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tater · 04-03-07, 05:23 PM

OK, I took a look at the campaign files. Open the random layers of things like convoys. There are files by year. Early in the war, the cnvoys are just too large. A few might represent important military convoys, to and from invasion forces/supplies to the front, etc, but it's way overdone, IMO.

Most have multiple Fleet DDs at 100% probability. For 1942, many of these should be unescorted. What I also noticed is that the escorts are USUALLY set to novice and poor AI levels. So we have mods to make them more effective, but more often than not the escorts are actually set to be idiots. THAT is the problem. The task forces have higher skill levels set. This would explain all the wierd posts where one guy says the AI is a joke, another gets hounded for 3 hours. Probably "poor" vs "elite" crews.

I think the bare minimum crew quality for a fleet DD should be "competant." The subchasers, etc, might vary a lot, even the mine sweepers and minelayers, but fleet ships? Competant and up. If at that point the AI seems lacking, only then will I think about installing a mod except for stuff like visibility, which I still think is lacking.

Note also that the the most common escorts for merchants are the Mutsuki (1926) and Fubuki (1928) Classes. The Minekaze (1919) Class doesn't get used at all that I can see. Early in the war they got DCs. If the in-game version has DCs, I'd tend to want to use those (representing both Minekaze and Kamikaze Classes). The existing choices of Mutsuki and Fubuki are not bad, at least they are older, smaller DDs.

We need some Auxiliary Cruisers for convoy protection (armed, converted merchantmen). http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokoku_t.htm . Other than that, I'd tend to make the 100% occurance of escorts be subchasers, with DDs only as occasional escorts, and if there is one, then an old one. Minesweepers are another good choice. In '43 and '44, most were conversted to convoy escorts. If they don't have DCs in game now, that might be a good mod to do, eliminate the minesweeping gear and replace with 36 DCs.

Minelayers are a nice change of pace as well, but there were only 5 or 6 of them, lol.

tater

04-03-07, 05:23 PM	#3
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	OK, I took a look at the campaign files. Open the random layers of things like convoys. There are files by year. Early in the war, the cnvoys are just too large. A few might represent important military convoys, to and from invasion forces/supplies to the front, etc, but it's way overdone, IMO. Most have multiple Fleet DDs at 100% probability. For 1942, many of these should be unescorted. What I also noticed is that the escorts are USUALLY set to novice and poor AI levels. So we have mods to make them more effective, but more often than not the escorts are actually set to be idiots. THAT is the problem. The task forces have higher skill levels set. This would explain all the wierd posts where one guy says the AI is a joke, another gets hounded for 3 hours. Probably "poor" vs "elite" crews. I think the bare minimum crew quality for a fleet DD should be "competant." The subchasers, etc, might vary a lot, even the mine sweepers and minelayers, but fleet ships? Competant and up. If at that point the AI seems lacking, only then will I think about installing a mod except for stuff like visibility, which I still think is lacking. Note also that the the most common escorts for merchants are the Mutsuki (1926) and Fubuki (1928) Classes. The Minekaze (1919) Class doesn't get used at all that I can see. Early in the war they got DCs. If the in-game version has DCs, I'd tend to want to use those (representing both Minekaze and Kamikaze Classes). The existing choices of Mutsuki and Fubuki are not bad, at least they are older, smaller DDs. We need some Auxiliary Cruisers for convoy protection (armed, converted merchantmen). http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokoku_t.htm . Other than that, I'd tend to make the 100% occurance of escorts be subchasers, with DDs only as occasional escorts, and if there is one, then an old one. Minesweepers are another good choice. In '43 and '44, most were conversted to convoy escorts. If they don't have DCs in game now, that might be a good mod to do, eliminate the minesweeping gear and replace with 36 DCs. Minelayers are a nice change of pace as well, but there were only 5 or 6 of them, lol. tater