Midway questions

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Recently got Midway. Have found that torpedo bombers work sometimes, and other times they don't. I tend to watch them now, and when they get within torpedo range, you need to see whether they start to peel off and return to base, which means they launched correctly. Sometimes, however, they will continue on to the target vessel, and just fly over it continually, usually until shot down by AAA. You can manually have them fly away from the target until they are outside the minimum torp range, and then manually launch the torps. Not sure why this happens some times, not others.

I like the game, but there are some areas that I have a problem with. Reading Rich Hamilton's blog, the idea of the game is to be in the CinC's chair, and not to deal with the minutiae of sea battles. However, if you do this, enemy subs will rip you a new one. You have to be constantly aware of subs, and watching for the sonar bearing lines, and then start to micro-manage the TF orders to avoid getting creamed by torpedoes. I have also tried to execute a sub attack on the IJN transport fleet in the Midway scn's, only to find the computer is able, to have the TF zig-zag effectively, which would require my entire attention if I tried to have this done as a human. There should be some kind of automatic order (kind of like the "commander control" in the ACW games) that would allow you to give a zig-zag order to a TF maybe with timing and leg distances, to follow along the base course.

I have also found it nearly impossible to conduct an effective ASW attack. If I concentrate on having a destroyer circle and make passes over the sub contact location, dropping depth charges, I lose track of what is happening to my other ships and TF's. Maybe have the ability to assign the depth charges as active load, and then designate the spotted sub as target and have the ship attack on auto, until ordered otherwise?

Just some suggestions about areas that I feel distract from the main issue of carrier warfare.

Bill