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CRUISERS - 4/13/2017 9:04:21 PM

AEMIL

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I have a question about the difference in three Cruiser class units. We have Battle Cruisers, Heavy cruisers and light cruisers. What is the purpose of these three types of ships, I mean in this game.What roles are best suited for each type.

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RE: CRUISERS - 4/13/2017 9:55:29 PM

vonik

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Battle cruisers are weak BB . Used against surface vessels, ideally destroyers or ligh cruisers .
Heavy cruisers are cannon fodder . Too weak against capital ships and useless against subs .
Light cruisers are auxiliaries to DD for anti sub war . They can attack DDs when necessary and be there to close the trap when the DDs found the subs .

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RE: CRUISERS - 4/14/2017 1:49:30 AM

battlevonwar

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Cruisers like the Gneis-Scharn-Graf Spee came with some big guns. Though some British ones came with smaller guns do to Treaty/Design there is big differences. Vonik pointed things out well C:

Some Cruisers are so well armored they're like mini-battleships. Others are faster.. Versatility is what a cruiser is I think and sometimes I hear ways to get around your Government or many Governments ability to restrict you. As with all ship names. A Heavy Cruiser isn't spending on a Battleship? I know the US did this I believe on the Indianapolis? On and on and on and even today they do it, Dutch Navy did it on their Frigates/Destroyers?

In the end, guns, tonnage, speed, etc... classify a ship as it really is

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ORIGINAL: AEMIL

I have a question about the difference in three Cruiser class units. We have Battle Cruisers, Heavy cruisers and light cruisers. What is the purpose of these three types of ships, I mean in this game.What roles are best suited for each type.

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RE: CRUISERS - 4/14/2017 10:55:57 AM

xwormwood

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ORIGINAL: battlevonwar

Cruisers like the Gneis-Scharn-Graf Spee came with some big guns. Though some British ones came with smaller guns do to Treaty/Design there is big differences. Vonik pointed things out well C:

Some Cruisers are so well armored they're like mini-battleships. Others are faster.. Versatility is what a cruiser is I think and sometimes I hear ways to get around your Government or many Governments ability to restrict you. As with all ship names. A Heavy Cruiser isn't spending on a Battleship? I know the US did this I believe on the Indianapolis? On and on and on and even today they do it, Dutch Navy did it on their Frigates/Destroyers?

In the end, guns, tonnage, speed, etc... classify a ship as it really is

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ORIGINAL: AEMIL

I have a question about the difference in three Cruiser class units. We have Battle Cruisers, Heavy cruisers and light cruisers. What is the purpose of these three types of ships, I mean in this game.What roles are best suited for each type.

Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were Battleships which never got the intended cannons. I guess you mixed them up iwth the CAs Deutschland & Admiral Scheer.

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RE: CRUISERS - 4/15/2017 5:40:09 AM

battlevonwar

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Yes, you're right

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RE: CRUISERS - 4/16/2017 5:51:30 AM

PrinceMiskin

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Regarding the use of heavy cruisers, you shouldn't use them to bombard cities, or as anti-submarine. Their job is to kill weakened ships.

They cost less 30% MPPs than BBs, but they can easily kill weakened BBs, carriers or other surface ships. So here is what they are good at. Enemy BB is alive with 1-3 HPs, do you want to commit the expensive BB for the kill or the CA and make a better use of the BB?

I don't mind having them. :-)

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