Iowa Class BB

[Karnak]

BBs pretty much always had lighter ships around them, even when doing convoy escort in the Atlantic.  BBs and CVs are both top end capital ships, often flagships, and as such would be screened by lighter units.

[EagleDNY]

I'd like to see much larger groups - for example:

1 CV (maybe 2 CVs?)
1 BB (2, more?)
2 CA (3? 4?)
8 DD

There are only a few groups, so having larger CV groups, or even groups of all surface combatants (1 BB, 2 CA, 4 DD?) might be interesting to try.
Maybe larger groups should have a longer respawn time if destroyed - I'd be in favor of trying everything from 30 minutes to 2 Hours just to see if it creates a better dynamic.

I also like the idea (up the thread) of making troops / LVTs unavailable if nothing but DDs is left.  I think I'd leave the PT spawn going as long as the DDs were there though.  

I think altering / enlarging the CV battle group is really a good idea - both from the better gameplay, and the better realism standpoints.  I'm hoping that it will encourage a bit better teamplay as well since it should make it more difficult for one porker to come along with a set of lancs and destroy the group.  

EagleDNY
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[Raptor]

Problem with more ships in a task group is lower FPS. For a H2H Midway Map I made; I used 11 destroyers, 5 cruisers and 4 carriers for the Japanese fleet. I got an average FPS of 25-30 when flying alone through that, and when I changed countries the amount of artillary it put up caused FPS to drop to 15-25.

Now add 40 planes attacking/defending that, catching fire, ships catching fire, explosions, ships sinking, tracers and skins. I would be lucky to keep 15 FPS. (I have an average system, I'm sure a lot of people with better video cards, etc. would have no problem with FPS)

I think the hard part of adding a Battleship is keeping polycount down. There would probably be as many polygons in a single Battleship as in 2 CV Task Groups in AH now.

[Masherbrum]

The most beautiful ship ever to float.  



This is a rare photo of the Kongo.

Karaya

[Furball]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
The most beautiful ship ever to float.  

Karaya

[Pooface]

QUAH!!!!


teh victory is too uber!!!!!

Forecastle: 2 x medium 12 pounder (5 kg), 2 x 68 pounder (31 kg) carronade

Quarter deck: 12 x 1.7 ton short 12 pounder (5 kg)
Upper gundeck: 30 x 1.7 ton short 12 pounders (5 kg)
Middle gundeck: 28 x 2.5 ton long 24 pounders (11 kg)
Lower gundeck: 30 x 2.75 ton long pattern Blomefield 32 pounders (15 kg)
Marines armed with muskets aloft


teh guns are too uber!!!!! perk it!!!!!


in all seriousness though, best ship ever made what a great chap nelson was:aok

HMS Victory

[Klum25th]

Which ship would win a 1vs1 battle, The Germans Bismarck, or the Japaness Yamato. This would be a great fight to me.

NO NO NO best ship ever to see the face of this earth

[Jester]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
The most beautiful ship ever to float.  



This is a rare photo of the Kongo.

Karaya

Have to disagree there - USS ALASKA CB-1 was much better looking than the KONGO Class BB's.

[Karnak]

Kongo is properly a BC, not a BB.  She was built as a BC and armored like a BC.

[Klum25th]

Naaa i say the USS Oklahoma BB-37

[Klum25th]

wait WTF on the bottom it says WASHINGTON. CRAP!!! I search for Oklahoma, and get this lovely picture, then i realize it says Washington.

Here is the oklahoma (I hope)




She served from 1916 to 1946. She did many opperations during her time, but was badly damaged at Pear Harbor. In 1943 she was put upright, repared here damage and put in the dry docks for more patching up. Though too old and to damaged, she was discommissioned in 1944, and in 1946 sold for scrapping. She sunk on her way from Hawaii to california in May 1947.

[715]

I never understood letter codes for ships so I looked it up here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_classification_symbol

Might be useful for others reading this topic who don't know a CV from a CA.

I was amazed to see that the US Navy almost seems to have more different letter codes than it has ships ;-)

[Karnak]

Originally posted by Klum25th
Which ship would win a 1vs1 battle, The Germans Bismarck, or the Japaness Yamato. This would be a great fight to me.

Yamato, by far.  Sheer tonnage, which translates into the ability to absorb damage, would just be too much on Yamato's side.  Only the big American BBs are likely to beat a Yamato class BB.

I don't have the numbers in front of me here, but if you look at the armor and guns all the Bismark has over Yamato is 3 knots of speed with which to run.

[Hap]

fleets with historical names too and matching their characteristics bismark, arizona, enterprise etc.

[mentalguy]

what about being able to control ships directly? much like the pt boat.