That BIG Boat Battle ROCKED!!!!

[Viper61]

The best part of the night was the BIG BOAT BATTLE from here on out referred to as the (BBB).  If you missed it you really missed an impressive sight with hundreds of rounds in flight all at once.  There was a little confusion on the ALLIED side as to what task group to engage so I know we wasted time and ammo firing on the CV group and not the CA group.  Never the less very fun.  In the end it came down to DD's at point blank range (1-2K).  And the IJN guys got us but they only had 3 damaged DD's left.  <S> to the IJN gun crews.

For next time add in more CA's and DD's please.  There was a bunch of guys and to few "main" gun positions.  Add another Task group to each side and that should do it.

The starting distance was good and the weather effects good.

Future BBB's need to planned into every "water" scenario.  What a HOOT!!!!              

And now the Solid Gold Dancing Banana's:                    

[snakeplissken]

<S> Viper.  You have no idea..... 

[Squire]

Glad you liked it. There were a few glitches but they will be worked out.

[LLogann]

Just wait until the Midway FSO................   

Future BBB's need to planned into every "water" scenario.  What a HOOT!!!!              

[Krusty]

I'm glad you liked it. I found it painfully boring. Most times you had to really screw around with your view and trying to track targets 15k-19k out while your ship was turning meant you never hit them, and as soon as you had them ranged they turned around or you did.


Aces High has none of the split-view rangefinders that have been in military services since BEFORE WORLD WAR 1 and as such you cannot tell the range of a target from ship guns.


The real question in naval warfare was "we know they're this far out, now how fast are they going, what angle, and what direction in relationship to us?"


Note that the HMS Hood was sunk in one of the first salvos fired. In AH if you tried to replicate that you'd spend 15 minutes pouring shells into the ocean watching the splashes and adjusting.


To me that's not so much fun (and yes, I did participate, see the logs for a nice buffer-full of hits on several targets).

[Viper61]

Excellent Krusty glad you enjoyed as much as everyone else!!!!  <S>  And thank you for your continued support of FSO events in which the CM's try to come up with new and bold ideas for which you and I can have fun.  And I have to agree with Mr. Krusty absolutely the most fun one can have in the FSO is the BBB!!!!!   Of course I am paraphasing just a bit  <S>  I cant wait for the next BBB.

And congraduations on your skill and keen gunner skills as the logs depict.  Your range finder must have been zeroed Friday!!  Then again maybe we just don't need them  <S>

[Krusty]

trolling is unbecoming...

[phatzo]

I was actually looking forward to it but I think the bombs I dropped out of my betty hit the local electricity supply substation and all went out. I was forced to sit outside and drink beer with cheese, salami and crackers while you guys played battleships.

[Vulcan]

trolling is unbecoming...

I think what he is trying to say is...

[Krusty]

What I meant was stated in plain english. If you need a picture to explain a single sentence to you....

 

[kansas2]

But you always come across as grumpy or negative. Picture fits.

[Dichotomy]

Yall leave Grumpy outta this.  He's a great guy and particularly deadly in GV's. 

[Viper61]

Technically speaking Grumpy isn't a troll?  He's just short on one end.  Or if your PC he is a little person.  Although technically a little cartoon person.

Mr. Krusty I do apologize.  Hope to see you in the next BBB 

[Flifast]

[Viper61]

BBB #2 was just as fun as BBB #1.  The IJN gun crews just won by 2 heavily damaged DD's.  Nicely done AXIS gunners.  These BBB's are epic.  Have run into folks in the MA's talking about them.  Looking forward to BBB #3.  This time the guys with the white hats and blue uniforms are going to win.