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TacticalNecromancy posted:It might be easier to try a smaller country first? I started with Italy in my very first game and that's great - you've mostly just got the Med to worry about, A/H only has one port and the French are generally not too terrible. Is that 4" guns in the loving masts?
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:Is Toland's work still mostly well regarded today? I read the Rising Sun a while ago when I was looking for a book on the Pacific campaign with more of a view of the Japanese side of things, and I recall being warned that while it was a good read, a whole bunch of claims in there don't hold up to modern scholarship. I'm not competent to judge his scholarship, but he does have one hilariously dated section where he spends a few pages going "Well of course misunderstanding was going to happen, you see, Orientals think like this, and Westerners think like this, and never shall the twain meet, it is as if dealing with two different species." I mean, par for course for the time, but goddamn. ZombieLenin posted:Germany was also hindered by war weariness of the troops and lack of discipline (troops so hungry they would stop to gorge themselves on captured allies foodstuffs). I don't know if I'd call that "lack of discipline" so much as I would "symptom of total logistical breakdown." If your troops are going hungry enough that they'd break ranks during an attack to snatch at food, something has gone terribly wrong with your supply line. Like, say, a few years of blockade plus an offensive that vastly outstrips your ability to bring food to the front.
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How do you employ artillery in p&s? I notice that putting infantry next to it doesn't protect it from charges like in SJ. Do I put it behind the lines?
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Caconym posted:Is that 4" guns in the loving masts? Yes, yes it is. Giovanni wants to contribute and he can also improve his parallax for rangefinding when the mast is wobbling all over the place.
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Stairmaster posted:How do you employ artillery in p&s? I notice that putting infantry next to it doesn't protect it from charges like in SJ. Do I put it behind the lines? Do the historically accurate thing and line them up on a hill in the way back and forget about them.
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Stairmaster posted:How do you employ artillery in p&s? I notice that putting infantry next to it doesn't protect it from charges like in SJ. Do I put it behind the lines? If you want to use them, just have them shoot as long as you can and then move your guys up to prevent them from being charged. It can sometimes put a couple units into disrupted which can be nice.
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Caconym posted:Is that 4" guns in the loving masts? What I want to know is how people end up with these pretty ships. Every time I try to draw superstructure with the lovely end game tools it looks worse than terrible.
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My last campaign didn't go quite so well. In 1903 an accidental placement of gin, tea and committee chairs caused a space/time rift in the US Navy Office that summoned forth Eikcaj Rehsif himself, who demanded maximum conservatism and armour in designs owing to his maxim 'armour is armour'. This and a punitive naval treaty in 1920 lead to the US starting the Franco/Russo-American war of 1922 with the majority of its capital strength in the form of supermonitors.  Needless to say, this went very well. (Mostly because a 15kt treaty limit makes for some badass heavy cruisers.) Next plan: Deutschland of the Rising Sun.
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Alright you fucks, jesus, I'll buy Rule the Waves Er, RTW2 isn't anywhere close, right?
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Jun 20, 2018 19:47
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I've owned RTW for ages but rarely play it. Is there some kinda secret to getting cool ship graphics to show up in the Picture tab in the ship view, because all I see is Picture Not Available.
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Jun 20, 2018 19:51
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Someone implied there's a tool to draw them/lay them out?
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Drone posted:I've owned RTW for ages but rarely play it. Is there some kinda secret to getting cool ship graphics to show up in the Picture tab in the ship view, because all I see is Picture Not Available. You can find the tool here, then it's up to you. 
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Your naming convention owns.
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It was added in a patch so if you haven't updated it the tool doesn't show up. Otherwise I think it's right click on empty picture and there's some sort of "create" option. By default it gives you a hull with your turrets places and you have a bunch of stamp tools that let you place superstructure and masts and whatnot.
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Squiggle posted:Your naming convention owns. I've got a few set up, mostly just for BBs and BCs. US are Marine copypasta (BB) or the lyrics from Dethklok's Killstardo Abominate (BC). GB are Culture ship names (BB) or fatalistic Culture ship names (BC) - HMS Flash in the Pan or HMS Ucalegon being favourites. FR are omlette du fromage (BB) or omlette du fromage (BC) IT are Latin insults/Assassins of Caesar (BB) or Lamborghinis (BC) GER are very long german words/phrases (BB) or Commando Comics style german (BC) RU are Soviet regiments such as 1735th Siberian Naval Battalion or 416th Zheleznogorsk Excursion (BB) or Soviet tank graffiti/names (BC) JP are normal but with honourifics. Yamato and Mikasa are -sensei, the rest go down from there. CSA are Fox News anchors (BB) or ranks that sound awesome until you realise what they are (BC) Not sure about A/H yet - possibly variations of entropy or collapse. e- and Spain clearly needs to be very long Spanish names. e2- Alright, A/H BBs are now types of Viennese sausage. Not sure about the BC though. TacticalNecromancy fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Jun 20, 2018 |
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Jun 20, 2018 20:05
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Yeah you have to build the side view pics yourself.
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:It was added in a patch so if you haven't updated it the tool doesn't show up. Is there a way to put poo poo "behind" the guns on the right-clicking placement area thingie? It kinda sucks that placing my superstructure/etc. just covers up my sweet, sweet turrets.
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TacticalNecromancy posted:CSA are Fox News anchors (BB) or ranks that sound awesome until you realise what they are (BC) Fair and Balanced shipbuilding 15" batteries, no armor Just like Fox News Squiggle fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Jun 20, 2018 |
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Jun 20, 2018 21:21
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this thread is going to melt down when RTW2 is released
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Good.
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I cannot wait to see the goon monstrosities and things that shouldn't work but do. I'm reminded of the Blohm und Voss Berlin-class protected cruiser. 
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TehKeen posted:I cannot wait to see the goon monstrosities and things that shouldn't work but do. I'm reminded of the Blohm und Voss Berlin-class protected cruiser. I miss that LP. Anyone know why it got dropped?
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dublish posted:I miss that LP. Anyone know why it got dropped? I think TriggerHappy's life just got busier. I know the holidays is what distracted me from my LP of it. Maybe when RtW2 comes out I'll do another one.
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dublish posted:I miss that LP. Anyone know why it got dropped? I got back into RTW recently and was reading that LP to get some tips on how to make better botes, and am now only 3 pages from the end. Sad to know it'll kind of fade away but who am I to talk about mysteriously dropped LPs?
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bgreman posted:I got back into RTW recently and was reading that LP to get some tips on how to make better botes, and am now only 3 pages from the end. Sad to know it'll kind of fade away but who am I to talk about mysteriously dropped LPs?  REMEMBER MARSAh just joshing you, it was fun to be able to experience that glorious monument to Goon administrative incompetence and strategic planning so over complicated the Japanese Naval Command of WW2 said "whoa, slow your roll guys". I'm happy to have been apart of it! 
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I think RTW2 is my most anticipated game of the year
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It’s supposed to be out this year. I’ve never figured out how to draw superstructures but the game doesn’t make me so 
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 Because nothing says "Roll Tide" like dragging up the good 'ol CSS Virginia for one last joy ride against Beatty's Steel Hordes.
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Jimmy4400nav posted:
I consider it on hiatus. It sits there. Taunting me. "Come, bgreman. Update! What's the Mind up to? Just run one day. What can it hurt?" *Some time later* "Fourteen hours pass and I've only done six hours of in-game time?!"
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finest LP ever imo
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Way to link to it you nerds.
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Anyone recommend any grognard-adjacent games from the Steam sale?
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WitE is $24 I might finally get that. I can't see what other prices are because Steam is still making GBS threads itself
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I'm going to pick up Cold Waters and FOG 2.
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Is FOG2 worth $20?
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Popete posted:Way to link to it you nerds. Here you go, but requires archives. Also, I think all the image links might be broken because SA now only allows image embeds from SSL-enabled sources and my website is anything but.
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COOL CORN posted:Is FOG2 worth $20? I think so, yes. The campaign mode isn't much, but the battles are fun and there's lots of replayability from the different factions.
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Getting Children of a Dead Earth, can't wait to get my rear end blasted with railguns and missiles.
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I've decided to do a play through of rtw rather than buying more games I won't play.
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Jimmy4400nav posted:Getting Children of a Dead Earth, can't wait to get my rear end blasted with railguns and missiles. How's that shaping up?
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