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Post by oldpop2000 on Oct 12, 2019 15:12:03 GMT -6
Here is an idea. In the air group box, each individual squadron is listed. You can change the role by right clicking on the squadron. So, why not add bombing, ASW, Scouting, Air-Sea Rescue, transport.
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Post by Adseria on Oct 13, 2019 6:45:54 GMT -6
In the one game that I've played past 1905, I found that flying boats became pretty obsolete around the '30s, and I replaced them all with medium bombers. Yes, you lose the ASW capability, but it's easy enough to just build a few extra destroyers/corvettes, and the '30s is around the time you start getting technologies like K-guns and ASW mortars. Once you can have ships that provide 4 ASW, minesweeping ability and cost less than 2 flying boats, there's no real reason to keep them around.
For instance, this thing:
has 4 ASW, and minesweeping ability. In wartime, as it is at the moment, it costs 22 upkeep per turn. In peacetime, it's 10 (5 on reserve, or 1 in mothballs, which is what I do). A single flying boat costs 12. I'm not sure how much a single flying boat does, but I'm guessing it doesn't provide 2 ASW plus minesweeping (ie ~half an August Pieper-class). Those ships are a mid-'30s design (first ships completed '36).
Oh, and that 22 upkeep I mentioned? Yeah, that's with the penalty for being obsolete.
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Post by dizzy on Oct 13, 2019 6:54:00 GMT -6
Here is an idea. In the air group box, each individual squadron is listed. You can change the role by right clicking on the squadron. So, why not add bombing, ASW, Scouting, Air-Sea Rescue, transport. Because that's too much micro. Squadrons should have AI that decides what is the best task it can perform at the time.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Oct 13, 2019 9:04:57 GMT -6
Here is an idea. In the air group box, each individual squadron is listed. You can change the role by right clicking on the squadron. So, why not add bombing, ASW, Scouting, Air-Sea Rescue, transport. Because that's too much micro. Squadrons should have AI that decides what is the best task it can perform at the time. For some, I guess that's the way the game is played best. However, you might install a check box to allow others to opt out of AI controlled aircraft missions. Just a thought.
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