Post by blur on Oct 17, 2022 4:22:03 GMT -6
I'd like to suggest an "Evasive Maneuvers" and "Evasive Maneuvers for 10 minutes" division order similar to the "Hold Fire" buttons. While active, ships will automatically set a random new heading within ±45 degrees of the ordered course each turn. It would be nice if they'd also actively try to avoid detected torpedoes.
Motivation: It's a tedious chore to manually set such evasive courses for each threatened division every turn. This drains the fun out of large short-range engagements, most prominently nighttime fleet battles.
Scope: The random course adjustments should be trivial to implement. The positive and negative effects of zig-zagging are already modeled and should apply implicitly (positive: being harder to hit by torpedoes and gunfire, negative: reduced accuracy, lower effective speed towards the general course, leaving optimal firing arcs, disruption of the formation).
Motivation: It's a tedious chore to manually set such evasive courses for each threatened division every turn. This drains the fun out of large short-range engagements, most prominently nighttime fleet battles.
Scope: The random course adjustments should be trivial to implement. The positive and negative effects of zig-zagging are already modeled and should apply implicitly (positive: being harder to hit by torpedoes and gunfire, negative: reduced accuracy, lower effective speed towards the general course, leaving optimal firing arcs, disruption of the formation).
