Naval Combat BLOWS MY MIND

[form dk]

So I'm playing Korea 2005. I mount what is probably the largest combined assault on a naval force in modern history.

On my side (US/ROK), I attack with:
1136 aircraft (including F-22's, B-52's, hordes of F-18's, F-117's, etc etc),
220 helicopters,
3 destroyers,
21 missile frigates,
2 light missile cruisers,
and 109 RL ships,
Not to mention 187 howitzers somewhat gamily applied in an anti-ship role.

My opponent (NK):
6 missile frigates,
282 RL ships.

Now, at the end of the combat round I have lost:
4 frigates,
1 destroyer,
13 RL ships,
178 helis,
and 181 aircraft.
This includes 1 F-22, 20 F-15's, 51 F-18's, 3 B-1B's, and 8 B-52's.

My opponent lost:
6 missile frigates,
234 RL ships.

[&:]

That leaves my opponent with 48 RL ships left, and me with a seriously battered ego.

Now, I'm no military expert, but something seems seriously wrong here when a mostly brown water navy can take on the world's toughest air force.

What's going on here??

-Form DK

[Menschenfresser]

TOAW is best played with your navy in port and your airforce left on the three default settings (with direct attacks only against land units or bridges). Anything on the high seas tends to get silly. The only real use for naval units is against shore defenders when you're staging an amphibious invasion. Then they function like waterborne artillery.

It's a long big complaint against the engine.

[Monkeys Brain]

Also, naval forces in TOAW 3 are obviously more lethal against air units than in COW. Poor my stukas in Blau [:(]

BTW, I didn't noticed that tanks are any weaker against infantry quite contrary due to that farewell feature by Norm - when infantry are shooting side of a tank. Hmmmm?

Infantry against fortified infantry with some arty is still murderous and even Hitlerjugend would take this kind of casualties. heh


Mario