New dockyard event does not take into account KE tonnage 1.00.45 beta

[christian]

As stated the new event does not take into account KE tonnage, im not sure if this is intended but KE are still warships (as seen by prescence of guns and so on)


This led to me failing to evade the event, and as a result loosing 500 tons dockyard size
25% might also be a bit extreme, especially for high dockyard sizes, it requires i have 105k tons building, which is ALOT especially when making cruisers which are very expensive for the tonnage

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[wlbjork]

For some reason, it seems KE tonnage doesn't get counted against your allowed max construction. That's useful in the early game when things are cheap and you can have a bunch of CX and BX ships under construction, but late game not so much.

Edit: Actually, I guess it becomes a balancing act by penalising rapid expansion of the docks in the early game.

[williammiller]

I believe that is WAD - KEs are not counted in the total for that purpose, but will query Fredrik W to doublecheck.

[attemptingsuccess]

Why? They're purpose built warships. Refits also don't count, when they really should.

[wlbjork]

Because it also encompasses converted civilian types.

In early 1939, with the risk of war with Nazi Germany increasing, it was clear to the Royal Navy that it needed more escort ships to counter the threat from Kriegsmarine U-boats. One particular concern was the need to protect shipping off the east coast of Britain. What was needed was something larger and faster than trawlers, but still cheap enough to be built in large numbers, preferably at small merchant shipyards, as larger yards were already busy. To meet this requirement, the Smiths Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees, a specialist in the design and build of fishing vessels, offered a development of its 700-ton, 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) whaler (whale catcher) Southern Pride. They were intended as small convoy escort ships that could be produced quickly and cheaply in large numbers. Despite naval planners' intentions that they be deployed for coastal convoys, their long range meant that they became the mainstay of Mid-Ocean Escort Force convoy protection during the first half of the war.

The above quote (emphasis mine) is taken from the Wiki entry on the Flower Class corvette. Similar comments can be found on the pages dealing with the Castle Class corvette and five different Frigate classes used by the Royal Navy as well as several other vessels.

From the Colony-class Frigate page comes this little gem:

They were mass-produced to mercantile standards to enable their speedy construction in shipyards that did not normally build warships.

[brygun]

Personally I've never been anywhere near my max capacity except under a crushing peace treaty.

I'm not sure if I could even sustain a 25% of the high total capacity we have.