This is a personification fanart, drawn by the artist that did the Abyssal art for ''Pacific'', of Project G-15/Taihou Kai, which is featured in World of Warships as the IJN's Tier 10 carrier "Hakuryuu".
The Hakuryuu, Japanese Tier 10 nightmare maker that could send up to 8 squadrons capable of swarming even mighty battleships to death. Seriously I seen someone on Youtube using her and sunk a Montana-class and a Yamato-class with it. And I'm grinding for it.
The Hakuryuu, Japanese Tier 10 nightmare maker that could send up to 8 squadrons capable of swarming even mighty battleships to death. Seriously I seen someone on Youtube using her and sunk a Montana-class and a Yamato-class with it. And I'm grinding for it.
I dubbed it the "Sky Hammer" because of that insanity to the point not even a pair of Des Moines and Baltimore heavy cruisers which have good AA suites, could totally stop its aircraft hellbent on killing you.
speaking of which, I'm interested in seeing Hakuryuu (I think WG Japan gave it that name for the RUdevs to work) as a souped up Taiho in blueprints.
If only the IJN manage to build her... I could only wonder.
I have a feeling they would have to cut back on certain materials and the likes again. So even if they made her there is a high chance of her being destroyed by some really stupid means, like another internal fire or some random explosion that incapacitates her before she can even do anything worthwhile.
At least that what seems to happen with lot of the IJN ships back in WW2.
If only the IJN manage to build her... I could only wonder.
But WoWS effectiveness does not translate into real life effectiveness. In WoWS, the St. Louis is stronger than the Kawachi. But there's no way an Armored Cruiser could stand up to a BB in real life, not even an early era dreadnaught.
But WoWS effectiveness does not translate into real life effectiveness. In WoWS, the St. Louis is stronger than the Kawachi. But there's no way an Armored Cruiser could stand up to a BB in real life, not even an early era dreadnaught.
And let's not mention the use of health bars isn't even realistic to begin with.
But seriously though, many of the ships are only strong on paper, but when it come to real life there are too many factors that determine its effectiveness. Like Taihou, who would have thought she'll sunk that quickly?
And let's not mention the use of health bars isn't even realistic to begin with.
But seriously though, many of the ships are only strong on paper, but when it come to real life there are too many factors that determine its effectiveness. Like Taihou, who would have thought she'll sunk that quickly?
True. It was probably a shock to those who had heard it.
But WoWS effectiveness does not translate into real life effectiveness. In WoWS, the St. Louis is stronger than the Kawachi. But there's no way an Armored Cruiser could stand up to a BB in real life, not even an early era dreadnaught.
But it is interesting seeing dreads blast armored cruisers and early light cruisers.
laisy said:
And let's not mention the use of health bars isn't even realistic to begin with.
But seriously though, many of the ships are only strong on paper, but when it come to real life there are too many factors that determine its effectiveness. Like Taihou, who would have thought she'll sunk that quickly?
Didn't Taihou went under due to damage control nearly going balls-to-the-wall and that was the final nail that secured the coffin?
Speaking of which though, I actually revile Shoukaku in-game. Damn carrier can run and project force, I can tell you that much.
Keo said: I have a feeling they would have to cut back on certain materials and the likes again. So even if they made her there is a high chance of her being destroyed by some really stupid means, like another internal fire or some random explosion that incapacitates her before she can even do anything worthwhile.
Japan was collecting pots and pans it was so desperate for metal by the second half of the war, rumor has it some of them went into Katsugari. It also never had an adequate supply of various alloying materials and it only got worse as the war progressed, nor did it have enough machine tools, or even enough raw steel production either. As it was Katsugari had to be finished with destroyer turbines because Japanese industry was so strained it couldn't actually produce the called for machinery. There was no spare capacity or slack whatsoever in Japanese ship building industry during the war, it not a question of 'build less cruisers/battleships' either because they didn't actually build any of those.
The sum total of warship Japanese ship building was basically: -Around 40 first rate destroyers -Four shrimpy 6,000-7,000 ton flotilla cruisers -Three small CVs -One proper Fleet carrier -One Battleship
Everything else was just bodged up conversions of existing vessels or puny escorts/merchant ships (neither of which you could afford to be cut, quite the opposite really!). In fact the ONLY large ships laid down and finished during the war were all carriers. Japan knew it desperately needed carriers and cancelled everything else, but what it produced historically was already scrapping the bottom of the barrel. There is no fat to trim to get more or resources to divert to get more. What Japan produced historically already had the economy overheating, it could not have built anything else.
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