What's up with the armoured Sampans and fishing boats?

Platapus · 02-22-09, 06:09 PM

Playing 1.5 + RFB

Picked up a small convoy and ran the plot. Upon interception found out it was a very small convoy

1 Fishing boat
1 sampan

Well I was pretty pissed that I spent all that time plotting that I decided to "let off a little steam" and sink em.

Little did I know the Japanese had armoured Sampans and Fishing Boats.

Moved within 500 meters and used the 20mm. A lot of 20mm!.. Right at the waterline. Now I have some experience with ordnance. I am not buyin that a wooden Sampan could withstand that many 20mm rounds and not sink. What get's me is that several times I set the Sampan on fire and several times the fire went away. Do Sampan's have Damage Control crews???

It took almost all my 20mm rounds (fore and aft) and a bunch of my deck gun rounds to sink a wooden boat. The fishing boat was a bear too.

I missed a few times with the deck gun but most of my rounds were right at or just below the water line and these stupid boats took way too long to sink.

(phew) rant over.

Serious questions.

1. Does the game (1.5+ RFB) model 20mm damage against surface ships? Was I wasting my time and ammo using 20mm against fishing boats? [Given the amount of ammo used and the insignificant tonnage I think the answer is yes]

2. I am assuming that fire is still just eye candy and does not reflect actual damage nor does fire indicate continued damage.

3. Is there a scaling problem with the 1.5/RFB damage model that makes very small boats harder to sink than "normal" sized merchants?

02-22-09, 06:09 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	What's up with the armoured Sampans and fishing boats? Playing 1.5 + RFB Picked up a small convoy and ran the plot. Upon interception found out it was a very small convoy 1 Fishing boat 1 sampan Well I was pretty pissed that I spent all that time plotting that I decided to "let off a little steam" and sink em. Little did I know the Japanese had armoured Sampans and Fishing Boats. Moved within 500 meters and used the 20mm. A lot of 20mm!.. Right at the waterline. Now I have some experience with ordnance. I am not buyin that a wooden Sampan could withstand that many 20mm rounds and not sink. What get's me is that several times I set the Sampan on fire and several times the fire went away. Do Sampan's have Damage Control crews??? It took almost all my 20mm rounds (fore and aft) and a bunch of my deck gun rounds to sink a wooden boat. The fishing boat was a bear too. I missed a few times with the deck gun but most of my rounds were right at or just below the water line and these stupid boats took way too long to sink. (phew) rant over. Serious questions. 1. Does the game (1.5+ RFB) model 20mm damage against surface ships? Was I wasting my time and ammo using 20mm against fishing boats? [Given the amount of ammo used and the insignificant tonnage I think the answer is yes] 2. I am assuming that fire is still just eye candy and does not reflect actual damage nor does fire indicate continued damage. 3. Is there a scaling problem with the 1.5/RFB damage model that makes very small boats harder to sink than "normal" sized merchants? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.