Japan 45

[Elxaime]

Ok - just checked on the bunker/pillbox/trench values. Yes, the values are wrong for Japan '45 - Olympic. We got them right for Japan '46 Coronet so its just a matter of fixing this for the next update.

The Bunker Defense is 40 when it should be 10. The Pillbox defense is 60 when it should be 20.

Also I noted that the Elevation Modifier is -25 when it should only be -10.

All something for a future update.

Thanks.  Great to hear.  When you are going over Japan 45' larger scenarios, like "Take Kyushu," aside from some of the small issues mentioned above in that scenario (and perhaps others) of the eastern beach bunker and the duplicate Japanese 216th Division reinforcement strategy, you may want to consider:

- whether Allied air should be represented as air groups instead of squadrons, a la Normandy 44'
- whether it makes sense to make air/artillery strikes by the map a default optional to make Allied air recon more relevant and Japanese daytime movement in travel mode appropriately hazardous.
- on whether the Allied naval, especially the single use rocket units, are properly modeled.  Right now, in "Take Kyushu" for example the US naval rocket ships are 9 in number for the western USMC beaches - a front of four defending Japanese beach positions; however this is the same number of rocket ships available for the southern and eastern beaches where the US Army lands, invasion areas which are three times the size of the beaches the Marines land on, triple the targets as well.  It would seem likely Allied planners would adapt to the particulars of each landing zone as opposed to a "one size fits all" approach to naval support
- on whether the Operation Olympic forces in the standard plan would have been reinforced on discovery the Japanese Kyushu defenders were more numerous; these reinforcements could come from those preparing for Coronet or even accepting historically offered Commonwealth forces (the French are already in there) at a tradeoff of VPs
- I wonder if the Japanese civil defense and similar units shouldn't be more numerous.  This is not to add combat value, since these units are low value.  But it would provide the Japanese what would likely have existed in reality - a substantial force of civilian rear area units to dig trenches and ensure that as the front line infantry fell back, they would be able to move into already prepared positions.  This could help offset some of the Allied changes described above

Great game, again.  And really looking forward to seeing what you do with Coronet in Japan 46'.