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  1. I can't imagine that thing in rough seas. Drachinifel has a great video on the French pre dreads...
  2. So, I have been spending time trying to build Commodore Dewey's flagship, USS Olympia. To say that it has been a frustrating experience would be putting it mildly. There is no combination of hulls, towers, engines, etc, that will allow the building of a 344ft. cruiser with a full load weight of 6694 tons, that has all the armament that Olympia carried. In fact there is no way to even come close. It's either way too heavy, or way under gunned, with no middle ground. I won't even get into the fact that none of the available hulls come close to looking the part. I hope this can be rectified by the time we get to full release, as the pre-dreadnought era is my happy place. I love the aesthetics of the ships of that period, and have otherwise enjoyed the battles I have put together with these fine old ladies of the sea. These were the ships that put the US Navy firmly on the world stage, and it was an interesting time overall as the rapid changes in technology made for some elegant, and bizarre, (France I'm looking at you) solutions to the problem of building a navy in such a time of technological and political flux.
  3. Well, as I am quite new to the game, I have been hesitant to weight in on this thread. I still have a lot to come to grips with after all. I really enjoy the "engineering" and tactical challenges that the game presents. I have enjoyed the battles, even the ones I have lost, as they give much to think about, even without an AAR. My biggest wish for further updates, at least at this point, are on the graphical side of things. The "look" of the game at this point has taken me aback really. I understand that with all the AI running in the background that graphics may (probably have to) take a back seat to playability, but I guess I just expected more up to date graphics in a modern title like this, even in an Alpha state. When I was watching videos of the game before purchase, I chalked up the "look" to the typical YouTube video compression, etc... I enjoy the game play immensely, but we should be a bit on from Silent Hunter III graphics, yes?
  4. Before 1914 you could have other colors on the Model T. That changed with the 1915 model year, when the brass radiator and other expensive brass items were removed, a stamped type radiator shell was implemented, and only one color offered, black, because black paint dried faster. I agree, some sort of adjustable length to beam ratio would be a very nice addition.
  5. Some variation in smaller caliber secondary, and "anti torpedo boat" guns would be welcome as well, such as the 57mm guns used on USS Olympia. A friend of mine and I have been attempting to build Olympia, but the correct secondary rifles, and hull weights, are just not making this possible. The builder is just not happy with a cruiser with the size, and weaponry of the Olympia, all on a hull with a 6663 ton full combat displacement.
  6. Money is the answer to all these questions. USS Olympia, the oldest steel warship still in existence is barely hanging on as well. Another issue is that scrapping them, because of environmental remediation, costs about has much as preserving them. A constant state of limbo, sadly. I have been aboard North Carolina and USS Alabama. Worth doing.
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