162 [PYK] Whitebuster Beta Testers 211 posts 2,445 battles Report post #1 Posted September 28, 2020 In the recent Waterline episode, they announced that BBs will have access to an ASW plane to defend against submarines. I suggest that the plane automatically tracks and attacks the sub once launched from the ship instead of requiring player control. There's already a lot of micro involved such as manual secondaries, AA sector selection on top of standard controls such as sailing and shooting. If the ASW plane needs constant player input to be effective, the player would be overburdened. This would make the gameplay less fun and cause more friendly ship collisions due to lack of attention to sailing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,484 [HINON] tcbaker777 [HINON] Members 8,419 posts 12,305 battles Report post #2 Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) dude, its literally point and click and depth charges go boom, it literally couldnt be more simple, its just as easy as selecting a target for Manual Secondaries and afaik, the rule is "bigger ship has the right of way" because BBs cant turn on a dime Edited September 28, 2020 by tcbaker777 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,454 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Supertester 27,460 posts 14,821 battles Report post #3 Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, tcbaker777 said: dude, its literally point and click and depth charges go boom, it literally couldnt be more simple, its just as easy as selecting a target for Manual Secondaries and afaik, the rule is "bigger ship has the right of way" because BBs cant turn on a dime True but you also give up control of the ship and like the OP I would rather have it as a consumable that automatically goes out and attacks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
162 [PYK] Whitebuster Beta Testers 211 posts 2,445 battles Report post #4 Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, tcbaker777 said: dude, its literally point and click and depth charges go boom, it literally couldnt be more simple, its just as easy as selecting a target for Manual Secondaries and afaik, the rule is "bigger ship has the right of way" because BBs cant turn on a dime The act itself might be simple, but a lot of simple actions add up to overburden the player. For example, micro-actions in games like Starcraft are simple individually by just pressing a button, but efficiently controlling a bunch of units requires lightning-fast fingers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,076 neptunes_wrath Members 3,175 posts 591 battles Report post #5 Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, BrushWolf said: True but you also give up control of the ship and like the OP I would rather have it as a consumable that automatically goes out and attacks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
