Where are the battleships

[Scca]

You have to pay for the gold package to get the battleship.

[ONTOS]

Ok, Ok, forget the Battleships. I'll take Seven Light Cruisers, an anti aircraft Cruiser (Atlanta Class), and a couple Destroyer Escorts.

[JimmyC]

Alt f4 for Battleships

[49MERLIN]

     As much as I would love to see a battleship, I doubt they will ever put one in AH; even if they already have it modeled.  First of all it's a ship which means we can't have it to ourselves to command because hiTech does not want us in ships (for many reasons).  That leaves the other option which would be to have a battleship TG in place of a CV task group, which we won't get because people would fight over it and you would have to assume you would have no air support to attack or defend with which HiTech will say is unfeasible/unnecessary.  They you would be left with the only other option, which would be to add one to a CV TG, which they wont do, because they will say they cruiser is sufficient. 

     It is unfortunate, and I would love to see one, but I believe you could say that ship has sailed.

[lunatic1]

we don't no stinking battleships. 

the heavy cruiser we have is enough.

the real question that should be  asked is: where are the sheep-supply trucks-and the supply trains?

[Greebo]

Currently there is only the normal CVTG0 task group (5 DDs, 1 CA, 1 CV) in the terrain editor so if a terrain builder wants to add the new battleship they have to make a custom task group and this may or may not be accepted for an MA terrain. While custom task groups have been incorporated in MA terrains before Skuzzy does not like them as they make updating the terrain a pain. I have been expecting HTC to either add a BBTG0 task group (BB and 5 DDs?) or to add the battleship to the current task group.

To my knowledge HTC have never said how they intend the battleship to work in the MA environment. If they add a separate battleship task group then either extra ports would have to be added to MA terrains for them or some CV TGs would have to be substituted for BB TGs. I'd not like the latter option at all.

[BowHTR]

     As much as I would love to see a battleship, I doubt they will ever put one in AH; even if they already have it modeled.  First of all it's a ship which means we can't have it to ourselves to command because hiTech does not want us in ships (for many reasons).  That leaves the other option which would be to have a battleship TG in place of a CV task group, which we won't get because people would fight over it and you would have to assume you would have no air support to attack or defend with which HiTech will say is unfeasible/unnecessary.  They you would be left with the only other option, which would be to add one to a CV TG, which they wont do, because they will say they cruiser is sufficient. 

     It is unfortunate, and I would love to see one, but I believe you could say that ship has sailed.

Ummm.... there is a battleship. It was tested with in Alpha and Beta... I dont think it has sailed anywhere, most likely sitting in the port waiting for assignment.

[Greebo]

The way I'd like the battleship to be added for MA play is for it to become the flagship of the current CV task group. Make it 3-4 times harder than the CV, say 24-32K of bombs or 4-6 torpedoes to sink it. That way a set of bombers can still take out the CV and temporarily shut down air operations but the CV will eventually re-spawn unless multiple attacks sink the battleship and sends the fleet back to port first.

[Bruv119]

I propose no battleships until the lancaster can carry a "tallboy" bomb loadout.

Whilst we are at it some bouncing bombs aswell!   Would be pretty cool  to fly low and roll a bomb towards a tank/ship. 

[715]

Ummm.... there is a battleship. It was tested with in Alpha and Beta... I dont think it has sailed anywhere, most likely sitting in the port waiting for assignment.

I remember checking out all the guns on it (and finding a minor problem with one) so it must have been sailing somewhere since you can't man the guns in the dummy ships in port?

[ONTOS]

During Beta testing, HT said it was working on a battleship. That's all I have to go on.

[BowHTR]

During Beta testing, HT said it was working on a battleship. That's all I have to go on.

There is an Iowa class Battleship.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,374889.0.html

From Waffle:

[Beefcake]

Forget the battleship, I'll take Taffy 3 thank you.

[ONTOS]

Taffy 3 was a Squadron of DD's, DE's and Baby Flattops.  Their battle at Leyte Gulf ( Battle off Samar) is well known to those who have studied WW II. How they stopped and turned around a Superior Japanese navel force is one of the greatest navel engagements in WW II. To name any one ship would be to dishonor the others, but the DD USS Johnston is probably the best known.  Taffy 3 would be a fine addition.

[Beefcake]

The Johnston was amazing but honestly the USS Samuel B. Roberts takes the cake for me. I mean a DE with only 2 five inch guns dueling with CAs and several battleships for almost an hour. Wow.