Modernizing Older Ships

[CharlieFox]

I agree, that at least equipment like AAA, radar etc. should be upgradable.

Yes I hope this will upgradable as it historically many ships got AA and radar upgrades.
Also I don't know how it's implemented in the game but ASW weapons should also be upgradable.

From a gameplay perspective if AA can't be upgraded carriers and naval bombers will be much more overpowered than historically since most of the starting fleets would have very bad AA capabilities. Likewise if ASW can't be upgraded all your starting destroyers will basically be useless against new subs.

 

[Kazansky22]

Didn't some older Italian BB's go into an extensive refit which actually changed the shape of the hull?

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Does anyone know of any screenshots of the most recent ship tech trees?

 

[Axe99]

Didn't some older Italian BB's go into an extensive refit which actually changed the shape of the hull?

There were extensive refits of Italian, British and Japanese capital ships, as well as "so badly damaged it made sense to refit them" extensive refits of the US BBs damaged but still recovered from Pearl Harbour. Adding bulges or other adjustments to hull shape were fairly common during refits of this size.

 

[nuarbnellaffej]

You have to remember that the extreme modernizations of the 1930s (like Caio Duilio that you list) were carried out because of the various naval treaties that prohibited constructing new ships. Without those treaties, nations would have constructed new ships and scrapped the old ones, because the extensive modifications required were more expensive (and almost as time-consuming) as building a new and better ship. Note that these extensive modifications were not carried out on cruisers or destroyers, just on the capital ships that could no longer be built.

Yea this here is a really important point, without the pretense of the treaties it's kind of a no brainier to just build more ships(in game). So to me this feature would be more useful for role playing perhaps, since an actual naval treaty mechanic probably wouldn't be much fun in game, just another restriction you'd have to reduce asap.

So, while I would like the ability to modernize old ships, that feature is a low priority for me compared to air supply, and many other features that won't make it in by release because of time constraints.