Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170916104500/@comment-32826455-20171013005103

Saumarez wrote: Eboreg wrote: Ar-cen-ciel wrote:

Um... no. US ships do NOT get extra luck just for surviving the war. Maybe Aircraft Carriers that served in the Pacific and were in service at the start of the war but due to just much shipping was commissioned, American losses were incredibly light.
 * Luck: Every ship warrants at least 20 luck. Except for William D. Porter. And every other ship in her class that sank in unlucky circumstances.

Just to keep things in perspective:

Battleships: from Wyoming to Iowa-class, 25 utilized, 2 sunk (permanently)

Heavy Cruisers: from Pensacola to Baltimore-class, 34 utilized, 6 sunk

Light Cruisers: from Omaha to Cleveland-class, 52 utilized, 3 sunk

Destroyers: from Farragut to Gearing-class, 420 utilized, 60 sunk

And... oh yeah, when I say "utilized" I mean "entered commission before V-J Day".

If anything, the USN ships that did get sunk should have lower luck.

I think he was suggesting that they should get lower luck. If they survived the 1942 campaigns then they justfiy getting better luck, or if they were subject to heavy kamikazes towards the wars end.

Also your list is a little on the conservative side: I honestly count Escort Carriers separately from Fleet and Light Carriers and I did say that for destroyers I was only counting from Farragut to Gearing classes. Yes, 11 Clemson-class destroyers were sunk during the war but they were about as outdated as Minekazes. I will concede that I messed up with the Heavy Cruisers though.