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Originally Posted by Hitman
Lovely 
How many classes are planned? I guess you will give lots of importance to armed trawlers too, right? In WW1 they were almost as, if not more important that fleet DD, and it wasn't till WW2 that the concept of the smaller, dedicated ASW frigate matured. |
Armed trawlers will be designed very soon - as you probably know, Britain had thousands of them, and I don't want to have convoys with too many 1st-rate escorts; DD's were in short supply early in the war. Nevertheless, in this mod even a converted trawler can ruin your day. I will tweak damage values so that one shot from anything above maybe a 2pdr will damage the pressure hull & keep you from diving. I also plan to make the conning tower crew much more vulnerable to small arms fire. Surface gun-duels will be out of the question.
As for the # of destroyers: only a few more British DD classes will be made. There will be a reasonable selection of German destroyers. The USA, France, & Russia will have just 1-2 classes at most.