Posted by: L0ckAndL0ad
« on: November 05, 2020, 02:28:42 AM »I know we keep harping on this, but just to confirm: you are aware that CIWS have 50% base accuracy while being about the same size as an equivalent shots/tracking full accuracy gauss turret?My current Twin Gauss PD Turret Mk 45 is based on 50% accuracy Gauss Cannon, so it weights about the same as CIWS (because CIWS = twin 50% GC + electronics, but more space efficient). I used Twin 67% GCs in my VB6 Aurora campaign, but now wanted to use even smaller one, because this decreases the price per unit and thus less MSP spent when they fail. Well, that's not entirely true because they need to shoot more to shoot down the same amount of missiles, but yeah, basically, I opted for smaller units and more shots, allowing better usage of commander's skills, TAC officer and tracking bonus.
You have 4 CIWS, which is the equivalent of 2 gauss turrets (actually slightly worse in practice b/c of higher variance...). Is it really less tonnage than 2 turrets+1 fire control+last-ditch antimissile sensor (this can be tiny)?
The CIWS might have more redundancy, I guess. But if space really is at such a premium....
Actually, something has to be said about officers. Initially I went full on "CIC for every DDG", and then found myself not able to man all the C&C stations across my small fleet. I looked up the way RL navies (and USN in particular) allocates officers across ships and went with more realistic approach with my 2nd Generation ships. Except for the carrier, which is lead by Commodore, a move I made intentionally and may reverse later to make the carriers require a Captain as CO.
I'm using modified USN rank strucutre where Rear Admiral (lower half) is renamed Commodore and upper half RADM is just Rear Admiral. Not liking the naming based on what part of the list you're on, and it's simply too long and inconvenient to use.
I wanted the fleet to be commanded by Rear Admiral from the flag bridge on the carrier, so I had to make carrier require Commodore as CO. You can assign whatever rank above lowest required for admin commands but have to use a specific one for the flag bridge officer (1 above CO of the ship).
But for my cruiser/destroyer groups, Commodore would be required to command from the CG's flag bridge. I can have all flag bridges manned at the same time and the command would shift naturally if/when I decide to detach the cruiser from the group for some reason.
I'm not entirely sure if I want to invest so much into their armor (currently 3 and 4 for DDG and CG accordingly) and if they need to have laser weapons as a backup. These are tiny bits of BP/mineral/MSP costs that are not significant in small numbers but will add up quickly when building a larger navy.