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Egg Bub

Egg Bub

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I notice that the British Grand Fleet is implemented in the 1914 scenario as a historical formation. In DH terms this looks like a crazy ratio of capital ships to screens. Is the fleet of any use whatsoever or should I immediately disband it?

P.S. I also notice that its range is pathetic, something to do with overstacking.
 
Lucifer said:
Range has nothing to do with overstacking. What matters is the speed of the slowest unit in the stack.
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Could you elaborate on this please? For some reason the Grand Fleet has a range of 375km which is very poor, considering the ship with the shortest range has a range of 3000km.
 
Egg Bub said:
Could you elaborate on this please? For some reason the Grand Fleet has a range of 375km which is very poor, considering the ship with the shortest range has a range of 3000km.
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Speed has nothing to do with range, although it helps in positioning. The ship with the shortest range determines the range of the task force as you pointed out. I don't have the game open, but there has to be a very old SS, DD or TP in that stack holding you back.
 
Black Ader said:
I don't agree. I have many times experienced that decreasing overstacking gives more range, with same units.
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That's interesting. I've never seen or tested that. But it would explain Egg Bub's situation.
 
He´s actually right. I removed BB4´s from the Grand Fleet and the range increased to 750km (new BB4 fleet has 7,500 km). After removing BB3´s the range of the Grand Fleet increased to 2,500 km (again the BB3 fleet has 6,500 km range).
 
Can a dev please confirm exactly what causes fleets such as the Grand Fleet to have pathetic move range (375km)? It is a problem because that range with range like that the battle of Jutland couldn't have happened.
 
Egg Bub said:
Can a dev please confirm exactly what causes fleets such as the Grand Fleet to have pathetic move range (375km)? It is a problem because that range with range like that the battle of Jutland couldn't have happened.
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Well, Black Ader explained the reason and Blecky confirmed it. I see still there are things i don't know in this game in spite of countless hours of gameplay.
 
misc.txt is your friend:
# Fleet size range penalty - Percentage loss for every ship above the max threshold (see below). 0.0 (0%) to 1.0 (100%)
0.1 #0.025 #0.0
# Fleet size range penalty - apply for every ship in the fleet above this. -1 = Disabled
33 #3 #-1
# Fleet size range penalty - max penalty value (min allowed multiplier on the range). 0.0 to 1.0 (no penalty)
0.15 #0.5 #1.0
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Black Ader said:
I don't agree. I have many times experienced that decreasing overstacking gives more range, with same units.
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I stand corrected :)
Actually, I have never played a country with such a big fleet that cumulative malus would trigger such a range reduction.
 
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