Panama Canal
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Panama Canal
It seems to me N. and S. America face a troubling decision at the start of their game... "do I split my fleet to cover both coasts or hope I get lucky and commit to one ocean. Yes S. America can take the southern Route but N. America doesnt even have this avaliable to them. I am suggesting openning up the Panama Canal for travel.
Kuth is right, it's not like entire fleets can pull a Magellan and round Cape Horn while traveling around South America in such a short period of time...oh wait, they do do that.
That said, I don't really favor having the Panama canal as passable, just because you'd have to add the option of nuking it to take out its capacities to move ships which would open the door (locks) to all manners of "special" buildings and targets.
That said, I don't really favor having the Panama canal as passable, just because you'd have to add the option of nuking it to take out its capacities to move ships which would open the door (locks) to all manners of "special" buildings and targets.
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Panama canal should be a valid travel option. It should also be a 'special target', and one that the South American player/his allies can only use.
Its a good option, although the pathing might be tricky to figure out.
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Hell, I'd even be open to the suez canal being open for Africa, why not ? Oh yes, the ships would look a right mess in the med. I guess that is out.
In any case, Bering straight, AND panama canal look like good features to use.
Its a good option, although the pathing might be tricky to figure out.
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Hell, I'd even be open to the suez canal being open for Africa, why not ? Oh yes, the ships would look a right mess in the med. I guess that is out.
In any case, Bering straight, AND panama canal look like good features to use.
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Useful Dave wrote:And nukes take ages to arm before they can be dropped from Bombers? DEFCON Isn't that realistic.
Even so...
Before you guys complain about making Panama passable, how about opening up the Mediterranian sea? Currently it's unsailable, and that's a lot of ocean. Heck, the Russians even had naval operations in there!
I mean... compare a 14 kilometer strait to a canal that spans a width minimum of 91.5 meters.
So if you guys want Panama sailable, I want Gibraltar and the Mediterrainian sailable since it's a wider gap that leads to a strategicly important area. Some might argue the Mediterrainian is a lot more important than passing through panama, since one could hide subs in there for a nasty surprise.
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A "generic" battleship (a WWII class ship) is way too big for the Panama canal anyway and so are all the major carriers that NA has operational in real life.
So even if the canal was open in the game only subs could pass through. And that would be completely pointless as it would strip subs of their stealth advantage.
So my vote should be fairly obvious...
So even if the canal was open in the game only subs could pass through. And that would be completely pointless as it would strip subs of their stealth advantage.
So my vote should be fairly obvious...
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Radiant Caligula wrote:A "generic" battleship (a WWII class ship) is way too big for the Panama canal anyway
I beg to differ...
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Missouri_panama_canal.jpg:
USS Missouri (BB-63)
In the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 October 1945, while en route from the Pacific to New York City to take part in Navy Day celebrations. Note the close fit of the ship in the locks. The beam of battleships of this era was determined by Panama Canal lock dimensions.
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ok, I surrender. =)
But carriers ARE too big for the canal, so you could (according to your picture) only transfer a bunch of BBs through while sending the carriers the long way around. Fleet assembly would be pretty pointless if you tried to form operational batallions.
But nuff bullshit. I dont think the Panama canal should open either way. The divide between the At and the Pac makes an interesting game.
Priorities creates tensions....
But carriers ARE too big for the canal, so you could (according to your picture) only transfer a bunch of BBs through while sending the carriers the long way around. Fleet assembly would be pretty pointless if you tried to form operational batallions.
But nuff bullshit. I dont think the Panama canal should open either way. The divide between the At and the Pac makes an interesting game.
Priorities creates tensions....
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