War on the Sea | IJN Centrifugal Offensive | Ep.42 - Cruisers all day Long

Welcome to a new series where we take command of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the East Indies Campaign "Centrifugal Offensive".
The East Indies Campaign Mod found on steam or nexus link below:
www.nexusmods....
About this mod
East Indies Campaign
Is a new Standalone Map and Mod centering around the Dutch East Indies in early 1942
The Mod incorporates a number of new ships and a new map with two campaigns of the Dutch East Indies:
Allied Campaign - The ABDACOM Defensive.
Japanese Campaign - Centrifugal Offensive.
ABOUT THIS GAME
1942: The world is at war
The Japanese Empire expands throughout the Pacific where Allied forces attempt to halt its spread. A desperate struggle for control of the Solomon Islands is now underway.
How will you protect your transports as they deliver troops and supplies in the South Pacific? Will you deploy precious aircraft carriers to provide air cover? Do you screen the area with submarines? Or attempt to lure the enemy navy into a decisive surface engagement?
Major Features:
Real time naval combat
Theatrical external-view game play
Play as Allied Forces or Imperial Japan
Over 50 classes of playable ships
Dynamic campaign
Tactical control of aircraft (not a flight simulator)
Fight fires, counter flood compartments and repair ships
Sink ships using realistic buoyancy physics
Historical missions based on actual naval engagements

[@oliverhughes610]

Being one of Taff's Betty crews is probably about as life-threatening an assignment as being a Red Army conscript on the Eastern Front at this point

[@zam023]

I would have gotten another Kongo class BB. They are fast battleships that can keep up with cruisers.

[@toolsey2]

Bit disappointed target ships don’t try to evade torpedoes or bombs and shells , a real immersion killer.

[@thebrewingsailor9172]

I wonder if it depends on game settings? I’ve seen other play throughs where the AI does take evasive maneuvers.

[@dssorryds]

they normally do.

[@kingfish4575]

Can you get the Yamato?

[@thebrewingsailor9172]

in August 42 she was at Truk Atoll and was nicknamed "Hotel Yamato" because she hosted so many senior officers and didn't leave Truk for over a year. Perhaps the creator of this mod didn't include her for that reason.

[@Ayns.L14A]

oil tanker refueling the subs??

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Day 300 of Taff not understanding that using G4Ms as torpedo bombers is not a good idea

[@thanksskeletor4812]

The crews were clearly plotting against the Emperor

[@thisherehandleIdospout]

I'll just be happy when he finally notices the hour-long cooldown timer on being able to respot/re-engage the enemy on the campaign map. If that ever happens, that is 🙃

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

@@thisherehandleIdospout
Won't happen. He's got the learning curve of a straight line.

[@thisherehandleIdospout]

@@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078
It's... not 'straight'.
...
Not... *EXACTLY*...
😅😅😅💩

[@thisherehandleIdospout]

@@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078 Damn, I *AM* stealing that, though. It's a good 'un 😂
BTW, if you want to see a game Taff *is* pretty good at, IMO, check out his B-17 content. His last career was kinda wonky, but that was definitely down to issues with the very-much-still-a-WIP Redux version of the game, which, to be fair, I thought it was cool (and informative!) of him to show off and try to work with.
Just my 2c =)