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temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet
Is this thread dead?

Just got the game. Wondering about prize ships. I intercepted one and killed the escorts. I don't recalling killing it and it didn't surrender or follow me. Is it still out there?

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temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet

Bug Squash posted:

When you kill all the escorts the prize ship automatically joins your fleet, and you slowboat it to a friendly city to cash it in.

Sounds like something has gone wrong though. Either you were attacked by a fleet intercepting you, or you accidentally shot down the prize ship. Did you see the prize ship in the battle? It would be about 10x the size of the escorts and have a big yellow arrow pointing it out.

I played on easy and reloaded the save. I managed to intercept it again and got it. I must have missed the sell pop up. However, I don't remember the capture popup like the first time I captured a ship. Thanks.

temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet
What's the equivalent to a destroyer? Something more dangerous than frigate but smaller than cruiser. It might be euro->us navy classification difference.

temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet
If you capture a garrison and land inside the warning circle but not in the city, does that increase the danger level of the city?
If you dock a ship in an increase repair city without manually landing, does that increase repair speed?

Bug Squash posted:

In my mind, the ship classes group like this

Lightning sized
Gladiator sized
Archangel sized
Nomad/Sevastopol sized

Which I guess I would map to real life classes as:
Frigate
Destroyer
Cruiser
Capital

Obviously there's a wide range of potential overlap between Archangels and Nomads, but there both in the too big to be practical camp anyway
Thanks.

temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet
How do you beat a SG with an aircraft carrier, missile carrier, and multiple cruisers? Is that how all SG are?

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temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet

cock hero flux posted:

yeah they're pretty much all like that and the answer is that you use your own cruisers, as well as having a good amount of 37mm guns in your fleet to clear out incoming missiles and planes. Once you've gotten the hang of the game it's not that hard to take on a Strike Group in something like a Kormoran and the main issue is going to be that if one SG knows where you are then all of the other SGs probably know too, and they're not going to give you a chance to repair. The Sevastopol is also usually going to be able to deal with exactly one Strike Group before getting benched forever because it has fantastic guns but is also made of paper mache and covered in priceless ming vases so it will get shot to poo poo in the process and take trillions of years and dollars to repair.

they actually can spawn with Longbows in them

That sucks.

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