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@Elensar
If I was playing as the US and wanted to send a convoy to Britain I would simply stack all my transports under a large number of Battleships and Cruisers. That way the Germans would have to slip lots of submarines past the Destroyer and Bomber screen and even then they would probably only scratch the paint on a few capital ships. Such suicidal tactics could not be sustained for long by the Germans who would probably abandon the Atlantic campaign and concentrate on building army units leaving the Allies in control of the seas.
During the war the Battle of the Atlantic was a hard fought slog for both sides. New tactics had to be evolved and both sides came close to victory. Stackable terrain would just play into the hands of the Allies and effectively eliminate the Atlantic as a theatre of operations.
@Eurisko
I took the simplest option first and simply doubles the Attack/Defence of all ships and give them the AEGIS flag (Cruisers were doubled + 10 A/D). Upon testing this seems to work out very well. Ships can still fight each other, bombers can inflict some damage on Battleships but they survive the majority of the time. Destroyers and Subs are vulnerable from air attack which is realistic. Battleships can conduct coastal bombardments on cities with no Coastal defences but come to grief when attacking well protected ports. Submarines can do a lot of damage when they get through making U-Boat warfare a real option for the Germans, especially if they defeat France and start getting event spawned units in the French Atlantic coast cities. 2-3 Submarines will take out a Battleship and any Transports stacked underneath will be sent to the bottom of the sea!
New ship stats:
Submarine, nil, 2, 12.,0, 60a,12d, 3h,2f, 6, 0, 2, nil, 010000000001000
Destroyer, nil, 2, 12.,0, 32a,32d, 3h,1f, 6, 0, 2, nil, 110000000000000
Cruiser, nil, 2, 10.,0, 50a,50d, 3h,2f, 8, 0, 2, nil, 010000000000000
Battleship, nil, 2, 8.,0, 72a,72d, 4h,2f, 16,0, 2, nil, 010000000000000
Aircraft Carrier, nil, 2, 8.,0, 6a, 54d, 4h,2f, 16,0, 2, nil, 010000010000000
I have increased the subs range to 12 to make it more effective. If Germany can take Brest, Nantes and Bordeaux they should be able to slip their U-Boats into the Atlantic quite easily. Some will be sunk by patrolling bombers from Plymouth, but the majority should get through, I hope.
Yeah, I do usually copy before I press submit reply in case IE crashes. Sods law that I always forget when posting a mammoth reply
@Elensar
If I was playing as the US and wanted to send a convoy to Britain I would simply stack all my transports under a large number of Battleships and Cruisers. That way the Germans would have to slip lots of submarines past the Destroyer and Bomber screen and even then they would probably only scratch the paint on a few capital ships. Such suicidal tactics could not be sustained for long by the Germans who would probably abandon the Atlantic campaign and concentrate on building army units leaving the Allies in control of the seas.
During the war the Battle of the Atlantic was a hard fought slog for both sides. New tactics had to be evolved and both sides came close to victory. Stackable terrain would just play into the hands of the Allies and effectively eliminate the Atlantic as a theatre of operations.
@Eurisko
I took the simplest option first and simply doubles the Attack/Defence of all ships and give them the AEGIS flag (Cruisers were doubled + 10 A/D). Upon testing this seems to work out very well. Ships can still fight each other, bombers can inflict some damage on Battleships but they survive the majority of the time. Destroyers and Subs are vulnerable from air attack which is realistic. Battleships can conduct coastal bombardments on cities with no Coastal defences but come to grief when attacking well protected ports. Submarines can do a lot of damage when they get through making U-Boat warfare a real option for the Germans, especially if they defeat France and start getting event spawned units in the French Atlantic coast cities. 2-3 Submarines will take out a Battleship and any Transports stacked underneath will be sent to the bottom of the sea!
New ship stats:
Submarine, nil, 2, 12.,0, 60a,12d, 3h,2f, 6, 0, 2, nil, 010000000001000
Destroyer, nil, 2, 12.,0, 32a,32d, 3h,1f, 6, 0, 2, nil, 110000000000000
Cruiser, nil, 2, 10.,0, 50a,50d, 3h,2f, 8, 0, 2, nil, 010000000000000
Battleship, nil, 2, 8.,0, 72a,72d, 4h,2f, 16,0, 2, nil, 010000000000000
Aircraft Carrier, nil, 2, 8.,0, 6a, 54d, 4h,2f, 16,0, 2, nil, 010000010000000
I have increased the subs range to 12 to make it more effective. If Germany can take Brest, Nantes and Bordeaux they should be able to slip their U-Boats into the Atlantic quite easily. Some will be sunk by patrolling bombers from Plymouth, but the majority should get through, I hope.
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