Tides of War

First off, I have read a few posts and seen a few pics where it shows one bc like the hood against two other bcs or at least one of them with one bc being a human player. There are only like 6 patrols under tacital is it one of them?

Also on the game....

Where is the Tripitz and all the other pocket battleships and whats with the non exsisnts of USN BBs?

....cough cough maybe the US Colorado with her 4 3x 16 in guns......end cough cough.

She saw action in the later years of the war aginst the Jappanse Navy.

Also im talking in after muliplayer is squared away.

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I looked, I looked again, but I still never saw where those metal fish came from.

The Montana class (Iowa with extra 3-gun turret), Alaska-class, North Carolina. All would be good, but I'll always prefer a destroyer (with a photon torpedo launcher)

Would we not see some of the early US BB such as NY class Nevada class and Pennsylvania class they where all completed before the USA joined WWI so they would be around

The New Mexicos, at least. Those were already in service.

The biggest problem with the battleships is that they are slow. REALLY slow. In multiplayer, a dedicated assault with DD, DE, and MTBs could easily cripple one.

True, but big ships like that ussaly don't sail around by them selfs much, if it had any kind of escort which I think any bbs will have in muli player anyway the attacking force will have their work cut out for them. Also on muli I am hoping there will be a spectator mode so people like me who run 28k can at least watch, because there is no way I think this game would work on this slow of conn. crybaby: crybaby: >;(

The biggest problem with the battleships is that they are slow. REALLY slow. In multiplayer, a dedicated assault with DD, DE, and MTBs could easily cripple one.

Not true, IMHO. Although the primary fleets of WWI all seemed to consist of BB's limited to 21 knots, later designs included greater speed and BC's could do 31-32 knots. In heavy weather, the escorts could not keep up with the fast big ships, despite their nominal speed advantage. As Kdumph has pointed out, BB's were never designed to be used alone, but with a screen of escorts to shield them from such attacks. BB's possessed a potent secondary themselves for defending against torpedo boat attacks and one hit from their main armament could sink a small ship, and they can hit from much further away than torpedoes can be launched. Such an attack can be successful, and were, but might also be very, very costly to the attackers. Torpedo hits on some of the BB's with good underwater protection might produce disappointing results as well. Attacks made when the visibility is limited and thus closer to the target when spotted have a much better chance of success, though.

Regards,

SeaWolf

with torpedos BB could easly skip around them as seen with the bismark HMS Sheffeld missed about 12 torps lanched at her by swordfish by accident during the bismark campaine. I think that MTBs and DD will struggle to get in range to torp a BB it's rair to have DD piched agenst a lone BB let alone 2 of 3. HMS Hood and POW where out running there escort group when they where heading for the Denmark Straits POW had a top speed of 26-28 knots

I'd still want to be either a carrier or MTB captain in MP though, since an attack with an MTB gets kudos.

Remember, destroyers were originally called "torpedo boat destroyers" and were tasked with keeping capital ships safe from torpedo attack. The escorts keep the MTBs and subs away, and the cap ship keeps the bigger ships (cruisers and above, plus any DDs that screw up) away from the escorts.

ok little poll here, any navy, what ship or ship kind do you guys think should be added to the game.

1 vote here for different bc's that all don't look the same.