War on the Sea || IJN Campaign || Ep.13 - Victory In Sight.

[@chinua2584]

Using the destroyer as extra armor to protect the carrier. That is the skill of a tactician born only once an era.

[@ratzundruebe]

Spaced Armor ;)

[@HunterTeddy010]

Please, the term Tactical Adaptive Ablative Armour sounds much cleaner. Apply and discard as needed.

[@ratzundruebe]

@@HunterTeddy010 lol. Google german term "kanonenfutter" ;)

[@ratzundruebe]

german krtz knarz Kartoffelsuppe mit Kraut in einfach. Cannonfodder. OK in US english CD Collateral Damage ;] You won shortest Term. Aye

[@GaldirEonai]

In a Shadowrun game the troll's archetype got listed on the party sheet as "semi-intelligent mobile bullet shield"...

[@festungkurland9804]

strangely that was a very historically accurate engagement. confusion of orders, cruisers colliding with other ships, and the carriers get away somehow.

[@GaldirEonai]

Mogami: Lightly touches Yamato Yamato: Instant complete stop Physics: Out to lunch :P.

[@Muck006]

They are ALWAYS out ... in games, movies and "general perception of idiots all around us".

[@The_Scaretale]

a Mogami class ramming a friendly vessel... I guess history plays itself again

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

The realism in this game is amazing

[@jerryjantola]

I fucking lost it when I saw which ship just T-boned the Yamato.

[@tacticalcalebgaming7264]

Mogami the jinxer because she keeps ramming and ramming the friendly ships like a legend.

[@TheFairwayBandit]

US soldier on a freighter headed towards Guadalcanal: “God I’m so nervous. I’m 18 and going to war for my country. I pray only to make it home alive” Wolfpack loading into a submarine: “Shame” *torpedo tube floods*

[@Wolfpack345]

Oh man :(

[@dbo5451]

Careful, that's my grandfather you're talkin about! Just kidding, even he knew better to get on the water when Wolfpack is underneath it

[@revup9253]

Ouch, hit me right in the polygons.

[@edgerlozano9492]

if your stupid enough to get into the water with somebody whos name is called wolfpack that natural selection at that point

[@Varus78]

he could be glad to be in the pacific so he cant meet my grandfather

[@nekomakhea9440]

The destroyer shielding the carrier be like "GET DOWN MISTER PRESIDENT"

[@SalmanSalman-gr8ko]

Underated comment

[@krzysztofbyrtek7848]

MRS OBAMA, GET DOWN!

[@Splinter00S]

3:22 Honestly these misses are probably more realistic than the constant hits you were getting earlier in the campaign, pilots in the war would routinely miss even the big aircraft carriers.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Yeah, I feel like Midway maybe gives people a wrong impression where they think it’s always the norm to sink three carriers at a time with bomb hits.

[@ryanhampson673]

The main reason Japan lost all the carriers in midway was the aircraft were fueled and armed in the hangars below..Shells penetrated the flight deck and it only took one or two bombs to set the inferno alight...The carriers were destroyed by fires from within

[@fiery_ginger7530]

@@ryanhampson673 yeah in one of the carrier the crew burned and meleted alive after the planes below deck exploded

[@SporksINTL]

Me:This is gonna be a epic battle! American task force:No.

[@ijnmyoko6628]

*Running intensifies*

[@Muck006]

@@ijnmyoko6628 Here is the theme song for this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3yZhYuDqNuah8k

[@Lykas_mitts]

3:30 "hmmm myessssss, you should have had those Vals pop out from the sea at 1 nautical mile, skim the surface, and then slam into the carrier with the force of a thousand katanas folded into one katana"

[@jonnybravo6507]

This series is way too addictive keep up the good work btw I'm glad you have the yamoto now xD

[@natejohnson7633]

Ik right

[@isdrevenge8764]

*Yamato 😊 Me too. As soon as I get a notification I scramble to see if it's this

[@noahi8187]

This series is super addicting, it is now my favorite followed by the U-Boat series.

[@t.hurson2298]

You should have attacked with the Vals starting underwater, the Americans would never have expected it! :P

[@austinduong-van6071]

there are more airplanes in the sea than submarines in the sky

[@longtimber]

😂

[@Dan-cc6sf]

Sometimes this genius is just so, frightening

[@ubiergo1978]

Neither do we. O.O

[@Pyxis10]

Is this before or after the Yamato sails up to Sacremento and takes it in glorious land combat?

[@jefferynelson]

14:35 I'm picturing Wolfpack on the bridge of the Yamato with a bottle of sake in hand, using Google translator to issue commands

[@Wolfpack345]

Hahah

[@kura139]

Kongo can do 30 knots. Wolfpack to Kongo: sit behind Yamato and let the Yorktown just sail away. Kongo: Sir yes sir.

[@Wolfpack345]

My Destroyers are even faster and did not gain in any sutiable way either.

[@Muck006]

@@Wolfpack345 ... because you were sailing at an angle to their course. With just 1-2 knots difference in speed you need to go the same path. These ships SHOULD have a way to "redistribute shells" between encounters, because if one turret is down permanently all the ammo for it is wasted. If they didnt at least consider this IRL they made a bad decision, because it isnt that complicated to install such a "roll-way" between the ammunition storage areas.

[@acheronstark7149]

just a tip i learned later on in the campaign, get the dock at Guadalcanal to lvl 3, then rely on a CV that sits close to resupply planes instead of a lvl 5 airfield. you only get 8 planes per squad from a lvl 5 airfield, and the betty bombers cant hit the broad side of a barn. your battle groups will appreciate it too. also, if you want battle lines, your best bet is to change your formation with the battle group before you enter battle, and set the positions were it will be easy to form and break off individual battle lines. the autopilot AI in this game are 100% retarded and will cause collisions every time. a little pre-battle prep will go a long way. one more thing, when forming idividual battle lines, the ships will take position in the battle line according to their initial formation number, causing ships to turn all the way around to get behind the ship that has a lower formation number. to avoid this, make the furthest ship back follow the one in front of it. target > follow.

[@adamtruong1759]

The US, or the Allies in general have a habit of somehow slipping away in Pacific Theater.

[@jacobdearancibia9436]

Wolfpack, I honestly thought you could never do better than your Silent Hunter 3 series, then I watched your IL-2 series which have me waiting all week for Saturday afternoon here in Europe. And now you've made this mastperiece of a series. Thank you for being the most talented youtuber here.

[@thegungadfly8930]

Arrrg! I agree with your tactics. You did the best you could and inflicted as much damage as possible, without being drawn into a trap. Can’t wait for next video.

[@antonioestevesala1782]

You can't imagine how rewarding it is to lay down in bed after a long day, and rest while watching this awesome series.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Lost internet for 2 days, I get it back for the wolfpack uploading his best series

[@dbo5451]

I have done several test runs when attacking ships and this is what I have learned at what works best for me, as the Americans. Dauntless dive bombers work best coming in at a 90 degree angle and in Vic formation. Avenger torpedo bombers work best at a 90° angle but in no formation, each plane attqcks at the same time, but not formed up. B-17 bombers work best in formation coming in from either Stern or bow I have tried many different ways and this is the most effective percentage-wise of bombs hitting their target

[@XBlaster456]

Loving the series so far, very addictive to watch - so much that i bought the game myself :) Also, one thing that i found out - you can use planes themselves and ram them into ships, causes some damage (usually one plane takes out a merchant and about 2 a CA) - useful if you dont feel like sending squadrons of planes back and forward all the time and just wanna finish them fast (or if the bombs/torps didnt hit), although this far in the game and with this much development I'd say you dont need to resort to tactics such as that :)

[@barrycabbageM34]

Ok Wolfpack, here's the REAL way to attack with aircraft! However you god damn like! left right all-around whatever you decide.

[@WaifuScientistGambler]

Even in Video Games, Mogami hits others.

[@queckmeck]

it´s her fate. It always has been

[@pedrotetsujiinoue4520]

you're stringing this vs American CV into four episodes now. You would make a good TV executive. Following and anticipating each new episode.

[@Wolfpack345]

It is not intentional I promise haha

[@andygardner9219]

Get in!!! It’s back! Was having withdrawal symptoms , need me fix of pacific war carnage! Brilliant channel!!

[@Varrizwatches]

I just finished binge-watching your series up to this point. Great timing man!!

[@audi_aman-_-8813]

Best series on YT keep up the great work

[@madkyngehenry4401]

I agree on the conservation of ammunition - anything less than 50% accuracy is wasting shells. Some minor damage to the carrier is better than nothing, however. Surprised you attacked in the beginning with only 4 Vals - sort of expected to lose those pilots not to survive. Wished you had some torpedo planes to take out a couple of their screening ships and reduce the anti-air later on ... but you go with what you've got. Great work, Wolfpack, we're proud of your efforts and looking forward to more! Cheers!

[@steweygrrr]

Looks like Mogami's magnetic attraction to the hulls of friendly vessels is accurately modelled. It might be shorter to list the vessels she _didn't_ collide with.

[@Azivegu]

Possibly one nice hardcore mode is that you may only identify a ship with the bino view. Would take some self restraint from not just toggling to the ships, which would introduce a bias in your targeting, but could be good fun and encourage you to send in scout destroyers. Weighing the risks of losing a destroyer, for the benefit of that extra accuracy.

[@Black_Razor]

another day, another awesome wolfpack345 video :D

[@longtimber]

We need a double feature today! Hit'm again this afternoon!

[@captainjonna1034]

(gonna paste this paragraph into a separate comment in case ur dont see the dive bombing comment) absolutely amazing series wolf pack, you made some excellent decisions during ur IJN campaign , your intro's too your videos, the situation briefs are gold dust my friend, you've always been really good at intro's, there very cinematic, atmospheric and set the mood and i love your tone voice during them.......it the kinda tone of voice thats sez "ALRIGHT GENTLEMEN LISTEN UP THIS IS SITUATION", it really immersive and make it feel more real and meaningful.... i'am really loving the look of War on the sea so far, i think it might just be the best world war 2 real time strategy game i've seen and after playing victory at sea pacific which is good game but its very janky, full of bugs and is more arcade in many area, i think that war on sea is amazing but theres is alot more they can add or improve on, so far looking like its a bright future for the game

[@arjunagaming8785]

The best aproach to dive bomb is from the side cause the boms gonna spread to the sides and all of it its gonna hit

[@ieattofu8178]

Nice shot of Yamato and Kongo together, showing the older and newer battleships of the IJN.

[@noway0ut180]

Dude you are a jack of all trades with your series. It has to be a lot of work to do. Thank you! Heard you mention in an earlier episode you wanted Zuikaku and were not sure if you were going to get one or two carriers. Hope you will get Shokaku AND Zuikaku at the same time since they formed the 5th Carrier Division together and would be more historically accurate for them together. I think if you bag that Yorktown task force...you can get a couple carriers of your own...and tip the scales decively. Of course, if the game accounted for aircrew experience I would go with 1st Carrier Carrier Division and Akagi/Kaga. :) Outstanding work...as always!!!

[@hungryhippoEditz]

Just bought the game because of you and tortuga power played over the weekend and no Regrets thanks for explaining the issues with the game and the dope mechanics

[@rodrigogoncalves6165]

Wolfpack: I would love to see the zeros staffing a merchant ship. Also I'm going to say something that no one has said before: you rock, dude!

[@mrsniffles5417]

If this game doesn't have it, It needs a multiplayer campaign. Love to see a US vs IJN match with both teams knowing what they're doing.

[@Daffa137]

16:04 My god, I can't believe wolf just recreate IJN Mogami collision lmao. IRL Mogami did have accident with Mikumi at Midway, damaging her bow when she rammed into Mikumi's portside, looks like the parallel happened here instead and involving yamato on top of it lmao

[@hhahaas347]

Some big Midway movie moments at 3:18

[@cookudysu90]

One of those 18inch shells from Yamato would've crippled Yorktown in reality but it is what it is in this game.

[@oliverperschke5352]

But only if you use HE, he used AP. That simple makes 18.1 inch holes on both side of the carrier

[@zanaduz2018]

@Wolfpack345 The easiest way to tell a Cleveland apart from a Baltimore is that the Cleveland has 4 main battery turrets (4x triple 6"), whereas the Baltimore (like most US heavy cruisers) uses 3 main battery turrets (3x triple 8"). Cleveland also only has one stern-mounted crane, whereas Baltimore has two.

[@TheJimbodean67]

American carriers “we rule the seas” Wolfpack laughs in yamato

[@peterjohn85]

Really love this series. I remember the first episode of it and it was so booooring. Chasing Japanese submarine with little success, I thought to myself, that is crap. But now I'd watch it daily. Keep up the good work.

[@TheRiflemanUK]

Hell yeah boys, the episode we've been waiting for! Making me very interested in purchasing this game!

[@themacker894]

The dev team commented on my Steam question asking why no new patches. They said they were working on developing an overall strategy for improvement and would be releasing something more substantial in the future. They're reading all the comments and taking the feedback into consideration. Best stream of this game on YT. Thanks!

[@matthewobrien1312]

USN: Why do I hear boss music? Wolfpack and Yamato: Laughs in Alfred Thayer Mahan

[@darkwater5614]

I always love how you setup your cutseans they are well thought out. I probably would have tried a long range torpedo strike while they were circling the Yorktown if they had the range just as a different form of spray and pray. Lol

[@DZ-1987]

The Yorktown Chase. Feels like a book title.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

The Cleveland and Baltimore classes look very similar, the biggest visual difference is the Clevelands have 4 turrets against the Baltimores' 3. The ships seen so far have 4. The first Clevelands entered service in mid-1942 while the Baltimores didn't enter service until 1943.

[@StevieTheBush]

If you bomb a ship on its lengh , atack from the front to reduce the time in aa ( the ship will sail to you )

[@Jd-fors]

I’m liking as soon as I open it up.damn man.one vid a day is badazz!

[@14gage14]

Man this series is got me so excited

[@ronaldstephenson4380]

Get em next time. The anticipation for the next episode is gonna drive me crazy!! LOL.

[@civishamburgum1234]

Good to know, that I'm not the only one getting off from Yamatos firepower :P

[@prosozzty8164]

Wolf.. I u able to damage the submarine till heavy, just wait on the battle for awhile because after they dive, they will build rapid flooding.. And either the die because heavy flood or they need to emergency blow and get strafe again by plane.. Maybe can be help killing some sub with zero..

[@Boslandschap1]

Funny, the slow pace of the battles actually illustrate the pace the sea battles IRL must have (had). Must have been nerver wrecking wondering on which side of the confrontation you would end up when an engagement is starting... I have never really been into naval battle games, but it is interesting to see what seems to be of tactical importance or relevance. Unsurprisingly and as the events in this engagement show, speed again seems to play a central role, as in land and air combat.

[@bleach8296]

when yamato goes under wolfpack command, you know the enemys toast

[@fredmeyer369]

Classic Wolfpack Cliff Hanger... until next episode!

[@cragnamorra]

Spruance was criticized by many (mostly aviators) after Midway, and again 2 yrs later after Philippine Sea, for not pursuing the retreating IJN fleet westward. In both cases, this was precisely the scenario he was trying to avoid.

[@matthieuvanravestyn2175]

When you use vals do use line ahead. It's too easy to shoot them down because if you shoot the first one down you don't have to adjust to hit the second plane in the line.

[@bluestorm3628]

Man come on so close, but Yamato finally in the thick of it shooting was incredible 😁

[@b.elzebub9252]

15:56 AMERICANURU SPYURU!! Shamefur dispway!!

[@Stephengirty]

"I have them right where we want them" famous last words. 😂

[@disbeafakename167]

The one hour cool down is because the time in battle doesn't count toward the strategic map time. That hour is the time they spent in the fight.

[@ArfiniGa]

Hey Wolf have you ever heard about "Total Tank Simulator"? It's a good strategy game, not that complicated. If you don't want to play it you can try "Nearts of iron IV". A complicated map game. Most of the time you can do a series of episodes with only one nation, because one game it's like one or two hours of playing or even more.

[@t4rv0r60]

imma create a cult. the church of "in War on the Sea, you make bombing runs from the side"

[@captainjonna1034]

a short lecture on dive bombing: the Val and SBD-3 Dauntless have 1 center line bomb and a pair of wing bombs, diving on stern or bow of target gives you a longer window to drop the bomb as you have more length of the deck of the enemy ship....however you have less of width\beam of ship to hit and is narrower target your bombs are going to more prone to being push off target by the wind.... wind is major factor when bombing from stern or bow approach, bear in mind that if you play Atlantic fleet the turn base game from the same devs.....wind affect bombs and shells it might affect bombs at least in War on the sea Bombing from port \ starboard position onto the enemy ship, gives you much more beam \ width to hit increasing the chance that your wing bombs will get into the action as well as your center line bomb....but it gives you a smaller window to drop bomb as it takes less time to pass over the ship and bombing into a head wind or receiving tail wind will affect how quickly the bombs start to fall....but due having more width of the ship to hit and your wings are in line enemies bow and stern you get more chances of hitting the basic rule of thumb is wind......where is coming from, which direction is the target moving relative too the wind and how fast / strong is the wind no wind and the target is very wide / has large beam, try a stern or bow attack... target sailing west, very strong wind coming from the south east, target is very narrow beam, try a port or starboard attack i noticed that you can manually drop bombs....this is interesting and makes me think it might be there if its possible to adjust ur dive angle...so you dive slightly left or right of the target ship / off setting ur bomb cross hair to account for wind, also taking into account tail and head winds, affects how late or early you need to release your bombs...surely the manual bomb release button is not just there for show or messing around right..........thats my conclusion (gonna paste this paragraph into a separate comment in case ur dont see the dive bombing comment) absolutely amazing series wolf pack, you made some excellent decisions during ur IJN campaign , your intro's too your videos, the situation briefs are gold dust my friend, you've always been really good at intro's, there very cinematic, atmospheric and set the mood and i love your tone voice during them.......it the kinda tone of voice thats sez "ALRIGHT GENTLEMEN LISTEN UP THIS IS SITUATION", it really immersive and make it feel more real and meaningful.... i'am really loving the look of War on the sea so far, i think it might just be the best world war 2 real time strategy game i've seen and after playing victory at sea pacific which is good game but its very janky, full of bugs and is more arcade in many area, i think that war on sea is amazing but theres is alot more they can add or improve on, so far looking like its a bright future for the game really great job wolf a really strong start too the year....thanks bro

[@dreadnoughtgamingd.n.g3123]

When engaging a enemy running away and at the angle switch barrage to narrow you would see more fits and less bracket

[@infernalelysium7676]

I love all the Total War Shogun 2 music you use for this series heheh

[@edhikurniawan]

Real war USA : We blot the sky with warplanes. Wolfpack JPN : We blot the sky with floatplanes and some extra.

[@jondoe6663]

End on attacks with vals seem to be a high risk high reward proposition, either you hit with all your bombs, or you hit with none of them.

[@MyTFisch]

Let's say I am a little bit hyped for this episode... comment before watching for the algorithm.

[@williamfortun120]

We need longer videos of this series

[@davidgliga3250]

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE PART TWO!!!!!

[@spartanalex9006]

Basically, side attacks increase hit probability with the smaller payloads while bow/stern attacks increases probability of a hit with the heavier payload.

[@_R-R]

17:31 Cleveland: 4 turrets. Baltimore: 3 turrets.

[@Azivegu]

21:00 That, my friends, is what we call spaced armor.

[@augustoniclotti6828]

I CANT WAIT FOR THE YAMATO TO SUNK THE CARRIER TASK FORCE

[@jefferynelson]

16:09 great start Wolfpack

[@Stephengirty]

"Bro you need to do Stern, port, bow starboard attacks!" -The comments section

[@TheGunderian]

Laughing so hard

[@Muck006]

Welcome to Wolfpack345 ... but totally free of wolfpacks. With the success of submarines at the start of the campaign I wonder if you could have sunk the destroyers too by having more than one sub in the attack. With 20+ submarines patrolling the areas it could work well enough to screen Guadalcanal.

[@djsatane]

whoever is developing this game ai, since this is single player only they really need to put some budget into enemy ai, such as carrier not scrambling or having any air cover, carrier left behind by escorts....

[@OutboundFlight87]

I was deploying my subs towards New Hebrides when I accidentally found the first Carrier group of my playthrough. 6 torpedoes later and 1 down, 1 to go 🙏

[@h3imd4l]

Me when there comes a new U-boat episode: Yay :) Me when there comes War on the seas: Yes! When does the new episode come, plz be tomorrow!

[@advorak8529]

Re: 03:27 You _really_ should do it exactly the other way around: have 4 fully grown aircraft carriers belly-splash from 1000 m onto a poor Wildcat ... that *will* teach it!

[@davebowman9000]

Wolf, I CANNOT WAIT FOR MORE!!

[@Perkelenaattori]

Who said that carriers are now the modern naval kings.. Looks like it's still battleships to me.

[@dneos]

Great another new episode is on air

[@ThinknoddlesFinks]

btw carriers in this game cannot launch aircraft in the middle of combat, that apparently it is a game limitations or something like that, aircraft can only be launched in the map just like your float planes. i hear that form another youtuber a month ago so idk if they changed it, i don't think they did tho.

[@soiherduliekvideoz]

This game seems really cool at first glance but it's just so wonky that Yamato an co. just serendipitously stumbles upon a carrier with absolutely no bombers harassing you or even CAS in the sky, nor do they try to scramble any planes once they do spot you.

[@Japcsali]

I really want a competent developer to make a similiar game

[@_EVANERV_]

can't wait for the next few episodes!

[@cato2906]

You can turn off the cooldown but it is there for a good reason, without it the opposing taskforces would just instantly reengage after exiting the battle making it impossible to flee and halting the game progress untill one of the two fleets is destroyed. Personnally I chose to reduce the cooldown to 15 in game minutes, giving fleeing fleets just about enough time to get out of engagement range.

[@TheFuzzypuddle]

why does the carrier not use aircraft during the battle? that seems kinda broken. honestly, the more i watch this game, it seems like airpower is king. if you can continue to send wave after wave of vals at enemy fleets, then what is even the point of building large surface fleets, other than carriers of course?

[@Wolf-Rayet_Arthur]

It is true. I started a campaign as the allies and my first fleet was both carriers with an escort, plus subs for a picket. I completely depleted all cruisers from the ijn in short order. They landed no troops or supplies at guadalcanal. They were left with only 8 DD's and a handful of subs. 3 weeks into the campaign they had nothing left. Air power is king

[@KleinesStein]

This may come as a shock, but that is the lesson learned during WW2 and was the tactic favoured by the allies. They proved that air superiority and air power was the king of combat in that time

[@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd]

I still think that one of the biggest limitations in this game is that you can't launch aircraft during combat from a carrier. Imagine starting combat and then oh shit divebombers!!! Would make it a lot more exciting/realistic considering so many carrier battles were fought by aircraft alone. Good video as usual though keep it up!

[@Repub404]

Hell yeah this series is so good

[@tmo_117]

Yamato is like “I told you guys to kamikaze the enemy, not me!”

[@Muck006]

The game is relatively new ... and it probably/hopefully gets some improvements like the "slowing ships down on the campaign map" (which was already important with all the damaged cruisers at the beginning) part. Making it easier to give planes and ships a "patrol this area" order instead of having to zig-zag it manually would be good as well ... just "mark the area and the AI does the pathing". Maybe being able to designate certain areas permanently (like certain sections of the slot) to make it easier to re-issue the same order.