Dremora Warlord wrote:
UNIT Headhunter wrote:
What happens to those odds when you send a BB vs. a submarine with the same players against each other? Odds are tipped strongly in favor of the submarine, simply because the BB has no means for self-defence, unless the submarine surfaces.
BB-1, SS-0. That is going to be the end result.
Did you even read my post? Specifically the part about hull damage?There is no excuse for having your battleship being chased by a submarine. The only two multiplayer maps that have both SS and BBs have battle cruisers and 'fast' battleships so to speak (When I say 'fast', I mean BBs that go 25 kt in the game). The SS can't catch up to a BB no matter how hard it tries. Both maps also have shorelines. In the case of Solomon islands, you can see straight away if you enemy launches a submarine. If that is the case you keep the CAs close to the BB and send up some depth charge planes when it comes into range. After the shipyards are down and let's say that they still have one sub lurking around, just put up a couple of sets of fighters for CAP to keep your sonar source alive. Even if it does manage to die, unless the sub has sailed around the island in anticipation of your BB, it won't catch up to you.
On Sybuan(SP) Sea you have so many freaking DDs, if you get sunk by a submarine then you should turn off the power of your box RIGHT NOW. Let's say it surprises you (if this happens you're an idiot) and gets its first wave of torps into you. Have a team mate (Most likely the cruiser teammate) take control of a DD and just play chicken with it. If it even goes to depth three it's screwed and if it breaks off it will never catch back up to the fleet.
On top of this, those two maps have plenty of shoreline and shallows to use against the SS. Just sail close to the shore and the sub will either have to break off or surface. If it decided to trail closely in the deeper section, the player just has to wait until he surfaces.
No matter how you slice it, SS on BB is fail. Gun vs gun is the best way, period.
Listen, just because you like long, hard tubes full of seamen does not make them the best unit in the game to take down battleships.
Whoa. How arrogant *** can you be?
Fact is that the most efective way of taking down the BB is torbedos and that's it. You can add Destroyers and planes and carryers to defend your case of ewerybody else is stupid but your arrogant quantum singularity but it won't make any difference.
You have turned this guys message of asking help in destroying a Bettleship in to depate about how do you destroy an army. Why? Because you needed to act like allknowing quantum singularity.
Ignoring you and answering the guestion is that the torpedos are the most efective and easyest way of taking down a BB. That's because when the other side has an army of destroyers and Cruisers with plane escort the air attack with torpedos is the least dangerous and if failed least fatal way of attacking against BB.
Also there are other BB:s than just the biggest monsters like Yamato.
When attacking with planes the best way is to attack from the rear or from the front because there will be the smalles AA cover. Usually the front attack is the best way to get your torpedos to hit.
It is also effective to attack from multiple angles to get most torpedos to hit. In a crosfire of torpedos there is no matter how efective Dremora Warlord is in turning the BB:s wheel he will be swimming in no time.
Now using another ships guns is effective if you have another BB at your disposal but often stupid because you ship will get damage too and when ever possible you should always try to destroy your enemy with minimalistic casualties on your side.
For this the planes and subs are most efective ways to kill anything.
Also for the destroyers and Cruisers you should always use divebombers.
