NTRabbit
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Posted - 2003.06.30 12:39:00 -
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<<<<If you want to compare battleship v cruiser look at the WW2. A cruiser has a chance of beating a battleship but most of the time they were pounded into oblivion.>>>>
Incorrect, light cruisers mounted 6 inch weapons and heavy cruisers mounted 8 inch weapons. the only chance either stood of defeating a battleship was a brace of tropedoes from the light cruiser, or a very lucky shot from a heavy cruiser onto a structural weakpoint such as the base of a turret or an ammunition locker. And in both cases the cruiser would need the battleship to be very inaccurate with its main and secondary batteries. The main role of cruisers in ww2 was to engage destroyers, other cruisers and convoy ships, provide larger AA support or shadow larger ships from outside of gun range. The only instance i can think of where a cruiser sank a superior vessel is when the Essex, Ajax and Achilles engaged the Admiral Graf Spee in the battle of the river plate, and in that case the Graf Spee was scuttled, and it was only a pocket-battleship aka battlecruiser.
<<<<Maybe there could be a new ship class called oddly enough battlecruisers, anyone remember them they were designed to replace the dreadnoughts of WW1. They had the guns of a battleship but the armour of a cruiser to keep some speed.>>>>
The Battlecruiser was designed as a warship that could carry the guns of a battleship(at the time, 11 and 12 inch) but retain the high speed of a cruiser by using only thin armour plate so that it could achieve its primary objective - which was to seek and destroy enemy cruisers, something that a battleship was unable to do due to its speed deficiency compared to cruisers of the age. Battlecruisers were never intended to go head to head with real battleships, as was proved at Jutland in ww1 and to a lesser extent in a number of smaller battles in ww2.
Sorry for of topic, but i cant stand historical inaacuracies in regards to weapons and the military.
Back on topic, i agree with reducing the accuracy of the large turrets. There should be practically 0 chance that large bore weaponry can hit a high speed, small manouevreing target like a frigate. I remember back before i joined beta 2 reading a text on this website stating that "battleships could take on big ships with big guns, or fit smaller faster frigate weapons to take on the little ships" or words to that affect. As well as ofc fixing skill and meta module stacking, etc.
god that quote system needs fixing
Edited by: NTRabbit on 30/06/2003 12:47:04
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