In RL, Pt Boats operated mostly at night for stealth reasons. We don't have night in the Late
War Arena. If Pt boats were able to drop out allot of smoke and hide their position, they would stay alive, get allot closer to the enemy
CV's and be a REAL threat when they launch torpedoes or rockets. The torpedos
are really slow relative to the Fleet and Pt Boats. There is almost no chance of making a successful strike
unless the Pt Boat gets really close. If you launch a torpedo at full stop you can pass the torpedo
in a matter of minutes. If the fleet turns away they can easily out run any torpedo. Again, you have to get close and
catch them by surprise. Cruiser and CV guns take out a pt boat in seconds when manned gunners see the Pt's icons.
Smoke would also allow the Pt Boats to hide and evade enemy planes.
Since they were fabricated with plywood they cannot take any hits or
they blow up real quick. I think the use of Pt Boats would be enhanced
if this feature was added to the game. Smoke is sometimes effective for tanks
coming off a camped spawn and it would get more AH'ers to use the Pt Boats
if their survivability is increased.
I can imagine a pt boater putting out smoke in several areas, then hiding in one.
Ten minutes of smoke would work.
Cheers !
Mano
