Artillery

[LeatheryObject]

i've always been a fan of artillery in Tanks

will there be an equivalent class in WarShips?

[God_Of_Death_EX]

LeatheryObject, on 16 August 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

i've always been a fan of artillery in Tanks
will there be an equivalent class in WarShips?

CVs
they will provide long range air support
sending tonnes of aircrafts bombing enemy ships

[__Traxxas__]

yep, CV's otherwise known as Aircraft Carriers

[Skygunner]

Technically speaking,  most warships have artillery.   Naval cannons typically are, and act how SPGs work in WoT.   So weather you are sailing a destroyer, cruiser or aircraft carrier, your guns are more indirect, than they are direct.

 

That being said,  playstyle wise,  there are 3 forms of attack I can think of off the top of my head.

 

1 - Naval Artillery,  the standard form of engagement for most ships

2 -Torpedoes,  secondary weapons on smaller ships, some cruisers, and rarely on anything larger (depending on year built)

3 - Aircraft,  primarly used by Aircraft carriers, however other ships may, or may not,operate some.

 

 

if you want to determine compareable roles., those are your three catagories.  Problem is, few ships built (or designed) ever emphasized the torpedo as its primary form of attack other than small patrol and torpedo boats (go figure)  The Japanse did have Oi and Kitakami,  and the Russians had designes for a torpedo broadsides ship,  but thats all I can think of off the top of my head.   Still, most destroyers also carried generous torpedo batteries and relativly weak guns with few exceptions, so they will be the "torp as a primary form of attack" ships.

 

Torps are probably the greatist threat and what I would akin to artillery in WoT.  They would have similar damage effects, etc etc.   I'll ramble on more after sleep, but basically,  for heavy hitting damage in a small package, expect torpedoes to take sway.

[AL_Gascogne]

Skygunner, on 16 August 2012 - 07:41 AM, said:

if you want to determine compareable roles., those are your three catagories.  Problem is, few ships built (or designed) ever emphasized the torpedo as its primary form of attack other than small patrol and torpedo boats (go figure)  The Japanse did have Oi and Kitakami,  and the Russians had designes for a torpedo broadsides ship,  but thats all I can think of off the top of my head.   Still, most destroyers also carried generous torpedo batteries and relativly weak guns with few exceptions, so they will be the "torp as a primary form of attack" ships.

Torps are probably the greatist threat and what I would akin to artillery in WoT.  They would have similar damage effects, etc etc.   I'll ramble on more after sleep, but basically,  for heavy hitting damage in a small package, expect torpedoes to take sway.

Kitakami.

You know after playing Navyfield a few years and seeing these ships; I can just IMAGINE torpw...es doing the same on this game.
1.Load Torpedos.
2.Rush.
3.Launch all tubes.
4.Die.
5.Hope you kill something.

-_-

[Skygunner]

Jetuu, on 16 August 2012 - 08:50 AM, said:

Kitakami.

You know after playing Navyfield a few years and seeing these ships; I can just IMAGINE torpw...es doing the same on this game.
1.Load Torpedos.
2.Rush.
3.Launch all tubes.
4.Die.
5.Hope you kill something.

-_-

Yes,  sort of.   The Japanese Long Lances were esentially used in such a manner,  however it was more.

1 - Figure out which way the enemy fleet was moving
2 - estimate how fast it was going
3 - math
4 - fire

Navyfield was correct in that sense,  the Japanese would spam an area with torps and just hope for the best,  sometimes they got lucky, sometimes they got very unlucky.  I can recall two incidents,  one where a long lance went far out of the combat area and hit, then destroyed a destroyer.  However in another encounter, the torpedoes went out of combat zone and struck a friendly transport carrier.  (doing this all from my head, I'll get names later)

[MasterofGrond]

Aircraft carrier for long range fire support.

 

Torpedoes if you're looking for the arty 1 shot effect.

[XenomorphZZ]

Best part is you will able to passively (I think) interdict artillery shells attacking planes with the AA batteries.

 

Unlike WoT where you are at the mercy of RNG and convient cover.

[CLUCH_CARGO]

I hope not

[ReddNekk]

On ‎8‎/‎16‎/‎2012 at 1:24 AM, God_Of_Death_EX said:

LeatheryObject, on 16 August 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

i've always been a fan of artillery in Tanks
will there be an equivalent class in WarShips?

CVs
they will provide long range air support
sending tonnes of aircrafts bombing enemy ships

...With no danger to the CV from the targets. Just like Artillery.

[Snargfargle]

On 8/16/2012 at 2:22 AM, LeatheryObject said:

i've always been a fan of artillery in Tanks

will there be an equivalent class in WarShips?

Uh, a WWI-II warship was essentially an artillery battalion itself. The only difference being that the guns were carried on a seagoing vessel rather than being towed over the land or self-propelled.

My battalion fielded 12, 8-inch howitzers. These were essentially the  8"/55s (203 mm) guns you see on ships in the game. The battalion consisted of approximately 550 men. Compare this with the USS Pensacola, which mounted 10, 8"/55s and had a crew of 540 men.

 

 

That said, the WOWS equivalent of "artillery" in WOT is the carrier.

[Kitsunelegend]

[The__Baron]

[Snargfargle]

LOL. I didn't even see that this was a necro thread.

[RipNuN2]

This was a really old thread.

[Doomlock]

Welp. This thread just needed that necro didn't it?