Just cannot get past this....

[Althered]

....New Georgia !! . 4 times I have tried and 4 times I have failed. I consider myself pretty good at war games but this looks like the last time I play this. I just cannot cope with the massed attacks by Japanese marines, air force and artillery. My forces regularly produce red zeros when attacking and green numbers when defending. 1 commando unit was doing a great job stopping the attacks from the north. All of a sudden ,someone threw a switch and hey presto ! Zillions of ♥♥♥♥ swarming. The commandos perished immediately and my massed artillery did not kill one ♥♥♥, remember the red zeros I was talking about ? .My entire attack has halted and it is obviously game over. Fair enough, who wants an easy game but I have tried 4 different strategies and have never come even close to victory. Also, what happened to the reinforcements that were announced . Must be a bug because they never arrived. Somebody please tell me they cannot beat this too, or is it just me !!

[Ezzler]

This is South Georgia?

[Clodius_Pulcher]

I had to do this scenario several times as well.........get a battleship and send it with the PT boat to the island to the west and decimate the troops there. That way you only need the two troops to mop up the island and the artillery becomes available sooner. Don't waste to much time on the east side of the map. Just capture the airfield, the port and leave 1 heavy infantry to guard each. DO NOT TRY TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OVER THE LAND!!!!! start buying your units and have them exit via the port and do an amphibious assault in one of the towns close to the second airfield. Get at least 3 amphibious tanks. Park the battleship off the coast and begin pulverizing the efficiency of enemy units. I won with 3 turns to spare on level 3.

[Clodius_Pulcher]

Also, get 3 fighters to deal with the bombers that will harass your amphibious landing craft and supply ships. Two P-38's and a P-51 should do the trick. Good luck!

[Jmac]

Same as dogg, i kept playing panzer corps and that just doesnt work well in oob pac, try rethinking the units u use

[Clodius_Pulcher]

yup........thats whats cool about this game..lots of different options you can use. You have to really use your head to win.

[bylandt11]

At what difficulty are you guys playing this? I'm now trying US at captain level (middle setting) and finding the other scenario's already hard enough.

[Myrddraal]

If you're struggling, you change the difficulty level between scenarios (you're not locked in to one difficulty for the whole campaign)

[bylandt11]

I think the devs have gone overboard with the difficulty of the US campaign. I'm already struggling in he 4th scenario (Marshall and Gilberts). I don't have enough resource points to build a full complement of air or even naval units, and I'm only playing at normal (Captain) level. (Actually it is impossible to get the full air fleet even at lieutenant level, but the scenario is still winable at that level. It just shows the setup of this scenario may not have been completely thought through.)

Has anyone ever done a US campaign at admiral or fleet admiral level. Or even captain level?

[Stragen]

You don't need a full air fleet. You only need max 2 fighters. The rest can be invested in ships. cruiser and destroyer. They can destroy everything besides the planes. And the planes can be killed by the fighter. But yes, the budget is hard on the US side. The Japan campaign is imho smoother.

[MandalorianSpy]

I also find amphibious tanks help because they don't need a dock and can leave from the North of the island (which has no docks),but you might not want to spend a lot of points on situational units.

[Althered]

Thanks for your comments. I really enjoy this game,probably the best war game for years . I have tried playing with 4 fighters to protect my supply ships but got involved in dogfights and left them unprotected (which sort of defeated the object!) .
You get to a point in this scenario ( New Georgia) where you are on the defensive but at the same time need to advance. The Japanese are merciless in their attacks. I find it interesting that some of you play with strong naval units whilst my only one so far has been an aircraft carrier. The scenario briefing suggests that naval activity in this scenario is limited, but I like the sound of a battleship to pulverise the japanese!! I have played again since my earlier whinge but still no success. Improvements yes, but no victory.

[Althered]

It`s not gonna let me win. I am only about 60% through the scenario but I can see things coming unstuck already. The battleship idea is a non runner. As soon as I approached the target area a torpedo bomber appeared and damaged it so much it will not feature for the rest of this map. My air cap is either re-fueling miles away or covering my invasion fleet launching from the western island . Buying the BB meant no CV could be bought. Also, I have 2 marine units and a long range artillery unit fighting for the town to the north west. Unbelievably, this AA unit defending is down to 1 strength but has survived 3 full frontal assaults. I am so flabbergasted I am beginning to wonder if this is some sort of bug !
I cannot play anymore tonight so will try again tomorrow. If I have to restart again I may try a similar strategy and not bother taking the western island. My god this is one mother****** !!

[Morholt]

Getting Rendova Island and sending in spies (Kingfisher recon planes) to make the area appear visible for the Long Tom Artillery on Rendova helps a lot. Also, make sure to REST your units when they are approaching the "final battle". Marines are a great Infantry choice as they don't suffer "efficiency" loss due to the difficult terrain that slows down the advance on its own already. Even Light Infantry was quite exhausted when they arrived. Use a lot of Artillery yourself, M7 Priests, 105mm or Long Tom Howitzers can reduce the efficiency of the defenders and will allow your Marines to defeat them. P.S. not subscribing to discussion here, but feel free to join the OoBPac forum on the Slitherine website. I also had to learn the hard way, and just to make you feel better, the next battle is easier. :)

[screamingpalm]

Took me a couple of tries, but the key for me was being ultra aggressive. Good tips from Longasc- picking up a base close to the main objectives (after securing Rendova island) and then using Command Points to bring in artillery and other units to make the last push is what I did (relied on marines up until that point). Although, it was this scenario that also made me realize that this isn't really the type of game for me- more of a puzzle game than a wargame imo. Too limiting and strict, with very little variation of strategy. But to be fair, I'm more of a Grigsby monster fan.

[Althered]

Well the game has defeated me. I give up. What annoys me is that I finally got to within 2 hexes of victory but a well scouted area of land suddenly produced a Japanese infantry unit which blocked my path. My units purchased within the last 6 turns could not be brought to bear because of the congested nature of travel in this game. Money spent on trucks is a complete waste. Units attacking the final objective were rested and at full strength and facing depleted japanese units with no supply, but I could not inflict any damage and took heavy losses which finished the game. Ok, the AI is very impressive and I like being outflanked and generally outwitted but there seem to be dynamic elements to this game which just wind me up.
Goodbye.