HELP WITH MY FIRST FLEET!

Atreyeux

Mongoose
Hi there,
I have just started getting through the VAS rules and being a huge ACTA player/fan I can't wait to play a few games. I have chosen the Imperial Japanese Navy as my first fleet and would value anyones advice on a starting fleet size and composition.....
I have the Yamato from GHQ (Beautiful model) to start as my flagship and have the Akagi and Shokaku on the way with some CapAero fighters to start me off.
 
Takao class cruisers are nice. I'd suggest picking up a couple of those.

A couple subs might also be helpful. My friends sub's always cause me headaches.
 
Don't forget some destroyers to hunt your opponent's subs. In saying that, though, I played a tournament using the Japanese, and the Japanese sonar is sufficiently rubbish that I managed to hit just one sub. The best part (for me) was that the sub had been firing a few torpedoes into the Shokaku, and the Shokaku ended up sinking the sub with its guns after the sub was forced to the surface :D

The Nagato is good when combined with the Yamato, as it forces your opponent to choose targets. Even the Yamato can be sunk if isolated; I tried running a blockade with the Yamato by itself, and it was sunk in this manner (the only time during the tournament that the Yamato was even crippled, let alone sunk). Not bad for seven games.
 
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