Colonial bonus not working correctly

[cuthalin]

1900 start as GB  Patch 1.22  

0-6000 ton colonial adds 25%

6001 ton + colonial deducts bonus rather than adding it.

So a 6000 ton colonial CL allows 7500 on F/S  but a 10000 ton colonial CA allows only 9166 on F/S, less than the ship.

10000 ton NON-Colonial CA is only 6233 on F/S

Is this correct?

Thanks Cuthalin

[williammiller]

Thanks for the report - IIRC there is a 'diminishing return' factor for larger ships, i.e. the 'service per ton' decreases the larger the ship is past the 'optimal' size of ~ 6000 tons. This simulates the fact that one ship, no matter how large it might be, cannot patrol/'show the flag' in two or more places at the same time, such as the same tonnage in multiple smaller ships could (so two 6000 ton vessels are more useful for CS than a single 12000 tonner, etc)

 Update- An NWS Beta Team member has just noted a possible issue related to colonial service - we will look at that as it may affect tonnage numbers for such.

[cuthalin]

Thanks for the reply William. Is there any difference   col / non col   if i make a 12000 t CA and have it active in a foreign zone? does the non col count for more?

[williammiller]

Recalling this from some time back, I could be wrong - a non-colonial ship counts for slightly less for foreign station than one fitted for colonial service. I will ask Fredrik and see if he can confirm that.

[dorn]

A ship is counted towards colonial requirements (CR) by this tonnage:

1. ship tonnage determination
a) up to 6000 tons whole displacement is taken
b) above 6000 tons, it is 6000 + 1/3 over 6000 tons
2. if ship is built for colonial service (check in design window), total number from point 1 is multiplied by 1.25.

Eg. 1 - cruiser 7200 tons ==> 6000+1200/3 = 6400 tons towards CR
Eg. 2 - cruiser 4800 tons with colonial equipment ==> 4800 * 1.25 = 6000 tons towards CR
Eg. 3 - battlecruiser 18000 tons with colonial equipment ==> (6000 + 12000/3) * 1.25 = 12,500 tons toward CR

So as you can see two 4800 tons cruiser with colonial equipment can fulfill colonial requirements almost same as one 18000 tons battlecruiser with colonial equipment.