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Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: Sabre on May 01, 2002, 01:18:41 PM

Separate CV and Amphibious Assault fleets – CVBG’s would have two CV’s, a cruiser (CA), and four DE’s. The latter would include a battleship (Iowa class is my vote:D), two CA’s, and four DE’s.  LVT’s only available from the AA fleets.

Direct Helm Control of Fleets – when the commanding player is on the bridge (i.e. the tower), he has control of speed and direction of fleet via a ship’s wheel and engine telegraph.  Leaving the bridge would cause ship to return to standard fleet speed and resume plotted course.  Simple instruments would be included to give speed, heading, and fleet status (damage/sunk status of all ships in fleet), which leads to…

Increased Complexity of Ship Damage Model – Ships can take specific damage that will affect operations, such as CV elevators affecting ability to launch A/C, damage to guns putting them out of action, etc.  This would be accompanied by smoke and fire affects.  Damage would still accumulate towards sinking, but damage control would repair damaged equipment and halt/pump-out flooding.

Fleet Auxiliaries – Oilers, ammo ships, and troop transports would accompany fleets.  Sinking them has the same affect as destroying fuel tanks/ammo bunkers/barracks at land bases.

Fire Control Director Positions on Fleets – Instead of manning each gun position individually, there would be multiple gun director positions on ships.  A cruiser might have four: Forward Main Battery, Aft Main Battery, Port 5-inchers, and Starboard 5-inchers.  Gun director would have a pintle-mounted range finder (looks like binoculars); aiming range finder aims all guns that will bear on that bearing at the same point.  Gun Director positions would be in gun-director towers to get them up high.  Pull trigger and all guns in battery fire together.

Just maintaining my campaign to expand AH’s naval component:).  The above will do for a start.

Title: Optical Rangefinding
Post by: Dr Zhivago on May 01, 2002, 01:38:48 PM

Add this to ship main guns...

Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: Sabre on May 02, 2002, 01:53:07 PM

...just once for luck.

Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: minus on May 02, 2002, 04:41:14 PM

PUNT !!


optical range finder rule !!!!


< also get ride icons GV  = PLANE    PLANE = GV icons !!!!! >

Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: Soviet on May 02, 2002, 06:27:07 PM

those are actually some pretty good ideas

Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: brady on May 02, 2002, 07:27:39 PM

Yup:)

Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: cajun on May 02, 2002, 07:38:43 PM

Add SeaGladiator and Fairey SwordFish that could take of carriers :D :D

Title: Naval Wish List...feel free to add to it
Post by: Karnak on May 02, 2002, 08:56:01 PM

Sounds good, but I vote for a 1944 Yamato class BB.

We need some Japanese ships.