[2020] Help Me Understand?

Aloha Shipmate,

Firstly thank you for your service!

So the key thing here is this is an ARCADE style game not a simulation, so in most cases you need to throw realism out the window. When we say we try to follow SOME historical and realistic nuances that, in some cases, means we try to follow those things in terms of content, not always mechanics.

That being said, being a historical ARCADE game, balance is required.

Also the IJN Shimakaze DID have 3x5 610mm Long Lance torpedo launchers who's torps would travel 40,000 meters or roughly 21.5 nautical miles, so being able to drop 15 torpedo over the horizon (or not being visible) WAS a thing.

Remember what you might find fun, some others may not. If we were to limit the torps that DDs carry we would also be limiting the ammo that other ships would carry.

Mahalo,

-Hapa

Ships in smoke ONLY have vision if someone else is spotting for them, so this is not true. Smoke works both ways.

-Hapa

Here is the problem with what you say, they are not abusing the mechanic, it is set up to be that way, DDs don't have the armor or HP that other ships have and over time a player can learn how to fire into smoke and accurately predict where a DD is if they constantly are firing out of the smoke, furthermore, a CV player can learn where to drop their bombs or rockets by watching where the AA is coming from.

There are plenty of counters to a ship smoking up.

Smoke does NOT make a ship impervious.

Feel free to look above, since I DID tell you why things are the way they are. And what you're saying is NOT always true. There are things we can and things we cannot discuss. Please stop saying things like this as it is not constructive at all to the conversation at hand.

-Hapa

Well yes, not everyone is able to do this, or well. But it comes with experience and time, I will tell you I have become VERY good at hitting ships in smoke and I have definitely been killed sitting in smoke because I tater'd and SAT instead of moved around in smoke.

But by this logic, with the HP that DDs have, even you hitting them with 1 of 6 shells will do LARGE amounts of damage to a DD comparatively to 1 of 6 shells hitting a BB in most cases.

-Hapa