Can't rebuild quad turrets into anything?

[stevethecat]

I have a few battleships with 8x16" guns, the guns are all forward quad A/B mounts which were a pretty solid way of getting firepower into a 'never upgrade the dock' challenge run.

But come the missile/AA age these guns are mostly weight getting in the way, no probs, I'll rebuild it into something useful. And my 16" guns are quality 0, while I now have +1 14" guns now available, perfect, that will save some weight!. No. /nofunallowed.jpg

Can't delete either turret, that becomes an invalid design. Can't reduce the guns per turret, can't reduce the gun calibre. There are no alternative set-ups available for this config. The ships are now scrap without freeing up weight with a hugely expensive engine rebuild.

There are so many limitations in this game that really seem to counter the whole 'build your own fleet' aspect.

[Adseria]

I have a theory what your problem is. Can you rebuild to larger guns (17"+)? Because when you rebuild with different size guns, it usually requires you to change the number, Mogami-style (more smaller guns, or fewer larger ones), and since they're already quad turrets, you can't give it smaller guns because you can't have quintuple turrets. If so, this is definitely the game applying unreasonable limits.

[asdfzxc922]

For any other mounting type, you're always allowed to replace the guns with an equal number of smaller ones. Quad turrets are the only place where this doesn't work.

[blarglol]

nws-online.proboards.com/thread/7105/rebuild-quad-turrets-smaller-guns

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