|
Veloxyll posted:Truly the gooniest outcome we could hope for. But France isn't a regressive fascist state fighting the world? I thought that was the gooniest result of meddling with European imperialist powers? edit: Yet, I mean.
|
#
?
Nov 23, 2015 23:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 07:56 |
|
|
Decoy Badger posted:Why not divide the stored weight by ten or use 32-bit integers instead of setting an arbitrary limit that is relatively easy to run up against? Rounding to the nearest 10 tonnes should be close enough, no? Technologies you discover extend endurance, but there's no way to modify fuel storage in a specific design other than the range selection.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 01:09
|
|
|
 Our fleet is out once more.  This is a brave move by the Admiral.  We engage a Gratz class. Our gunners are much more accurate than our foes, we get four or five hits for every one they do. The only real difference in the ships is that their guns are an inch bigger.  Then we run into their main battle line, and I order a turn south, but not before the Bouvet takes a hit to the bridge.  The Devistation is devastated in two minutes.  We try and flee south, but or old ships are slow.  Things begin to go badly.  Destroyers begin to fall as well to the enemies mass fire.  We are losing hard.  On the plus side, this would have been a lot worse if we had modern ships.  We just need to break them.  The submarine warfare begins to bite, at last.  We get a break in the blockade, and unrest drops to 4.  The Italians then come into the war. We can't catch a break.  Its a really bad time to be a merchantmen.  I'm not showing the 20 or so raider messages from three countries.  The Austrians are scrapping a lot of their very old ships. I wish I could do that.  Yes! We want PEACE! Of course, the politicians want to carry on fighting.  Its getting bloody out there.  We protect a convoy from an old armoured crusier.  I take pleasure in small victories. We then hunt down the light cruiser.  I take the credit of course.  Its enough, we tip the balance and win the war.  I retire – at the party, someone brings out graphs of my career. Well, from 1911 onwards. Before then, no-one thought to take records. (This may be due to my patching mid game.)  You can see the sad state of the fleet and the decline of the last few years.  We wreaked the Austrian merchant marine, and did a good job at killing British ships, but we lost oh so many destroyers.  My prestige is high. They name an Aircraft carrier after me. And that is that! I hope you enjoyed this LP. The lack of support ships killed us here I think, along with the loss of the new battleships when we lost to the British. But it was fun.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 07:41
|
|
|
 Edit 2: Actually, Amiral is Admiral in French. Thank you, Amiral Gray Hunter  Edit: It's like how they didn't record sacks in American football until the '70s pthighs fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Nov 24, 2015 |
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 08:38
|
|
|
Well a rather depressing end for the LP but what are you going to do? Thanks for the enjoyment Grey, Im sure your next naval themed LP will end in a great triumph. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 09:06
|
|
|
 Bravo, mon Amiral. Bravo.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 09:14
|
|
|
Well done, Admiral.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 09:31
|
|
|
gg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3eSNi__4w
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 09:45
|
|
|
Meanwhile, my best prestige score tops out at 42. But then I never sacrificed my whole navy.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 11:05
|
|
|
Riso posted:Meanwhile, my best prestige score tops out at 42. Elan had the last laugh.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 12:15
|
|
|
Riso posted:Meanwhile, my best prestige score tops out at 42. Tomn posted:Elan had the last laugh. Nope, this one is down to the Neo-Napoleonics. That one innocent little never-repealed law, 'Always go for +prestige.' We may have lost hundreds of ships, tens of thousands of sailors, a war with Perfidious Albion and the entire government, but we earned respect. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 13:20
|
|
|
AJ_Impy posted:Nope, this one is down to the Neo-Napoleonics. That one innocent little never-repealed law, 'Always go for +prestige.' We may have lost hundreds of ships, tens of thousands of sailors, a war with Perfidious Albion and the entire government, but we earned respect.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 14:43
|
|
|
You set a high bar there.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 16:18
|
|
|
Well since a CV is named after you that counts as a win. Good job.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 16:44
|
|
|
Having a carrier named after you when you've managed to sink most of your ships isn't without precedent though. Just look at whatever that Dutch guy's name was, they named two carriers after him.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 17:50
|
|
|
You'd think prestige would have *something* to do with the number of (big) ships in the actual navy.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 17:57
|
|
|
He will be remembered as clearing the way for France's twelve-carrier doctrine, which will finally sink the British navy.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 18:08
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:He will be remembered as clearing the way for France's twelve-carrier doctrine, which will finally sink the British navy. Never send a Frenchman to do an Englishman's job.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 18:15
|
|
|
So Italy tapped out just because A-H collapsed? Laaaame.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 18:37
|
|
|
I'll take it. Good job, Admiral.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 19:07
|
|
|
sullat posted:So Italy tapped out just because A-H collapsed? Laaaame. Another simplification of the game engine, if any power taps out the war ends right then and there. Maybe to prevent an never ending loop of defeating one enemy just to have another jump in just before. Endless war conga (until you lose).
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 19:14
|
|
|
You can rationalize it as Italy not wanting to continue, solo, in a war against a state that is economically and militarily (aside from the Navy) more powerful when it can just pick off disputed territories from Austria.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 20:34
|
|
|
Plus, we'd get our pick from Austria's fleet. They wouldn't want to fight in the Adriatic and Tyrhennian simultaneously.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 20:44
|
|
|
It's pretty sad that the creator won't put the game on Steam (I assume). It has tons of replayability and one-more-turn-iness. He could probably increase sales by an order of magnitude.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 20:45
|
|
|
Grognard games are sold in the most peculiar of fashions imaginable. It comes with the hobby, I think.
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 21:16
|
|
|
Grey Hunter won the war, using any means, as was asked by the board. I think that qualifies as a great success!
|
|
#
?
Nov 24, 2015 21:23
|
|
|
Thank you for playing that out to the end Grey!
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 04:36
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 07:56 |
|
|
AJ_Impy posted:Nope, this one is down to the Neo-Napoleonics. That one innocent little never-repealed law, 'Always go for +prestige.' We may have lost hundreds of ships, tens of thousands of sailors, a war with Perfidious Albion and the entire government, but we earned respect. So, Grey Hunter has become MacArthur?
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 19:12
|
|