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Post by indy on May 27, 2021 18:24:01 GMT -6
On my transport! 2 bomb drops, one was a critical hit on machinery and the other a near miss. 1st time I’ve seen enemy floatplanes drop bombs. They’ve probably done it before, 1st time I’ve noticed. Has anyone ever had a ship sunk due to floatplane? No one will admit it. Who would ever want to disclose this? Lol
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Post by oldpop2000 on May 27, 2021 18:59:10 GMT -6
On my transport! 2 bomb drops, one was a critical hit on machinery and the other a near miss. 1st time I’ve seen enemy floatplanes drop bombs. They’ve probably done it before, 1st time I’ve noticed. Has anyone ever had a ship sunk due to floatplane? No one will admit it. Who would ever want to disclose this? Lol Nope, I've never had a ship sunk by a floatplane. Sounds cool though ..... and I would admit it, its just a game, nothing more.
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Post by nimrod on May 28, 2021 12:15:35 GMT -6
I keep trying to sink enemy ships with floatplanes, with no success that I've noted... Some reported bomb hits that never seem hold up once I get the AAR; I've never had a float with a 1000lb load though. I might have to make a concentrated effort to get one... Might make a decent ground pounder, shore-installation attacker.
I've lost some DD's to PB's and seen a couple of enemy Zepplins hit some DD in the early 20's. Worst loss on my end was my converted CV which went down from one Zepplin or PB bomb. I think it was a Zepplin, it was the same battle in which the DD's were sunk by PB's. Went four rounds of alternating attacks, PB, Z, PB, Z, PB, Z over an hours time. The bomb that hit the CV went through a 6" turret and caused an immediate flash fire. This was before I had any non-light AA tech's developed let alone on ships. CAP was totally ineffective and the CV was lost very early on, first Z or second PB attack.
I can't say I've ever seen a floatplane bomb one of my ships... I'll have to keep an eye out.
In WWII, I think a few ships aux ships went down by floatplanes; like HMAS Patricia Cam.
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Post by jatzi on May 28, 2021 16:04:47 GMT -6
I've sunk ships with floatplanes before. I've had floatplanes bomb my ships when AV's are common in battles, in the 20s and early 30s. They've scored hits too although I don't remember if they ever sank anything.
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Post by dia on May 28, 2021 16:28:40 GMT -6
I've lost some DD's to PB's and seen a couple of enemy Zepplins hit some DD in the early 20's. Worst loss on my end was my converted CV which went down from one Zepplin or PB bomb. I think it was a Zepplin, it was the same battle in which the DD's were sunk by PB's. Went four rounds of alternating attacks, PB, Z, PB, Z, PB, Z over an hours time. The bomb that hit the CV went through a 6" turret and caused an immediate flash fire. This was before I had any non-light AA tech's developed let alone on ships. CAP was totally ineffective and the CV was lost very early on, first Z or second PB attack.
That's actually kind of awesome. I wish that kind of stuff happened more. I don't mean the flashfire, but having to worry about Z attacks.
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Post by jatzi on May 29, 2021 11:45:12 GMT -6
I've lost some DD's to PB's and seen a couple of enemy Zepplins hit some DD in the early 20's. Worst loss on my end was my converted CV which went down from one Zepplin or PB bomb. I think it was a Zepplin, it was the same battle in which the DD's were sunk by PB's. Went four rounds of alternating attacks, PB, Z, PB, Z, PB, Z over an hours time. The bomb that hit the CV went through a 6" turret and caused an immediate flash fire. This was before I had any non-light AA tech's developed let alone on ships. CAP was totally ineffective and the CV was lost very early on, first Z or second PB attack.
That's actually kind of awesome. I wish that kind of stuff happened more. I don't mean the flashfire, but having to worry about Z attacks. Just a few days ago Zepplins bombed and sank one of my DD's and damaged my CVL. I also wish zepplins did more bombing. The zepplin stuff is really cool but PB's replace them so quick they're unecessary
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Post by dorn on May 29, 2021 12:31:13 GMT -6
That's actually kind of awesome. I wish that kind of stuff happened more. I don't mean the flashfire, but having to worry about Z attacks. Just a few days ago Zepplins bombed and sank one of my DD's and damaged my CVL. I also wish zepplins did more bombing. The zepplin stuff is really cool but PB's replace them so quick they're unecessary Airships has range advantage for quite a time. It starts to change in end of 20s with medium bombers or patrol boats. But they can be still reasonable asset in area where you cannot have as many aicraft as you wish. In this case they can be still reasonable assets to free aicraft from patrolling even later.
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Post by oldpop2000 on May 29, 2021 13:59:36 GMT -6
That's actually kind of awesome. I wish that kind of stuff happened more. I don't mean the flashfire, but having to worry about Z attacks. Just a few days ago Zepplins bombed and sank one of my DD's and damaged my CVL. I also wish zepplins did more bombing. The zepplin stuff is really cool but PB's replace them so quick they're unecessary Blimp hangars are just impressive believe me. They are awesome inside.
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Post by jatzi on May 29, 2021 18:54:07 GMT -6
Just a few days ago Zepplins bombed and sank one of my DD's and damaged my CVL. I also wish zepplins did more bombing. The zepplin stuff is really cool but PB's replace them so quick they're unecessary Airships has range advantage for quite a time. It starts to change in end of 20s with medium bombers or patrol boats. But they can be still reasonable asset in area where you cannot have as many aicraft as you wish. In this case they can be still reasonable assets to free aicraft from patrolling even later. Yeah I know they have much longer range than early scouts and flying boats. So they can be useful in the pacific areas even into the 20s and 30s. But they rarely show up to bomb stuff which is really nice. It would be cool if we could have zepplins act as a kind of CAP once they get parasite fighters. Fighters tend to be short ranged so land-based CAP often can't reach the battle in the pacific areas which can really hurt you, especially if you're near enemy land-based air. Would give players a reason to actually invest in zepplin tech and bases past just a few scattered here and there for some basic scouting that very quickly becomes outdated. And really zepplin air carriers was a concept, a very cool concept that went the way of the dodo once aircraft carriers became a thing. But yeah outside of Europe which often features fighting very close in to the coast. Idk I know zepplins serving as long range scouts over the ocean in the Atlantic and Pacific was a real idea. Parasite fighters were a real idea. I feel like if those ideas had progressed we could have gotten zepplins delivering fighters or bombers to task forces far from friendly territory. Would definitely spice up the game imo
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Post by oldpop2000 on May 29, 2021 19:17:02 GMT -6
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Post by jatzi on May 29, 2021 20:21:35 GMT -6
That's very cool. I had no clue blimps were used so extensively during WWII
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Post by oldpop2000 on May 29, 2021 20:44:45 GMT -6
That's very cool. I had no clue blimps were used so extensively during WWII Some of the original seventeen wooden hangars still exist. One is at Moffett Field, Tustin, California, Tillamook, Oregon and Lakehurst. When you are driving north on Highway 101, heading towards Palo Alto, the Moffett Field dirigible hangar is on the right side, you really can't miss it. The blimps were very effective on the East Coast protecting convoy's and individual ships. They carried depth charges and other weapons.
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Post by CodRaven1728 on May 30, 2021 21:01:23 GMT -6
I like using lots of floatplane scouts in my fleets and I have found that they can be a excellent battleline disrupter and strike force for fleets without access to land or carrier aircraft. This is the the Biggest ship I sunk with floatplane scouts in a battle that I have recorded. This battle was in 1930 were floatplanes form the destroyer Javelin sunk a pre-treaty 26,000 ton Soviet Battlecruiser with a 500lb bomb hit. Attachments:
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Post by skyhawk on Jun 3, 2021 19:41:44 GMT -6
Didn't realize you could get catapults and floatplanes on DDs in game. I'll need to try that myself.
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Post by sagaren on Jun 3, 2021 20:03:37 GMT -6
Didn't realize you could get catapults and floatplanes on DDs in game. I'll need to try that myself. You can even do it with KE's.
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