Will there be PT boats?

[error_3]

I am a fan of the t-50 tanks in wot but when this opens fully i hope to use a pt boat and be like a t-50-2. And zoom around torpedohing every ship i come to.

[MM2ss]

There will be nothing smaller than a destroyer in the game.  Additional details and information can be found in the FAQ and in the Developers Q&A.

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MM2ss, on 08 January 2013 - 10:57 PM, said:

There will be nothing smaller than a destroyer in the game.  Additional details and information can be found in the FAQ and in the Developers Q&A.

That sucks  :Smile_sceptic:

[error_3]

MM2ss, on 08 January 2013 - 10:57 PM, said:

There will be nothing smaller than a destroyer in the game.  Additional details and information can be found in the FAQ and in the Developers Q&A.

Is there a link to the faq?

[Exponan]

error_3, on 08 January 2013 - 11:00 PM, said:

Is there a link to the faq?

http://forum.worldof...?/topic/76-faq/

[MM2ss]

Not really.  A pt boat had 2-4 torpedoes, and no reloads.  You'd have to get close, fire, and then be useless for the rest of the battle.  Instead you get a destroyer, which can carry reloads for the torpedoes, has more torpedo tubes, and has guns that can penetrate some armor.  Speed wise, a fast destroyer is not that much slower than a pt boat.

[error_3]

MM2ss, on 08 January 2013 - 11:00 PM, said:

Not really.  A pt boat had 2-4 torpedoes, and no reloads.  You'd have to get close, fire, and then be useless for the rest of the battle.  Instead you get a destroyer, which can carry reloads for the torpedoes, has more torpedo tubes, and has guns that can penetrate some armor.  Speed wise, a fast destroyer is not that much slower than a pt boat.

Yes i know the small Ammo would be a problem but its so hard to hit it Could also scout but i guess over all its not a  good idea

[International_Barfighter]

I kinda thought the same thing, but it would be like driving a Jeep in WoT.

[Crag_r]

error_3, on 08 January 2013 - 11:02 PM, said:

Yes i know the small Ammo would be a problem but its so hard to hit it Could also scout but i guess over all its not a  good idea

You have Destroyers to be the fast torpedo boats, plus in game Aviation will be the main scouts

[laminater5555]

PT boats i could see being a silly gold boat but nothing more

[Snakehead1234]

Dang I got here to late but i'll do it anyways...

http://images4.wikia...me-rag-face.jpg

[brian333]

You know, I wonder if there is enough interest in a game of merchants and subs? You can work your way up the PT boat/ Destroyer chain and up the Sub chain, but the only way to earn creidts is to play a Merchant Ship. You get to buy premiums like Britannic or Queen Mary, and you get bonus creds if you pilot a T2 Tanker filled with aviation fuel across sub-infested waters...

[Snakehead1234]

brian333, on 09 January 2013 - 12:52 AM, said:

You know, I wonder if there is enough interest in a game of merchants and subs? You can work your way up the PT boat/ Destroyer chain and up the Sub chain, but the only way to earn creidts is to play a Merchant Ship. You get to buy premiums like Britannic or Queen Mary, and you get bonus creds if you pilot a T2 Tanker filled with aviation fuel across sub-infested waters...

Have you ever even played a wargaming game before?

[Crag_r]

Snakehead1234, on 09 January 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:

Have you ever even played a wargaming game before?

Yeah look at his stats... http://worldoftanks....68991-brian333/

(without cracking up)

[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

Yeah a PT boat would be to small to be useful in WOWs Unless there was a tier 0? Why? They might be fast but a destroyer can 1-2 shot them easily....

And the Gold boat idea 5555....50 gold? :D

[madmanthan21]

Crag_r, on 09 January 2013 - 01:50 AM, said:

Yeah look at his stats... http://worldoftanks....68991-brian333/

(without cracking up)

is that even possible????

[Meriv]

madmanthan21, on 09 January 2013 - 07:29 AM, said:

is that even possible????

you mean having 2k battles in ms-1 ? And other 3 k for low tiers?

I got 1k battles in my luchs of a total of 5k

[mr3awsome]

[nixxxie]

Meriv, on 09 January 2013 - 07:40 AM, said:

you mean having 2k battles in ms-1 ? And other 3 k for low tiers?

I got 1k battles in my luchs of a total of 5k

Loltraktor is fun just for messing with newbies after a stressful day. So, i can understand ms-1.

[triptyx]

He farms noobs a bit, but so far his win numbers in higher tiers aren't really that bad, so....  <shrug>

[Wunderwaffen1945]

Nope

[Crag_r]

error_3, on 08 January 2013 - 10:58 PM, said:

That sucks  :Smile_sceptic:

It would suck more to be in a Pt in game, at close range you will be at the mercy of a ships secondary battery.

[brian333]

Early in WW2 the Torpedo Boat Squadrons were the only weapon available in the Pacific which was reliably getting the job done. They were scoring more torpedo hits, sinking more tonnage, and scouting, delivering mail, and otherwise making a nuisance of themselves as the Japanses attack on the Phillipines was under way. Even the 29 submarines then available in the Philipines weren't keeping up with the achievements of six little pre-war PT-Boats of MBT Squadron 3.

 

They specialized in what today would be called Littoral Combat. They used the night, the jungle, and the rocks and reefs as camoflage to make daring attacks often doomed to fail because dud torpedoes were more common than actual firing ones at the time. They were, in fact, the big success story of the US defense of the Philipines, and the lessons learned there went on to pay dividends in the Solomons and other campaigns.

[International_Barfighter]

All those are the exact reasons they won't be in game.  This is a brawl game.  If it were a strategy/stealth thing, they would be great, but that's not what this game will be.

[brian333]

Then you need look no farther than the brawling night-fights of the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaigns. Large naval assets were pulled away from Guadalcanal after creating 'Ironbottom Sound' leaving the Mosquito-boat Squadrons to handle the Tokyo express. The record says MBT's took a licking and kept on sinking those barges, including the armored versions, that were hauling gear, goods, and grunts to the battles.