Log reports improvement for naval actions
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:48 pm
Hello All,
I would like to improve the reporting of ship damage when passing forts/fortified position and in the Blocade boxes/Shipping Lanes.
When ships pass a fortified position or fort and the ships draw fire and incur hits, we should be able to have a report better detailing the number of ships and if any ships were sunk. Currently, you get a report indicating hits given and incurred, but no info on the number and type of ships and if there were any sinkings due to hit damage. You also dont receive any intel to help in your strategic decisions regarding enemy dispostions or movement. If the enemy fleet sails from FOW position to another FOW position, you wont even see or know where the fleet is or where they come from.
My suggestion would be a battle report screen that details the ships involved and whether ships were sunk. Another suggestion is that the intel report regarding the number of ships can be range bound (to simulate faulty battle report intelligence estimates).
Eg. 3 ironclads and 4 gunboats attempt to sail past Cairo (from Memphis)and are headed towards Nashville and get attacked by the Cairo guns.
Log report could be:
1-3 ironclads, 4-8 gunboats are spotted sailing East past Cairo defences;
40 hits damage done to enemy, 2 hits incurred. 1 CSA gunboat sunk.
I think this would be historical, and would improve War dept decision making from the intel this would provide.
In the blocade/shipping lanes boxes, an improvement in detailing if the hits taken and received are leading to sinkings would be an improvement. Same issue here, hits taken/received dont provide enough info to what result it has on enemy (or our own) naval forces.
What does everybody think about this??
John
I would like to improve the reporting of ship damage when passing forts/fortified position and in the Blocade boxes/Shipping Lanes.
When ships pass a fortified position or fort and the ships draw fire and incur hits, we should be able to have a report better detailing the number of ships and if any ships were sunk. Currently, you get a report indicating hits given and incurred, but no info on the number and type of ships and if there were any sinkings due to hit damage. You also dont receive any intel to help in your strategic decisions regarding enemy dispostions or movement. If the enemy fleet sails from FOW position to another FOW position, you wont even see or know where the fleet is or where they come from.
My suggestion would be a battle report screen that details the ships involved and whether ships were sunk. Another suggestion is that the intel report regarding the number of ships can be range bound (to simulate faulty battle report intelligence estimates).
Eg. 3 ironclads and 4 gunboats attempt to sail past Cairo (from Memphis)and are headed towards Nashville and get attacked by the Cairo guns.
Log report could be:
1-3 ironclads, 4-8 gunboats are spotted sailing East past Cairo defences;
40 hits damage done to enemy, 2 hits incurred. 1 CSA gunboat sunk.
I think this would be historical, and would improve War dept decision making from the intel this would provide.
In the blocade/shipping lanes boxes, an improvement in detailing if the hits taken and received are leading to sinkings would be an improvement. Same issue here, hits taken/received dont provide enough info to what result it has on enemy (or our own) naval forces.
What does everybody think about this??
John
