Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
I can't remember the book because I sold it but I read in the Solomons some skippers would use ash cans and roll them off the back just incase a DD got on their heels. I know it doesn't pertain to this game but just thought I'd share a note on just how resourceful these guys were.
ORIGINAL: Dili
The problem with a 0.5 and a DD is that you need to be too close and will not make much damage. Penetrating doesn't mean big damage since 0.5 bullets doesn't explode.
I can't remember the book because I sold it but I read in the Solomons some skippers would use ash cans and roll them off the back just incase a DD got on their heels. I know it doesn't pertain to this game but just thought I'd share a note on just how resourceful these guys were.
All italian PT's had depth charges to do that since WW1.
Only PT boats can disband back to the pool. Not the Catalina squadrons that were being transported as mentioned in the original post.ORIGINAL: medicff
ORIGINAL: FOW
ORIGINAL: briny_norman
They were from Kodiak.
I couldn't see any other way to get them to the South Pacific where they were sorely needed.
Just wanted to get them to Pearl and then let them island-jump from there.
But then these two idiot BBs show up and ruin everything.
This is the last time I put all my eggs in one TF, though. [:)]
There is away.
You can now 'disband' PT Boats back to the pool. Several days (more likely a week) later they appear in the pool so you can recreate them elsewhere.
Rather than sail my PH ones to SOPAC I returned them to the pool and then later recreated them at PagoPago (had to have shipped sufficient supplies there first of course).
Ok I have look at screen to check for disband but never can find it. What are the requirements to disband back into pool?
thanks
ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager
ORIGINAL: FOW
ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager
Probably the biggest nerf is the .50 cal M2
They are worthless now. They penetrate but do next to no damage and do not start fires at all.
Even if your PT force catches a thin skinned vessel they hardly damage it since their MGs do nothing.
You need to wait until they upgrade to include 20mm and 40mm guns.
I have noticed that my PTs even flee from porrly escorted AKs in base hexes at night [:(]
A twin .50 mount would tear up the superstucture of a DD or transport pretty good if the distance was close and it could hit with long sustained bursts. The .50 cal is an extremly powerful bullet and the tracer ammunition would also probably start some fires.
I fear that the gun was probably nerfed a little too much in the patch.
I am not saying PTs should be used against DD's. But if the game happens to put them up against one another at close range the DD should take some significant damage from a PT with high crew EXP.
