I'm actually a fan of bringing USN cruisers in my fleets, as many of them have great support SAs (ie, San Fran with her Flotilla Leader). The key thing though is that they do serve more of a supporting role in a "take all comers" build, and I don't really plan my offense around them. That's the job of BBs or CVs for USN.
I've not fought a large scale battle with a upper limit cost of say 18. Would be fun to try with the CA being the biggest and baddest out there. I think that's my grand suggestion next time my game group gets together. Maybe go smaller to 10 and the De Ruyter is the biggest kid on the block.
I still think cruiser leader on De Ruyter is hilarious. Historically correct but to see a Baltimore or Boston meekly following along in a task force...
I still think cruiser leader on De Ruyter is hilarious. Historically correct but to see a Baltimore or Boston meekly following along in a task force...
Its representative of the role within the dutch east indies flotilla rather than abda i think
I still think cruiser leader on De Ruyter is hilarious. Historically correct but to see a Baltimore or Boston meekly following along in a task force...
Its representative of the role within the dutch east indies flotilla rather than abda i think
Well Alaska takes the cake as far as gun cruisers go. My favorites would probably be the Baltimore-class Americans. Unlike the German cruisers which are also nice, they don't have the glass chin.
Well Alaska takes the cake as far as gun cruisers go. My favorites would probably be the Baltimore-class Americans. Unlike the German cruisers which are also nice, they don't have the glass chin.
Ding ding! You found the phrase that pays. You can’t have the gun cruiser conversation without The Last Frontier. (TM)
In the early sets of the game, I liked the occasional 25-50 point games - nothing bigger than a cruiser, no aircraft. My goto unit to build a small point allied fleet around was always HMS Kent. Shadow BB is useless, but Escort Killer + flag and good mains for 13 points was pretty good and left room for destroyers even in a 25 pt game. Stood up okay against Zara at 12 points. As the Axis, burning a few more points for Nachi at 19 was a decent deal, same with Baltimore at 18. The "nothing bigger than a cruiser" kinda took a hurt with Haguro in the new starter. Stands up well to Baltimore stats + all the many LL torpedoes. Kent is nowhere close in any stat category and only 5 points less.