Is Atlantic trade worth it for the CPs?

[geoffreyg]

ORIGINAL: ulver

In case anyone is interested my AAR has a blow-by-blow replay of the naval action. I’m astonished at the amount of RM Germany can obtain from her shipping. In that game it has more then doubled my production as Germany.

And of course it has also solved my food problems as well. It almost seems to easy, it is not as if the Royal Navy is neglecting to blockade the North Sea

tm.asp?m=1875360

It seems unhistorical to me that the CP can trade in the North Atlantic whilst the TE controls the North Sea. Would be it be too difficult in terms of game mechanics to require both sea zones to be at least uncontrolled by the enemy?

[Lascar]

ORIGINAL: geoffreyg

ORIGINAL: ulver

In case anyone is interested my AAR has a blow-by-blow replay of the naval action. I’m astonished at the amount of RM Germany can obtain from her shipping. In that game it has more then doubled my production as Germany.

And of course it has also solved my food problems as well. It almost seems to easy, it is not as if the Royal Navy is neglecting to blockade the North Sea

tm.asp?m=1875360

It seems unhistorical to me that the CP can trade in the North Atlantic whilst the TE controls the North Sea. Would be it be too difficult in terms of game mechanics to require both sea zones to be at least uncontrolled by the enemy?

That is a good point you make there. Since Frank is currently working on a new update this should be brought to his attention.

[EdinHouston]

ORIGINAL: Lascar

ORIGINAL: geoffreyg

ORIGINAL: ulver

In case anyone is interested my AAR has a blow-by-blow replay of the naval action. I’m astonished at the amount of RM Germany can obtain from her shipping. In that game it has more then doubled my production as Germany.

And of course it has also solved my food problems as well. It almost seems to easy, it is not as if the Royal Navy is neglecting to blockade the North Sea

tm.asp?m=1875360

It seems unhistorical to me that the CP can trade in the North Atlantic whilst the TE controls the North Sea. Would be it be too difficult in terms of game mechanics to require both sea zones to be at least uncontrolled by the enemy?

That is a good point you make there. Since Frank is currently working on a new update this should be brought to his attention.

Agreed. It is bad enough that the German fleet seems to have a decent chance of breaking out of the North Sea without a (decisive) battle, much less that a few transports can conduct trade and bring food back to Germany while the British fleet controls the North Sea.

[FrankHunter]

The naval system is abstracted. Being able to get through the North Sea and into the Atlantic is just a representation. After all, some of those ships would actually have been travelling the other way, to Germany.