Post by ludovic on Aug 16, 2023 12:06:05 GMT -6
My AMCs are extremely vulnerable to subs. Much moreso than my CLs that are on TP duty.
Probably an average of one AMC per turn gets sunk in a Q-ship duel with a submarine when I'm at war, even though I have a lot more CLs than AMCs, and I hardly ever lose a CL to subs when on TP. So the most logical conclusion is that the AMCs are actively hunting for subs and thus putting themselves in unnecessary danger when I have plenty of other ASM TP. I want my AMCs to replace my CLs for anti-surface-warfare TP.
There are a couple of other possibilities, like the AMCs might be uniquely vulnerable to subs, or that AMCs are a lot more active in general at patrolling than CLs are and thus will be both more effective and more vulnerable. But it seems to me that it's more likely that the engine is setting up duels between AMCs and subs that it is not doing for CLs which is causing an outsized vulnerability to subs.
So I would like a toggle in the Doctrine screen for something like "aggressive q ship policy": when this is unchecked, the engine will give AMCs behavior more like CLs when on TP: only trying to thwart surface ship attacks. Which isn't to say that q ship duels would never happen, they would just be less likely than when an aggressive policy is chosen.
Probably an average of one AMC per turn gets sunk in a Q-ship duel with a submarine when I'm at war, even though I have a lot more CLs than AMCs, and I hardly ever lose a CL to subs when on TP. So the most logical conclusion is that the AMCs are actively hunting for subs and thus putting themselves in unnecessary danger when I have plenty of other ASM TP. I want my AMCs to replace my CLs for anti-surface-warfare TP.
There are a couple of other possibilities, like the AMCs might be uniquely vulnerable to subs, or that AMCs are a lot more active in general at patrolling than CLs are and thus will be both more effective and more vulnerable. But it seems to me that it's more likely that the engine is setting up duels between AMCs and subs that it is not doing for CLs which is causing an outsized vulnerability to subs.
So I would like a toggle in the Doctrine screen for something like "aggressive q ship policy": when this is unchecked, the engine will give AMCs behavior more like CLs when on TP: only trying to thwart surface ship attacks. Which isn't to say that q ship duels would never happen, they would just be less likely than when an aggressive policy is chosen.