Playing my first game and I am really annoyed to find that my destroyer did not annihilate a convoy full of enemy units over a 4 hour period. I'm not sure whether this is due to the outage everyone is complaining about - but this has really screwed my game and I have now wasted a lot of time!!
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9 Dec 2015, 02:14
lol...
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did I say 'lol'? oh well, one more time... LOL!
your destroyer did not destroy a convoy in 4 hours?
Look at your own words:
chrissey03 wrote:
my destroyer did not annihilate a convoy full of enemy units
your ONE destroyer did NOT sink a FLEET of convoy ships in 4 hours... oh migh, that must be a hack or at least a bug!!
But: when and where in history has a single lone destroyer sunk a full convoy in a couple of hours?
so what do you expect? instant gratification? because you attacked , they now must all sink NOW?
sorry mate, it doesnt work that way
that's RTS for you, as in: REAL time strategy.
9 Dec 2015, 02:20
Thanks for the laugh anyway! Please keep posting
9 Dec 2015, 10:16
So a destroyer can't sink a convoy ? - pretty useless then isn't it. How long should I give it? considering a convoy has no defence or attacking units I think a destroyer should more than definitely be able to sink a convoy. If not then, fine...but thats pretty crap!!!
9 Dec 2015, 10:32
Pontus, don't be rude. Chrissey, all the combat in this game is designed to take place over a period of time. I'd suggest sending out multiple units next time. Singles just aren't that good for very much.
9 Dec 2015, 11:39
Thanks Dargelus,
Well, I did take advice in the help chat that it should only take around 3 hours to sink a convoy. Obviously not but oh well...
I'm about to lose now anyway.
9 Dec 2015, 15:20
chrissey03 wrote:
Thanks Dargelus,
Well, I did take advice in the help chat that it should only take around 3 hours to sink a convoy. Obviously not but oh well...
I'm about to lose now anyway.
In chat you oftenly various answers about this, mostly because of a lack of understanding of the battlemechanics or because of not receiving enough information (In this case how many hitpoints does the convoy have and how much damage does the destroyer deal).
Basicly it's something like this: amount of hitpoints of the convoy/damage attackers = hours needed too kill it.
It's not fully correct. The convoy will deal damage to the agressors and make them lose some hitpoints, as you loose witpoints, your attack will decrease. Besides that there is also a random factor that you can't controll that can either increase or decrease the damage of units in every attack round (basicly every hour).
9 Dec 2015, 15:26
Not really a bug, but as it has been pointed out earlier a single destroyer. With a 3 strength attack it would take maybe two hours to destroy a single convoy ship (give or take, due to chance and the fact that combat resolves only once an hour).
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9 Dec 2015, 23:59 (edited)
chrissey03 wrote:
So a destroyer can't sink a convoy ? - pretty useless then isn't it. How long should I give it? considering a convoy has no defence or attacking units I think a destroyer should more than definitely be able to sink a convoy. If not then, fine...but thats pretty crap!!!
wow.... really? you are amazed a single destroyer cannot destroy a fleet of convoy ships? (and besides, convoys do have defence capability if you are in close combat with them...)
however, if you choose to bombard a fleet of convoy ships from a distance with your single puny destroyer (mark the words 'fleet' and 'single puny destroyer'), well, it will take a lot of time to take out a convoy transporting say 20 units or equivalent to 20-30.000 men... Sinking 1 convoyed unit might represent 2-3 hours of fighting, but not a fleet of convoy ships....
or did you think the convoy was 1 boat? It isnt, it clearly is a stack of boats, since they can split up in any direction....
so, when you see the number 20 on a convoy, it represents 20 units being convoyed, which represents 20 ships that can go 20 different different directions. killing 20 convoyed units at a rate of 1 per 3 hrs will thus take 45hrs.
it really is not very complicated.
a single destroyer is nothing. if you had deployed a few, it would be a different story. same with 1 arty; doesnt make a dent in a hot pack of butter either. a few however, do make a significant impact on a battle.
make a serious fleet to have a serious impact. in fact, make a serious 'anything' to have an impact.. you can't have "the money for nothing and the chicks for free"
10 Dec 2015, 00:06
Dargelus wrote:
Pontus, don't be rude.
The rudeness is not with me, but lies within the general insult to basic intelligence of the angrily asked question why 1 destroyer doesnt instantly destroy a fleet of convoy ships.
10 Dec 2015, 00:08
chrissey03 wrote:
I'm about to lose now anyway.
hence the anger with the failed plot to send out 1 destroyer to sink 20 (30? 40?) convoyed units.
