This is going to be SO COOL! I can't wait to play as UK and destroy the KM, RM or IJN or to play as Japan/Germany/Italy and destroy the Royal Navy and USN.
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Completely useless and wasteful post, if you don't have anything constructive to say just don't type, please.
Will CAG's be able to disembark from the carrier to attack adjacent sea zones?
For example, Fleet 1 is engaging the enemy and it is losing the battle, it cannot yet disengage. Fleet 2 is enroute to join and reinforce but it is still one sea zone away and Fleet 1 is getting hammered, probably going to be defeated before Fleet 2 can arrive. Fleet 2 wants to launch its planes to aid Fleet 1.
haha Assman.
but seriously this looks like a great improvement to naval warfare. One area which was really not that great in HoI2
but seriously this looks like a great improvement to naval warfare. One area which was really not that great in HoI2
Haha, Assmann
I always loved that kriegsmarine admiral in hoi 2
I wonder if he has a vanity plate sporting his name...
CVs not fighting sounds like a plan. It was weird having them pop up on the battle screen, what are they gonna do, ram my cruisers with that hunk of steel?
I'll be the first to agree that a CV has absolutely nothing to do in a surface battle (and good thing they are taken out of it).
They weren't toothless though, both US and Japanese carriers had 8 inch guns (heavy cruiser armament) in the early war, before refitting to more practical 5 inch dual purpose guns (destroyer equivalent) and smaller.
I can just imagine some idiot destroyer captain getting cocky and sailing right into 30+ DP guns of varying caliber.. effect would probably be much like someone using a can opener
We may have forgot to mention that each ship class has a hull size value which reflects how much damage it can take.
Thank GOD.
Assigning CAG orders induvidually.
Blowing the crap out of an island before hitting it with troops.
My biggest thing, though, is the way that it has been implemented means you can run a combined CAP/search and destroy phase PROPERLY. You have to weight up the odds - particularly with a later-game Japan, where you're more likely to be using an older CV and thus have CAGs which aren't as effective at spotting. Do you attempt to engage an American fleet first and gain the advantage with your weaker forces, or do you go heavily defensive and make the counter?
However, I do have one question: Will it be possible to rescue elements of a CAG? If a CAG loses its CV, surely elements at least would try to land on another CV to attempt to escape. This keeps some of the experience of the CAG while still guaranteeing serious losses. Losing a CV should hurt - but at the same time, a CAG can be re-assigned, and sending your best CAGs across the Pacific while you get greener units experience against the RM and the Kriegsmarine (or, for you Japanese players, the RN in the Indian Ocean) seems like a sensible and realistic manoeuvr, and having a CAG wait on the beach while rebuilding itself also seems sensible.
Assigning CAG orders induvidually.
Blowing the crap out of an island before hitting it with troops.
My biggest thing, though, is the way that it has been implemented means you can run a combined CAP/search and destroy phase PROPERLY. You have to weight up the odds - particularly with a later-game Japan, where you're more likely to be using an older CV and thus have CAGs which aren't as effective at spotting. Do you attempt to engage an American fleet first and gain the advantage with your weaker forces, or do you go heavily defensive and make the counter?
However, I do have one question: Will it be possible to rescue elements of a CAG? If a CAG loses its CV, surely elements at least would try to land on another CV to attempt to escape. This keeps some of the experience of the CAG while still guaranteeing serious losses. Losing a CV should hurt - but at the same time, a CAG can be re-assigned, and sending your best CAGs across the Pacific while you get greener units experience against the RM and the Kriegsmarine (or, for you Japanese players, the RN in the Indian Ocean) seems like a sensible and realistic manoeuvr, and having a CAG wait on the beach while rebuilding itself also seems sensible.
That sounds just GREAT! It seems now as naval battles will be at a completely new level in HOI3.
Exactly.
We don't know the Air-Air / Air-Ground models.
We don't know the Air movements model.
We do know provinces are smaller than HOI2.
So, first and essential question to understand the air warfare would be how the aircraft units (be it FTR, TAC, CAG) will move on the map ? (If they move at all).
Yes, you are right. I too made the mistake to take HOI2 as a standard. Guess we will have to see how the new ACM works out.
I hope paradox fixes the naval range problem too. In HOI2 you could rebase your fleet without any range limitations.One of the RN greatest assets was its many scattered naval bases all over the world which gave them the possibility to keep a continious naval prescence in all theaters.
I`m also looking forward to see how the Uboot war is handled.
I`m also looking forward to see how the Uboot war is handled.
I hope Potski and Bullfrog and anyone with such a degree of constuctive feedback sign up for beta testing !
Edit: Sorry for being off topic
Edit: Sorry for being off topic
That would be my understanding - if they are completely independent of the CV's then they can be moved around at will. However, I would have thought you couldn't land on another CV which already has a CAG based there, as it would be "full", but I think you should be able to redeploy to a nearby airbase.
Looks very, very nice! Radar tech, weather, night time all play larger roles it seems.
Now the million dollar question regarding naval warfare, how will subs-ASW be handled? Since CVs are out of the ship-ship combat something tells me subs will now be made a strategic warfare unit rather than a naval combat unit, which is all good in my eyes.
Now the million dollar question regarding naval warfare, how will subs-ASW be handled? Since CVs are out of the ship-ship combat something tells me subs will now be made a strategic warfare unit rather than a naval combat unit, which is all good in my eyes.
I agree. I think the single CAG issue can be mitigated by having different options to build with different stats.
Sorry if this was answered on a previous page, will you be able to fit out carrieres differently. Meaning one style have 4 CAG's but another style having only 3 but greater armor? Or will it still be one carrier one Squadron?
Johan (in the air diary) said that there will no longer be a 200km/hr speed cap for air units, and they'll be able to travel more than 1 province per game hour, so we should see some differences here...