Cruisers in Aces High

[Arlo]

I know the Japanese at the very least used colored dye in their shells so that the splash in ship-to-ship combat would indicate which ship fired it.

Most navies in WWII used splash colors to indicate which ship. That would be useless coding in AHII. If you're suggesting splash colors to indicate which turret then that wasn't how they were used and I, personally, would rather have coincidence rangefinders. It would be much more efficient for the gunners. The scouts on a cruiser or battleship were mainly for finding other fleets rather than range-finding for the guns.

[jeffdn]

Most navies in WWII used splash colors to indicate which ship. That would be useless coding in AHII. If you're suggesting splash colors to indicate which turret then that wasn't how they were used and I, personally, would rather have coincidence rangefinders. It would be much more efficient for the gunners. The scouts on a cruiser or battleship were mainly for finding other fleets rather than range-finding for the guns.

I'm not really advocating for anything either way, just throwing it out there, based on my studies of warfare during the time period. I mostly just fly fighters, generally for buff hunting or dogfighting, and rarely off CVs. I don't think I'd ever even be a spotter, much less a naval gunner.

[Arlo]

I'm not really advocating for anything either way, just throwing it out there, based on my studies of warfare during the time period. I mostly just fly fighters, generally for buff hunting or dogfighting, and rarely off CVs. I don't think I'd ever even be a spotter, much less a naval gunner.

To each their own when it comes to fun in AHII (the beauty of it, I say). I figured since you had a recommendation you also had an interest. You should try CV ops more. It adds (IMO).

 

[jeffdn]

To each their own when it comes to fun in AHII (the beauty of it, I say). I figured since you had a recommendation you also had an interest. You should try CV ops more. It adds (IMO).

 

I'm in the Alchemists, so sometimes I'll follow flakhapy (reluctantly) off a CV. Maybe I'll practice some gunnery offline and give it a shot.

[RotBaron]

Now comes the part that no one is going to like but I think it would add to the game! Remove the ability of directing fire on a target by "clicking" on a map! Then you would have use for the float plane and a gunner on the ship at the same time. As it stands now, I can sneak a CV group close to shore, white flag a town and deack, launch a LVT and capture the place by myself. I have never done that, but have a squad member who has done it on more than one occasion. Again as in my post, you would have to eliminate icons and dar targets for the scout aircraft to make it fair!

I have done it on only a couple occasions, and failed many many times. It takes usually several things to come together. I never set out with the intention of doing this by myself, but if no one responds when I put the call out, I up the deacker myself. After the guns are down, then I spawn the lvt. What needs to come together are a lack of paying attention, and their strats having been hit...

[CASHEW]

I think its a great idea!! 

[wpeters]

So instead of clicking on a map perhaps the guns slave to the most recent smoke grenade? or a grenade dropped from a .wingman?  Sorta like that? 

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Also eleminate dar and radar on the plane