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Post by Airy W on Nov 6, 2016 20:46:10 GMT -6
Anyway, rams in the profile pictures and ship outlines are purely cosmetic in RTW. There's no difference from the game's perspective, and as far as I've been able to tell all the damage inflicted by ramming/collisions in combat goes right to the overall flooding/structure bars rather than any specific component of a ship. It's worth it when your fire discipline is horrible! I once had a hilarious encounter in 1901 where two of my destroyers went up against a single enemy destroyer. All three ships ran out of ammo without critical damage to any ship. My ships were faster so I had my flagship ram the enemy. That didn't do the trick so I had the other ship ram the enemy. That didn't do the trick so I had the flagship ram the enemy again. Best. Victory. Ever. |
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Post by Roumba on Nov 6, 2016 21:40:48 GMT -6
What's your secret to successfully ram? I can never manage to pull it off, intentionally...
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Post by fightingflattops on Nov 7, 2016 7:40:52 GMT -6
"secret to successfully ram?" Ask the enemy, they had a close encounter with my german battleship (or Ramship).
GB 16000t Battleship
22 17:17 Rammed by enemy (B Weissenburg5)
22 17:20 8 in 29 yds Hull hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:20 8 in 29 yds Engine room hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:21 8 in 29 yds Hull passthrough hit * (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:22 8 in 29 yds Hull hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:22 7 in 3531 yds Hull hit B (B Wittelsbach, AP)
22 17:23 8 in 29 yds Engine room hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:24 8 in 30 yds Secondary battery hit (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:25 8 in 30 yds Engine room hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:26 11 in 30 yds Hull hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:26 8 in 30 yds Hull hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:27 8 in 64 yds Superstructure hit. Shell burst limited by coal bunker (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 17:28 8 in 132 yds Hull hit BE * (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:01 Launches torpedo at B Weissenburg5-class
22 19:01 11 in 1554 yds Secondary battery hit * (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:01 8 in 1554 yds Hull hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:05 Limits flooding!
22 19:07 8 in 382 yds Turret hit T (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:08 8 in 535 yds Engine room hit B (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:10 8 in 1055 yds Submerged torpedo flat hit * (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:13 8 in 1996 yds Critical hit *! Rudder damaged! (B Weissenburg5, AP)
22 19:14 Limits flooding!
22 19:16 Detaches to move independently against close enemy
22 19:19 Limits flooding!
22 19:23 Rudder repaired!
23 03:17 Sinking through progressive flooding.
GB 600t destroyer
22 18:44 Rammed by enemy (B Weissenburg5)
22 18:44 Sinking through progressive flooding.
22 18:45 8 in 13 yds ## Superstructure hit BE *. D* Splinters damage Machinery (B Weissenburg5, HE)
22 18:45 8 in 13 yds ## Critical hit! Fire control damaged (B Weissenburg5, HE)
22 18:45 3 in 13 yds ## Fore/aft hull hit * (B Weissenburg5, HE)
22 18:45 3 in 13 yds ## Fore/aft hull hit * (B Weissenburg5, HE)
22 18:45 3 in 13 yds ## Near miss! (B Weissenburg5, HE)
22 18:45 3 in 13 yds ## Hull hit BE (B Weissenburg5, HE)
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Post by Airy W on Nov 7, 2016 19:58:32 GMT -6
What's your secret to successfully ram? I can never manage to pull it off, intentionally... Just steer your leading vessel into the midpoint of the enemy repeatedly. It's hard to do unless they are out of primary gun ammo. |
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