Are BB obsolete even in 1936?

[Secret Master]

You guys are always teaching me something new! I did not know the Arctic night was in the game. Does it show up on the map? There are so many invisible details in the game I have to catch up on. The potential of this game is amazing.

There is a map mode that puts a day/night overlay on the map.

There is also the battle box that will show what weather is happening in the battle and whether it is day or night. Ditto for the air screen (where at night land based planes fly worse).

 

[sterrius]

There is a map mode that puts a day/night overlay on the map.

There is also the battle box that will show what weather is happening in the battle and whether it is day or night. Ditto for the air screen (where at night land based planes fly worse).

what is the name of the mod? I would love to have something to tell me when its night/day outside of that Day/Night cycle.

 

[Secret Master]

what is the name of the mod? I would love to have something to tell me when its night/day outside of that Day/Night cycle.

No mod.

This is the Barents Sea in January of 1936:

Note the day/night cycle on the big map, and the night time lighting on the province view.

Here's the Gulf of Mexico, same day and time.

See how sunny it is in the province view?

Here's how it looks if I send a German task force into the Barents against a British task force with HMS Furious.

Furious can't launch planes. How do I know it's night? Well, the graphic, but also the tooltip:

HMS Furious really shouldn't be out here like this.

 

[sterrius]

@Secret Master

I thought i read someone made a mod somewhere that made this information easy to see without having to deal with the day/night cycle that is kind annoying on speed 4 and 5.

reason i have it disabled and just remember from my head to not send carriers in the artic using iceland as a redline. (not first time you told that mp carrier story. I remember but can´t stop myself to laugh everytime you tell this episode ).

 

[DicRoNero]

Then there are the people that talk of laser-based weapons disabling missiles and aircraft alike, bring back the idea of a large, armoured ship with a large power source and powerful lasers (Note, I've no idea how realistic this is, I've just heard it spoken of).

Wow, that sounds like a super-awesome game-designing idea for a sci-fi MMO. Slap on a post-apocalypse economy and extensive ship fitting (eve online, I still miss you), and you're set.

Sorry for the offtopic. The thread itself was engaging to read, btw Upon finishing, I even bought La Resistance to finally try it out!!

 

[Ketchup & friends]

Carriers are as good as the planes they launch. If a country lags behind on tech and research, and doesn’t fight primarily on the sea, focusing on AA (for all ships) and using BB can be a good strategy.

Historically, BB were not fully obsolete even in 1948. All major navies that had surviving BB kept them in service, scrapping them in the 50 or 60s. France and UK finished their last BB after WW2 and US battleships were used for shore bombardment in Korea, Vietnam and even Desert Storm in 1991.