War on the Sea || IJN Campaign || Ep.19 - More Merchants.

[@Karza_357]

23:51 lmao that "pls work" savefile

[@screamingeagles2670]

Think we all have at least one of those on some game

[@joshuasill1141]

Wolfpack: "Whittle down the American destroyers . . . " War on the Seas AI: *laughs in 175 Fletcher class destroyers*

[@austinduong-van6071]

Wolfpack: *laughs in infinite D3As*

[@Echoyourwolf]

AI laughs in carrier

[@rusuproductions7474]

Also ai: cries in sunk carrier

[@that1swede164]

Wolfpack345: laughs in 2 carriers, infinite bomber planes, and infinite subs.

[@breadandree1114]

Alternative: war on the sea ai: laughs in infinite C3 Merchants

[@shatteredreality46]

this is what i look forward to everyday

[@Wolfpack345]

Glad you are enjoying the videos.

[@shatteredreality46]

@@Wolfpack345 it would be good for a future patch if you could use your aircraft carriers to bomb the American starting islands or bombard it to make a large break in their ship deployment

[@samschalt]

Same here!!!

[@aussiegaming7982]

Sameee

[@LiamDennehy]

It looks like every flight is returning to their last way point after attacking, so that's why they're flying back over the target once the attack is done (and drawing fire). Perhaps set their destination on the far side of the target before ordering the attack, so they continue on to that waypoint after they're done?

[@StoolieP]

^ this

[@enric2609]

ooo, now that's a big brain idea

[@Wolfpack345]

I just tried this in previous episodes and it has not worked. I gave it another go as well just now in a single mission and the results were the same. Here is a video putting the theory to the test. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWqQfJuLpNRrg8k

[@steventyler8002]

@@Wolfpack345 try hitting the break button before you hit the attack button. Seems to work for me

[@Wolfpack345]

@@steventyler8002 I'll try that.

[@BigDongWong]

Out of all the other channels doing a series on this game.... You're in your own league. Great stuff.

[@Wolfpack345]

Thank you!

[@e.kent.d9561]

@@Wolfpack345 Chase Holt is right. A higher league.... Good ol' Tortuga now has more important things for his attention.

[@ericmyers5940]

As seen in the first attack of this vid: Strike as simultaneously as possible with as many aircraft as possible and the flak will scatter and be nearly of no effect. Great series btw!

[@cvonta]

I hope they expand this game to leyte gulf, aleutians, Midway and south indian ocean raid Also wolfpack, had this happened in real life, I'm pretty sure you would be deified as a war god back in japan by now, yamamoto would be proud.

[@principalityofbelka6310]

He would've been the most agressive Japanese admiral of the entire war. Contrary to most of them (Yamamoto included) who are famous or infamous because of their overcautiousness and inflexibility.

[@beanny39]

Looking at what they have for mission locations, it seems they want to expand it to most of the theaters.

[@paulsteaven]

@@principalityofbelka6310 being over cautious of most IJN admirals/commanders were somewhat justified that if a cruiser and above ship was lost, they know that there will be no replacement for it because of the limitations of the Japanese industry.

[@caesarczech7920]

@@paulsteaven Yamamoto was famously against the war his Pearl Harbour plan was aimed at buying Japan time but he didnt get the Carriers and it screwed Japan over. with Carriers dead Japan would have much better chance, They should have different plan through

[@keylacerros8122]

Yeah he would

[@Koshiku]

A bit of my experience fof submarine strikes: when you hold mouse over the torp launcher, it shows both the angle to the target (big red dot) and the angle for the torp to go (yellow sector). This may allow you to time your strikes more precisely, launching torps in such a way they do not need to turn when they leave the sub, and thus negating the turning radius error. This is especially valuable when you try to hit the bow of the ship charging at you (however stupid this idea may sound, sometimes it works): you turn until it shows 0 degrees, and then you launch straight at it. Or you just point your sub perpendicular to the convoy path and wait to launch for the near-perfect 90 degree angle between the ship and the torp.

[@connork.2131]

27:23 Never seen a dive bomber run rock a ship so much in this game

[@jilthunder2276]

Devastating bomb strikes! I loved the view from above the freighters where you could see one vessel being hit after the other - just like in the movie "Pearl Harbor" Thank you for continuing this series!!!

[@EarthenDam]

My current favorite way to deal with the 2 destroyer and 6 merchant suicide fleet is to send Vals in one wave of 6 groups, 2 groups on each destroyer and then one each for any of merchants behind them. Then followed up with 6 groups of Kates with torpedoes. Send the Kates at max speed on a torpedo run to mop up the survivors, sometimes you need a third run but usually the first two does it. You get more consistent sinking with torpedoes and you don't loose very many Katies once the Destroyers are destroyed.

[@SquidVonLoudon]

YAY!! BEST SERIES ON THE PLANET!!!

[@Wolfpack345]

Haha that is high praise!

[@keylacerros8122]

@@Wolfpack345 you can take gaunacanal as the allies another youtuber did it

[@nilsbachellery6939]

too rare alas

[@BrisketChef]

In the realm of "what if's" This series is so much fun to watch. It would be neat to see if the Dev's would put in News reports, similar to Cold Waters.. Love the vids!

[@42astrutsen]

I really like your immersive little retelling of current events in the start of each episode. If a game maker could simulate something like that in the future it would really put you right back into the game when continuing your campaign.

[@Colin-eo9xj]

Hey @Wolfpack345. To answer your question at 4:51, looking through the stock save files I can confirm that the AI does start with the same amount of troops, supplies, fuel, and engineering and they replenish these resources at the same rate as well however their costs to upgrade a base are about 25% cheaper (ex. 1250 for player to 1000 for AI) I believe this is dependent on difficulty) the AI should have unlimited command points as well as I couldn't seem to find theirs anywhere in the file. On a side note, should you ever decide to want to try a custom campaign (i.e. different spawn points, different campaign "win" objectives, no ship restrictions, more/less command points per unit destroyed, etc), let me know. I know how to modify the save files for just about all of it and would be happy to help you make a custom campaign

[@acer8123]

Wolfpack: Can I get some action please? WotS: Best I can do is merchant convoy. I'll trow in a submarine as extra. Regardless, its still very entertaining.

[@vbc561]

The active sonar only works at 110 decibels and at 1 nautical mile however, the passive works at 11 nautical miles

[@justismcclain8131]

You just made my day thank you!

[@Wolfpack345]

Thank you for watching!!

[@NO_Expectations]

This is really a great series, never get tired of those aerial attacks keeping the enemy at bay until large ship engagements which are bound to happen so it's good you are saving ships ammo for those encounters to come.

[@davebowman9000]

This is an amazing series! You can't bring them out fast enough!

[@MH30R]

More than a wider spread. Aim at the furthest destroyer 1st. Then aim for the closest destroyer second with the slightly wider spread.

[@thelyran]

I love watching you play the games I have no hope of mastering.I gave Cold Waters a whirl because of you and did something like the "Humlee" during the tutorial and sunk myself.Back to Panzer Corps 2 and Fallout for me.Leave these games for the pros like you to show how it's done.

[@ronaldstephenson4380]

Fastest 28:28 minutes in history!!!! Great show today.

[@Bacardibatman]

Great Video! These Carrier-based attacks are brutal, rips through so many of their fleet. I would like to see the ships break formation more and make the attacks a little harder to hit.

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

I guess the destroyer was quite valiant. Her crew will surely end up in Valhalla. Your dive bombers should receive a high evaluation for their valor as well.

[@jordan605632]

I love the little summaries you do at the start of each episode.

[@brockunruh6283]

First battle, could have concentrated 2 flights on each of the destroyers the rest on the merchant and after the destroyers were destroyed, use the sub with its deck gun to mop up what left of the merchants. Or maybe launch 12 Vals and 12 Kates. Split the Valsin to 2 flights of 6 to deal with the destroyers and assign 2 Kates to each cargo ship.

[@larrylobster9896]

I hope they make a Battle of the Atlantic pack for this game. It would be awesome to command the Bismarck or Tirpitz (or maybe even a finished Graf Zeppelin) against the Royal Navy. Really enjoy this series and UBOAT, which I bought because of your videos even though I can barely run it.

[@Pagan20-08]

Congrats on another glorious victory Wolfpack345, Imperial Navy HQ should send you the Shinano to be your flag ship after all you have accomplished.

[@_Mav]

Much better attacking with the VALs from just the one side! Obviously super annoying that they automatically start circling back over top after dropping but you had it sorted. BZ

[@Mian.2211]

Favorite youtuber

[@LexieAssassin]

Interesting... In my game I sunk one carrier w/ a wolfpack, and then ended up sinking all but one of the BBs at this point with a combination of wolfpacks and mass aircraft. (I've found Kates w/ 800kg bombs quite effective en masse. Speaking of Kates, you don't have any Jakes handy, try scouting with Kates w/o a payload. Range is very similar.) Only then did I manage to gain enough momentum to push my entire fleet out from Guadalcanal and track down the final carrier. The reason for sheltering the fleet in and around Guadalcanal was due to a devastating defeat in which Kongo herself was sunk and I was left with little else but my wolfpacks to stem the tide of Americans. This prompted a major reconsideration of my tactics until recently. It also lead to the invasion of the Florida Islands by the Americans. The battle of which is ongoing, but currently the Americans are roughly outnumbered 5:1. (Also had a DD beach itself and my first sub kill was by rising up underneath an enemy sub after surface dashing over it. Originally I tried to torpedo it twice before I realized that at PD, the torpedoes swim too shallow to hit.)

[@smc1942]

Get Junyo, Hiyo, and Ryujo, and park them off Guadalcanal to chew up convoys. That frees up the big CVs for large operations.

[@RemoraDFC343]

On rare occasions, your sending flights of aircraft to target lone submarines. Perhaps try using a different aircraft. The Val can hold bombs. But another craft (the one that holds torpedoes), can exchange its armament for depth charges. also, you could consider launching 2 flights of 2 aircraft. Each a different configuration, to give you options. ie: 2x Val with bombs and 2x other plane with depth charges. Merge these flights and be assured of a submarine being destroyed. ps. I do realise you are limited on where these types of craft can launch from. But it may be something worth keeping in mind.

[@e.kent.d9561]

Nothing makes me more happy than to see so many victories. Way to go!

[@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd]

I think you can set the planes to carry depth charges, which might be useful for the Val's :)

[@llortz]

Just quality content from start to finish!

[@Wolfpack345]

Thank you!!

[@Thrawn3200]

Love watching this series! Are there flying boats in the game, like Kawanishi H8K "Emily"? They could carry bombs or depth charges and when finding a sub attack it, no need to send Vals. When attacking 2 targets with a sub, shoot at the farthest first with reduced torpedo speed. Work on a solution for the closest and fire with max torpedo speed. Time it right and the hits are within seconds, no chance for evasion (used that in Silent hunter III)

[@whyme943]

Obviously backseating/hindsight but I would use 4 torpedoes on a wide-ish spread and fire sooner on that second destroyer. Lowering time to maneuver can be more valuable than accuracy.

[@michaelalkio8914]

Wolfpack345 itd a placer to watch you attacks your a tack is the best. Be save and TC

[@TokioExpress]

I wish that there was a way where both factions could only bring in more ships after their historical commission date. For example, in the game it states that the Agano Class is available in late November 1942, when in reality only the Agano herself was ready for combat. They should do this with the Akizuki Class destroyers and most of the American destroyers. I also wish that they take into consideration some of the ships that had to miss the campaign due to refit and repair back in their respective ports. For example, the Mogami in-game is available for service when in reality she spent most of 1942 in the repair docks back in Japan after taking heavy damage during the Battle of Midway.

[@nixravette]

To answer your question, no they don't use supplies like the player or at all really, they just spawn the convoy fully loaded.

[@killer2088]

Line ahead works best for stern to bow attacks 🙂

[@ThorwindMaxamus]

Really enjoying, always looking forward to the next one, also added the game to my steam wishlist

[@beardedphobos5211]

Man oh man eating ice cream and watching my favorite guy kick butt in the most honorable way ever love the content keep up the good work my friend

[@peterraypold66]

Thank you Wolfpack for these videos, I eagerly await new ones!

[@VishalPatel-ji2dm]

if the subs at periscope depth, you cant depth charge them in this game, but shooting with guns helps manually, you have to click cease fire

[@flickzwowsl8048]

Perfect timing

[@Wolfpack345]

I do what I can ;)

[@flickzwowsl8048]

@@Wolfpack345 Ayyy Wolfpack keep up the good work man, love ur vids!

[@JessWLStuart]

Love watching your progress in this campaign!

[@duggi4]

does not matter what the solution is on target number 2 DD. as soon as the first eats a torp the second will turn and react which makes the solution null and void. better to just do manual straight away afterwards so number 2 target has no time to react

[@TimTimONE]

You have to click CEASE to CEASE fire. Not hold to cease fire :)

[@LegendGamer-je8is]

Really enjoy this series :)

[@Wolfpack345]

Happy to hear it !

[@Uajd-hb1qs]

15:01 I would have thought the bombs would still strike the sub at that shallow of a depth. I’m sure in Silent Hunter bombs will still damage the sub at shallow depth.

[@ryu1940]

Love this series. It got me into this game!

[@jimgagne4484]

love watching you play.. no bs , just get in and take them out

[@begyapardon8378]

I found you off Uboat, and now watch you regularly. I’ve watched many people play war on the sea as well, and can’t do it. Everyone on KZbin sucks at this game, besides you. Keep playing Uboat!!

[@mal6232]

I thought the '5' on the depth charge screen referring to the delay in the trigger detonating (thus setting the explosion depth) rather than the time interval between patterns?

[@herrakaarme]

Isn't it counterproductive to wait for a high solution for the second salvo of torpedoes? The other destroyer will immediately change course/speed when the first target has been hit, after all, unless you can set the torpedo speeds so that the impacts will happen at the same time between the two salvos. The high solution will basically become meaningless if the target has been alerted and is given enough time. A lower solution but more torpedoes with a wider spread, hitting very soon after the first target has been hit, wouldn't allow the second target to react appropriately in time.

[@jefferynelson]

Game developer, sponsor the Wolfpack !!

[@disbeafakename167]

Watching you wait for your solution to build up, knowing that the DDs will react as soon as they get hit, is killing me. You are making a more accurate shot at the place they WON'T be. Killing me smalls.

[@sniper3993]

Wolfpack if you set the last waypoint well after where the ships are then after they attack they should keep flying straight on and not turn back over the ships

[@Black_Razor]

merchant sinking simulator is back!

[@augustoniclotti6828]

Im having silent hunter nostalgia sinking merchants left and right

[@420BulletSponge]

The game needs an option to set an egress point after making an air attack. Hopefully that would allow you to keep your Vals from circling back over AA after a strike.

[@kram2k]

So a single depth charge detonation is enough to completely destroy a compartment of a sub - sinking it, while a destroyer can eat 2 torpedoes and maintain flank speed. I wonder if they are modelling just how much explosives are packed in these torpedoes, those should pop destroyers right open.

[@Nightcrawlerfive]

AI: Hmmm. The last dozen times I sent 2 destroyers and 6 merchants to resupply Guadalcanal they all got sunk, so I should probably try that again.

[@NixodCreations]

"lets use a bit of time compression and watch the torpedoes run" *youtube video compression instantly makes the torpedo trails disappear completely*

[@Wolfpack345]

They practically disappear in game to when using TC

[@djsatane]

supposedly there is a chance of epic ship explosion like magazine but they are low,

[@idv1328]

This is such a great series’s

[@Wolfpack345]

Thanks!:D

[@shane69420]

Favorite series!

[@drinci]

Really enjoying this series, Keep it up!

[@phlippbergamot5723]

Ack, You should have sent the vals back to strafe them with MGs. You wouldn't need another set of bombers then. They are only merchants after all.

[@deino117]

Really look forward to these - thanks!

[@ramal5708]

Can't wait till they add new patches with future battles in the Pacific or even Europe and newer ships, I've seen few theaters of operations in single battle mode incl. Atlantic and Med.

[@Wolfpack345]

New theteres will be cool that is for sure!

[@krzysiek2222w]

But it gonna take years

[@ramal5708]

The game it self seems like unfinished work and need some tweaking in few places. Plus the game's name implies it's largely a Naval Battle game and it mustn't always in the Solomons operations

[@ikkas00]

If there is one change I would love, its automatic patrols. That over literally everything else

[@jayblake682]

I’m so torn. It hurts to watch American ships get mauled, but I do enjoy watching a maestro at work.

[@bluestorm3628]

Hope your able to bring out the American battleships, would love to see that in counter very much 😎

[@Pagan20-08]

It shouldn't be too long now, unless the devs add more carriers to the game the Ai should be close to sending out the North Carolina's and the South Dakota's.

[@andrewjames2813]

Finally!!! Another episode.

[@waffles4322]

They should fix the bomb physics, that sub should've been hit easily with that pattern with basically oversized surface DCs 🤣

[@Hettich215]

love this series

[@joebuchanan9563]

Great video, great game. I really like your narration, it ads so much to the video.

[@rizalardiansyah4486]

Dang merchants! P.S.: I miss silent hunter

[@handhand212]

fun fact: the japanese dive bombers where only allowed to hit the front and back of a ship, they werent allowed to go on their sides, in my opinion that would be effective in this game.

[@Wolfpack345]

I have addressed this multiple times in the comments and in the series.

[@handhand212]

@@Wolfpack345 epic

[@pedrotetsujiinoue4520]

Against DDs, I am only assuming, but build solutions for both DDs first. Target one DD, max solution, then target second DD, max solution then fire on that DD, then re-target first DD and fire torps. Solution should be max on the retargetted DD?

[@pedrotetsujiinoue4520]

That was 28 minutes? Time flies when having fun.

[@mattfitzgerald7836]

Is there a reason why you do not kill the DDs first with air strikes and then let the submarine wolf loose among the merchant sheep ? Nice snapshot on that second DD though :)

[@JustPeasant]

US has a plethora of battleships and heavy cruisers. Better commission a ample amount of submersibles. Japan's surface fleet (you, Wolfpack) alone, cannot cope with massive surface fleet of the US!

[@adamtruong1759]

You might have a decent point, along with the fact that there are more Flecthers than IJN has Destroyers. But it really doesn't change to course of a war if the enemy can never use its advantage.

[@JustPeasant]

@@adamtruong1759 That is correct. But, submersibles Are inexpensive. Efficient to. On the other hand, capital ships (Cruisers, Battleships and Carriers) cost an arm and a leg. Plus, they cannot be replaced in a reasonable timeframe! 😥

[@adamtruong1759]

@@JustPeasant The AI cannot win against Wolfpack, so I believe he'll be fine.

[@JustPeasant]

@@adamtruong1759 That's a BIG 10-4! ;-)

[@Deuce02339]

Love these videos. Playing the game as well but my laptop is really slowing down, if I get too many scout planes out and about it will crash the game every time 🙃

[@zapata8142]

Good hunt! I wait the next

[@tedrossi1514]

Love it, keep up the good work

[@krisztianmolnar8399]

I've just checked if ther's a new vid. Then went back to the main page and there it was!

[@Wolfpack345]

Haha nice!

[@DarrylHart]

Yeeees another upload!!!

[@that1swede164]

“Wouldn’t it be nice if we could take out every merchant ship in one strike” good idea but we all know it’s not going to work

[@thomaszhang3101]

I hope Washington will lose it’s cool and send in another 2 carriers to contest to Coral Sea, only this time they are competent enough to to launch scout planes and strike planes ahead of time. I’d love to see an actual carrier vs carrier.

[@Pagan20-08]

They have the potential to, at this point in the war the Americans still have USS Wasp and USS Saratoga, not to mention the first of the Essex class ships should be nearing completion by now. I know USS Ranger was stationed mostly in the Atlantic, but I do wonder if they will give the Ai the opportunity to send her into the fray if there is a severe lack of carriers.

[@raymondshivers2092]

Me too

[@stallfighter]

@@Pagan20-08 also USS Robin (leased HMS Victorious, they got her afrer Hornet was sunk, and both Saratoga and Enterprise got damaged)

[@Pagan20-08]

@@stallfighter I completely forgot about that, excellent thinking.

[@azamatkhafizov4476]

That sub was about to surrender(

[@Nightcrawlerfive]

Do subs ever get the chance to surrender?

[@ArfiniGa]

Hey Wolf what about: "Best of wolfpack (2020 edition)" ?

[@Augustus087]

Awesome, Wolfpack =)

[@sparkyswe396]

What does the active sonar do in the game? Because would it be best to have it running at all time when doing ASW?

[@CommonSwindler]

Were your Vals operating in the Suez region any point recently? Haha

[@ReshyShira]

Merchant ships should either be captured or scuttled if they lose their escorts.

[@ruin-dimidium]

nice vid can you juse your bombe planes on harbours

[@pontuswendt2486]

AMAZINGNES!!!