Cruisers or Destroyers for Screening?

[el nora]

CAs receive a +40% chance to hit if the cruisers are properly (100%) screened by DDs and CLs?

scaling with screening. from +0% at 0% screening up to +40% at 100% screening.

And just double checking, CAs get a +40% chance to hit, not a +40% increase in rate of fire?

yes. its not like torps that fire every 4 hours so -25% reload time makes sense reducing the intervening time between shots to 3 hours. guns fire every hour, so increasing their rate of fire would be difficult to implement to say the least.

 

[eastcoastceojam]

scaling with screening. from +0% at 0% screening up to +40% at 100% screening.

yes. its not like torps that fire every 4 hours so -25% reload time makes sense reducing the intervening time between shots to 3 hours. guns fire every hour, so increasing their rate of fire would be difficult to implement to say the least.

Thanks for an explanation so clear that even a knucklehead like me couldn't misinterpret it!

I mostly play nations with modest starting navies, so I'm usually focused on cheap subs and screens to sink my enemy's convoys and guard my own. But the next time I play the UK or Italy, I'm definitely going to make these cruisers with high Light Attack and a single Heavy turret a big part of my shipbuilding program.

 

[billcorr]

This is a well written, instructive, and civil thread. Thanks to all the contributors (especially to those who developed and posted screen shots).

• Some people find and read the Manual of Puissant Skill at Arms and consequently level up in fighting.
• Others, like myself, find and read cruisers-or-destroyers-for-screening and consequently level up in HoI4 naval warfare.
  
  
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