ORIGINAL: Squamry
Just curious if this is a late war thought or applies all the way through? When playing as allies I like at most 4 CV/CVLs in a TF but none of my games have got past mid 44. I've found this much better against the KB mega TF used by a couple of opponents because there is usually at least one TF that does not get targeted so I always have some active carriers after the clash.ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
The coordination penalty drops over time. More significantly, many good players have consistently reported that coordination issues are minor and pale in comparison to the advantages of using larger carrier TFs.
All the way through. The magnitude of the penalty is the same no matter what.
If your TFs are in the same hex, planes will attack ships from multiple TFs. But mostly, having them all together prevents potential movement snafus and also frees up ships that would otherwise be babysitting carriers so that they can do other things... like also sit in the same hex, in a dedicated SCTF with a good SCTF commander (like Lee) that you might not otherwise be able to have commanding that TF if you formed it via detaching ships from CV TFs.
