Naval Warfare Simulations Announcement: Rule The Waves II

[besilarius]

Don't expect too much from the early Surface to Air missiles.  As late as the mid 60s, Roosevelt Roads test range only recorded a ten percent hit rate.

[Warship NWS]

Don't expect too much from the early Surface to Air missiles.  As late as the mid 60s, Roosevelt Roads test range only recorded a ten percent hit rate.

The missiles primarily being addressed will be the early ASMs..  thanks

[Surtur]

Great news, I am excited :)

[DoctorQuest]

I was hoping they would carry some of the fixes and tactical upgrades over to Steam & Iron.  Looks like all the investment is in the RoW part.

I will probably get RTW II in any event but I think there is a valid point here. Some of us prefer the tactical flavor of SAI and it would be great if the newer assets were available in some way, shape or form. I would pay for an SAI expansion pack that included the RTW and/or RTW II assets.

I am probably asking a lot but it can't hurt to ask. 

[CJReich46]

So this might cover War Plan Red, Crimson, Gold...etc?

Consider me curious.

[WallysWorld]

FYI that NWS has a new forum for RTW2:  RTW2 board

[Boggit]

I am soooooooo looking forward to this. O0

[Grim.Reaper]

Nice little AAR about carrier activity from an alpha build....

The below was written (verbatim and unedited) by one of our Beta Team members testing the latest (Alpha 10.0) RTW2 test version. This was the team-members first carrier strike, and the text is his AAR of / reaction to the event:



Torp Bomber Attack


"Very exciting - above is an image showing my first airstrike. Three Japanese Raiden torpedo bombers have attacked a Russian BB of the Admiral Lazarev class in a classic anvil attack. These flew from a CVL converted from an armored cruiser. It is December 1925. All three torps missed but it was very fun watching the attack even if I couldn't see any aircraft in this attack. The splashes next to the battleship are from a Japanese battleship force that is also attacking the ship.

Because of the short range of my carrier planes my two ship division of CVLs had been steaming ahead of my three battleships but behind my scouting battlecruiser when the Russian ships appeared out of nowhere just as dawn broke. My CVLs suddenly found themselves within gun range of 3 Russian dreadnoughts, a classic dilemma that happened a number of times in USN fleet exercises. Fortunately, my battlecruiser was between my CVLs and the Russians and they concentrated their fire on the BC. My CVLs turned tail and ran south away from the Russians as fast as they could as planes were readied for a strike at an agonizingly slow speed. Minutes ticked by as my battlecruiser took a beating and my battleships raced to engage. My CVLs were steaming SE with the wind and just as they had steamed beyond the range of the enemy guns the strike was ready. They had no choice but to turn back into the wind and steam to the NW, directly toward the enemy battleships to launch the strike - a hair raising maneuver for sure, but one I was able to assist by laying a smoke screen with my destroyers. By then my battleline had begun to engage the enemy ships and when my strike arrived over the enemy formation they found themselves under simultaneous bomb, torpedo and gunfire attack. It was glorious!

My pathetic pack of 6 raw torpedo planes somehow managed to put a torpedo into the lead Russian battleship and slowed it down. The situation turned into primarily a gun battle with my little band of planes pecking away without effect. My superior battleline eventually prevailed and brought most of the enemy ships to a smoking halt until just one was desperately trying to escape. In the meantime my first strike had landed and I had managed to ready another small strike with just three torpedo planes. These plucky goons managed to put one last torpedo into the Admiral Lazarev's and her magazine blew up. What a finale!"

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ACTION:

There were two carriers involved of the same class:

Displacement: 12,500 tons
Speed - 28 kts
Air capacity - 12 planes each.
Air complement:
---IJN Izumo carried 6 Nakajima Hayate fighters and 6 Kawanishi Raiden torpedo bombers.
---IJN Iwate carried 6 Nakajima Hayate fighters and 3 Kawanishi Raiden torpedo bombers and 3 Kawasaki Zero floatplane scouts.

They were converted from two CAs, so had 5" belt armor which affected their ability to carry more aircraft.


Please remember that this is a work-in-progress and not all aspects of game play are complete yet, and of course some things are subject to change/improvement/etc.

[solops]

I have no interest in any of the air stuff planned for RTW2. I would like an option to disable the whole air thing and play gun to gun, as it should be.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I want nothing but air stuff!

[Staggerwing]

I want nothing but air stuff!

Billy Mitchell would be proud!

[Gusington]

I too love me some air stuff.

[DennisS]

This will be different. You can set up your battle lines all you want, and min/max your cruisers' armament and speed. Personally, I will go for a f*ckton of destroyers, and all the CVE's and CVL's I can build.

ALL research would go to carriers, naval aviation, torps, torp bombers, and dive bombers. Throw a bone to ASW and destroyers, too.