CinC for admirals?

[Jyri]

I was here thinking, if the naval command structure could get it's own higher level of command, in the way the fieldmarshalls work for the army. I know 100% that it wouldnt really bring anything else to the table than a bit more immersion, but as a naval enthusiast I would really love a separation between administrative and fighting admirals. I think that just as you shouldnt be seeing Eisenhower commanding a mere division, I think you shouldnt see Ernest King commanding an escort task force. What are your thoughts on this subject?

 

[jpd]

Well, hoi4 admirals aren't in command of a task force. They're in command of a fleet, which contains task forces.

In your analogy, that's the position of a hoi4 army group. The navy's equivalent of a hoi4 army would be the task force. Which, unlike the army, doesn't have a command slot to appoint a commander to.

So, in short, a hoi4 admiral is the equivalent of a hoi4 field marshal.

 

[Jyri]

Well, hoi4 admirals aren't in command of a task force. They're in command of a fleet, which contains task forces.

In your analogy, that's the position of a hoi4 army group. The navy's equivalent of a hoi4 army would be the task force. Which, unlike the army, doesn't have a command slot to appoint a commander to.

So, in short, a hoi4 admiral is the equivalent of a hoi4 field marshal.

Hmm, I get your point. My analogy was pretty bad. I guess what I was just trying to say was that for example guys like Nimitz, King and Yamamoto shouldnt even be commanding fleets, but whole theaters, with lower ranking admirals doing the footwork, like Nagumo for Yamamoto, or Spruance for Nimitz.

 

[Jyri]

Okay, still bad analogy. Yamamoto being the commander of the *combined fleet*. All I'm asking is a cooler command chain xD

 

[Corpse Fool]

I'd rather we had rear/vice admirals as a lower level to enforce a ship per task force cap, like we have a cap of formations under a general. Or push the current admirals down to that role and add fleet admirals on top.

 

[Jyri]

I'd rather we had rear/vice admirals as a lower level to enforce a ship per task force cap, like we have a cap of formations under a general. Or push the current admirals down to that role and add fleet admirals on top.

Well worded, and I agree!

 

[LordWahu]

I'd rather we had rear/vice admirals as a lower level to enforce a ship per task force cap, like we have a cap of formations under a general. Or push the current admirals down to that role and add fleet admirals on top.

I concur with this

While I know they didn't want to do that for the original MTG, with the addition of division commanders, a captain-admiral-fleet admiral progression is now much more likely, and much more sensible

I can see a potential problem with UI clutter over having to have so many more admirals, but there are probably solutions to that too. Maybe a "filter by rank" button on the officer tab