When playing War at Sea it is easy to go for the big battleships with all their guns, they were the backbone of WWI navies, or the aircraft carriers and the plethora of fighters, bombers, dive bombers, and etc, carriers replaced the battleship in WWII and that war showed the world the first battle where the two sides didn’t even see each other face-to-face.
It is also easy to go for the cool silent terror of U-boats and submarines. They terrorized the Atlantic and are now a mainstay of any modern navy with their ICBMs. Back in WWII they were clunky, dirty, and loud but they revolutionized naval warfare and were instrumental in every theater of operations.
It is the easiest to ignore one of the most important types of ship in the entire game, the destroyer. Destroyers were one of the most numerous vessels in the war and in the game they should be one of the most numerous ships in your fleet. They are low in points, provide decent anti-air capabilities, can usually take out subs, some have torpedoes, and they usually have cool special abilities that can help you in a bind. Read More»