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Post by swedewolf on May 21, 2019 8:05:58 GMT -6
Im just in 1912 and my divisions are more adhoc than planned. Seing that some research are formation related, will that help group my startup ships for a battle?
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Post by ramjb on May 23, 2019 23:38:59 GMT -6
Yes, with unlocks in fleet formations and tactics you get better (or at least more efficient, at least on paper  ) deployements at battle starts. With time you'll have things as independent battlecruiser and carrier squadrons, screening destroyers, more complex and more efficient battlefleet deployements,etc. |
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Post by JagdFlanker on May 24, 2019 2:52:59 GMT -6
in case you are not aware, in the battle screen on the top left there are tabs, the far left tab is OOB
from there you can re-organize your ship formations before the battle - some divisions might be independent but you can change that to follow/escort another division as core/support/screen
for example the first thing i do in every battle i change all my DD divisions to 'screen', and i take most of my DD divisions and have them escort my lead division so that they are in front of the battle line
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Post by jorgencab on May 24, 2019 4:04:45 GMT -6
in case you are not aware, in the battle screen on the top left there are tabs, the far left tab is OOB from there you can re-organize your ship formations before the battle - some divisions might be independent but you can change that to follow/escort another division as core/support/screen for example the first thing i do in every battle i change all my DD divisions to 'screen', and i take most of my DD divisions and have them escort my lead division so that they are in front of the battle line Is it not more efficient at the early game to have you DD in support and call for them once you suppressed the opposing battle line. Rushing in DD against large ships able to easily fire all their secondaries seems like a waste of those DD... I just might not understand the game mechanics enough though. |
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Post by JagdFlanker on May 24, 2019 4:36:05 GMT -6
in case you are not aware, in the battle screen on the top left there are tabs, the far left tab is OOB from there you can re-organize your ship formations before the battle - some divisions might be independent but you can change that to follow/escort another division as core/support/screen for example the first thing i do in every battle i change all my DD divisions to 'screen', and i take most of my DD divisions and have them escort my lead division so that they are in front of the battle line Is it not more efficient at the early game to have you DD in support and call for them once you suppressed the opposing battle line. Rushing in DD against large ships able to easily fire all their secondaries seems like a waste of those DD... I just might not understand the game mechanics enough though. i use my DDs to keep the enemy away from my capital ships so i like to keep my DDs between the enemy and my capital ships - of course early game your DDs can only 'support' until you get 'screen' tech
i do lose a few DDs every battle but i usually have ~36 DDs in service (very large fleet) and i'd rather the enemy fire on them instead of my bigger ships
when your DDs can fire 4+ torp spreads they can do a great job of breaking up the enemy battle line and sometimes making them scatter, making it easy to hunt the enemy down individually
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Post by snwh on May 24, 2019 5:03:19 GMT -6
in case you are not aware, in the battle screen on the top left there are tabs, the far left tab is OOB from there you can re-organize your ship formations before the battle - some divisions might be independent but you can change that to follow/escort another division as core/support/screen for example the first thing i do in every battle i change all my DD divisions to 'screen', and i take most of my DD divisions and have them escort my lead division so that they are in front of the battle line huh, I didn't know you could use the order of battle screen like that. I've done it a few times in the.. wahts it called division screen? To change what a divisions leader is. Is this something different? Or is it just easier to use? (to be honest I've only ever used the order of battle tab to detach ships) |
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Post by JagdFlanker on May 24, 2019 6:16:34 GMT -6
huh, I didn't know you could use the order of battle screen like that. I've done it a few times in the.. wahts it called division screen? To change what a divisions leader is. Is this something different? Or is it just easier to use? (to be honest I've only ever used the order of battle tab to detach ships) i'm not 100% sure what you are asking, but first thing i do in a battle is go to this tab on the left
and i reorganize the ships to follow the lead formation i want them to. the ui isn't the best, i find it easier to click on the division i want to change in the OOB tab, it highlights the division on the main battle map, then i move the mouse to the map and right click on the highlighted division flag to bring up it's info screen, and i change it's lead formation to the division i want
so if i had 3 BB divisions and each had a DD division escorting it i would go into each DD division and change their lead formation to the flagship formation so all my DDs are closer to the front. i also change their role from 'support' to 'screen' so that they (usually) go in front of my lead division
since i only use CLs for scouting if i notice any of my CL divisions are in any role other than scout i change their lead formation to the lead division and change their role to 'scout'
if i have any carriers included i make sure they are set to 'support' the lead division so that they sit back and provide air cover for my lead formation - this is why i do not like it when i get the tech 'separate carrier and battleship task forces' because it puts your carriers in a 2nd lead division and you can no longer assign carriers to support your lead BB division and give it air cover
same as 'separate BC/BB scouting force', it creates a 2nd lead division and you can no longer attach those ships to your primary lead division which gives me a lot less control, not more
sometimes you will find a division in there that's set to 'independent', and i want to keep all my ships grouped together so i change their lead formation to attach them to the rest of the group and change their role if necessary
pro tip - you don't have to click on the drop box to change a division's lead formation/role/formation, you can just hover the mouse over it and use your roller ball to change it. just figured that out a few months ago after having played the game for 4 years
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) deployements at battle starts.
