Naval-Air Improvements

Uploaded · June 28, 2024

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Author: LoXyO

Last revision: 18 Apr, 2024 at 17:40 UTC

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Naval-Air Improvements :

This mods aims to make carriers better and more impactful in Hoi4, as such, a few changes have been made, that I’ve listed below :

Small Bomb bays allow tactical bombing (meaning that CAS can perform it, to a reduced degree)
BB Conversion carrier hull now has a 4th slot
Armored flight deck has been heavely buffed (+100 HP & 5% HP ; +2 Anti-air & +10% Anti-air), they’ll make carriers more durable, even though deck space is probably still better
Added Superheavy armor option for BB Conversion carrier hulls
Dive-Bomber are now good in naval battles if used with dive-brakes (more below)

Vanilla Attack

Vanilla Targeting

Modded Attack

Modded Targetting

AP Bombs

4+6*

5+6*

HE Bombs

4+6*

5+6*

Torpedo I

Torpedo II

Torpedo III

* Dive-breaks grant 6 naval targetting
Bomb-locks agility penalty reduced from -20 to -15

ToDo :

Buff Kamikaze (more naval damage / accurate)
More effective carrier battle (more damage dealt vs more planes shot down)

Notes :

To expose my though process, dive-bombers are extremely bad currently in the game, despite the fact that they were extremely good in the early stages of the Pacific-War, here AP Bombs will be a good alternative to torpedoes, dealing less damage but more constantly, they will however be outclassed by torpedo IIIs.
A 4th slot has been added to BB conversion hulls to allow better recreation of the IJN Akagi & Kaga (which carried about 90 planes) instead of the maximum 70 currently possible (with MIO).
The Superheavy armor option is to recreate the IJN Shinano (Yamato converted ship).
I allowed tactical bombing for CAS (that have small bomb bay) so they can be used to soften up coastal forts, making them more useful and realistic.
Armored flight deck are currently awful and completly useless, i tried to make them better.
Kamikaze are currently very bad, I’ll try to make them somewhat of a descent trade-off.
In the base games, carriers do very little damages and barely loose planes, they are more a "bonus" to a fleet rather than the main component, I’ll try to heavely buff their damage output, but at the cost of much more planes shut down by the ennemy fleet).

Compatibility :

Version : 1.14.*
Not Ironman compatible
Should not have much problems with other mods if they don’t touch naval & plane modules.

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