Old ships and the missing "O" notification

[steveh11]

In RTW2, when ships got old they'd be marked with an "O" and their maintenance costs went up.
In RTW3, I gather that ship speed reduces (and maintenance costs go up). But in 2, by doing a 'blank' refit I could "reset" them.  This does not seem to be the case in 3.

Is there a refit option that will allow a ship to return to full capability when it gets over 10 years old?  Or is there some other marker I should be looking for?

[jeeweej]

Regarding the engines, I think only an engine refit fixes that now. Which usually takes a year to complete.
The engine degradation is now separate from the whole obsolesence thing which can still be "fixed" by a blank refit.

[kvob]

May 29, 2023 4:00:24 GMT -6 steveh11 said:

In RTW2, when ships got old they'd be marked with an "O" and their maintenance costs went up.
In RTW3, I gather that ship speed reduces (and maintenance costs go up). But in 2, by doing a 'blank' refit I could "reset" them.  This does not seem to be the case in 3.

Is there a refit option that will allow a ship to return to full capability when it gets over 10 years old?  Or is there some other marker I should be looking for?

I got caught out with this. Increase the 'year' column of the spreadsheet and you'll see the (O)

[steveh11]

Thanks to you both!