Super carriers vs. smaller carriers

[Navyman]

OK, 28 may be a bit excessive for some people's tastes. How does 20 sound at the same price and cost as before?

[bongo]

Why do you want super-carriers in the first place? IMO the current model works fine. If you want larger carrier-capacity you just build more carriers and pays more in upkeep.

Maybe an advanced carrier would be good enough? Available later, cost 280, capacity 8 planes, +1 A/D/M. Not possible to upgrade from old carriers.

[epics]

Yes, bongo good. Maybe with Fussion? They are nuclear carriers in fact

[pedrojedi]

Maybe with Fussion? They are nuclear carriers in fact

Nice idea, but that would render the first carriers a "old" quality too fast. I'd put them available at Miniaturization or Robotics, to represent the advanced tech and computers found in such vessels, requiring, of course, oil, steel, aluminum and uranium.

[Qilue]

I'm guessing some of you don't use large carrier formations.

With a group of 6 carriers (all filled with planes) plus a suitable escort (8 battleships/aegis cruisers), the right-click list is full. With the above except with 8 fully loaded carriers, you have to do a lot of clicking to find the ships amongst the planes.

This becomes complicated if the planes are all the same type with some flying air sup.

I use bombers on carriers so I can easily tell which planes are doing the bombing and which are doing the intercepting.

Had Sid&co changed the unit list to add columns rather than the 1 line clicking and scrolling along with some indication of what each plane is doing, carrier groups such as I detailed above wouldn't need any where as much micromanagement.

Btw, I use at least 3 of these carrier groups since 1 of them can provide air cover for a newly conquered city along with any ships in the vicinity until I can get land based air cover in place.