The hunt for the Bismarck

[Darkrenown]

Stupid naval ai...While not doing as well as the Graf Zeppelin someone posted about earlier, the ai's Bismarck is doing pretty well again my fleet here:

Home fleet is hunting for it, but the Reserve fleet has already run into the KM and got mauled...Since I've foolishly neglected to build naval bombers it's pretty hard to track down and has been sinking ships from the north sea to the atlantic to the african coast. I'll catch it yet!

 

[unmerged(14393)]

hehe
Naval bombers were quite the factor in hunting down the real Bismarck were they not?

Anyway...I played a game as the US (quit it when 1.01 was released), and one of my fleets ran into Bismarck and his buddies of the coast of Casablanca.
It ended with a blodbath.

 

[unmerged(37701)]

Torpedo bombers from Ark Royal: lucky hit jammed the rudder, I think. That in conjunction with a hit from Prince of Wales that punctured its fuel tanks doomed it.

Bismarck seems to be having a better time of it in this game than in real life!

 

[Darkrenown]

Well the Home fleet happened to be nearby the next time the Bismarck struck:

But...

I lost a Cl and the KM fled before it was light enough for my CAGs to attack effectivly

 

[unmerged(14393)]

You seem to be having a good time chasing that ship though.

This game is great!

 

[Darkrenown]

But there's no escape now, I caugh the KM 2 seazones to the east as they tried to return to their port!

 

[Darkrenown]

You seem to be having a good time chasing that ship though.

This game is great!

Yes and YES!

 

[unmerged(33990)]

I suppose Bismarck is a super-heavy BB, or? Are they good?

 

[grumbold]

Land based naval bombers played no part a.f.a.i.k. although land based reconnaisance planes contributed by spotting her twice.

 

[unmerged(37701)]

Make sure you get the bugger: and don't let it sink the Hood!

Naval combat is looking very, very good. I'm looking forward to getting this game....

 

[Darkrenown]

If anyone was wondering, HMS Furious got the kill:

 

[Darkrenown]

I suppose Bismarck is a super-heavy BB, or? Are they good?

Nah, she's an Improved BB. After improved you can go for either Super-heavy or Advanced.

 

[Alexander Seil]

On an unrelated subject, it appears that the Spanish Civil War got somewhat prolonged in your game .

Capitals at Burgos and Bilbao are visible.

 

[Darkrenown]

On an unrelated subject, it appears that the Spanish Civil War got somewhat prolonged in your game .

Capitals at Burgos and Bilbao are visible.

Yeah, I supported the Loyalists in the event and they've forted up in the North-east. Next time I can move my interventionism slider I'll DoW the Natonalists if I can't get SPR into the allies before that.

 

[unmerged(33990)]

Nah, she's an Improved BB. After improved you can go for either Super-heavy or Advanced.

Oh, ok. But are the superheavy BB's any use?

 

[Alexander Seil]

http://hoi2.nsen.ch/wiki/index.php/Naval_unit_statistics

The Super-heavy Battleship is basically a bigger, more expensive, more powerful vessel that also consumes 1.5x as much fuel as any other battleship (except for the Nuclear BB, which consumes none) and has a poor capability for defense against aerial strikes. It is also slower than the Advanced BB and has a shorter range.

I wonder what is this model's name for Japan...most likely "Yamato"

 

[m45tion87]

Nice hunting you seem to have there. It's great to see that AI has improved in naval warfare! I understood you can only research advanced or super-heavy BB's. If so, what is the diffenrence between advanced and super-heavy battleships? Or can you research both?

EDIT: OK. I think I got my answer...

 

[grumbold]

Alex's link provides the stats. Looks like advanced are by far the more cost effective unless the SH BB expects to have ample AA support.

 

[Tormodius]

OMG. This game looks great! I gotta run and buy it before I get spasms.

 

[unmerged(6766)]

Even though this Bismarck seemed to do better, she didn't sink any BBs right?