Muzz wrote:
At the risk of continuing to hijack this thread, I'm with jabo. The T+160 rule has been around for quite a while and everyone should have realized the attack was going to be a photo finish. I missed the end game thanks to some untimely .50cals, but would have been quite happily continuing the fight trying to clear the way for the Kamis. Too bad for us we missed our gambit and the attack went in just too late. We took our chances and just have to live with the consequences. I'm ok with that, and I think the rest of us should be, too.
Recommend a restart on the Frame 3 thoughts thread, better said as "back to our regular programming..."
Cheers.
If it was worded as "last weapon release against a surface target at T+ 160" I would be in total agreement. However, " last surface attack" is easily interpreted as the beginning of an attack that may then be continued to its natural conclusion. The Kamikaze's were in visual contact with the enemy fleet and the sweeping fighters had engaged the CV cap well before T+ 160, marking the initiation of the "last surface attack" before the deadline.