BattleSet Wishlist

[CV32]

Thank goodness for Tony's coding genius, and fortunately without too much of the insanity that usually goes along with it. [&o] We won't implement any new code if it causes more trouble than its worth, but keep the brainstorming, discussion and ideas coming. [8D]

[Divefreak]

ORIGINAL: TonyE

Thanks Rene, (Rene is using the BattleSet Builder that I hope we'll have polished enough for the first HCE patch)

And we need Kiel Canal, too! BTW This Screenshot was taken at 1x Zoom!

[EXRANPO]

I personally am happy to see anything in the game with a focus on the RAN and its operational area - a small but professional outfit - I particularly like creating my own battle groups (if you can use that term for a small but honest navy with very limited assets) and put them in to do battle other naval forces of the region.

Would be really cool in future updates of the game to include the new RAN Air Warfare Destroyers and the new Assault/Landing/Amphibous shipps the RAN have just signed off on. Would make a great "what if" scenario as a power projection exercise.

[Divefreak]

Would be really cool in future updates of the game to include the new RAN Air Warfare Destroyers and the new Assault/Landing/Amphibous shipps the RAN have just signed off on. Would make a great "what if" scenario as a power projection exercise.

Those ships are alreday or will be soon part of the DBs

as far as i know for the LHD we miss the sensor outfit to modell these ships, so if someone can provide reliable Data (please quote the source) they will apear soon in HCe.

Regards René

[CV32]

ORIGINAL: EXRANPO
Would be really cool in future updates of the game to include the new RAN Air Warfare Destroyers and the new Assault/Landing/Amphibous shipps the RAN have just signed off on. Would make a great "what if" scenario as a power projection exercise.

The Hobart class AWD destroyers are already in the stock DB (the HCDB), but at the time they were introduced, the Gibbs & Cox "evolved" Arleigh Burke derivative was the leading contender for the contract. I expect I will be adjusting the HCDB later to either revise this entry to reflect the chosen Navantia design, or else add the Navantia design separately. The Canberra LHD will also be added in due course. [:)]

[BlindOldUmp]

ORIGINAL: CV32

ORIGINAL: EXRANPO
Would be really cool in future updates of the game to include the new RAN Air Warfare Destroyers and the new Assault/Landing/Amphibous shipps the RAN have just signed off on. Would make a great "what if" scenario as a power projection exercise.

The Hobart class AWD destroyers are already in the stock DB (the HCDB), but at the time they were introduced, the Gibbs & Cox "evolved" Arleigh Burke derivative was the leading contender for the contract. I expect I will be adjusting the HCDB later to either revise this entry to reflect the chosen Navantia design, or else add the Navantia design separately. The Canberra LHD will also be added in due course. [:)]

As long as the DB will handle it - keep them both. "What-If" is the way this game is played [:)] Isn't that why we still have the F-14D & the Iowa Class BB's' & some old Baltimore class CA's etc [:)] [&o][&o]

[jarraya]

Let's not forget South America.

Oil and gas + Venezula with F-16s and SU-32s, Chile with F-16s, Argentina with Mirages.

A bit of a Navy and subs.

[Nite92]

Personally, I like the idea of having 2 different WestPac battlesets with overlap.  One from Hawaii to Cali and one from Japan to Hawaii.  Alot of history in these areas, and no reason we can't make more. 

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: SouthernAP

I would like to suggest the Caribbean from the south coast of the US (like Florida, Texas, and Lousiana) down to the French Guiana. Some fun battles engaging Cuba, defending the Panama Canal or just trying to get convoys from US Gulf Coast ports into the North Atlantic.

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: SouthernAP
South America from Panama south to the Cape of Magellan. Plenty of regional action there.

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Bungle

SE Asia/Far East/SW Pacific (its on the map, honest [;)] ),  Kurile Islands to Guadal Canal. Lots of juicy reefs and part submerged islands rich in oil, gas and fishing rights for the major players to fight over. Not to mention vote selling in the UN for the small Pac nations in exchange for cash and good willy visits, not that your modern sailor type is into that sort of thing..... [8|]

I didn't know quite what you meant for your left bounding marker, so here's what I did (these screenshots are just to get a feel for what the maps could look like for the suggested areas.

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Skip_Reed
So Far Tony the 2 areas I was most interested in are already on the list I'm interested in watching the small boys battle the well equiped drug dealer (with maybe a surprize assist from Fedel, Raul & friends) (Hammerheads etc ...) and in watching the Terrorists and Pirates around the Indonisia and Solomons areas. I actually have in mind a small vessel action in the same area as the Savo Island/Ironbottom Sound area. The Red forces want to build up forward & recon bases preparatory to taking Borneo and it's oil. one side of the picers is down the Slot. Blue obviouly wants to prevent that but their recon capabilities are lacking in the area ............ 2-3 smal groups (6-12??) Gunboats & missle boats against a couple of FF or DDG & other small types accompanied by cargo types. Blue has no air or maybe 1 Nimrod out of Oz. Red has the helos on the DDs etc. Blue wins by killing the cargo types.

This is smaller than the area you describe (some of your bases would be off map), but it's a start...

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: SteveF2006

My nickels worth of free advice is to have a Battle Set for the West Coast of the US. This could give all types of disputes from the California area all the way to the tip of Alaska. It could give some great battles that could expose some weakness to the US on the West Coast side.

Don't you just get the bonus points, both of your suggestions pointed out bugs in the BattleSet builder logic for invalid lat/lon (i.e. both were valid and it thought they were invalid (going across 180 deg latitude).

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: SteveF2006


The other area that might be fun would be the Australia / New Zealand region. Those waters had some critical battles during WWII. Might be nice to modernize those battle with some new opponents!

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Mgellis

I Perhaps divide the West Pacific battleset into North (20 degrees N. to 60 degrees N.)

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Mgellis
and South (30 degrees N to 50 degrees S.).  You need some overlap to make certain campaigns with China practical.  With two maps you get greater detail on both but you still have the "epic" West Pacific scale. 

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Mgellis
Caribbean: Covers Venezuela, the Gulf Coast, parts of Brazil, parts of Mexico, lots of small island nations, and Cuba (approx. 30 N. to 5 S. and 100 W. to 40 W.)

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Mgellis

South Atlantic: Covers Falklands, South Africa, Angola, etc. (approx. 70 W. to 30 E. and 15 S. to 60 S.)

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Mgellis
Mid-Atlantic: Covers Brazil, Nigeria (oil = conflict!) Ivory Coast, Zaire, Angola, Cape Verde, etc. (approx. 50 W. to 20 E. and 20 N. to 20 S.)

Okay, now I'm tired!

[TonyE]

ORIGINAL: Nite92

Personally, I like the idea of having 2 different WestPac battlesets with overlap.  One from Hawaii to Cali and one from Japan to Hawaii.  Alot of history in these areas, and no reason we can't make more. 

Oh, that 2nd one is huge, need to fix previously mentioned lat/lon limiters to make that happen (not because it is huge, just because it goes across 180 degrees lon line)