Tides of War

I just completed the Tactical Interception patrol with the KMS Kaiser Wilhelm. I finally sank both LFN Battlecruisers. I was gloating over having just sent 80,000+ tons worth of limey battlecruisers down to visit their pal Davy Jones, when the mission log totally imploded my ego. I had only sunk 27,758 tons!!! What gives?!

Is George 'dubya, moonlighting as a Naval Simulation game programmer?

IGN battleship Patrol 6

Keep your eyes open, report all sightings to HQ and protect your assets.

15:27:38 - Mission started at 31.25.40S, 34.54.9E

15:29:29 - B191 destroyed by a League battleship

15:34:59 - Z-170 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:36:23 - F187 destroyed by a League battleship

15:36:46 - F185 destroyed by a League battleship

15:38:57 - Destroyed B201 with a 40mm AA round ESE at 106 meters.

15:39:00 - F190 destroyed by a League battleship

15:39:02 - Z-172 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:39:04 - Destroyed B202 with a 40mm AA round SE at 124 meters.

15:39:08 - Destroyed B203 with a 40mm AA round NW at 410 meters.

15:39:13 - Destroyed B200 with a 40mm AA round SW at 102 meters.

15:39:16 - Destroyed B204 with a 40mm AA round SW at 550 meters.

15:39:39 - Z-178 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:39:41 - F189 destroyed by a League battleship

15:39:48 - Destroyed B199 with a 40mm AA round SSW at 188 meters.

15:40:50 - F183 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:40:52 - Z-168 destroyed by a League battleship

15:41:18 - Z-169 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:41:24 - Z-177 destroyed by a League battleship

15:41:42 - F182 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:42:05 - Z-171 destroyed by a League destroyer

15:43:18 - Destroyed BB180 with a 5in deck gun round S at 2500 meters.

15:49:01 - Z-174 destroyed by a League battleship

15:51:17 - Destroyed BB181 with a 15in deck gun round SSE at 2100 meters.

15:56:52 - Destroyed DD208 with a 15in deck gun round SE at 1900 meters.

15:57:24 - Destroyed DD206 with a 15in deck gun round ESE at 1300 meters.

15:59:23 - Destroyed DD207 with a 15in deck gun round ESE at 2200 meters.16:06:11 - Mission completed at 31.18.57S, 34.50.7E

Planes Destroyed: 6

Ships Sunk: 5

Total Tonnage Sunk: 27758

This is going to be a very long war. Continued excellence in command ensures you'll be around to see the victory. Well done.

You only get credit for the kill and the "remaining tonnage". Meaning anyone helping damage the ship you sink get's a share of the credit.

ooh, proportional xp

So, I take it that if a DD so much as fires one shot at the Hood, then they get a full share of the credit? I can see that being fair when small ships take each other on, or a bunch of small ships take on a BB (not that they have much chance for success). But in this case, the only thing that sunk those bad boys were my 15" shells. Oh well, at least I can say that I sank 2 BB's in one engagement.

An added feature that would be very helpful is a health status for your opponent. In most of the naval engagement narratives that I've read, both sides had spotters at least attempting to count the number of hits inflicted on the enemy. A simple report of the number of hits by weapon type would suffice. Counts of "over" and "under" shots and full shooting statistics after the engagement is over would be cool too.

When are you going to be adding more BB's to the game, especially American ones? I was really bummed out when I finished the American campaign and the biggest ship available was a still DD. crybaby:

I wouldn't expect further ships until the next patch or chapter 2 of singeplayer

Any timeframe on that?

Commander Mark Ingraham has decided on a change in tactics. He will now surface near every almost-dead battleship he sees and surface to machine-gun it and get a share of the tonnage. crazy:

so you'd get what, a half-ton of credit?

The percentage you get of the tonnage is based on the percentage of DAMAGE you did to the ship. putting a hundred 50cal rounds into it won't help you much.

i am sure i get no tonnage for enemy BBs. i sunk both of them quite often with the Hood and still end up with less overal tonage than a single BB.

i am sure my DDs didnt even scratch the paint of the enemy battleships because i sank them at the beginning of the mission to have all the fun for myself

it might be possible that planes might have hit them, but the majority of the damage must have come from my 15"

S.