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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 21, 2019 18:04:35 GMT -6
I would like to say that the website is quite decent and far beyond my crappy abilities.
Also I think you are underselling you English abilities. I didn't catch anything and I only speak English, albeit that does not guarantee I am actually good at englishing
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 15, 2019 12:00:57 GMT -6
Me, I'm more of the case where I have to stop myself from going "Hoist the signal flags, engage the enemy more closely!" Hey, if there's ever a good time in the game for putting your battleships alongside those of the enemy and exchanging broadsides at near-point blank ranges, it's the predreadnought period. Heavy guns don't yet rip through battleship armor like it was paper even at very short ranges, torpedoes are neither as dangerous (despite predreadnought-period ships having a rather severe lack of underwater protection) nor as numerous as they are later in the game, and your ships can hardly hit the broad side of a barn from half their theoretical maximum gun range anyways.
Really gives you bad habits for later in the game, though...
Yup, just had a battle last night where I was Russia vs France in 1914. Dreadnoughts, was going well I thought then my line got hit by 3 torps...paused and only then did I realize I had been running parallel to the enemy line at 2000 yards... in 1914
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 14, 2019 6:32:20 GMT -6
I have learned that early battles are rarely decisive. It's just too hard to sink larger ships. I've found this as well, since I'm usually loathe to roll the dice and get my battle-line in close with the enemy's. Me, I'm more of the case where I have to stop myself from going "Hoist the signal flags, engage the enemy more closely!"
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 13, 2019 19:05:43 GMT -6
Yup, I feel that. As for heavy secondaries (8+ inches) it is actually beneficial to put them in turrets as large guns in casemates have a ROF penalty I believe, so I do that as well.
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 13, 2019 16:25:37 GMT -6
Nice writing and some very interesting designs.
I was wondering why the secondaries on you Bs are in turrets, is it an experiment on your part, or a representation of the sometimes odd American shot design? (I mean not on par with French in odd ships, but superposed turrets man, superposed turrets.)
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 9, 2019 23:08:42 GMT -6
Thanks I will try that the next time I have anything to share
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 9, 2019 17:25:24 GMT -6
Yah, I am trying to use Imgur as others on this forum do, but can't figure it out...I am somewhat of a luddite when it comes to internet things edit: I just used the classic add attachments cause I know how to do that.
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 9, 2019 17:16:41 GMT -6
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 4, 2019 11:07:54 GMT -6
Just flew back from Halifax on a turboprop. They hacked together a repair on the fly prior to boarding after a 1hr 30 delay and boy did it show. There was a strong vibration and shuddering that ran thru the entire aircraft every 30 seconds for the entire flight. Pretty alarming actually and one of the reasons I don't like flying turbos Did you intuit this from your knowledge of airplanes or did the airline tell the passengers "oh hey we kind of jerry-rigged this engine to work just now, nbd"? Seems like if I were an airline I'd try not to tell people I was using field-expedient maintenance techniques. No, it was hyperbole (the jury rigging that is, the vibrations not hyperbole). In retrospect I shouldn't have made that post it is super OT and I was tired out of my gourd when I made it. What they told us was and I quote "there is a serious matinence and repair issue with the plane that we are rectifying, thank you for your patience." I don't like flying at the best of times, and I especially don't like flying small aircraft and turbo props due to airsickness and some bad experiences on them, so that was not exactly the most reassuring statement.
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 3, 2019 21:17:43 GMT -6
Just flew back from Halifax on a turboprop. They hacked together a repair on the fly prior to boarding after a 1hr 30 delay and boy did it show. There was a strong vibration and shuddering that ran thru the entire aircraft every 30 seconds for the entire flight. Pretty alarming actually and one of the reasons I don't like flying turbos
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Post by boomboomf22 on Mar 2, 2019 11:52:58 GMT -6
I would say that if you want to build a CA like that you want to thin the D to 2" and TT to either 2 or 2.5". My reasoning is that if the things shooting at you can pen that thickness of deck armor at max range (ie plunging) then they can probably catch a 24kt AC. I would suggest either using the freed up weight to decrease size of the ship or increase its speed.
Additionally the armor could probably get away with being a bit thinner on the turrets and belt as the same issue with regards to armoring of deck apply. Unless it is intended as a stand in for a BC (which any ship armed with CA guns will have issues doing) then 7.5" and 8" respecitivly seems a bit much on a ship that can only make 24kts.
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Post by boomboomf22 on Feb 12, 2019 14:17:41 GMT -6
Not gonna be as detailed as the others but I have historically had a sweet spot for the 7" gun on my designs. I have found it to be a reasonably effective weapon in the predread era, especially as I find it packs enough of a punch over a 6" to justify the extra weight and loss in rate of fire.
Due to the crappy metallurgy of the early period I have found success firing both he and ap, as BE is often not thick enough on AI designs to stop 7" AP at close (aka standard for the period) range.
As for armoring BE I do often make BE on predreads thick enough to withstand at least 7" guns, often against the main battery tho only at the start. However if I have to save weight it is the first to be reduced after D and DE has been brought down to 1"
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Post by boomboomf22 on Feb 5, 2019 15:42:47 GMT -6
I always wondered what those boxy things around Japanese torp launchers were, interesting to know. I wonder how effective they were in practice?
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Post by boomboomf22 on Feb 5, 2019 11:11:22 GMT -6
Ohhh, a new aar to follow, awesome
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Post by boomboomf22 on Feb 2, 2019 0:30:17 GMT -6
I suspect with careful use it will be viable. I had a game (still have the save cause I keep meaning to post about it here on the forum) where I made only British style BCs with 6" armor the entire game and saw a fair amount of action with no losses. The key was to be very careful with them and they (6" bcs) do not do well at all with only lighter guns. I very quickly scrapped the 2 I built with 12" guns but retained the 14" gun armed ones all game. Who were you playing as? I think that Fisher style BCs are more justifiable for Britain than for most nations, as it can afford the luxury of capital ships which do not need to contribute to fleet battles, and needs a cost effective method of countering enemy cruisers on foreign stations. Nevertheless, as far as specialised 'cruiser killer' BCs go, I still don't feel that the 'speed is armour' philosophy is justified. Why put vessels of such great value at such dire risk by giving them so little armour, for the sake of an armament which vastly overawes the targets they are meant to engage? Much better, in my opinion, to have fewer and / or smaller main battery guns and armour that befits the size and importance of the vessel, thus enabling the ship to engage its equals as well as its inferiors. Nevertheless, I have never tried it for myself, so perhaps I'd be pleasantly surprised. Oh, sorry I thought I mentioned, but must have forgotten to put it in the post. I was playing France. I was going with the type as a thought experiment. I usually build German style and thought to myself, hang on can I make 6" armor bcs as a viable thing. And I suppose I should have specified, but by British style I mean solely big guns, speed, light armor not the intended role. No cruiser hunters were these, I built the with the intent to use against other bcs and in fleet battles. Worked surprisingly well too. It hinged I think on getting 14" guns early and always putting the biggest decent guns on them available paired with middling caution in their use.
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