0 Matsuji_Ijuin_2550 Members 2 posts 4,256 battles Report post #1 Posted August 20, 2016 I have searched up the Hakuryu and nothing ever comes up, I have been to a website about blueprints and designs by japan and there are ships that never existed on that site but there was no Hakuryu on the site. Where does WG get this info on the Hakuryu? If there is anyone from wargamig who sees this i want to know where they get the info on ships like Hakuryu and tanks like T110E3. (E4 never had turret) Search up Japanese never were ships and you will find this great site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
862 [KNTAI] Submarine_Wahoo [KNTAI] Alpha Tester, Beta Testers 3,176 posts 7,789 battles Report post #2 Posted August 20, 2016 This is the issue I have with the fictitious ships that use the nation's ship-naming convention: there's no mention of the design project's name anywhere. Hakuryu is a design study for an improved Taiho under the project designation G15 (it may also be written as G-15). You can also find it being informally referred to as Taiho Kai. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,622 [-KIA-] Czevak Senior Volunteer Moderator, Beta Testers, Supertester, Privateers, Senior Volunteer Moderator 6,550 posts 8,491 battles Report post #3 Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) As Wahoo implied, ship designs usually don't have an official name, therefore WG adds one. Edited August 20, 2016 by DarthDoge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
176 [RM-I] King_Zacarias Members 446 posts 5,704 battles Report post #4 Posted August 20, 2016 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,106 [ERN] MajorRenegade Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester, In AlfaTesters, Beta Testers 10,906 posts 4,896 battles Report post #5 Posted August 20, 2016 example: The Tier 10 German BB is H41, all Wg did was give it a name. So the reason why you can't find it because it is a made up name base on blueprints. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
79 Omega_Weapon Beta Testers 263 posts 2,620 battles Report post #6 Posted August 20, 2016 It would have been better to just stick with the factual designations "Taiho Kai" or "H41", etc... . Silly fake names... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
46 Michael_200061 Beta Testers 161 posts 1,391 battles Report post #7 Posted August 21, 2016 I have searched up the Hakuryu and nothing ever comes up, I have been to a website about blueprints and designs by japan and there are ships that never existed on that site but there was no Hakuryu on the site. Where does WG get this info on the Hakuryu? If there is anyone from wargamig who sees this i want to know where they get the info on ships like Hakuryu and tanks like T110E3. (E4 never had turret) Search up Japanese never were ships and you will find this great site. WGing is great at making up things as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
323 [KOOKS] pyantoryng Alpha Tester 2,869 posts 4,864 battles Report post #8 Posted September 6, 2016 It would have been better to just stick with the factual designations "Taiho Kai" or "H41", etc... . Silly fake names... These two examples really are okay...but WG seems to think that all ships need a name...unique name for the "lead" ship, that is. Ships are rarely mass-produced compared to Tanks and Planes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
93 [OLDSK] 56Bravo Beta Testers 431 posts 10,772 battles Report post #9 Posted September 6, 2016 It would have been better to just stick with the factual designations "Taiho Kai" or "H41", etc... . Silly fake names... Fake or not, this is, at the end of the day an arcade simulation game, not a historical reference. WG has done an excellent job at maintaining a high degree of historical fact on which to base most of the ships and keeping with national naming conventions is part of that. Wile you might be able to get away with naming a tank something like 'project 140', the sheer cost of building a major surface ship usually entailed giving it an actual name to go along with the investment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8 DonnerWWII Beta Testers 111 posts Report post #10 Posted October 5, 2016 It would have been better to just stick with the factual designations "Taiho Kai" or "H41", etc... . Silly fake names... Actually, the Tier 9 and Tier 10 German BBs are named after Battleships that fought at Jutland in WWI. Would the National Socialists have given them the same names? Doubtful. But at least they re-used names, much like the USN has done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
712 Anumati Beta Testers 1,661 posts 7,501 battles Report post #11 Posted October 5, 2016 Are you questioning the power of paper tovarisch? Thats capitalist talk! We all know IJN won the war in the Pacific! Now go do 15 bows to a statue of Yamato or you get sent to Japanese gulag. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 [B_O_W] GrobnarGames Members 3 posts 7,762 battles Report post #12 Posted October 11, 2016 As Wahoo implied, ship designs usually don't have an official name, therefore WG adds one. Quite so, as ships usually follow a naming convention. Take the US: Battleships are named after States, Cruisers cities, Carriers after battles. It's not unreasonable to assume Japan followed a similar convention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1 HyperionGM Members 85 posts 4,667 battles Report post #13 Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Quite so, as ships usually follow a naming convention. Take the US: Battleships are named after States, Cruisers cities, Carriers after battles. It's not unreasonable to assume Japan followed a similar convention. Here's a link. Edited October 29, 2016 by HyperionGM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
258 OOM911 Alpha Tester 1,435 posts 22,882 battles Report post #14 Posted November 6, 2016 These two examples really are okay...but WG seems to think that all ships need a name...unique name for the "lead" ship, that is. Ships are rarely mass-produced compared to Tanks and Planes. Tanks and planes arn't given names most of the time... Ships always are... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1 [DERRR] robbaz123 Members 115 posts 2,866 battles Report post #15 Posted November 22, 2016 Plane can be given a nickname by a pilot like a B-17 i would call my B-17 blondebombshell and tank idk about that one but i think you can to im not to sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
