Topic: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

So. . . asked this earlier, but it might have gotten lost.

Any suggestions on converting other ships to dreadnoughts stats?  I know its not Grand Fleets, but it would be nice to be as consistent as possible.

Looks like to arrive at hull value you did something like (Standard Discplacement * .7) / 100.  Is that pretty accurate?

For guns, it should be possible to find some similar guns on another ship.

What about armor?  Any suggestions?

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

(Displacement x 0.7) / 100 =

-- approximately --

Displacement / 142

So... I figure a rough estimate of

Displacement / 140

would work just fine.

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

You're off by a factor of 11.

Hull = Displacement / 1500

The other direct relationships are:

Engines = Knots / 4

Weapon Range = ROUND(Yards / 4500) x 3

Stuff like armor and weapon penetration/damage are a bit more subjective.

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

cricket wrote:

You're off by a factor of 11.

Ooops. . . meant /1000

cricket wrote:

Hull = Displacement / 1500

The other direct relationships are:

Engines = Knots / 4

Weapon Range = ROUND(Yards / 4500) x 3

Stuff like armor and weapon penetration/damage are a bit more subjective.

Cool.

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

cricket wrote:

You're off by a factor of 11.

Hull = Displacement / 1500

The other direct relationships are:

Engines = Knots / 4

Weapon Range = ROUND(Yards / 4500) x 3

Stuff like armor and weapon penetration/damage are a bit more subjective.

Thats interesting.

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

murtalianconfederacy wrote:

Thats interesting.

"Interesting", good?

"Interesting", bad?

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

cricket wrote:
murtalianconfederacy wrote:

Thats interesting.

"Interesting", good?
"Interesting", bad?

Yeah, I couldn't tell either.
It *could* mean "hey, that's kind of cool."
Or it could mean "big friggin' yawn."
:wink:
Kevin

Re: Conversion of new ships to Dreadnoughts

Well, since I don't have the book, that means "Thats interesting, I can do my own ships--hey, I could do ironclad ships"