General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Arlo on October 28, 2015, 02:13:50 PM
Title: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on October 28, 2015, 02:13:50 PM
A bit of a re-request from me.
With the advent of the new Iowa class BB, it'd be nice to have an IJN BB, CV and CA modeled (maybe a DD). I could imagine them looking like this in the new version of AH (no, I don't know what game it is or even if it is one):
Each of these ships represent examples of the best the IJN had to offer (quality and/or number). I think IJN-centric players would love to use them in both scenarios and the main. i think USN-centric players (like me) would love to fight them.
Having said that .... I'm thrilled to see the Iowa class being modeled and appreciate the time and effort on that. If just one of the above could also eventually be added (CV or BB) it would be cool but if not, I'll be happy upon my return with BBs in the mix.
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Skyguns MKII on October 28, 2015, 02:38:05 PM
kuma class :noid
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on October 28, 2015, 02:40:14 PM
YUP! 40 tubes! moderate speed and i believe average armor. Would only really be able to compete with Fletcher class DDs in a cannon battle (if that). and the AA? forget about it that is the weakest point. However with its Moderate speed and armor as well as its 40 TUBES it would be a interesting boat here in aces high none the less. TBMs might actually do something. unfortunatley the plan was cancled... :cry still the original variant would be nice to compete sorta like a heavy DD.
May i also suggest the akizuki DD, lacked tubes and though the cannons are smaller the reload rate was nothing short of insane and had great angles. Would be very effective for coastal defense and interception in aces high.
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on October 28, 2015, 03:06:49 PM
Ah yes. History is against the torp cruiser dream. But destroyers on both sides deserve torp launchers. :D
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Skyguns MKII on October 28, 2015, 03:10:46 PM
Four ships is my current max wishlist while Dale, Waffle and Pyro are busting backside, already. I'd be thrilled with 2 IJN ships (Yamato and a CV).
Im just dreamin. yeah il give it a :aok
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Volron on October 28, 2015, 04:02:20 PM
Hell, I'd be trilled with just ONE IJN ship. :D In this case, I would say a CV. Zuikaku would be perfect, as she was the last one from the Pearl Harbor team to be sunk. I know she was a Shokaku class, use markings and what-not that distinguished her from Shokaku if possible. It would also mean that we would get a two for one deal on IJN CV's. :D
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on October 28, 2015, 04:04:47 PM
Hell, I'd be trilled with just ONE IJN ship. :D In this case, I would say a CV. Zuikaku would be perfect, as she was the last one from the Pearl Harbor team to be sunk. I know she was a Shokaku class, use markings and what-not that distinguished her from Shokaku if possible. It would also mean that we would get a two for one deal on IJN CV's. :D
:aok
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: bustr on October 28, 2015, 04:38:39 PM
AH3 has the potential to compete head to head with offerings combined into one game that you have to play three other games to realize. I hope that is the direction AH3 will take while keeping to it's core MA sand box principle. Let the Staged Mission Arena, AvA and SEA have the fun of presenting the historic matchups in AH3.
The random kludge aspect of fleets or even mixed fleets from different protagonists in the AH3 MA is attractive. The idea of a fleet hunting for other fleets in the MA with an Iowa class ship is interesting. It can only get better from there to attract subscribers.
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Skyguns MKII on October 28, 2015, 04:47:37 PM
If we had axis/allied fleets implemented in MA i imagine you would have a 50/50 chance spawn when the map first loads and cycles as they are destroyed. could be like..
IJN vs USN IJN vs IJN USN vs USN, as it is now.
Variety and cool looking stuff seems to be what the kids like nowadays...
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: USRanger on October 28, 2015, 07:12:37 PM
no proxi fuse for AAA = easy sink,still want them ? :ahand
Um ... yeah. (We've had this conversation.)
Radio proximity fuses were definitely an Allied advantage ... in real life ... and by the end of the war was universally applied. Radio proximity was not the only proximity fuse of the war, however. Welcome to AH, where the only dar is on the map. I'm fairly confident that the drone's optically set proxi fuses on the Japanese ships will still give a player a challenge.:)
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on October 29, 2015, 11:27:58 AM
Need a Japanese sub then we can do 1941 Hollis Wood scene with a German U-boat commander on board.
It could happen :aok In fact it kind of did.
Bah hum-sub. However, I (personally) would throw submariners a bone by recommending sub drones with adjustable 'shipping lane routes' on water maps. They would appear surfaced to friendlies if no enemy units were within their visual (dare I say dar) range. They would submerge automatically, otherwise. As a drone they would fire on enemies automatically, as the situation warranted. Otherwise they could perhaps offer a player a periscope view for a 'quick solution' when an enemy ship is in range by clicking on their icon. They could also fire on resupply convoys. What a lot of work anti-sub will be to implement in the game what with patrol planes and depth charges and such. :D
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on December 23, 2017, 10:23:32 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/m5jTcPE.png)
Yamato
(https://i.imgur.com/kn4DOTq.png)
Shokaku
(https://i.imgur.com/EDBzvLe.png)
Mogami
(https://i.imgur.com/xXngnTy.png)
Fubuki
(Or, at least the top two.) ;)
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Volron on December 23, 2017, 01:19:32 PM
You won't see a Yamato. I'd piss off so many people with her. :t
But ANY IJN Ship, still, would be great. :aok
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: OldNitro on December 23, 2017, 07:43:55 PM
Fubuki, changed the course of naval architecture and DD design.. Completed in 1926 she was twice the size of any other destroyer. Designers packed as much weaponry as they could fit onto the hull.. Making them rather unstable and prone to structural cracking! Fubuki's guns were also superior, 5" x50 caliber bag loaders.. Giving them much better performance than the 5" x38caliber USN weapons.. But Fubuki's guns were for surface combat only, the type 1 turrets had very low elevation angles.. This was changed in the later Type 2 and 3 turrets allowing them a dual purpose role.. And we all know about the long lance torpedoes, with onboard reloads in armored deck houses..
Something most people don't know about Japanese DDs, they suffered from massive catastrophic explosions in battle.. A notable number were lost, exploding suddenly with no survivors.. Most likely they were hit in the above deck torpedo magazines = BOOM! But nobody knows for sure!
Cool ships tho!
Title: Re: Imperial Japanese Navy (well, at least 2 to 3 ships modeled)
Post by: Arlo on December 23, 2017, 08:45:09 PM
Thank you for your post, ON .... interesting and appreciated. :cheers: