DB Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Getting an absolute panning by the usual reviewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETAC21 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Hey, fortune favoured me and I got a D'Aosta, what a ship! Edited September 25, 2017 by RETAC21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Aosta is pure sweet awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Bah, no t10 ships for me, so no mega rewards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan W Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I love my Acosta, especially the 12km range toros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 October surprise, ship is yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 That looks nice. It'll be a shame if something happened to it! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Coastal_Motor_Boat_4#/media/File%3AHM_CMB_No4_(1920).jpg https://i1.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ju-87-stuka-28.jpg *whistle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 The AA is rather good, so chances of being Rudelised are greatly reduced. Skycancer is crashing down all around this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I already got sunk by one of those, in my shiny new Iron Duke. One of those hopeless games where there just aren't enough islands to hide behind - I think I had enemies on 3 sides at the end when there was me and two CVs left on our side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 "It" is somewhat vulnerable to taking hits on its broadside, so straight sailing "ship-of-the-line" style slugouts should be avoided, zig-zag works better so alternating between closing in and withdrawing is optimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 New toys inbound soon; french destroyer Aigle, italian cruiser Abruzzi etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 The youtube crowd seem to be having fun with the latest GZ test versions. And when I say fun I mean that they are laughing a lot. When a ship is tweaked from grossly underpowered to grossly overpowered and back again with no signs of damping to a neutral position, to me that suggests something more fundamental is wrong. But I've never played carriers, so have nothing constructive to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Look at her: https://youtu.be/v-GdvKeLZqI Not just a groundbreaking V&W class destroyer but one with a fantastic name. She should get a bonus for that. I mean would you want to serve on her on on HMS Aeneas? Who actually existed, pity her crew. Word of advice for wannabe skippers of her: Stay away from cute, little blondes! They'll end you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Yeah, the scrap iron fleet... Tested her too. Has a kinda fitting looks, with Italian AA guns bolted on etc. Putting her on Tier III is about right - and yes, seeing her in game you have to wonder how she did survive in the Med. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 The V&W class was to DD what Dreadnought was to BB. Maybe more so, they were still very good warships 20 years later. Your remark to her survivial in the Med refers to her AA I pressume? British triple-A was better than its reputation. RN ships did all right against air attack as long as they sailed in formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Well... Depends on which. I have to say I have found a new respect towards the early war on destroyers in the Dunkirk PvE scenario when I realized the AA was often just a .50 quad. Then again about the only country that managed to pack a really respectable AA suite on destroyers by the end of war were the Americans thanks to going the simple stupid way to get a good and working DP gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 One gained the impression that RN AA was fine, until you ran out of ammunition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Or electricity... On big ships generally yes (though some battleships could use more heavy AA, twin 4" guns were nothing to be sneezed at and 5.25" neither), but I think what RN kinda lacked (not only RN) was AA armament on destroyers. Force Z was much in the same situation as Nagumo's carriers at Midway - destroyers with them had point defence AA only and could not really contribute much more than take on survivors. G class initially had 2 Vickers .50 quads for example and generally heavy AA started to appear after Dunkirk, usually introducing another weapon and caliber into the fray. The 5"/38 solved this neatly (though before Mk.37 director they had issues with dive bombers). In any case, more new toys: Tier III - Turenne Tier IV - Courbet Tier V - Bretagne Tier VI - Normandie Tier VII - Lyon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Tier VIII - Richelieu Tier VIII - Gascogne Tier IX - Alsace Tier X - France France will have 8x 431 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 :blink: :blink: :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Finally, my line has arrived.......goodbye sparetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) One gained the impression that RN AA was fine, until you ran out of ammunition.Yes, that would be a "slight inconvenience" to use some British understatement. PS: The 5"/38 was fine for fleet defence. If a group of divebombers was taking an unhealthy interest in your ship in real life you needed medium caliber automatic guns. 37/40mm, Pom Pom quads Edited November 28, 2017 by Markus Becker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan W Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Actually, the major weakness the RN had throughout most of the war was the lack of a fully tachymetric AA director. The British HACS really couldnt compare to the US Mk 37 in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Finally, my line has arrived.......goodbye sparetime. I will burn out on testing Only about now getting to UKBB, was overfed with them from their test And now won't touch PADD for some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Finally, my line has arrived.......goodbye sparetime. I will burn out on testing Only about now getting to UKBB, was overfed with them from their test And now won't touch PADD for some time Have to say i do like the 1920`sesque tripod and modifications added to the Normandie, Lyon look perhaps abit "topheavy" with the updated bridge but it might just be the angle of the picture...but damn, check the secondaries!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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