Fletcher Dd

I've got a model of a fletcher (3 foot long motorized ship), and I look at it and look at the model in the game...and I notice something looks a little odd. The bridge is different for one, and the AA20's are doubles, not single's. On the Enigma model, theres space for 4 more of these guns in the mid section of the ship, and you can see it in the game where they should be, but theres nothing there but the gun walls. It should also have 2 more AA40's...So is the Enigma Fletcher an older design? If it is, I've done all this ranting for nothing!

It should also have 2 more AA40's

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Fletcher already have the best AA coverage of any DD in the game (I think it has 3 twin 40's and a smattering of twin and single 20's)?

If you are going to be adding 40's to any ship it should be the LFN Alliance which only has 20's for AA defence and takes forever to shoot anything down. (But sounds pretty cool when all those guns light up )

What really scares me is the fact that the IGN will probably be getting new DD's fairly soon. Sure the Barborosa's need to be replaced (someone mentioned that they were WWI vintage) but those things are deadly enough as they are. If you keep the armour and start adding better gun coverage (ex. turrets) to those eagle eye German gunners (at least when I'm coming up on them ) and more torpedos, the Fletcher and the Alliance are going to be in trouble.

But anyhow, that's my rant on the destroyers, and since I'm going to do my best to stay in a 'Vette (I love how those things can turn for sub hunting) it's not a really big deal. And of course there is also the fact that I'm sure East will manage to keep things fair, even if the IGN gets shiney new DD's/DE's.....I hope

This is an alternate reality - so don't expect everything to have worked out exactly the same

As for East being fair - ask him why the Buckley far out-arms anything in its class...

Also in the last patch, the KLM Z class DDs have been overly nerfed. They already had the disadvantage of low speed; now they have a broadside less than half that of the other two factions' DDs.

/bux

What really scares me is the fact that the IGN will probably be getting new DD's fairly soon.  Sure the Barborosa's need to be replaced (someone mentioned that they were WWI vintage) but those things are deadly enough as they are.  If you keep the armour and start adding better gun coverage (ex. turrets) to those eagle eye German gunners (at least when I'm coming up on them  ) and more torpedos, the Fletcher and the Alliance are going to be in trouble.

As Bux already said: Barbarossa class was drastically nefred in the last patch, and they now are inferior to the other DDs in all but one aspect: armor. Both Alliance and Fletcher are superior in gunnery, speed and maneuverabilty.

For MP IGN definitely needs a remodelled or new DD class to be in line with the others.

If I remember right Barbarossa class dates back to the early 1920s, while both Fletcher and Alliance are products of the 30s.

Oh I agree that the IGN needs, and deserves a new DD, But since I don't have an Internet connection at home right now, I have been stuck with the Beta patch which would explain why I'm still scared of the Z Class (It could also be that I really suck at Surface to Surface combat but I don't really want to consider that option ).

As for East being fair - ask him why the Buckley far out-arms anything in its class...

Thanks Bux, Go right ahead and destroy my naive innocence why don't you, now I really am worried!!

(Well I guess I shouldn't really be surprised, I mean look at the E-Boat compared to the other MTB's)

This is an alternate reality - so don't expect everything to have worked out exactly the same
As for East being fair - ask him why the Buckley far out-arms anything in its class...

Also in the last patch, the KLM Z class DDs have been overly nerfed. They already had the disadvantage of low speed; now they have a broadside less than half that of the other two factions' DDs.

/bux

Agreed Buxton. The "Z" should have sported all 5" guns, not sure how it got loaded with a mix.

Thanks Bux, Go right ahead and destroy my naive innocence why don't you, now I really am worried!! 
(Well I guess I shouldn't really be surprised, I mean look at the E-Boat compared to the other MTB's)

Hmm, well the E-boat is tougher sure. But it is also at least twice the size (more chance of being hit) and its AA armament is pitiful. Plus you have to wait for the two tubes to reload.

In my mind, it is the poor old LFN MTB that is handicapped, with its offset torpedo tubes making firing tricky, mediocre AA guns and no depth charges at all.

Agreed Buxton. The "Z" should have sported all 5" guns, not sure how it got loaded with a mix.

Glad to know that's just a bug (erm, I mean oversight...) - I'll add it to my list

/bux