Big Heavy Cruisers - Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts - Episode 6

[@usmccog5009]

1.09 has definitely breathed new life into this game. I'm currently at war with... everyone? Loving it. Keep the great content coming.

[@therogueadmiral]

I like it except it's nearly impossible to not be at war after you start, since having your fleets in the same ocean as another nation will slowly piss them off. For example, American campaign, I was at war with the Russians. Damn reds. Japan was already at war with them, and relations were good, so we naturally became allies. A year later, Japan signs peace, and slowly hates the US more and more for being in their waters. Which I have to do to blockade the Russians. Eventually they also declare war on me, since I can't seem to end the war with Russia even with a 3x victory point advantage, and a Russian navy with a third the ships it had before the war. Eventually Germany hates us too, since I've parked a fleet on the north most Russian ports. Also the Austro-Hungarians hate us too, since I also have a fleet in the black sea. And the italians. Now everyone hates us, and it will never end. It snowballs. My economy falls behind the only countries not at war. Not a fantastic system, unless I'm just doing it wrong.

[@thewoode1050]

Come back when no matter how many ships you sink they won't surrender... But yeah, it's much more fun these days

[@kaiserepsilon4011]

It's America's fault that they keep using the best possible design for a battleship. Now everything good just looks like an Iowa.

[@toenailmuncher0772]

The Empitome of perfect battleships

[@toenailmuncher0772]

Like, frfr they were the most advanced and powerful battleships. And Im Scottish, so you'd expect me to be biased to the British ships. Iowa had really good radar, excellent AA, accurate guns and corresponding firing solution finders.

[@Tuck-Shop]

As a lover of the Warspite and the looks of the Bismark I can only agree. The Iowa class is a perfect design as they are fast moving, hard hitting and versatile. A well balanced ship. It's only weakness is the torpedo defence as it has to fit through the Panama canal. An Iowa with improved torpedo defence would be the perfect ship. Adding the extra turret for a Montana class battleship would only offer diminishing returns. The Iowas proved they were more than capable of destroying enemy positions, flatten mountains and even deleting a small island. That was before the nuke shells. And tomahawks.

[@toenailmuncher0772]

@@Tuck-Shop I wholeheartedly agree, better torpedo bulges would make it that more survivable,.and a 4th turret would just be heavier

[@DJKenTuckyOfficial]

@@Tuck-Shop well, the Iowa's weren't perfect. The high speed came at the cost of lighter protection against shell hits and torpedos/mines

[@error-datalost7586]

Part of the challenge in Naval warfare was finding the enemy fleet to engage them and then if/when you’re in a battle you have to try to gauge the enemy fleet strength present and whether you should press an attack or withdraw. It’s made easier here by having every nation fleet visible and showing an exact list of ships when you fight them. Maybe there’s a gameplay thing I’m missing like hiding enemy fleets and numbers would make playing too hard. But Imagine walking into a battle against a skirmishing group of CLs and DDs and suddenly a battleship squadron that wasn’t listed but was in the area waiting for you to take the bait appears. Admittedly wouldn’t help much considering the AI still needs work but I thought it would be interesting

[@LTPolasGlassII]

31:46 Both peace deals merged into one as you can you can get Formosa from China or the Batltics from Russia and their ships as well. I guess that money is their total as well

[@alvarohernani6645]

3:20 I would love to see the reaction of the crew of that ship as well as the one that shot at them

[@senioravocado1864]

Love your Dreadnaughts videos, the quality is just the best

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Thanks!

[@danielgorniak7076]

@@Stealth17Gaming when you signed the treaty it was chinese and russia combined

[@Stealth17Gaming]

@@danielgorniak7076 That's weird

[@danielgorniak7076]

@@Stealth17Gaming yeah u can check your recording it showed the Chinese ships with russian ships

[@danielgorniak7076]

And im sure it could be a bug

[@MrApvel]

Chinese was already in the negotiations screen, as seen by the different ship colors

[@CommanderNissan]

They were, though I don’t think they should be.

[@chrisorosz685]

For the Focus Bug, it happened to me too (on submarine experiments) I was able to free it by making sure all the focuses are selected, and then without unselecting them, just click on 3 new focuses. It should grab it out of that tech line and make it available again!

[@excellentgaming2247]

Thanks stealth once again for a great video. This serize is what got me back into UAD!

[@dontknow3163]

I hope you are having as much fun playing as I am watching.

[@danielross7983]

12:00 (more or less) - sharing ship designs is cool... but MP would be cooler. BTW... can Gibraltar build minefields? That might explain all the mayhem.

[@DJKenTuckyOfficial]

It's a port for the British Empire, so yeah, the strait of Gibraltar could be mined

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I also give my ships extremely thick superstructures because I prioritize speed; that way, I can speed-tank and get close, thus saving weight on the guns. Engine is more useful than guns, strategically. I love engine and boiler. Anything that doesn't make the shop go faster is a tech ology that I'll u lock when I unlock it.

[@maxlee1423]

Really wish the devs could give this game AI at least as good as Rule the Waves.

[@GroinsItchin]

I'm still loving watching you play this game, and I think potentially having fewer super high end ships taking on the masses could add more challenge potentially

[@CharliMorganMusic]

Do you clobber the AI with fewer ships because the enemy AI is bad or because controlling a large fleet is a pain in the ass?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Large fleet is harder to manage

[@CharliMorganMusic]

@@Stealth17Gaming I completely agree.

[@MisterMac4321]

Another way to help make the AI more challenging would be for their ships to automatically start at the "average" level for crew training rather than "cadet." This would make them more effective in every way without having to completely overhaul the AI's ship design sub-system.

[@kalbasbas]

Yes bug I got too, when you manage to have 2 peace signed in the same turn, you can negociate only one

[@beandipyum7463]

Reducing ship speed was the best part of the video. So many time before this have you demanded accuracy from your ship on flank. So frustrating.

[@mr_black_1245]

It’s always a good day when stealth release a campaign video

[@masonstover2960]

I just got a reply from Admiral Pierce, sir. He is happy with the design of the new class of Heavy Cruiser. Pierce intends to utilize them in convoy interception and medium sized fleet engagements, where they will be escorted by Light Cruisers and Destroyers. All he will need is your formal approval of this strategy, sir.

[@SephirothRyu]

If you have Hatfields, you need to have a McCoy class too. The rivalry of the crews between the two classes would be legendary.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

My main issues lately is I keep running into "super-fleets" with my Battle Groups and engine efficiency in cruiser types. I'm often outnumbered 7:1 or worse. Considering my Battle Groups are usually 12 ships (4 BB and 8 CA) it gets a bit lively. When I win a battle it will often end the war with that faction. I can get huge engine efficiency in anything BUT a cruiser hull. The best I can get in them is around 70%, but often it's only around 50%. Currently I'm in 1910 and I have Oil fired boilers. I've been at war with Japan for about 4 years now. They have 0 ships and aren't building any and I have all of their ports blockaded, but we're still at war somehow.

[@jaywerner8415]

Yeah the fact that you are ROLF STOMPING the AI with what can be described as a "squadron" vs a "task force" says alot about the AI. Out of curiosity Stealth, how does Dreadnaughts compare to Age of Sail?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

And this is on the highest difficulty. Age of Sail is definitely harder than Dreadnoughts

[@nh0192]

You can actually re-prioritize the bugged one. I you already have 3 prioritizations(including the bugged one) and try to prioritize a fourth thing the game will instead take the oldest prioritization and move it to the new one.

[@random_gamer9293]

25:30 Doesn't the New York class have a gap?

[@TheScania1991]

3:21 Bro got hit by a meteor instead of a shell :o

[@kalbasbas]

I got my research locked on the sub experiments you just need to select 3 other things in the tree as if you try to select four it will cancel the first and pick the fourth instead, if it was already the 3rd that you picked you might need to click on 6 items one after another though

[@kevinstringham237]

I would like to see a co op campaign, like total war warhammer, share units in real time battle beable to move fleets around in the campaign maps, possible each control a country, allies or enemies.

[@olderandslower3265]

I have noticed that the AI has much improved of very late. Far from perfect, but the performance of the game engine is improved as well. I am having a blast with it.

[@ahollowwanderer]

31:40 ish, it looks like for the negotiations you could get the chinese ships as well, but it is a little bit... odd(?) that for peace suggestion and the peace notification its separate while the negotiation is bunched up, I mean it makes sense but it feels weird Also my man got robbed, only 71M for kicking 2 nations's asses, what did the russians put all of the money while the chinese tossed a coin in your face, said:"ah yes, lemme give you ONE million for the trouble of being at war"? your mines were the one who got our ships handed to us, riceman! you should be paying double for that!

[@ShockwaveTheLogical]

The main way I keep the game interesting, is that I change the ai and do torpedobeats in a BC. Its great fun and really gets the blood pumping. 16:20 yea thats the same for my Japanese campaign. I'm at war with everyone except Russia and Austro-Hungary.

[@petilounet]

i don't see you make a lot of refit. why? what are the up and down of refit?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Upside: better tech. Downside: costs money and ships are unavailable during the refit Real reason: lazy + forget

[@petilounet]

@@Stealth17Gaming ty

[@stevequerin2504]

You are on your 3rd Year of making ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS Videos. I started watching your UA:D Videos around 6 Months to 9 Months after your First KZbin UA:D Video Upload. I made my 1st Reply/Comment about 6 Months after I first watched your UA:D Videos. So, I am on my 2nd Year of Commenting/Replying to your KZbin UA:D Videos. = = = = = I generally have the same issue with overwhelming the AI Opponents with the Video Game GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS II: DREAD LORDS. Yea...I know the GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS is a totally different Game System from ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS; but, with GC2:DL, I am able to create Warship Designs that the Game System aren't able to create: Weaponized Cargo Hull Spaceships. In GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS II: DREAD LORDS, I can wreak havoc on AI Trade Ships and Scouts and Flag Ships and Troop Transports and Colony Ships with my Weaponized Cargo Hull Spaceships.; that is, until the AI Opponent can create a Weaponized Spaceship that can catch my Weaponized Cargo Hull Spaceships. By that time, I am able to create more Standardized Fighting Spaceships that can be effective en masse, usually; but, not always. The only time that GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS II: DREAD LORDS is challenging is when I play in Tiny, or Small, Galaxies with 9 Opponents. The Spacecraft Technologies between the Races in GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS II: DREAD LORDS can be very drastically different; while, the Warship Technologies between Nations in ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS tend to be very similar. In GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS II: DREAD LORDS, some AI Opponents do have Spaceship Technologies that can easily overpower me; but, due to Game System AI Logic based on Game Level Settings (I play on "Normal") they usually aren't Warring me; or, are too far away to war me (I usually play with "Huge" Galaxies). In Tiny, and Small, Galaxies, those Overpowering Races make Gameplay very difficult; and, frustrating. The problem with ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS Game System AI Opponents is that they don't know how to built Good Warship Designs; and, they don't know how to use the Warship Designs effectively as a Fleet Unit. Torpedo Warfare is the only trick that the ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS Game System AI Opponents know. One way that you can make the Game Experience more challenging is not to increase the Rate Of Fire of your Warship Guns. Another way is not to utilize Maximum Technologies in Armor and in Protection and in Weaponry and Sensors. ¿How can you choose a Mark II 5-Inch Gun when you have a Mark III+ 5-Inch Gun Technology available? -- You can't. Don't choose the Maximum Size Torpedo that is available; instead, choose the Minimum Size Torpedo. Video Gamers are about Maximizing Game System Mechanics Bonuses and Minimizing Game System Mechanics Penalties; instead of, being All About Visual Aesthetics or All About Weapon System Aesthetics. ¿What were the Common Standards in Warship Design & Performance and Warship Technologies for Real Life 1930 Warships? ¿How would your "Real Life" 1930 Warship Designs be different from the other Real Life 1930 Warship Designs that the Real Life Nations produced? You never did approach ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS in that manner. Instead, you tried to mimic Real Life Warship Designs with ULTIMATE ADMIRAL: DREADNOUGHTS Game System Mechanics; or, you approached Warship Design with the concept of what is the Biggest & Baddest Design I could make; or, you approach a Warship Design by Spamming A Specific Design Feature. = = = = = If you tried to replicate your British, and German, and French, and Austria-Hungary, Campaign Warship Designs using the American Warship Technologies, you would have the desired Armor Ratings; and, you could increase your Deck Armor Protection to eliminate your Long-Range Vulnerabilities with the British, and French, and German, and Austria-Hungary, Warship Designs.

[@suribachi8698]

When the research priority gets "swallowed" like at @28:30 you can go to other techs and prioritize them to move the priority where you can get it back.

[@MrJay_White]

32:20 the negotiations where combined. orange and blue ship names. guessing the colour blindness thing didnt like those tones. not helped by the ui saying it was just ivan.

[@derrickubay-ubay9503]

@Stealth17 to get that priority back, press the greyed out priority on the box which contains your priorities. You will regain your "swallowed" priorities back. BrotherMunro got that in his Japanese campaign.

[@oscarwells620]

I’ve also experienced the bug in the tech tree.

[@captain61games49]

Try selecting a 3rd priority research and hopefully it deselects the cruisers tech.

[@merafirewing6591]

Go for the 18-inch guns. And you should've took a couple of Chinese and Russian ships as war reparations.

[@remkirkthegamer1157]

15:03 It seems the AI has been playing too much HOI4 recently

[@test_dude]

what difficulty are you playing on?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Highest

[@test_dude]

@@Stealth17Gaming Aha. In that case it is indeed weird that it's still too easy

[@burk_the_merc8126]

an idea that i have for a campaign is "one class only" something like BB only.

[@gaberielpendragon]

Could try a run primarily focused on using mine layers and not use battleships at all.

[@josh_von_boi5743]

This is just an idea that's been floating in my head. How about you make a cruiser and utilize several main caliber guns like 4,5 and 6 inch guns. I think that this will be new and unique and also has the benefit of being able to target multiple destroryers. I say it wouldn't be that bad of an idea.

[@DJKenTuckyOfficial]

I don't think that's possible. Afaik main guns can only fire at one target at a time, no matter how many different calibers you use. And using different calibers in fact makes your ship worse as it lowers the accuracy of the guns

[@PhoenixT70]

This is a bad idea, there's a reason that ore-dreadnoughts became a thing of the past. Multi-caliber main batteries make fire control and spotting the fall of your shot a nightmare, reducing accuracy.

[@Finnwolf88]

Enemy is way too easy to win. Just had a fight in 1904. Started the game in 1890. Had 4BB 1 CL and 1TB. Enemy had 122 ships. They lost 115 and I lost my CL and TB. My 4 BB were all green at the end.

[@Tigrisshark]

You can reclaim the third priority by simply assigning a 4th point and it will reuse your blocked third.

[@tubby921]

A way to spice it up would be having a limit in your own navy’s size you’d have to wait for the replacements to build

[@DJKenTuckyOfficial]

So basically a treaty like the treaty of Versailles that limited Germany's fleet after WW1. I'd like to have treaty systems in general in the game in the future (as an option that you can choose when starting a campaign)

[@alexjutte229]

Unbalanced vs balanced rudder - balanced looks to be better imho?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Balanced is better for turning at speed. Unbalanced loses speed turning but you turn faster. I rather take the sharper turn from unbalanced to maximize dodge chance against torpedoes.

[@USSENTERPRISE-D]

Your reference to the Galaxy class star ship pleases me

[@gordonpromish9218]

they need to add design sharing and a library of designs, and they need to add PVP campaigns

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Ship design sharing is coming. Multiplayer most likely not.

[@gordonpromish9218]

@@Stealth17Gaming - not even on a LAN? pity... I can understand the issues involved in server-based online play, but PVP really will be the only way to get a real challenge, short of developing a much stronger "AI"

[@Warriorswell]

if you just keep putting priority it will drag the third off the cruiser design and place it elseware.

[@livingcountry6279]

all upgraded and still have room?....ADD MORE GUNS!!!!

[@mczg4954]

If you are getting bored, try do campaing where AI would design ships for you and only thing you can do in terms of shipdesign is refit

[@tubby921]

A way around the tech eating your priorities would be to click other things until it removes it from there and puts it onto something else

[@DRUNKRUSSAIN2]

The mines hurt him

[@kineuhansen8629]

i belive the reason game take bit time to next turn is the game is running on one core

[@Stealth17Gaming]

That might be it. I'd love a patch cycle where they add NOTHING and just focus on optimization and fixing all the broken parts.

[@kineuhansen8629]

@@Stealth17Gaming i am with you even if there is so many new feature i would love to see like an shipyard shipbuilding limit and a stellaris style alliance

[@mikemcghin5394]

What the hell hit them a 20in!?

[@danielgorniak7076]

@stealth17 gaming when u signed the peace treaty it was Chinese and russia combined

[@WhiteStar1222]

The peace treaty issue happened to me it is super annoying

[@pizzaman3133]

If ships are with heavy damage they probrably hit a mine

[@giacomo22101993]

If you just add priority the game cancel the last and free the frozen one

[@johns3544]

Im waiting for them to do somting abought the subs. No point playing skiping every battle with one around. And mine sweepers not doing much.. Realy how much acual testing was done or are they as much of an idiot as gijin...

[@kkoolkingdoms2912]

This guy said smaller on an American ship

[@NIGHTFALLDROP]

Please no w/ the 18" guns. We tried those already remember (the big guns campaign)? And for all the destruction they were supposed to cause, they were mostly ineffective because they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Plus their reload could be measured in decades, not seconds. So yeah...no. Am loving this campaign so far though. Keep it up.

[@glauberglousger6643]

It’s mainly due to low tech levels, at high levels they’re deadly, it’s mainly luck on weather you get that though the reload is a bit of an issue, which is why I personally prefer 15 inch, but 20 inch is fine with maximum reload

[@Stealth17Gaming]

I'm going even bigger, but Murican.

[@NIGHTFALLDROP]

@@Stealth17Gaming 'Meurica!!!!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@raxsavvage]

bore, not caliber, caliber is length

[@alanmurray9908]

3rd?

[@Huser-sm4sv]

If it’s not a challenge for you then just let ai make the ships then and use those or just stop making good ships

[@josh_von_boi5743]

Nooooooooooo why couldn't the cruiser be named the Ohio class

[@whitey2579]

AI in game are so boring. No Devs make Good AI

[@daphnetrzaska8873]

Yes I am FINALLY first

[@henrysmith893]

Pls fix the economy it's not hard