Battle generation changes max speed of a ship

[thedoctorking]

This has happened a couple of times. Battle generation says "CL Kiso has intercepted a raider". Uh-oh, I say, Kiso is an elderly CL not really ready for prime time. However, when the battle opens up, another (better) ship has been added to my force, in this case Yaeyama. However, Yaeyama's top speed has been adjusted to match the originally selected ship. I don't know if this is WAD, to give me a fighting chance against an enemy CA surface raider but not too good of a chance, or if there is some error.

[WLRoo]

AFAIK, sometimes getting a second ship is WAD.

Not sure about the top speed change though - is the new speed higher or lower than the old speed?

[Squarehead]

I've encountered this too. Pretty sure the patrolling cruisers sometimes operating in pairs is intended, but the game seems to erroneously assign the speed of the first (the named) cruiser as the speed of both ships.

[thedoctorking]

The new speed of the newly assigned ship is significantly lower (in this case, the Kiso with its tired old coal-burning engines has a top speed of 23kn and the newly-assigned Yaeyama should have been able to go 30 if I remember correctly).

[thedoctorking]

Here's another example. The Chiyoda has a top speed of 24, so the extra participant assigned to my force, Kuma, which should be able to go 30 kn according to her design, is somehow limited to 24 as well.

[rs2excelsior]

Just posted a similar report - been getting the same thing

FYI, you can save the game, exit, go into the .sac file, and edit the affected ship's speed - bit of a hassle, but it should work

[MaximKI]

This should be fixed in an upcoming update.