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Offline thedoom26

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New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« on: April 24, 2013, 05:07:29 PM »
How about, Adding a Battleship,...YES i know the CV group has a cruiser, But i was thinking how about having A ship Group, With a 1 Battleship 1 cruiser, and 2 Light ships, ..I do not know what Group like this would be called,  but it would Be so something Different, new,...And its not all pointless, it could be used to get near a base, Kill the hell out of it,and town,  and  M3, or goon drops troops,...And it would be fun, Instead of always Looking for carriers to sink,  you could Look for a battleship....So, what do you guys think about this?...if you have something to add, to make this wish better, do so,.....but yea, I think a  Battleship to the MA's would be not a bad idea....And for Pilot wound,if you get wounded, There should be 3 levels of Wound,..first one-minor,Severe,and then Critical....And Each Level has a Certin time, you have, Until you will die....And the way you will tell how wounded you are, you Press Control D, and it will tell you...Tell me what ya think
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2013, 05:20:08 PM »
This is not a new wish, but some battleships and greater task group variety would be awesome, especially on some of the very large maps.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2013, 05:55:49 PM »
From my understanding it feels like there already is different levels of lethality for pm's. You get a certain number of blacks outs, sometimes it takes a while sometimes it happens fast.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2013, 09:29:05 AM »
Quote from: thedoom26 link=topic=34 /7813.msg4593004#msg4593004 date=1366841249
How about, adding a battleship

I've pondered this in the past.  Our cruiser with its 8 inch guns can get a town close to white from 18 miles out = 32K yards if the gunners know how to do it and are patient.

A battleship would be able to do the same from a greater distance.  Since 18 miles = a cruiser's shelling range, a battle ship's could hit a town from what distance?  A sector or better? 

Also, lets assume the town rebuild time is at 30 mins and the battle ship's top speed is the same as our CV group's = 34 mph = 1K per min plus or minus a bit.

Long distance shelling would be a battle ship's forte.  Bringing it close presents no advantage I can see since our cruiser can destroy a town effectively.

Aww, I don't know.  It sounds fun to have a battle ship, but as I think it over, aside from naval engagements, I can see only 1 advantage: shelling from well beyond 18 miles.  Coordinating a capture without bringing the battle ship close which runs counter to players' instinct to bring fleets super close. 

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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2013, 09:36:25 AM »
A battleship would be able to do the same from a greater distance.  Since 18 miles = a cruiser's shelling range, a battle ship's could hit a town from what distance?  A sector or better? 


Yamato's 46cm guns had a max range of 26 miles, the Bismark's 38cm guns ~22 miles.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2013, 09:45:31 AM »

Yamato's 46cm guns had a max range of 26 miles, the Bismark's 38cm guns ~22 miles.

New Jersey's 16 inchers reached out to 23 miles. All roughly within the same.

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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2013, 11:24:16 AM »
New Jersey's 16 inchers reached out to 23 miles. All roughly within the same.

Military channel says these were the greatest fighting ships of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDXk7oblfk

Should we factor in the fact that there were no big ship fights in ww2 aside from maybe Midway?
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2013, 11:27:57 AM »
Military channel says these were the greatest fighting ships of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDXk7oblfk

Should we factor in the fact that there were no big ship fights in ww2 aside from maybe Midway?

would bismark killing the hood count? :headscratch:
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2013, 11:32:36 AM »
+1 Bismark Killing the Hood.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2013, 11:38:18 AM »


Should we factor in the fact that there were no big ship fights in ww2 aside from maybe Midway?

Im fairly certain that the survivors of the Naval battles off Guadalcanal would disagree.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2013, 11:44:45 AM »
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2013, 02:09:28 PM »
What if each TG had an attached TG who's course would be plotted relative solely to the primary TG.  A turn delay could help with launching/landing planes.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2013, 03:01:11 PM »
Just reread my post, appologies if i came off like a dik Rob...wasnt intended.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2013, 03:30:03 PM »
Big ships fought numerous engagements in WWII.  Even if you are just talking about big ship vs big ship there were a good number of fights.
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Re: New ship, and something for Pilot wound,
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2013, 04:05:50 PM »
Nah, I may have overstated my opinion that the big fleet vs fleet battles that everyone prepared for didn't really happen because the big ships were too expensive to replace.
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