Tips/help

[Cozmo]

So I started my first game as IJP and so far I have been "skirmishing" the enemy using a carrier taskforce(my first ships were 1 battleship 1 carrier 1 light cruiser 1 heavy cruiser and 3 DD and then I also got 3 subs first) all in all I've sunk like a couple of light cruisers a couple of destroyers 1 sub and about 6 merchants and all I've lost was 1 sub and a bunch of planes which I replenished back at home base. I wanted to build a port to lvl 3 closer to guadalcanal but I dont have enough supplies? I took all of them supplies from my main base but I'm out and I still need like 100 fuel and 100 of the other stuff forgot what it's called.. do more supplies spawn at some point? Also is there a way to fully repair ships?my heart stopped when My heavy cruiser and my carrier got torpedoed by the enemy(its so scary this game is very nice so far)

[dangiesey]

Welcome to the game! I can answer your questions:

The Shortland Islands, Northwest of Guadalcanal, start off with a level 2 port which is good candidate for an upgrade to level 3. Doing so will reduce the distance your ships need to travel to re-arm by about 40%.

You'll receive additional troops, supplies, fuel, and engineering each week at your home port of Rabaul. The campaign rules screen shows you how many of each you can expect to receive. As you receive more of the necessary supplies, you can use your merchant ships to ferry them to where they need to go and unload their cargo. Once you have enough amassed to upgrade the port, you can do so immediately.

To repair ships with destroyed (black) compartments, you have to take them to a level 5 port, in this case, Rabaul. Once there, you select the ship and use the option to "release" it. Its command point purchase cost will be refunded and the ship, if damaged, will begin repairs. The duration of the repairs is a base amount plus additional days for each damaged/destroyed compartment. If you go to create a new sea group, you'll see the repair time next to the ship name. For example, seeing R5 next to Yamato would signify that Yamato is under repair and will be ready in 5 days. Once that time elapses, you can recruit it again provided you have the command points available to do so.

[JazzObserver127]

The manual and training missions should provide you with enough information, tbh.

[Cozmo]

Originally posted by dangiesey:

Welcome to the game! I can answer your questions:

The Shortland Islands, Northwest of Guadalcanal, start off with a level 2 port which is good candidate for an upgrade to level 3. Doing so will reduce the distance your ships need to travel to re-arm by about 40%.

You'll receive additional troops, supplies, fuel, and engineering each week at your home port of Rabaul. The campaign rules screen shows you how many of each you can expect to receive. As you receive more of the necessary supplies, you can use your merchant ships to ferry them to where they need to go and unload their cargo. Once you have enough amassed to upgrade the port, you can do so immediately.

To repair ships with destroyed (black) compartments, you have to take them to a level 5 port, in this case, Rabaul. Once there, you select the ship and use the option to "release" it. Its command point purchase cost will be refunded and the ship, if damaged, will begin repairs. The duration of the repairs is a base amount plus additional days for each damaged/destroyed compartment. If you go to create a new sea group, you'll see the repair time next to the ship name. For example, seeing R5 next to Yamato would signify that Yamato is under repair and will be ready in 5 days. Once that time elapses, you can recruit it again provided you have the command points available to do so.

Thanks alot everything I needed to know I'm working my way to getting a yamato and an escort to use as the main fleet while I use the carrier fleet to support that 110 points tho ouch. Is the number of ships that everyone has fixed? For example if I sink all of the us carriers do they get more?

[dangiesey]

Originally posted by CozmoDog:

Originally posted by dangiesey:

Welcome to the game! I can answer your questions:

The Shortland Islands, Northwest of Guadalcanal, start off with a level 2 port which is good candidate for an upgrade to level 3. Doing so will reduce the distance your ships need to travel to re-arm by about 40%.

You'll receive additional troops, supplies, fuel, and engineering each week at your home port of Rabaul. The campaign rules screen shows you how many of each you can expect to receive. As you receive more of the necessary supplies, you can use your merchant ships to ferry them to where they need to go and unload their cargo. Once you have enough amassed to upgrade the port, you can do so immediately.

To repair ships with destroyed (black) compartments, you have to take them to a level 5 port, in this case, Rabaul. Once there, you select the ship and use the option to "release" it. Its command point purchase cost will be refunded and the ship, if damaged, will begin repairs. The duration of the repairs is a base amount plus additional days for each damaged/destroyed compartment. If you go to create a new sea group, you'll see the repair time next to the ship name. For example, seeing R5 next to Yamato would signify that Yamato is under repair and will be ready in 5 days. Once that time elapses, you can recruit it again provided you have the command points available to do so.

Thanks alot everything I needed to know I'm working my way to getting a yamato and an escort to use as the main fleet while I use the carrier fleet to support that 110 points tho ouch. Is the number of ships that everyone has fixed? For example if I sink all of the us carriers do they get more?

There are a finite number of each class of ship in the game, so anything that's sunk is lost permanently to either side. I've only played as the IJN, and they have at most two carriers available. The USN has three possible carriers, I believe.