both factions will have to agree upon the option we will take.And event and national decisions, do they/will they fire automatically, or will we be given a chance to decide for ourselves? There's only a handful of those, but still they can allow different paths to be followed at different times.
The game hasn't even been started yet... And the AI countries will get bonuses when Japan is at war with them.If it looks like the US are about to roll over and die, will you add some free carriers to the save game, to bolster their Pacific fleets?
AI_nation_playerwar = {
potential = {
ai = yes
war = yes
}
trigger = {
war_with = JAP
ai = yes
}
global_ic = 0.4
global_manpower_modifier = 0.5
global_resources = 0.4
officer_recruitment = 0.5
supply_throughput = 0.33
unit_recruitment_time = -0.1
icon = 13
}
I have never tried to rename the ships, but if it's possible, then sure.Also, can we name the ships we have built?
Ok. You can rename them, then.You can rename ships, just as you can brigades and planes. Simply click them to bring up the big info popup about them, click their name at the top and start typing.
Yes, I will make sure of that.I'd say you need detail to inform your in-game decision makers
Now this is interesting...(...) but a nice commentary/role play as the Emperor would help to guide their advice so they knew what would meet Imperial favour?
Very interesting ideas. I could create rules that would motivate the Strike North mini-faction to attack the USSR and Mongolia, while the Strike South mini-faction would be more interested in Indochina, Burma and India.Why not subfaction the IJA as well, to include the Strike North/Strike South branches as well? Strike South is naturally more entwined and dependent and cooperative with the IJA, while Strike North hates their guts.
Since you seem to be filled with IJN people, I volunteer as a Strike South person if you implement them
Point taken, although I would prefer if these matters were discussed in this thread. It will be more fun that way.There may be the risk that there could be too many people are involved in the game. I do see a point in having several people in both branches, but subdividing them into more factions doesn't seem to be wise at this stage. It would probably be more usefull to keep things as they are and instead have the people in the branches discuss among themselves (eg via PM).
Which faction would you prefer?Sounds interesting.
I'm itching to participate!
1st action should be align to Axis to save Germany the diplo's it might waste Japan.
This is already implemented. There are border skirmishes with the SU which can escalate. I'm pretty sure that we will at least have to fight some battles with the SU sooner or later.Actually just thinking about that, I was going to mention to the HPP people a while back why isn't there an event for that? Since it was a major action, although there was if I recall rightly some pop up message about Russo-Japanese skirmishing, still no actual event that could have brough the SU into the war far eailer on and changed history.
Obviously, you meant the IJA-N and IJA-S?IJN
arkham1010
Baltasar
DoomBunny
IJN-N
Surt
Comm Cody
IJN-S
Herbert West
VeteranLurker(?)
Me...?