Otherwise, your ship will fail in combat like the HMS Hood.Ī battlecruiser is, at its core, designed to be fast. If you can build an effective battlecruiser, it is a testament to your ship-building ability. One of the most powerful ships in the high seas. Trying to outmaneuver enemy ships is still an important strategy though. With the heavier armor of battlecruisers, expect more battleship tactics mixed with the hit-and-run light cruiser tactics. You can pursue and outmaneuver enemy ships easily and devastate them with your guns. With the combination of speed and firepower, it should be not that difficult to defeat other cruisers, and do other capital ship duties. Battleship guns, such as 30.5 Guns and largerĪ combination of the battleship and the cruiser, playing as a battlecruiser is very similar to a fast battleship.The difference between fast battleships and battlecruisers is blurry, but arguable that the mission and purpose of the ship is what determines the vessel type. The battlecruiser is envisioned as a battleship, keeping the firepower that comes with it, but trading the armor for speed. The name battlecruiser comes from combining battleship and cruiser. Thicker armor than light cruisers will be useful with the mission this class is designed for, and speed is your ally. When building the heavy cruiser, remember to keep this in mind. The heavy cruiser has less armor than armored cruisers, but makes up for this with more guns and speed. Remember to pay attention to your opponent's position and angle, to avoid broadsides which can devastate your ship. You should be able to take down light cruisers relatively easily.Īs with the light cruiser, hit-and-run tactics should be your main strategy. Mid-sized guns, such as the 20cm Gun, but also larger guns work fine.Īn evolution of the light cruiser, playing as a heavy cruiser is very similar to its lighter brethren, but with more firepower, and less speed and maneuverability.The heavy cruiser is designed for fast raiding, and should be armed as such. The heavy cruiser is designed for hunting other cruisers and smaller ships, as well as other light cruiser duties. Their capabilities are between that of the light cruiser and the battlecruiser, but their purpose is different from both of them. Heavy cruisers are a type of cruiser which are more heavily armed than light cruisers, but less armored than the battlecruiser. Remember, light cruiser is short for light armored cruiser, so don't forget armor. You might want to add anti-aircraft capability to minimize risks of getting sunk by planes. Remember, when building cruisers keep in mind that they have less armor than other ships, while dispatched on patrols without any support. When given the opportunity, the player should attack from the rear or flank, whilst staying careful to avoid fire from the enemy fleet or vessel. You should always use hit-and-run tactics, to avoid damage. Light cruisers can be deployed with defending convoys, scouting, and other jobs that take advantage of its higher speed than other cruisers, while staying out of situations its weaker armor cannot take. The light cruiser may be based on battlecruisers, but they are not designed with the same mission.
Torpedoes, light guns, missiles, and other weapons work well with this ship type.Smaller guns than other cruisers, such as 12.7cm Guns.The cheaper version of the battlecruiser, it has lighter weapons, but they should work fine used well. Most missile cruisers would be classified this, as well as anti-air cruisers. Excludes: Alaska/Hawaii, US Protectorates, APO/FPO, Cambodia, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.Light cruisers are a class of fast, lightly armored cruiser with lighter weaponry than its cousins, but this is justified because of the cost to build a battlecruiser.
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