In a Quandry

tater · 09-16-07, 12:10 PM

DDs are certainly mor emunerous in the stock game. Every convoy has 4, multiply by 35 to 40 convoys that happen every 3 days or so 70% of the time on 1 week plus trips...

lesse, that's ~196 DDs just on convoy duty at any given moment in stock SH4. More than they had, actually. Then there are troop convoys, about 50% of which have 4 DDs. That's ~100 more DDs. Probably 50 more in subhunter groups at any moment, maybe more, and at any moment at least 50 in TFs, probably more. Then call all the ones in harbor maybe 50 for slop (I bet it's over 100 in fact).

So in stock: ~450 DDs at sea any given moment.

That's what you have if you play a stock campaign. 450 DDs at sea any given second (way more than the japanese actually had of all escort types combined counting all wartime production). The principal failing of IJN ASW doctrine was failing to task the ships as escorts and convoy. NOT just their capability.

With 450 ASW assets at any moment, the AI capability would have to be set very low to mitigate for the grossly excessive numbers of escorts. That's a principal issue I have with RFB, actually (I like RFB, BTW). In order to make the ASW less capable with the stock campaign's insane number of escorts, the ASW has to really stink for any given escort.

09-16-07, 12:10 PM	#5
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	DDs are certainly mor emunerous in the stock game. Every convoy has 4, multiply by 35 to 40 convoys that happen every 3 days or so 70% of the time on 1 week plus trips... lesse, that's ~196 DDs just on convoy duty at any given moment in stock SH4. More than they had, actually. Then there are troop convoys, about 50% of which have 4 DDs. That's ~100 more DDs. Probably 50 more in subhunter groups at any moment, maybe more, and at any moment at least 50 in TFs, probably more. Then call all the ones in harbor maybe 50 for slop (I bet it's over 100 in fact). So in stock: ~450 DDs at sea any given moment. That's what you have if you play a stock campaign. 450 DDs at sea any given second (way more than the japanese actually had of all escort types combined counting all wartime production). The principal failing of IJN ASW doctrine was failing to task the ships as escorts and convoy. NOT just their capability. With 450 ASW assets at any moment, the AI capability would have to be set very low to mitigate for the grossly excessive numbers of escorts. That's a principal issue I have with RFB, actually (I like RFB, BTW). In order to make the ASW less capable with the stock campaign's insane number of escorts, the ASW has to really stink for any given escort.