The Floats! event has returned, aircraft carriers used as part of the capture zones are the low-poly IJN Soryu.
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Some screenshots of the high-detail USS Enterprise(CV-6) from today 's video:
And low-detail IJN Ryujo:
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I would really love carriers!!
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@Motherhen357 Sorry for the bother, I reread the thread before asking but just to confirm, the full list of HQ / WTM-files WWII carriers is?
- Kaga (1936) - Mobile
- Shoukaku (1942*) - WT model
- Zuikaku (1944) - Mobile
- Lexington (1929) - Mobile
- Lexington (1941) - WT model
- Saratoga (1942) - WT model
- Enterprise (1942) - WT model
- Essex (1942) - Mobile
- Illustrious (1940) - Mobile
- Implacable (1944) - Mobile
As Shoukaku is the only one without an explicit text-form year, I did a quick check wikipedia check (yes yes, I know…) and apparently she received six additional triple Type 96s in June 1942 (two at the bow, two at the stern, one fore and one aft of the island) which, comparing to the very high-res announcement shots, are present on the WT model.
In September '42 she received a large Type 21 radar atop her bridge, and in October two additional triple Type 96s were added (bow and stern). None of these are present, thus her WT refit is June-September 1942.
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There was also USS Midway in 1945 fit, but yes, this is all the high-detail carriers which saw active service during WW2 that we know about atm.
Seems accurate to the appearance in the CDK, the main gun turrets are listed _01 to _08 and AA gun turrets are listed from _01 to _18.
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Ah true, it’s probably best to include “planned for the invasion of Japan” stuff as WWII, not unlike “planned for the Spring 1919 offensive” stuff should really count as WWI, in other contexts.
Thanks as always! :)
This control input now has a text attached:
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We currently have USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in the game but, the game should have USS Enterprise (CVN-65) for post late 1970s jet such as F-14A/B, A-6E, A-7E and F-18C(soon).
Yay more progress!
Cool!
Hope we get invincible now we have more sea harriers.
Also hope we get some french carriers too!
Another image showing the Sea Sparrow launcher on Forrestal 's precorrection devserver form
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Thats pretty cool
If Carriers were Added, Would they play like an RTS fashion or would you contol the lead plane of an attack squadron with DB and TBs, and whatever you want the planes to attack, they all attack?
2nd I hope
And also How would fighter squadrons work?
Would you tell them to fly to a spot to defend or do CAP for a ship or yourself, or are you gonna command the fighter squadron and go plane hunting?
And one last thing. If a player who doesn’t have a Carrier spawns in a fighter or bomber witht their spawn points and they land on your carrier, what happens? Do they get repaired and take off and you both get rewarded, or will they be able to be a part of your squadrons? Kinda like a Coop play.
Oh, and about the Tech Trees, The USA, Germany, UK, Japan, Italy, and France have at least one interwar or WW2 Carrier. So what about Russia? Then again they do have the first “Missile Destroyer” in game so idk.
I don’t know about RB, but in EC, I think it should give all players a prompt to join the fighter squadron. There will be as many slots as there are catapults. Once the slots are full or a set timer has passed (I’d go 30 seconds but I could be easily swayed here), whichever is sooner, the occupied planes launch.
Also, the carriers should act as mobile spawn and re-arm points for planes.
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You make a fair point. But then how is the Carrier gonna score any kills or Kill assists that doesn’t involve AA? Unless that also means that when you prepare a TB or DB squadron, players can join that too and you get awarded along with them. I do see your point though so here is a heart :)