Fuck with the Japs, I say! 
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In Progress Let's Play: Rule The Waves
- Thread starter Dayyālu
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Kill the Krauts!
It's entertaining, so thank you for highlighting a game I wouldn't have stumbled across by myself. The dude who made this should be grateful, I think your LP got him several sales.
Beastro
Arcane
Germans or Japs.
Beastro
Arcane
If you do I'd recommend trying to make a Grossekruzer than a British BC. Good speed, decent armour with armament coming last and most likely under the max you can make either calibre wise or gun number wise (For BC I'd go 4 x 2 or 3 x 3, 4 x 3 is simply one turret too many). You won't be fighting BBs unless you're really looking to specialize them, anything above 12in is fine for CAs and below and you can afford to under calibre when fighting others BCs, but not by much.
Since you got triples 3 x 3 is fine. What's your max calibre? I see the latest BBs are 13in but it might be larger since their commissioning. 13in would do nonetheless by 12in is good too. It might be good to work towards a lower max speed at first too, since you can re-engine later and increase it with tech while you cannot do that with deck and belt armour.
26kt might be good enough now and re-engine to 29 later on, 3 x 3 13 or 12in guns and the rest into armour and maybe room to increase if you want them to be operating farther from home than usual.
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I don't care who you do war against, as long as war is waged.
Beastro
Arcane
Tried an Austrian game and rushed a BC. They're crazy powerful early on and remain good for a very long time simply because they get more opportunities to fight. Them combined with the rest of my fast wing and my 21 kt Pre-Dreads, whenever the Italian battlefleet decided to fight me they'd run as I pounded them and picked off any Pre-Dreads that slowed down. The BC and ACs would keep cutting their fleet off allowing mine to stay in range while also huddling them allowing me to fire into the concentrated mob.
My 18,000 ton one with 6 guns remains useful even into the 30s and dominated the Italians after it entered services in 1906 and only spent a few months fighting.
I hope the AI is acting as people said, but they all went BC crazy soon after and produced as many as they built BBs, which turned out damn funny given the light armour many put on. I took out 3 BCs (took the last as war rep) in my next war with Italy and destroyed all 5 of the ones the French built, 3 of which exploded.
In later wars the Italians and French out numbered me with BBs, but I just kept refusing fleet actions using my BCs, ACs and horde of LCs to strip them of their lighter ships while I raided and did convoy attacks where I could take on enemy BCs without their heavier support.
My 18,000 ton one with 6 guns remains useful even into the 30s and dominated the Italians after it entered services in 1906 and only spent a few months fighting.
I hope the AI is acting as people said, but they all went BC crazy soon after and produced as many as they built BBs, which turned out damn funny given the light armour many put on. I took out 3 BCs (took the last as war rep) in my next war with Italy and destroyed all 5 of the ones the French built, 3 of which exploded.
In later wars the Italians and French out numbered me with BBs, but I just kept refusing fleet actions using my BCs, ACs and horde of LCs to strip them of their lighter ships while I raided and did convoy attacks where I could take on enemy BCs without their heavier support.
You gotta have faith, Admiral. The world is spinning. Japan is a diagonal.
Maybe I'll say more once I sober up. Maybe notta.
MRY
Wormwood Studios
If I had only discovered this LP two years in the future when it was done, I would be much happier.
Gondolin
Arcane
Dayyālu
Arcane
Dayyālu
Arcane
I'll follow your counsel for BCs.
War Votes
1) America! 1 Vote.
2) Germans! 3 Votes.
3) Japan! 3 Votes
4) Britain! BRITAIN!?!?!?!??! 1 Vote.
The Codex Admiralty keeps up the undying faith in the future war with the Nipponese, but we can go for the European dream and beat up the Germans in the meantime. It's useful to notice that the Germans have fairly more BBs and BCs than us, but their cruiser fleet is in shambles and they did not have the money to rebuild them properly. That said....
Let's Play Rule The Waves: Things going Boom in the night Edition
We gain the tech for the 1100 tons Destroyers. Yes, we ignored the 1000 class but that's no problem, sometimes it happens. It makes me less happy that we just finished the Destroyer&Subs program. Well, ten months ago.
Pain
They take another of our agents. We make him a national hero and the Krauts hate all. All according to plan.
Brexit. jpeg
The Britons decide to end our security arrangement. It was very fruitful for us, both in tech and in an easy victory against France. A pity. Foolish Britons, they'll understand when I will rule the European plains!
Why
Just why
I trusted you, my Tsar
Now I will have to hear those socialist sailors and we will start a glorious Revolutio.....
Yes, Tsar. A palace and a ship, Tsar. We all love you, Tsar. We'll send our best men, under the command of Captain Kalin . Keep the noblewomen out of his hands, though. He's a rough lover.
We get hit by a 500'000 malus for the decision. I am seriously starting to doubt the Tsar's sanity on such decisions.
Bigger docks, good. New tech, great. We truck on and on.... our secret services tell us that Germany and the US are squabbling and spying on each other and that the US is in debt. Great, my russian spies.
Our last batch of subs is ready. And the US is building 15 inches BBs. Impressive. Well, with the end of our Subs program it's time to get the first Russian Battlecruiser out and ready. We'll follow Beastro's suggestions.....
The Izmail is a monster. Built with the 3x3 turret configuration (12 inches), enough armour to make several foreign Battleships cry in despair and a stunning 28 knots of speed (only our latest cruisers can follow and Destroyers of lesser nations are slower) it should be a machine of death and destruction.
For the time being it's sinking our budget with a - 2 million par month, however. But everything should be fine, I guess....
A month later, we discover Director firing, the new and better tech for fire control. Of course, we will be given the chance to add it to the ships we are building, but this means we will need another round of refits to improve our ships as soon as we can.
Damn.
Our spies tell us that ze Germans got this tech too and are refitting their new ships with it.
Let's analyze what the Germans are doing, for a moment.
I was forced to check when the news of TWO NEW GERMAN DREADNOUGHTS arrived to my office. Checking, we can see how we can obtain parity if we manage to build our new class of BBs. We outnumber their Cruiser fleet and our Sub fleet is kinda six times the size. We are far behind in the vital tech of, wait for it.... coastal batteries!
Impressive.
I mean, we can't win. Coastal batteries!
Furthermore, the German is STILL BULDING PRE-DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIPS. I guess they are models they kept in docks during their economical crisis, but it's a shocking show of poor planning. The German AI is truly making a mistake after the other in this game. I mean, they are building THIS:
I mean, it's an impressive barge to sink Cruisers (18 9 inches?!?!) but against a proper BB like ours? Dead meat. And this is the most advanced they built. A mess, and the rightful heir of the disastrous tradition of German designs in our timeline.
Why.
Great. I should start to cut even those messages, they are useless for ya.
Still better, but the hole we have in our finances due to the Izmail can't be filled by this. And the Tsar's own yatch, of course. 500'000 par month. The engines are gold plated, I ask?
Trust a German to keep his word? They are foxes. They will sink your economy and invade your country and dig holes everywhere. Then you'll have to endure the language and the food. Another Tension hit! We are nearing war.
An excellent idea!
Lizzurd !
YOU MADMAN
NOT AGAIN
OK WELL GO FOR IT
WHATEVS
welp
To be honest, I have no idea what happened. The German Almanac show no change. We blow up a merchant ship? Well, great I suppose. We can give a medal to everyone and a place in the new BB we are building.
We have to halt for a month or two the Izmail's building to keep our budget in good standing. I'm not playing Kantai Collection. I'm not.
As predicted. Interestingly enough, I don't get the same option for our new CLs. I order our old BB to get a Director now and check our older Bs for improvements. And the next month....
DREADNOUGHT HAS ARRIVED. AGAIN. Well, it's not overweight, and it's working as intended. Time to upgrade the other ships with a Director and to order a new BC.
The Kinburn is ordered and will be ready in three years. Good.
1500 ton Destroyers in 1914? Awesome! And we stole that from the Germans! Double Awesome!
The Kaiser does not appreciate it, I fear. War is coming.
We get in a few short month a flurry of improvements. Armour, HE Shells, Anti-Submarine Warfare, the French sell us for cheap some AP projectiles tech....
... we research 14 inches guns for our next gen of BB, probably the last one we'll see on the seas....
I decide to experiment with the new gun tech. I get one of our aging Bs, and switch the double 12 inc turrets for a single 14 inch turret, plus a Director. It's expensive, but it's a test and we'll see how it will perform. If it does not work, I'll wait for refitting them. Engine rebuildings are expensive as heck.
I start mobilizing our fleet for the incoming war. Older Bs get out of mothballing, other ships get active crews and get out of Reserve Fleet duty. Time to prepare well for the incoming storm.
Just in time, it seems. Barely the time to start the engines. But if the parliament and the Tsar ask....
We follow.
For the country, the Tsar, and the People.
Ok! The next Great War against Germany will be next update (I had to refuse two cruiser battles, but c'mon it gave the enemy 95 VP and our ships need some time to get their crews in shape, war was sudden).
On other news, I'll travel a bit in Eastern Yurop next week to enjoy
To the next time!
Endlösung
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sadface
Hymn of Hate against England
French and Russian, they matter not,
A blow for a blow and a shot for a shot!
We love them not, we hate them not,
We hold the Weichsel and Vosges gate.
We have but one and only hate,
We love as one, we hate as one,
We have one foe and one alone.
He is known to you all, he is known to you all,
He crouches behind the dark gray flood,
Full of envy, of rage, of craft, of gall,
Cut off by waves that are thicker than blood.
Come, let us stand at the Judgment Place,
An oath to swear to, face to face,
An oath of bronze no wind can shake,
An oath for our sons and their sons to take.
Come, hear the word, repeat the word,
Throughout the Fatherland make it heard.
We will never forego our hate,
We have all but a single hate,
We love as one, we hate as one,
We have one foe and one alone —
_ENGLAND!_
Btw, 1:2 ENG vs ISL, one wonders what ISL even is!
Hymn of Hate against England
French and Russian, they matter not,
A blow for a blow and a shot for a shot!
We love them not, we hate them not,
We hold the Weichsel and Vosges gate.
We have but one and only hate,
We love as one, we hate as one,
We have one foe and one alone.
He is known to you all, he is known to you all,
He crouches behind the dark gray flood,
Full of envy, of rage, of craft, of gall,
Cut off by waves that are thicker than blood.
Come, let us stand at the Judgment Place,
An oath to swear to, face to face,
An oath of bronze no wind can shake,
An oath for our sons and their sons to take.
Come, hear the word, repeat the word,
Throughout the Fatherland make it heard.
We will never forego our hate,
We have all but a single hate,
We love as one, we hate as one,
We have one foe and one alone —
_ENGLAND!_
Btw, 1:2 ENG vs ISL, one wonders what ISL even is!
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Kalin
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Fuck them all! Russia stronk! We can DO DIZ!
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Ganz ruhig, mein kleiner Holocauster. First we will give the Germans a well deserved spanking on their pearly white aryan buttocks.
Beastro
Arcane
Watching some LPs of this to understand the game I was surprised at some people that don't like 900+ ton destroyers. They're awesome able to deliver 12+ torps with a a good gunload and speed.
I murdered the French Navy with mine, literally, driving the French battlefleet north to Marseille, then detached all my destoyers to cut between Marseille and their fleet and sandwiched them between a pile of torps and my battleships sinking 7 BBs and 1 B (as well as two BCs from luring their scouting force to me battleships). By the time the battle was over they only had 2 BCs left as cap ships.
Division Ship Status Damage points Rounds fired Ammo remaining Hits scored Hit % Heavy hits Medium hits Light hits Torpedo hits Survivors saved
France Battle Division 11 B Saint Louis Sinking! 24928 98 0% 4 4.08 24 55 0 1 0
USA Battle Division 11 BB Arizona No damage 0 1150 29% 44 3.83 2 3 0 0 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Bouvet Sinking! 118536 244 80% 9 3.69 71 51 0 3 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Colbert Sinking! 107584 187 71% 5 2.67 36 46 0 4 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Courbet Sunk! 128712 102 91% 2 1.96 42 92 0 5 0
France Battle Division 8 BB Jaureguiberry Sinking! 128712 286 0% 12 4.20 53 54 0 2 0
France Battle Division 8 BB Justice Sunk! 54478 217 75% 17 7.83 15 18 0 1 0
France Battle Division 8 BB Liberte Sinking! 107584 188 73% 12 6.38 46 30 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 9 BB Mississippi Light damage 5084 1360 9% 59 4.34 5 6 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 6 BB Nevada Medium damage 19687 637 53% 26 4.08 17 1 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 9 BB New Mexico No damage 0 1159 23% 40 3.45 0 0 0 0 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Ocean Sunk! 128712 120 0% 4 3.33 88 88 0 7 0
USA Battle Division 6 BB Oklahoma Light damage 4457 856 39% 26 3.04 4 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 11 BB Pennsylvania Heavy damage 26602 943 35% 18 1.91 3 0 0 1 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 16 BC America Medium damage 25715 517 58% 20 3.87 12 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 18 BC Bon Homme Richard Light damage 5822 843 28% 23 2.73 2 0 0 0 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Duquesne Sunk! 182732 135 86% 5 3.70 2 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 16 BC Independence Medium damage 16496 331 72% 10 3.02 15 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Intrepid Heavy damage 29111 833 29% 20 2.40 9 2 0 0 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Lille Sunk! 149280 160 84% 1 0.63 156 8 0 5 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 4 BC Montcalm Sunk! 149280 171 87% 4 2.34 82 0 0 4 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Nancy Heavy damage (in port) 27223 104 82% 5 4.81 13 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 4 BC Princeton No damage 0 848 28% 42 4.95 3 0 0 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 8 CL Cincinnati Light damage 1152 511 60% 43 8.41 0 7 2 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 22 CL Milwaukee Light damage 1037 352 72% 28 7.95 0 7 0 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 22 CL Omaha Light damage 115 333 74% 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 3 CL Raleigh Medium damage 3111 426 56% 2 0.47 5 3 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Colhoun Medium damage 470 93 81% 1 1.08 0 1 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Durandal No damage (in port) 0 30 93% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 5 DD Dyer No damage 0 175 65% 1 0.57 0 0 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Evans Heavy damage 1006 127 69% 8 6.30 0 3 1 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Fanion No damage (in port) 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Fauconneau Light damage (in port) 29 38 91% 1 2.63 0 1 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Flamberge No damage (in port) 0 55 87% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Framee Light damage (in port) 177 37 87% 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 114
USA Destroyer Division 5 DD Gregory No damage 0 41 92% 1 2.44 0 0 0 0 119
USA Destroyer Division 2 DD Kimberly Medium damage 537 158 68% 7 4.43 0 3 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Little Sunk! 3148 85 72% 3 3.53 0 6 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 2 DD McKean Light damage 313 118 63% 2 1.69 0 0 2 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD McKee Sinking! 3148 61 88% 2 3.28 0 0 5 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Philip Heavy damage 727 97 68% 6 6.19 0 2 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Ringgold Medium damage 581 63 87% 1 1.59 0 2 2 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Robinson Heavy damage 1096 77 81% 5 6.49 0 5 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Shaw Medium damage 425 166 67% 12 7.23 0 1 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Stevens Light damage 67 77 85% 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Stringham Heavy damage 883 15 94% 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 2 DD Woolsey No damage 0 132 74% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 25 Installation 0 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
France Division 19 Installation 0 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 26 Installation 1 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 27 Installation 2 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 28 Installation 3 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
I murdered the French Navy with mine, literally, driving the French battlefleet north to Marseille, then detached all my destoyers to cut between Marseille and their fleet and sandwiched them between a pile of torps and my battleships sinking 7 BBs and 1 B (as well as two BCs from luring their scouting force to me battleships). By the time the battle was over they only had 2 BCs left as cap ships.
Division Ship Status Damage points Rounds fired Ammo remaining Hits scored Hit % Heavy hits Medium hits Light hits Torpedo hits Survivors saved
France Battle Division 11 B Saint Louis Sinking! 24928 98 0% 4 4.08 24 55 0 1 0
USA Battle Division 11 BB Arizona No damage 0 1150 29% 44 3.83 2 3 0 0 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Bouvet Sinking! 118536 244 80% 9 3.69 71 51 0 3 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Colbert Sinking! 107584 187 71% 5 2.67 36 46 0 4 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Courbet Sunk! 128712 102 91% 2 1.96 42 92 0 5 0
France Battle Division 8 BB Jaureguiberry Sinking! 128712 286 0% 12 4.20 53 54 0 2 0
France Battle Division 8 BB Justice Sunk! 54478 217 75% 17 7.83 15 18 0 1 0
France Battle Division 8 BB Liberte Sinking! 107584 188 73% 12 6.38 46 30 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 9 BB Mississippi Light damage 5084 1360 9% 59 4.34 5 6 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 6 BB Nevada Medium damage 19687 637 53% 26 4.08 17 1 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 9 BB New Mexico No damage 0 1159 23% 40 3.45 0 0 0 0 0
France Battle Division 5 BB Ocean Sunk! 128712 120 0% 4 3.33 88 88 0 7 0
USA Battle Division 6 BB Oklahoma Light damage 4457 856 39% 26 3.04 4 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Division 11 BB Pennsylvania Heavy damage 26602 943 35% 18 1.91 3 0 0 1 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 16 BC America Medium damage 25715 517 58% 20 3.87 12 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 18 BC Bon Homme Richard Light damage 5822 843 28% 23 2.73 2 0 0 0 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Duquesne Sunk! 182732 135 86% 5 3.70 2 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 16 BC Independence Medium damage 16496 331 72% 10 3.02 15 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Intrepid Heavy damage 29111 833 29% 20 2.40 9 2 0 0 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Lille Sunk! 149280 160 84% 1 0.63 156 8 0 5 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 4 BC Montcalm Sunk! 149280 171 87% 4 2.34 82 0 0 4 0
France Battle Cruiser Division 1 BC Nancy Heavy damage (in port) 27223 104 82% 5 4.81 13 0 0 0 0
USA Battle Cruiser Division 4 BC Princeton No damage 0 848 28% 42 4.95 3 0 0 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 8 CL Cincinnati Light damage 1152 511 60% 43 8.41 0 7 2 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 22 CL Milwaukee Light damage 1037 352 72% 28 7.95 0 7 0 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 22 CL Omaha Light damage 115 333 74% 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 0
USA Light Cruiser Division 3 CL Raleigh Medium damage 3111 426 56% 2 0.47 5 3 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Colhoun Medium damage 470 93 81% 1 1.08 0 1 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Durandal No damage (in port) 0 30 93% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 5 DD Dyer No damage 0 175 65% 1 0.57 0 0 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Evans Heavy damage 1006 127 69% 8 6.30 0 3 1 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Fanion No damage (in port) 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Fauconneau Light damage (in port) 29 38 91% 1 2.63 0 1 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Flamberge No damage (in port) 0 55 87% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
France Destroyer Division 2 DD Framee Light damage (in port) 177 37 87% 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 114
USA Destroyer Division 5 DD Gregory No damage 0 41 92% 1 2.44 0 0 0 0 119
USA Destroyer Division 2 DD Kimberly Medium damage 537 158 68% 7 4.43 0 3 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Little Sunk! 3148 85 72% 3 3.53 0 6 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 2 DD McKean Light damage 313 118 63% 2 1.69 0 0 2 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD McKee Sinking! 3148 61 88% 2 3.28 0 0 5 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Philip Heavy damage 727 97 68% 6 6.19 0 2 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Ringgold Medium damage 581 63 87% 1 1.59 0 2 2 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 10 DD Robinson Heavy damage 1096 77 81% 5 6.49 0 5 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Shaw Medium damage 425 166 67% 12 7.23 0 1 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Stevens Light damage 67 77 85% 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 7 DD Stringham Heavy damage 883 15 94% 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 0
USA Destroyer Division 2 DD Woolsey No damage 0 132 74% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 25 Installation 0 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
France Division 19 Installation 0 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 26 Installation 1 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 27 Installation 2 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
USA Division 28 Installation 3 No damage 0 0 100% 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Beastro
Arcane
I just repeated the same thing with DDs against Germany and wound up sinking all 22 of their BBs, 8 of their 9 Bs and 4 of their 26 BCs in three battles for the price of two BCs and a BB. It's massive micro which is a pain and if you're not super careful you can easily have your DDs firing torps back in the direction of your battleline and getting them tagged.
Beastro
Arcane
Max demand is 10, I waited till both collapsed.
I took Corsica from France and Liaotung from Russia (enemies auto ally each other it seems if they're both at war with you) and all of Germany's colonies except for one, since they total 11, as well as their latest BC to replace one of mine lost in the war until my new build program spits the new class out.
Dayyālu
Arcane
Tomorrow
Update in the works, I had to fight rampaging ostrichs today
I wish I was joking
Update in the works, I had to fight rampaging ostrichs today
I wish I was joking
Good! Get to it you lousy runt!
Dayyālu
Arcane
Let's Play Rule The Waves: Dayyalu is a Lazy Fuck Edition
Ok. We are at war with Germany, our ships have terrible crews, and every month we lose 2 millions Tsar bucks. I order 20k tons of ships to move from the Pacific Fleet to the Northern European area to try to balance this mess. Hnnngh, I should have started to Mobilize far sooner, all our older Bs have shit crew quality.
And you can bet the Germans did not skip on training.
Our sub fleet is the pride of the nation. A German Destroyer is sunk at the first chance. Gotta love subs.
We are incredibly lucky or unlucky, and we immediately get in contact with the enemy fleet as we begin a Fleet Battle. Ouch.
Our scouting force engages the unknown ships immediately. The Boyarin starts torpedoing and firing on the "German" ships. I nonetheless order them to disengage, can't risk our scout forces.
Nonetheless, the battle is starting well. Our scout force starts laying smoke and executing evasive maneuvers. Gotta pin 'em down until our BBs and Bs can reach them. Luckily, most of the Scout Fleet is of the Mercury class: fast ships, new engines, good guns.
The Germans try to save their Light Cruisers by sending their BC to hunt our own. The fucker is faster than the Boyarin and it's a BC. Gotta run.
Steady...steady....
And the German BC follows, thanks to poor visibility, our Boyarin right in the middle of our main battleline. It does not matter that the crews are crap, the amount of fire we can dish out is astounding. Can we sink it?
The BC manages to escape, and I end up in the middle of the German battleline thanks to the poor visibility. Whooops. FIGHT ON SONS OF RUSSIA
The entire thing degenerates in a crazy melee with ships firing everywhere. Darkness at last falls and we retreat. We lost one or two destroyers, but the situation was a bit....tense.
I have no idea of what's happening. I started retreating, but the German Fleet pursued right into a field of our screening Destroyers. Our Admiral ship and the CA Madagaskar got a ton of heavy hits, but enemy BBs are getting shredded by torpedoes in the night. I can't follow what's happening anymore.
In the unholy mess, the Bayan is hit by a torpedo and sinks. This battle is a mess! I JUST WANT TO RETREAT DAMMIT
We lose also the Madagaskar, as the dumbfuck AI started going full speed the instant we get out of flagship range, flooding it intensely and sinking. Dammit dammit dammit. Our flagship is hit by SIX dud torpedoes in the night. Two torpedoes manage to explode though, crippling hits.
Endlösung , you sank as you lived, shooting in the darkness and screaming in German to a bunch of illiterate russians. I think the survivors of the Madagaskar were picked up the the German BC, so at least now you get a cozy job in helping them hunting Russian cruisers.
This battle is a mess, a complete and utter mess. Time to escape.
I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THERE
AT LAST
Excellent. We lost two antediluvian CA, four Destroyers, and ANOTHER BB AND ANOTHER OF OUR FLAGSHIPS TO BOOT. At least we "won": we sank a German BB, a German B and enough tonnage to make them bleed. Plus an insane amount of damage.
At least the German losses are adequate, at least. Their BB was a Pommern, their last and best class. While the sinking of the Nikolai I ends the Nikolai class. Both it andthe Reviztan sank by torpedoes, the true masters of the seas. With our subs, of course. This means we should plan for the next class of BB, we can't afford not to replace the bastards that got sank.
Did I tell you that we are Blockaded and that the Germans have the upper hand in tonnage now? Well, to be completely precise we will blockade the Germans for a month or two until they repair their ships.
If I have to make a point on RTW, is that ship repairs are too fast. A gutted BB repaired in four months?
We get BB parity again, luckily.
And we damage some of their BBs, thanks to our subs. Good.
A temporary blockade causes disruptions in Germany.
And they are back again for a Fleet Battle. Both of our new BBs are here. THIS time, we will triumph. No doubt. It's 9:00 in the morning, the weather is good, and our crew almost well trained now. We order our BBs to steam ahead at full speed.
Their screen is lacking. And we can now see that they have merely a single BB and a line of old Bs, as the sub damaged their other Dreadnought. It's a chance for some kills. We must not waste it.
The german line, after a short exchange, decides to flee. We follow in pursuit. One of our Dreadnoughts manages to get a rudder hit and starts circling, and the Dreaad manages to catch a torpedo from a suicide run of a damaged German Destroyer.
Dreaad , we both know you are an Enemy of the People, but try NOT TO SINK YOUR SHIP.
Two enemy Bs are too slow, and are quickly caught and surrounded.
"Young Nubile Germans surrounded and pounded by Russian Sailors": soon in your local video renting place. Are video rental shops still a thing? I remember seeing one or two while driving around.
Those two blue circles are the German ships, everything else is Cyrillic. The Dreaad manages to get the flooding under control. IT SEEMS AT LEAST.
The enemy BC (the Von Der Tann) tries to check the two enemy Bs, but it's too late. The German fleet retreats, and we finish the job.
Good result. No losses and two enemy capital ships lost.
Next turn.
I should ditch BBs building programs and start building just subs. They are magnificent. The German blockade is broken by the loss of the two Bs and we can breathe a little. I pray that the enemy BB/BC that are being built are not almost ready. No way of knowing that, though.
Well, two main battles were quite draining and I'll close the update here. With me back at home I should have time to do proper updates.
The loss of our BB was almost a disaster, but what can I say.... the battle was a mess thanks to the weather and the Germans refused to let me go. At least we got the two enemy ships to balance things out.
Our Subs have already sank four German ships, quite a good amount.
Ok. We are at war with Germany, our ships have terrible crews, and every month we lose 2 millions Tsar bucks. I order 20k tons of ships to move from the Pacific Fleet to the Northern European area to try to balance this mess. Hnnngh, I should have started to Mobilize far sooner, all our older Bs have shit crew quality.
And you can bet the Germans did not skip on training.
Our sub fleet is the pride of the nation. A German Destroyer is sunk at the first chance. Gotta love subs.
We are incredibly lucky or unlucky, and we immediately get in contact with the enemy fleet as we begin a Fleet Battle. Ouch.
Our scouting force engages the unknown ships immediately. The Boyarin starts torpedoing and firing on the "German" ships. I nonetheless order them to disengage, can't risk our scout forces.
Nonetheless, the battle is starting well. Our scout force starts laying smoke and executing evasive maneuvers. Gotta pin 'em down until our BBs and Bs can reach them. Luckily, most of the Scout Fleet is of the Mercury class: fast ships, new engines, good guns.
The Germans try to save their Light Cruisers by sending their BC to hunt our own. The fucker is faster than the Boyarin and it's a BC. Gotta run.
Steady...steady....
And the German BC follows, thanks to poor visibility, our Boyarin right in the middle of our main battleline. It does not matter that the crews are crap, the amount of fire we can dish out is astounding. Can we sink it?
The BC manages to escape, and I end up in the middle of the German battleline thanks to the poor visibility. Whooops. FIGHT ON SONS OF RUSSIA
The entire thing degenerates in a crazy melee with ships firing everywhere. Darkness at last falls and we retreat. We lost one or two destroyers, but the situation was a bit....tense.
I have no idea of what's happening. I started retreating, but the German Fleet pursued right into a field of our screening Destroyers. Our Admiral ship and the CA Madagaskar got a ton of heavy hits, but enemy BBs are getting shredded by torpedoes in the night. I can't follow what's happening anymore.
In the unholy mess, the Bayan is hit by a torpedo and sinks. This battle is a mess! I JUST WANT TO RETREAT DAMMIT
We lose also the Madagaskar, as the dumbfuck AI started going full speed the instant we get out of flagship range, flooding it intensely and sinking. Dammit dammit dammit. Our flagship is hit by SIX dud torpedoes in the night. Two torpedoes manage to explode though, crippling hits.
Endlösung , you sank as you lived, shooting in the darkness and screaming in German to a bunch of illiterate russians. I think the survivors of the Madagaskar were picked up the the German BC, so at least now you get a cozy job in helping them hunting Russian cruisers.
This battle is a mess, a complete and utter mess. Time to escape.
I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THERE
AT LAST
Excellent. We lost two antediluvian CA, four Destroyers, and ANOTHER BB AND ANOTHER OF OUR FLAGSHIPS TO BOOT. At least we "won": we sank a German BB, a German B and enough tonnage to make them bleed. Plus an insane amount of damage.
At least the German losses are adequate, at least. Their BB was a Pommern, their last and best class. While the sinking of the Nikolai I ends the Nikolai class. Both it andthe Reviztan sank by torpedoes, the true masters of the seas. With our subs, of course. This means we should plan for the next class of BB, we can't afford not to replace the bastards that got sank.
Did I tell you that we are Blockaded and that the Germans have the upper hand in tonnage now? Well, to be completely precise we will blockade the Germans for a month or two until they repair their ships.
If I have to make a point on RTW, is that ship repairs are too fast. A gutted BB repaired in four months?
We get BB parity again, luckily.
And we damage some of their BBs, thanks to our subs. Good.
A temporary blockade causes disruptions in Germany.
And they are back again for a Fleet Battle. Both of our new BBs are here. THIS time, we will triumph. No doubt. It's 9:00 in the morning, the weather is good, and our crew almost well trained now. We order our BBs to steam ahead at full speed.
Their screen is lacking. And we can now see that they have merely a single BB and a line of old Bs, as the sub damaged their other Dreadnought. It's a chance for some kills. We must not waste it.
The german line, after a short exchange, decides to flee. We follow in pursuit. One of our Dreadnoughts manages to get a rudder hit and starts circling, and the Dreaad manages to catch a torpedo from a suicide run of a damaged German Destroyer.
Dreaad , we both know you are an Enemy of the People, but try NOT TO SINK YOUR SHIP.
Two enemy Bs are too slow, and are quickly caught and surrounded.
"Young Nubile Germans surrounded and pounded by Russian Sailors": soon in your local video renting place. Are video rental shops still a thing? I remember seeing one or two while driving around.
Those two blue circles are the German ships, everything else is Cyrillic. The Dreaad manages to get the flooding under control. IT SEEMS AT LEAST.
The enemy BC (the Von Der Tann) tries to check the two enemy Bs, but it's too late. The German fleet retreats, and we finish the job.
Good result. No losses and two enemy capital ships lost.
Next turn.
I should ditch BBs building programs and start building just subs. They are magnificent. The German blockade is broken by the loss of the two Bs and we can breathe a little. I pray that the enemy BB/BC that are being built are not almost ready. No way of knowing that, though.
Well, two main battles were quite draining and I'll close the update here. With me back at home I should have time to do proper updates.
The loss of our BB was almost a disaster, but what can I say.... the battle was a mess thanks to the weather and the Germans refused to let me go. At least we got the two enemy ships to balance things out.
Our Subs have already sank four German ships, quite a good amount.
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