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Post by Adseria on Feb 28, 2021 11:35:54 GMT -6
You know, RTW2 is a game of ups and downs. Sometimes, it seems like, no matter what you do, it's always wrong, as though the game is specifically made to screw you over. Other times... ...it makes you feel sorry for the AI.
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Post by babylon218 on Feb 28, 2021 11:55:04 GMT -6
You know, RTW2 is a game of ups and downs. Sometimes, it seems like, no matter what you do, it's always wrong, as though the game is specifically made to screw you over. Other times... View Attachment...it makes you feel sorry for the AI. Not in-game, but I genuinely just looked at that image and then clicked 'OK' to clear the message! I think I may need to take a break from this game for a few days!
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Post by Adseria on Mar 1, 2021 16:03:57 GMT -6
You know, RTW2 is a game of ups and downs. Sometimes, it seems like, no matter what you do, it's always wrong, as though the game is specifically made to screw you over. Other times... View Attachment...it makes you feel sorry for the AI. Not in-game, but I genuinely just looked at that image and then clicked 'OK' to clear the message! I think I may need to take a break from this game for a few days! Happens to everyone sometimes
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Post by Adseria on Mar 2, 2021 8:56:37 GMT -6
Ok, for the purposes of this post, there are 3 relevant groups of ships, and I'm going to give you a breakdown. For clarity, these are all mine; this post is about the order of battle. Battle Division 10 consists of two battleships: Oklahoma and New Jersey, both of the Oklahoma-class, my newest battleship design in service. Battle Division 18 consists of three battleships: Delaware and California, both Oklahoma-class ships, and North Carolina, of the older (but still decent) Colorado-class. Finally, Carrier Division 14 Consists of my two light carriers (I don't have any other carriers- I guess the OSS came up with the "14" moniker ). Battle 10, of two battleships, is operating independently. Carrier 14 are supporting Battle 10. And Battle 18, for some ungodly reason, is assigned to follow Carrier 14. This despite the fact that 1: that leaves the main surface force with two battleships, and the carriers escorted by three, and 2: the battleships will severely slow down the carrier group; the carriers can make 28kn, the Oklahoma-class 23kn, and the Colorado-class only 20. I think the first step of this battle is obvious: ...and fixed!
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Post by Adseria on Mar 2, 2021 10:14:16 GMT -6
No words necessary...
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Post by nimrod on Mar 2, 2021 11:13:19 GMT -6
Turns out she was actually ordered to 2,147,483,647kn (that's 2 billion knots). They've gone to plaid...
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Post by spacenerd4 on Mar 2, 2021 12:03:09 GMT -6
Turns out she was actually ordered to 2,147,483,647kn (that's 2 billion knots). They've gone to plaid... more like argyle at those speeds
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2021 15:24:09 GMT -6
*Army bugler signals general advance on the bridge of CL Rynda* Brief French confusionGeneral Advance! Break through their lines! Scatter them! the French realize its not a torpedo runThis is the correct way of fighting! deep sea battle!Just another day in the Russian Navy.
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Post by geroj on Mar 2, 2021 16:27:34 GMT -6
Whats with the accuracy? Imperator Aleksandr fires 12 14inch guns ...and hit 7 times? Teach me
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Post by Adseria on Mar 2, 2021 21:08:18 GMT -6
Any Americans out there? I just got this new medium bomber, and since your pronunciations are so different to ours over here in England, I was hoping you could help me with it's pronunciation. I think it's in some kind of rare regional dialect?
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 2, 2021 21:17:30 GMT -6
Whats with the accuracy? Imperator Aleksandr fires 12 14inch guns ...and hit 7 times? Teach me Guns can fire more than once per turn.
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Post by Adseria on Mar 2, 2021 22:43:37 GMT -6
You've heard of a rain dance? Well, this is what a wind dance looks like:
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Post by Adseria on Mar 3, 2021 10:47:45 GMT -6
Always nice when this happens. "Ok, guys, that was a decent battle. Night engagement with an enemy cruiser, we torpedo them, they torpedo us, they sink, we don't we can probably call that a win. Wait, what? We sank a heavy cruiser? We didn't even see a heavy cruiser! Ah. Exactly as planned. "
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Post by Adseria on Mar 3, 2021 20:24:58 GMT -6
I wonder how this is going to go... EDIT: Also, I just noticed the formation of the scouting force. The Destroyer group I have selected in the bottom right has orders to screen the fast battleships in the top left. They're about 35nm away. I guess they're taking a "distant screening position." EDIT2: It just occurred to me; this is 1949. I have air search radar. Maybe they're just providing an outer radar screen against all those German airbases in the region.
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Post by Adseria on Mar 3, 2021 23:43:09 GMT -6
View AttachmentI wonder how this is going to go... EDIT: Also, I just noticed the formation of the scouting force. View AttachmentThe Destroyer group I have selected in the bottom right has orders to screen the fast battleships in the top left. They're about 35nm away. I guess they're taking a "distant screening position." EDIT2: It just occurred to me; this is 1949. I have air search radar. Maybe they're just providing an outer radar screen against all those German airbases in the region. ...Yeah, I never was much good at these massive battles. Oh, and all those airbases from my last post? Not a single land-based airstrike the whole battle. It all happened well within range of medium bombers from Philadelphia and New York. But, no, they were perfectly happy to just stick to flying-boat patrols and leave the airstrikes to my carriers. And speaking of those carriers, they did most of the heavy lifting. Without them, two of those four battleships, and that one carrier, would still be afloat. Despite the fact that I screwed up the first strike (badly aimed, so it missed the main enemy fleet), and that the second strike was launched entirely ad-hoc as planes returned from the first strike, my carriers really saved my butt. And then, they did it again with CAP. And all that, despite the fact that they're terrible carriers. I wanted to experiment, so the four fleet carriers all have 2-1/2" flight decks, and the light carriers all have 1-1/2" FDs, so carrying capacity is pretty terrible across the board (57 for the CVs, 30 for the CVLs). Of course, it didn't help that most of my surface fleet wasn't much good, either. My best battleships are in refit, and several of my other latest ships are over in SE Asia, the only place where I and Germany both have bases, so the fleet left on the East coast, while big, is mostly made up of older ships that can't really stand up. Then, the battle generator screwed me, too. Take a look at the last pic from that previous post. The main fleet is in the top right, the two-fast-battleship scouting force in the top left (with their destroyer screen in bottom right), the carrier force off-screen to the top right, and the convoy we're here to protect just off screen at the top. Can you guess where the main enemy fleet spawned? Probably off the bottom of the screen somewhere, right? Nope; they spawned in between the scouting force battleships and their screening destroyers. Yup, right in the middle of the screen. So, I basically had two fast battleships (30-year-old converted battlecruisers, at that) facing off against most of the enemy surface fleet (I counted four battleships and three battlecruisers, with escorts), and, if the enemy could break through that stalwart defence, there's be nothing between them and the convoy. So, I naturally had the main fleet rush to help. There was a force of three battlecruisers with the main fleet who rushed on ahead, but, as I said, these were old ships; aside from a British 27kn battleship (but 9x11", so not a lot of use), fleet speed was limited to 23kn. So, for a solid hour, the two fast battleships were pretty much alone, and I'm pretty sure the only reason they lasted as long as they did was because it was night, and both sides were relying on radar-controlled blind fire. Eventually, the battlecruiser/battleship force arrived and drove them off, although not without losses; one of the fast battleships (the other heavily damaged), one relatively modern, large battlecruiser (leading the relief column), and a battleship (modern, fast, but fairly small). At about this same time, daybreak arrived, and I immediately launch the aircraft from all carriers, which had been waiting on deck for sunrise. It was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen; around 200 planes, almost all torpedo and dive bombers, flying in formation. Unfortunately, the other thing they were flying in was the wrong direction; I aimed them too far south. On the bright side, that meant they found a previously unknown force of a couple of battleships and battlecruisers, south-east of the main battle. The carrier planes attacked them, sank a battleship, and turned for home. Meanwhile, the surface fleet managed to disable, and, eventually, sink, two enemy battleships. The second carrier strike was, as I said, piecemeal; made up of whatever planes were available, largely groups of no more than a dozen at a time, often in twos and threes. They didn't do much damage, but they did give me my first reports of carriers. I knew the enemy had carriers, because I'd been taking attacks for a while, but I didn't know where they were. While the carriers were cycling the aircraft from strike two into strike three, I f***ed up. Remember that group strike one attacked? Well, I...kinda forgot about them, and one of the battlecruisers, plus escorts, managed to find my carriers. I panicked, but, luckily, the carriers had a battlecruiser and a battleship with them that I missed, and they chased the enemy ship away. Strike three was another co-ordinated strike, following up a search by floatplanes which spotted the enemy carriers, giving me a positive (albeit slightly stale) location to aim the strike. I waited this time, until all aircraft were ready, and launched another full strike, which found the enemy carriers, and sank one. So, yeah, not the best battle I've ever fought, but, as I said, I've never been much good with these big fleet battles. Oh, and apologies for the wall of text; I just kinda felt like it. Now, if you don't mind, it's 5:42am, so I'm off to bed. Good night!
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