Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 3:22 am
I've seen AI IJN subs hit defensive minefields laid of Noumea on numerous occasions in earlier versions, but none since I patched to the latest version...
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 6:02 am
I have never seen a Sub hit a mine, and I've been clocking hours since 2.00 hit the stands. didn't even thing they could hit a mine.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 6:23 am
Originally posted by Mr.Frag
I have never seen a Sub hit a mine, and I've been clocking hours since 2.00 hit the stands. didn't even thing they could hit a mine.
I have seen it...just not very often...like 3 times.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 4:14 pm
Only rarely (once or twice) before 2.30 - none after 2.30 arrived have I seen a sub hit a mine.
Mines are a disadvantage to the Japanese - they have no fast mine sweepers, so they can't get in and out under the cover of darkness when sweeping in enemy territory. The USN has several DMS which you can put into FT TFs.
Mines are a disadvantage to the Japanese - they have no fast mine sweepers, so they can't get in and out under the cover of darkness when sweeping in enemy territory. The USN has several DMS which you can put into FT TFs.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 5:58 pm
Originally posted by Sonny
Mines are a disadvantage to the Japanese - they have no fast mine sweepers, so they can't get in and out under the cover of darkness when sweeping in enemy territory. The USN has several DMS which you can put into FT TFs.
The player should be allowed to put MSW ships into ANY task force. Sure, the task force will end up going slower, but it should be an option. Also, DMS ships should slow down any task force to cruising speed (15 kts). There is no way they could run at full speed in a night bombardment group and still be sweeping mines, yet we have all seen this happen time and time again.
Finally, I have never seen a minesweeper hit a mine under 2.30 even though I’ve dropped thousands of mines. If I could see it happen even once I’d believe it could happen. Maybe the chance should be only 1/10 the chance of a non-minesweeper hitting a mine but there should still be a chance.
Yamamoto
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:11 pm
I like them the way they are.
However, I do like Nik's suggestion. I would gladly trade the unlimited mines for monthly transportable replacements just for the sake of convenience. I would much rather be able to cart them around and dump them at any base I choose and then lay them. I consider mines to be more of a nuisance to me than anything else because I hate having to micromanage the MW TF's.
However, I do like Nik's suggestion. I would gladly trade the unlimited mines for monthly transportable replacements just for the sake of convenience. I would much rather be able to cart them around and dump them at any base I choose and then lay them. I consider mines to be more of a nuisance to me than anything else because I hate having to micromanage the MW TF's.