Stealth, one thing, destroyers are probably more deadly when they can maneuver and bring all of their guns to bear, not when they are solid stationary targets.
I like that he has been playing so much Dreadnoughts that when he sees a ship behaving weirdly and being too easy when docked, he just assumes the AI is being bad instead of "Oh its because I am surprise attacking them when their engines are off and they are completely unprepared."
@@Stealth17Gaming You caught it anchored, by surprise, and got to go all "Pearl Harbor" on its ass---that's how war works. I saw another TH-camr try to sink one at night that was puttering around its harbor--they blew his plywood butt clean out of the water!
Dude trust me the DDs are A LOT more dangerous on the open ocean. This is how you WANT to take them on if you can. On the ocean its a big angry artillery battery. And you can realistically only kill them with torps. or theoretically the anti tank gun you can mount on the front, but you need a loooot of ammo on that.
I've seen someone in TH-cam tried to destroy the destroyer using the depth charge, and in work, though you need super close, touching distance to do that
Keep in mind: The Pearl Harbor attack lasted 90 minutes, and of the 50 warships present, I only know of 3 that launched during the fight. Of that, the DD Monaghan was actually ready to go on patrol duty (given their patrol orders 2 minutes before the attack began), and still took 30 minutes to leave the pier. That's 25 minutes after the captain ordered the chief engineer to "get up steam on all boilers for emergency sortie". The other 2 ships to launch did so without the majority of their officers; including the BB Nevada, which launched after 40 minutes under the command of it's damage control officer, and the DD Aylwin, which took 30 minutes to launch and had a grand total of 4 ensigns as officers on board. While I agree it would be much better for game mechanics to have moored ships launch during a surprise base raid, what you are seeing is more-or-less what would actually happen.
Realistically the ships at the base would WANT to start moving when you are spotted, but its not that likely that they can do it immediately, or that they have reduced capacity in some manner: They might be in the middle of refuelling, rearming or resupplying with half the crew forming a bucket brigade hauling shells from ashore. They might have an engine causualty they are working on repairing so they can only do half speed (or worse they have had to extinguish the boilers to do the repair), or a turret is stuck, or a shell hoist is broken. TLDR: Small chance they can't move, Small chance they can move immediately, Bigger chance they can move after a while, If they can move, some chance they have reduced capacity in some way.
So ive just got off from this game. ive already killed 3 destroyers with the basic torps. Also in Assaults if an allied resupply ship is present you can get ammo, health repairs, torps and depth charges from them. The best way to make money early game is to sink subs with depth charges. after that tankers. they are harder but worth more. a destroyer is worth about 8k
This is the easiest way to attack heavy defenses. Attack big ships at range with torps, get the call-ins with bombs after you get the kill points, then gun runs back and forth across with a squadron.
Bear in mind Ships in port tend to sit still and NEVER MOVE even after the base is alerted to your presence (something that REALLY should change if at all possible.) Fighting a DD in port is alot easier then fighting a DD at Sea. Also that just a Fubuki, their are also Akisuki class DDs as well. One thing i will say is you DO NOT want to ever get Close to a DD or a Coastal Tanker, they have ALOT of 25mm MGs waiting for you if you get too close.
If a DD or Freighter/Tanker is "at rest," in harbor, it's not going anywhere. It takes too long (in terms of the game's time scale) to fire the boilers and get up steam for movement. If you are alongside a dock, you can just cut/slip ropes, but if you have to "up anchor," that's more time added on. OTOH, the Small Craft that you catch at dock (patrol/torepedo/river boats) should be able to get under way with little or no delay. Like you said, something the Devs need to add in.
16 hours later in 2 days, yes i work, and yes i did not sleep, I conquered the map(i did get the victory condition way before then, just wanted to do a total conquer). Yeah you want to destroy DDs at docks since i had to go against 6 DDs at a time while they were in port 5 seperate times in my playthrough and its the only way to take them out. Attack port, rearm repeat before they leave(icknow its cheesy but I was just trying to finish the game). Its extremely hard to go against 2 DDs in open water, 1 is still easy enough if you can react well. Mk 8 really to me are the best since the homing torpedos just didnt do enough damage(at least in port attacks). Also dont ever try to ram ships, friendly(on accident) or enemy because your ship can flip. There is no way to recover and you will lose your ship and crew. Have fun with the game, i sure did, thanks for showing me it!
Seen somebody else use the mortar on the bow, pretty effective weapon, with the added bonus that you can fire smoke shells in front of the destroyers to obscure your approach. Works well if they are stationary.
The Rockets are effective at dealing with enemy small/medium craft, But for shore bombardment you want weapons on the Front of the boat. Edit: that boat is a Tender, thats the ship you can resupply from. I guess its the equivalent of Japanese coastal tanker.
Ships during WW2, mostly were powered by boilers. If a ship was in port. The boilers might be shut down, depending on how long the ship would be in port. If the boilers were shut down. Then that ship would be dead in the water, until the crew get the boilers up and running again. So any ship that is in port. Would be a sitting duck at the beginning of any raid. Now the longer the raid, the more likely a patrol boat or a ship is to get going.
I was wondering if that could be an explanation, but I dont know if that works for the Japanese torpedo boats, as I believe they ran on on normal diesel engines. Though I could be wrong.
@@unclefox5022 my understanding of like patrol boats. Those had regular diesel engines. So if you had a bunch of patrol boats at the dock. It would be most likely those patrol boats could get running. Now U.S. Navy P.T. Boats in WW2 had high end racing engines in them. Which means those boats needed special fuel to run correctly. Which is one of the reasons why U.S. Navy P.T. boats were able to move as fast as they could. During the battle of the Philippines in late 1941 to 1942. There was a squadron of U.S. Navy P.T. boats. Eventually some of the boats were damaged by combat. Some had parts wear out, at least one ran a ground. But the real problem was their fuel supply. Eventually the bases where the P.T. boats could call home. Either got overrun or abandoned as the Japanese took control of the Philippines. The P.T. boat crews had to figure out different fuel to run in their high end racing engines. Which greatly reduced these boats performance. One P.T boat was used to help get General Douglas MacArthur off the Philippines. And at least one P.T. boat braved the open ocean, and made it from the Philippines to Australia. Super dangerous in the best of times. Now it's war time. In an 81 foot wooden boat. Trying to make sure your engines don't quit, because of the wrong fuel type. Plus the Japanese are absolutely running the Pacific ocean.
Theres a lot of info on the minimap, for identifying targets and your targetting of rockets and such ultility weapons. Also, I'd use radar whenever not in base range to scout out easy rp from convoys Also also, since base assaults take some time, I guess it's best to take out a bunch of small targets first and then engage the destroyers after restocking Either way, loving both of the current series runnign on the channel!
I've been loving this game. Once you get the fancy acoustically guided tops, DDs turn into profitable little piñatas. I usually fight them in port or sometimes in open waters. You can sneak around their task force, get close enough for a salvo of 4 or so torpedos and then scram before they start shooting.
catches destroyer at port where there made to be stationary fires torpedoes' from stealth "huh that was easy" Ps. this is all in jest, I love the series.
well maybe it takes some time till the ship is ready to go. they basicly sit there and enjoy there vacation and out of no where a little angry torp boat comes and attacks you. the crew needs to be on the ship, they need to start the engine and so on. im sure the game does not work this way but that makes it more plausible to me
torpedo boats are meant to scout during day and attack during night... realistically speaking, they wouldnt stand any chance under the light except for intercepting merchant ships.
The MK 21 acoustic guided torpedoes seem to be the best torpedoes in the game. When fighting moving destroyers, it is very hard to hit them with unguided torpedoes at long range and getting close is suicide unless you use the mortar to create a smokescreen (and is still really dangerous even then). The MK 21 can hit destroyers from a safe distance and has enough firepower to sink them reliably. At the moment I'm not really sure what the use case is for the other acoustic torps. Their warheads seem to small to be worth bothering with.
Me see Stealth said about how disappointing destroyer is at the beginning Me : Damn it's really easy when you throw a rock and hit a person when they are sitting and not aware about you
I just think of the destroyers and other boats as being docked and only the weapons are being manned. But yea, they *should* move after like a minute after the start of battle or when they spot you. Also keep in mind this is a very early build of an early access game!
Stealth on quick suggestion i had seen another youtber using the mortor smoke to blind the dd causing it to not fire at you at all and makes closing in much easier and you can still use tenders when they are docked
If you do not mind getting close and taking risks you can actually use depth charges against ships. I do kind of wish that there were more mission and enemy types. For example, helping to protect a supply ship in route to one your bases or participating in an attack on a larger enemy capital ship.
Search & Rescue for downed pilots was a common thing for the PTs. Your mission could be search, pick up, and deliver to a rendezvous point with a PBY Catalina.
Your have far better cover attacking bases at night. Oh and the destroyer ai isn’t that bad. The thing is when they are ankert they don’t move. That’s what making the whole thing so easy if they are attacking one can only hope they engage your allies first
I have sank 2 destroyers moored in port right next to each other with one lucky Mk8 by coming at them from the aft. They were very close to shore and for some reason I only got credit for one but RP for both. Pretty sure being so close to shore it couldn't actually sink but it was grounded. Subsequently I had 2 different homing torpedoes (one big and one little one) just start circling when I launched them at a moored DD. I am also very ambivalent about the rockets. I think one time I took out 3 or 4 closely moored PT boats, other than that no real luck with it even 4 rockets at a time at immobile shore defenses.
I think guided torpedos just don't work on moored ships. Since their boilers are turned off, their guidance systems just go haywire. That's what I've heard, at least
Stealth, a few comments about this and past videos which may not apply. 1. you've probably overprioritized getting a main gun. they are a huge resource sink, and have inferior damage per magazine compared to just having machine guns. Granted, I have not used main guns while playing the game, but I have found few things that can damage you fast enough that engagement time is a concern, limited to destroyers, aircraft, and medium batteries on land (which may be the largest they get) and which are not easily countered by your 'main' gun, which is essentially AA. Damage per magazine, not damage per minute, seems to be your major concern. 2. the Intel tab is not accurate. you can get multiple destroyers pop up out of nowhere and start attacking one of your friendly bases and only show up on the screen after you engage them, and possibly sink them. You must now always be prepared to face destroyers, on top of everything else. 3. friendly bases, once the attack starts, are continually besieged until you go and wipe out the opposing force. this may not be correct, but from one of the notifications I read, I believe attacks are launched from a hostile base that is continually resupplied via a permanently stationed cargo vessel/sub. raiding the base just to destroy any possible cargo ships/subs docked may just stop enemy reinforcements from flowing in.
if they modelled the fubukis right, they would have 3 twin 127mm gun turrets, and i heard you mentioning on previous videos about some having 100mm guns, that'd be the akizuki class which i'd argue is far more dangerous against you with its 4 twin 100mm gun turrets, its a destroyer specialized for anti air warfare so if the devs modelled it properly and if it is in game that'd have a more sizeable compliment of autocannons compared to the fubukis... also nice touch that the shirayuki, hatsuyuki and akebono are indeed labelled a fubuki class, have seen one too many games seeing certain destroyer types with names originating from other destroyer classes.... although its lacking a 127mm turret on the back end thats supposed to superfire over the aft turret....
"Destroyers are the scariest thing in the game" Makes me wish they slipped in Kirishima as an end-game boss without telling anyone for maximum brown alert moments.
People complain about the destroyers because you can't really hurt them with guns, you need torpedos. Seeing as how must stuff you face early game doesn't need torpedos to be sunk, people freak out when they are caught with their pants down and then act like destroyers are a battleship. Thank you for remembering to pick up 2 out of 3 RP packages from the DDs this time, and can't wait to see more!
You kept calling in Wildcats not SBD Dauntless with Machine Guns - they dont even scratch the paint job on the DD - really helps to look at your UI :P you have loads of time and warning with the couple pot shots those destroyers take at you
i was about to get the game but you cant move on from your little boat :(. I wanted to use missile cruisers and frigates. Its an amazing idea for a game but i just dont like how you are stuck to a tiny boat
I think you should downgrade from the Bofors to an Oerlikon or Meat Chopper, because the 2 gunners needed means 1 less loader you're gonna need when you get a forward gun
Stealth, one thing, destroyers are probably more deadly when they can maneuver and bring all of their guns to bear, not when they are solid stationary targets.
Agreed
Very true, when not at a base destroyers are a much bigger hassle to sink. Using the Mk8 is also a big help.
this is funny to see
I like that he has been playing so much Dreadnoughts that when he sees a ship behaving weirdly and being too easy when docked, he just assumes the AI is being bad instead of "Oh its because I am surprise attacking them when their engines are off and they are completely unprepared."
@@Stealth17Gaming You caught it anchored, by surprise, and got to go all "Pearl Harbor" on its ass---that's how war works. I saw another TH-camr try to sink one at night that was puttering around its harbor--they blew his plywood butt clean out of the water!
Dude trust me the DDs are A LOT more dangerous on the open ocean.
This is how you WANT to take them on if you can.
On the ocean its a big angry artillery battery.
And you can realistically only kill them with torps. or theoretically the anti tank gun you can mount on the front, but you need a loooot of ammo on that.
In my opinion DDs should use torps as well just for extra spicyness
I've seen someone in TH-cam tried to destroy the destroyer using the depth charge, and in work, though you need super close, touching distance to do that
@@mohammadrifqisatriamas7311 the game does say that depth charges can theoretically be used against surface targets
@@grafspee569 Against a PT-boat? I'm not sure they run shallow enough to actually hit them
I feel like rocket volleys could do nicely against them, but I'm not entirely sure.
Keep in mind: The Pearl Harbor attack lasted 90 minutes, and of the 50 warships present, I only know of 3 that launched during the fight. Of that, the DD Monaghan was actually ready to go on patrol duty (given their patrol orders 2 minutes before the attack began), and still took 30 minutes to leave the pier. That's 25 minutes after the captain ordered the chief engineer to "get up steam on all boilers for emergency sortie". The other 2 ships to launch did so without the majority of their officers; including the BB Nevada, which launched after 40 minutes under the command of it's damage control officer, and the DD Aylwin, which took 30 minutes to launch and had a grand total of 4 ensigns as officers on board.
While I agree it would be much better for game mechanics to have moored ships launch during a surprise base raid, what you are seeing is more-or-less what would actually happen.
The devs should make it so that the ships at the base start moving when you've been spotted.
Realistically the ships at the base would WANT to start moving when you are spotted, but its not that likely that they can do it immediately, or that they have reduced capacity in some manner:
They might be in the middle of refuelling, rearming or resupplying with half the crew forming a bucket brigade hauling shells from ashore. They might have an engine causualty they are working on repairing so they can only do half speed (or worse they have had to extinguish the boilers to do the repair), or a turret is stuck, or a shell hoist is broken.
TLDR: Small chance they can't move, Small chance they can move immediately, Bigger chance they can move after a while, If they can move, some chance they have reduced capacity in some way.
@@ChampionsGearhead agreed
It takes time for a ship that large to get underway. Just raising the anchor could take a few minutes.
They just dropped a dev diary today syaing they intend to
The moment when the destroyer drops some points and they're never picked up ;(
they probably would have stayed there for the entire playthrough if it didnt despawn lol
So ive just got off from this game. ive already killed 3 destroyers with the basic torps. Also in Assaults if an allied resupply ship is present you can get ammo, health repairs, torps and depth charges from them. The best way to make money early game is to sink subs with depth charges. after that tankers. they are harder but worth more. a destroyer is worth about 8k
This is as painful as a Jingles video. "There's RP for you to collect, go get it! NO! Don't leave! You forgot the RP!"
Sorry
Man, this type of game is good, especially in late game, hope it continues to update like more boat type or bigger
This is the easiest way to attack heavy defenses. Attack big ships at range with torps, get the call-ins with bombs after you get the kill points, then gun runs back and forth across with a squadron.
Bear in mind Ships in port tend to sit still and NEVER MOVE even after the base is alerted to your presence (something that REALLY should change if at all possible.) Fighting a DD in port is alot easier then fighting a DD at Sea.
Also that just a Fubuki, their are also Akisuki class DDs as well. One thing i will say is you DO NOT want to ever get Close to a DD or a Coastal Tanker, they have ALOT of 25mm MGs waiting for you if you get too close.
If a DD or Freighter/Tanker is "at rest," in harbor, it's not going anywhere. It takes too long (in terms of the game's time scale) to fire the boilers and get up steam for movement. If you are alongside a dock, you can just cut/slip ropes, but if you have to "up anchor," that's more time added on.
OTOH, the Small Craft that you catch at dock (patrol/torepedo/river boats) should be able to get under way with little or no delay. Like you said, something the Devs need to add in.
16 hours later in 2 days, yes i work, and yes i did not sleep, I conquered the map(i did get the victory condition way before then, just wanted to do a total conquer). Yeah you want to destroy DDs at docks since i had to go against 6 DDs at a time while they were in port 5 seperate times in my playthrough and its the only way to take them out. Attack port, rearm repeat before they leave(icknow its cheesy but I was just trying to finish the game). Its extremely hard to go against 2 DDs in open water, 1 is still easy enough if you can react well. Mk 8 really to me are the best since the homing torpedos just didnt do enough damage(at least in port attacks). Also dont ever try to ram ships, friendly(on accident) or enemy because your ship can flip. There is no way to recover and you will lose your ship and crew. Have fun with the game, i sure did, thanks for showing me it!
Seen somebody else use the mortar on the bow, pretty effective weapon, with the added bonus that you can fire smoke shells in front of the destroyers to obscure your approach. Works well if they are stationary.
The Rockets are effective at dealing with enemy small/medium craft, But for shore bombardment you want weapons on the Front of the boat. Edit: that boat is a Tender, thats the ship you can resupply from. I guess its the equivalent of Japanese coastal tanker.
Ships during WW2, mostly were powered by boilers. If a ship was in port. The boilers might be shut down, depending on how long the ship would be in port. If the boilers were shut down. Then that ship would be dead in the water, until the crew get the boilers up and running again. So any ship that is in port. Would be a sitting duck at the beginning of any raid. Now the longer the raid, the more likely a patrol boat or a ship is to get going.
I was wondering if that could be an explanation, but I dont know if that works for the Japanese torpedo boats, as I believe they ran on on normal diesel engines. Though I could be wrong.
@@unclefox5022 my understanding of like patrol boats. Those had regular diesel engines. So if you had a bunch of patrol boats at the dock. It would be most likely those patrol boats could get running.
Now U.S. Navy P.T. Boats in WW2 had high end racing engines in them. Which means those boats needed special fuel to run correctly.
Which is one of the reasons why U.S. Navy P.T. boats were able to move as fast as they could.
During the battle of the Philippines in late 1941 to 1942. There was a squadron of U.S. Navy P.T. boats. Eventually some of the boats were damaged by combat. Some had parts wear out, at least one ran a ground. But the real problem was their fuel supply. Eventually the bases where the P.T. boats could call home. Either got overrun or abandoned as the Japanese took control of the Philippines. The P.T. boat crews had to figure out different fuel to run in their high end racing engines. Which greatly reduced these boats performance.
One P.T boat was used to help get General Douglas MacArthur off the Philippines.
And at least one P.T. boat braved the open ocean, and made it from the Philippines to Australia. Super dangerous in the best of times. Now it's war time. In an 81 foot wooden boat. Trying to make sure your engines don't quit, because of the wrong fuel type. Plus the Japanese are absolutely running the Pacific ocean.
Theres a lot of info on the minimap, for identifying targets and your targetting of rockets and such ultility weapons.
Also, I'd use radar whenever not in base range to scout out easy rp from convoys
Also also, since base assaults take some time, I guess it's best to take out a bunch of small targets first and then engage the destroyers after restocking
Either way, loving both of the current series runnign on the channel!
I've been loving this game. Once you get the fancy acoustically guided tops, DDs turn into profitable little piñatas. I usually fight them in port or sometimes in open waters. You can sneak around their task force, get close enough for a salvo of 4 or so torpedos and then scram before they start shooting.
catches destroyer at port where there made to be stationary
fires torpedoes' from stealth
"huh that was easy"
Ps. this is all in jest, I love the series.
well maybe it takes some time till the ship is ready to go. they basicly sit there and enjoy there vacation and out of no where a little angry torp boat comes and attacks you. the crew needs to be on the ship, they need to start the engine and so on. im sure the game does not work this way but that makes it more plausible to me
I believe the correct term for TH-cam is "Voluntarily self un-aliving bomber" LOL
stealth, the AT gun eats all of your ammo (its 1 ammo for one shell). if youre not known for your marksmanship skills, go with the 37 automatic.
torpedo boats are meant to scout during day and attack during night... realistically speaking, they wouldnt stand any chance under the light except for intercepting merchant ships.
The MK 21 acoustic guided torpedoes seem to be the best torpedoes in the game.
When fighting moving destroyers, it is very hard to hit them with unguided torpedoes at long range and getting close is suicide unless you use the mortar to create a smokescreen (and is still really dangerous even then).
The MK 21 can hit destroyers from a safe distance and has enough firepower to sink them reliably.
At the moment I'm not really sure what the use case is for the other acoustic torps. Their warheads seem to small to be worth bothering with.
Tbf, ya hit that japanese destroyer with the ole "pearl harbor".
Me see Stealth said about how disappointing destroyer is at the beginning
Me : Damn it's really easy when you throw a rock and hit a person when they are sitting and not aware about you
15:52 your voice was absolutely hilarious no offence but it made me laugh so much. Nice video by the way.
17:39 that ain`t a destroyer just to correct you its a Barnegat class PT boat tender
Wait till he learns that lurking next to a tender means he can spam torps like a maiac
Stealth will become the next Ayanami.
I just think of the destroyers and other boats as being docked and only the weapons are being manned. But yea, they *should* move after like a minute after the start of battle or when they spot you. Also keep in mind this is a very early build of an early access game!
when you sunk the DD did you notice the little green RP boxes that came off of it?
DDs are NOT fun when you have to defend a base against them, practically spawns them right on top of you
Use a tender to replenish your torps. Sit by it and fill the water with them.
You can fight 2-3 DDs if the tender is in a good spot with make 8s
Heads up, when you click on a crew mate. You can use a hot key next to their name to re-assign their role temporarily!
That allied DD might be a corvette
Looks pretty good. Kinda looks like the picked up some tricks from Runner Duck with Bomber/Space Crew.
Stealth on quick suggestion i had seen another youtber using the mortor smoke to blind the dd causing it to not fire at you at all and makes closing in much easier and you can still use tenders when they are docked
that DD must of been on a skelly crew as they where o shore leave fighting one in a open battle might be harder
You can aim the rockets using your map
If you have a tender with you, go there and you will get new torpedoes
Scrap the machine guns, stick with the Bofors, loaders, and acoustic torpedoes, since the destroyers are now moving.
Is there any potential for playable larger boats (Destroyers and such) being added to the game? Great video as always!
@ZaHandle By naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as boats rather than as ships so...
If you do not mind getting close and taking risks you can actually use depth charges against ships. I do kind of wish that there were more mission and enemy types. For example, helping to protect a supply ship in route to one your bases or participating in an attack on a larger enemy capital ship.
Search & Rescue for downed pilots was a common thing for the PTs. Your mission could be search, pick up, and deliver to a rendezvous point with a PBY Catalina.
dude really left that destoryer rp just sitting there
It's a barnagat class tender, not a destroyer, that's why it can resupply
Your have far better cover attacking bases at night.
Oh and the destroyer ai isn’t that bad. The thing is when they are ankert they don’t move. That’s what making the whole thing so easy if they are attacking one can only hope they engage your allies first
Wanna see us get access to Destroyer Escorts and the like. Really liking this so far.
I have sank 2 destroyers moored in port right next to each other with one lucky Mk8 by coming at them from the aft. They were very close to shore and for some reason I only got credit for one but RP for both. Pretty sure being so close to shore it couldn't actually sink but it was grounded. Subsequently I had 2 different homing torpedoes (one big and one little one) just start circling when I launched them at a moored DD.
I am also very ambivalent about the rockets. I think one time I took out 3 or 4 closely moored PT boats, other than that no real luck with it even 4 rockets at a time at immobile shore defenses.
I think guided torpedos just don't work on moored ships. Since their boilers are turned off, their guidance systems just go haywire. That's what I've heard, at least
Actually just found out on discord this is suppose to be fixed next patch
@@chrissullivan6574 thanks for telling me dude!
Stealth, a few comments about this and past videos which may not apply.
1. you've probably overprioritized getting a main gun. they are a huge resource sink, and have inferior damage per magazine compared to just having machine guns. Granted, I have not used main guns while playing the game, but I have found few things that can damage you fast enough that engagement time is a concern, limited to destroyers, aircraft, and medium batteries on land (which may be the largest they get) and which are not easily countered by your 'main' gun, which is essentially AA. Damage per magazine, not damage per minute, seems to be your major concern.
2. the Intel tab is not accurate. you can get multiple destroyers pop up out of nowhere and start attacking one of your friendly bases and only show up on the screen after you engage them, and possibly sink them. You must now always be prepared to face destroyers, on top of everything else.
3. friendly bases, once the attack starts, are continually besieged until you go and wipe out the opposing force. this may not be correct, but from one of the notifications I read, I believe attacks are launched from a hostile base that is continually resupplied via a permanently stationed cargo vessel/sub. raiding the base just to destroy any possible cargo ships/subs docked may just stop enemy reinforcements from flowing in.
Try to fight DD in open sea, also you can use depth charge to sink a boat like DD or tanker
if they modelled the fubukis right, they would have 3 twin 127mm gun turrets, and i heard you mentioning on previous videos about some having 100mm guns, that'd be the akizuki class which i'd argue is far more dangerous against you with its 4 twin 100mm gun turrets, its a destroyer specialized for anti air warfare so if the devs modelled it properly and if it is in game that'd have a more sizeable compliment of autocannons compared to the fubukis...
also nice touch that the shirayuki, hatsuyuki and akebono are indeed labelled a fubuki class, have seen one too many games seeing certain destroyer types with names originating from other destroyer classes.... although its lacking a 127mm turret on the back end thats supposed to superfire over the aft turret....
"Destroyers are the scariest thing in the game"
Makes me wish they slipped in Kirishima as an end-game boss without telling anyone for maximum brown alert moments.
That's probably a DE Destroyer Escort. Though being a game, it could be whatever they want it to be.
Btw it’s the same price to have 4 Mk13 torpedos as 2 Mk18, the Mk13 go faster and you only need 2 to sink a destroyer
People complain about the destroyers because you can't really hurt them with guns, you need torpedos. Seeing as how must stuff you face early game doesn't need torpedos to be sunk, people freak out when they are caught with their pants down and then act like destroyers are a battleship. Thank you for remembering to pick up 2 out of 3 RP packages from the DDs this time, and can't wait to see more!
For a PT boat, a Destroyer IS a Battleship!
you attacked at 5am. chances are, crew was asleep and totally unprepared for a torpedo attack.
Stealth when you kill tankers or destroyers they leave behind some rp on the water if you collect them you could do much better
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You kept calling in Wildcats not SBD Dauntless with Machine Guns - they dont even scratch the paint job on the DD - really helps to look at your UI :P you have loads of time and warning with the couple pot shots those destroyers take at you
i think the dauntless is more for land target bombing or aircraft carrier
Might be time for acoustic capable torpedoes
i was about to get the game but you cant move on from your little boat :(. I wanted to use missile cruisers and frigates. Its an amazing idea for a game but i just dont like how you are stuck to a tiny boat
Hmm 3sec reload; 1 round per reload = 100 RPM.
Maths not working out here
Definitely suggest another crewmember if possible
Looks like the game heard you mocking the DD's ^^
I can't get bored of you
You know it almost looks like the game bomber crew
I actually want to try Boat Crew but due to some reasons, I can't
Good runs!
I think you should downgrade from the Bofors to an Oerlikon or Meat Chopper, because the 2 gunners needed means 1 less loader you're gonna need when you get a forward gun
I hate those things. I always seem to get insta-deleted by them
1st!
bogos binted