Naval Movement

[Sun_Killer]

As we have seen in the WWW streams we can deploy our navy to 3 regions. Now my question is, are the moveing to this regions via other regions or are the teleported like Planes. Also must this regions be connected? How will fleets act if one part of the fleet is attacked in another region?

Does somebody know more?

 

[LordOfWar16]

Ships can travel regulary just as in HoI III or EUIV. You can give them simple move commands. They will travel to and from those sea zones if deployed there and wil get back to port for repairs. You can set an specific threshold to when they are allowed to come back for repairs tho.

 

[Herr Rosseland]

I like the repair-feature threshold!

In the picture above the ships will go back to port for repairs when slightly damaged (green bar) if I am correct. Giving an ordner to go to port when damaged can rule out a lot of micro management of subs and convoyraiders.

Anyone knows what the symbols in the middle means? two ships with a wrench and two wrenches in cross with an exclamation mark?

 

[Qrt_La55en]

I believe the symbol with two ships with a wrench means the fleet will split up and send the damaged ships to port for repairs, and that the symbol with two wrenches in a cross and an exclamation mark forces all ships to port for repairs.

 

[LordOfWar16]

Anyone knows what the symbols in the middle means? two ships with a wrench and two wrenches in cross with an exclamation mark?

As stated above that button lets you detach damaged ships and let you send them home easier for repair.

• The Wrenches with the Exclamation mark most likely lets you send the whole navy home for repairs, even if some ships are on full health.
• The symbol above that lets you tell your ships to not retreat for repairs just as you can do with planes so they will fight till the end or until you send them home.
• The Grenade symbol with the checkmark lets you switch between engaging enemy warships or avoiding them most likely, meaning that they will disengage once enemy warships come to aid the attacked convoys.

 

[BeauNiddle]

As to how the fleet is spread out that depends on the 4 task buttons

Patrol, Search & Destroy, Convoy Raiding, Convoy protection

If you look at the naval DD then as soon as any ships meet they send out calls to the rest of the fleet and everybody converges on the battle. They start spread out and the system tracks how long till they arrive.

In Patrol the forces are spread out with more chance to find enemy ships but takes longer for everybody to arrive at the battle
Search & Destroy has screening elements spread out but the main forces travels together so there is less chance to detect the enemy but also less time till the main fleet element arrives and it arrives in force.

No idea about the other two.

As to precise details at how that all works we'll have to wait till release or maybe it will be covered in this WWW if the Chinese fleet sets sail.

This is why the 3 areas need to be connected.

 

[potski]

maybe it will be covered in this WWW if the Chinese fleet sets sail.

You would have to be watching carefully to see that battle, it will be over very quickly.