Post by tmp on Jul 18, 2019 17:21:30 GMT -6
According to the manual:
Ships assigned to trade protection will not normally be available for fleet operations. However, in non home areas, any ship present might be used in battle.
As of 1.05b (possibly in previous versions as well) this doesn't appear to be the case, or this sentence means something different than I think it means. Playing as Japan, during a war with France as a test i've assigned *all* my ships to TP role. This resulted in 6+ months of no battles at all (not even convoy defense missions, oddly enough) despite having 50-150 point strong fleets in a number of non home areas (Southeast Asia, South Pacific, Central Pacific) and enemy ships operating there. If I put only some of my ships in the TP role then battles in these areas do take place, but the ships assigned the TP role never make appearance in them.
Ships assigned to trade protection will not normally be available for fleet operations. However, in non home areas, any ship present might be used in battle.
As of 1.05b (possibly in previous versions as well) this doesn't appear to be the case, or this sentence means something different than I think it means. Playing as Japan, during a war with France as a test i've assigned *all* my ships to TP role. This resulted in 6+ months of no battles at all (not even convoy defense missions, oddly enough) despite having 50-150 point strong fleets in a number of non home areas (Southeast Asia, South Pacific, Central Pacific) and enemy ships operating there. If I put only some of my ships in the TP role then battles in these areas do take place, but the ships assigned the TP role never make appearance in them.
