OMG, ship conversions

[unmerged(87379)]

As complete as HOI was I was alittle surprised there was no option to converte battleships and battlecrusiers into carriers.
I was really shocked that this was not in HOI2. If the guys don't do anything else on the next patch or in HOI3 they really need to add this option. Both the Japan and the USA converted several battleship and crusier hulls into carriers halfway thorugh construction. The Japanese converted two of there older battleships into hybred carriers. The third "yamato" battlship the Shinono (or something like that) was completed as a carrier. Also they should have a smaller CVL option that many crusiers were converted into.
It would be really cool to be able to have the option to convert some of the older Jap, british and US ships into carriers.
Also in HOI1 I think you could update ships to make them better. They need to bring this back, it is realistic. Although there should be limits to how "modern" a ship can become there should be some limited ability to do this.
America did this with her older battleships as a prime example, giving them advance fire control radar and updated AA abilitiy. Please Paradox let me convert those old Kongo class BC's into carriers!!!!!!

Gamer

 

[unmerged(9599)]

America did this with her older battleships as a prime example, giving them advance fire control radar and updated AA abilitiy.

In DD:Armadeggon

 

[Alex_brunius]

Ship conversions would be a very nice addition. But I would like to restrict it to a few realistic ones to keep it simple and structured.

Carriers conversions:
BC -converts to -> CV*
BB -converts to -> CV* with extra sea defense.
CA -converts to -> CVL (fast light carrier for fleet operations)
convoy -converts to -> CVE (slow light carrier for escort dutys)

Battlecarrier / Hybridcarrier Conversions:
BC -converts to -> uhm BB/CVL combination
BB -converts to -> uhm BB/CVL combination

Other possible conversions:

DD -converts to -> DER (radar pickets with no armaments)

CV* -converts back to -> BC (this was planned with the japanese carriers in the early 30's, To bypass the naval treatys their "converted" BC's kept gunmounts under the flightdeck and even had crew trained to operate the guns that were finished and hidden on shore!

CL -converts to -> CA (mogami class cruisers, need I say anything more?)

DD -converts to -> escorts (cheap DE, many of them came from obsolete DD)

 

[hellfish6]

I miss the HoI1 feature where you could send your destroyers to your escort pool.