Battle Fleet 2

[Barthheart]

The damage numbers you see are for hull damage. On the stats screen that is shown by the deformed hull graphic. The numbers on the stats screen are only for those systems, like Bridge or Engine or Rudder. You need to see words like "Rudder damage" in combat to have damage to the Rudder for example. When you see that go to the stats screen and see how much damage was done to the rudder.

I agree it would be nice to have the option to turn the goodie boxes off. I've seen the AI pick them up but not seen it use them..

[fabius]

It's Fun!!

Ok, when I saw goofy boxes I though "dang, there goes the neighbourhood". But when I saw that they pick up strategy cards then it's not such an issue. So far not seen any goofy boxes give power-ups or health boosts.

Why it is fun:

Simple and intuitive to pick up.
Some depth to it.
Actual tactics to the battles.
Actual strategic choices to be made. Buying ships, choosing weapon load-out, deploying and distribution of ships.
Turn based firing adds a LOT of tension as you watch incoming.
Suspense on the enemy strategic move.
Ships take a while to sink thus adding to the battles tactics

I can see that Turn based will really work with two player fun.

What I'd love to see in update to add immersion is:
1. Stats screen show how many men on ship- dwindling with casualties.
2. On board fires, ability for AI to damage control based on manpower levels left.
3. Stats screen number of Aircraft per flight.


And guys only £5/ $10 !!

[Barthheart]

Only $4.99 fer the iPad version.

[steve58]

+1 to have the option to turn the goodie boxes off.  As they tend to be mostly out of the way (at least the way I want to go), I've not picked them up except by chance/accidentally.

Anyone know what adding a Captain to a ship does?  Didn't see anything in the "How to Play".  Also, didn't see a way to add a Captain to a ship during a Campaign?

[tgb]

My other complaint is that you can't save during a battle.  You can't even quit the game without losing the territory.  Battles can take a while, and I know I won't always have enough time to finish one.

[fabius]

My other complaint is that you can't save during a battle.  You can't even quit the game without losing the territory.  Battles can take a while, and I know I won't always have enough time to finish one.

Yep, definitely needs save in battle added

Steve- I believe better captains go first in the turn order. Not seen anything else other than that.

[Barthheart]

The only place I've seen adding Captains to yer ships is in the Custom battles.

Maybe in the campaign yer Captains gain experience as they win/survive battles. Not sure how to check that.

I've finished my first campaign as the US and won in 9 campaign turns on the middle difficulty. Air power can really be deadly, both for and against you. Kill enemy carriers and airfields as fast as you can.

Will try the hardest difficulty next, then start playing as Japan.

[steve58]

Thx Fabius, Barthheart for the Captain help.  I think you can also add Captains in Quick Battles, but will have to double check.

I may have to re-think picking up some of those Strategic Command Cards...

Deploy Strategic Command Cards to surprise your enemies with special actions like deploying mines, sabotage, enhanced aiming, airstrikes and more!

[Barthheart]

The "Deploy Minefield" card is great stuff. Drop it right at the bow of an enemy BB and watch the fireworks the next time it moves.

Free airstrike is always good too.

The enhanced aiming just adds more range circles to make it a bit easier to gauge the range.

Haven't had the sabotage one et.

[Barthheart]

Another handy tip: be carful while maneuvering, you can collide, and take damage, with other ships, including yer own, and the land masses..... 

[fabius]

Another handy tip: be carful while maneuvering, you can collide, and take damage, with other ships, including yer own, and the land masses..... 

Dang, you don gone and pulled a 'Lt. Cmdr. Armand Balilo'

[capitalj]

Hi guys, thanks for all the great comments and feedback.

The 'goofy crates' are special actions you can take. They can make a big difference in the course of a battle, so don't neglect them. Having an extra airstrike, or minefield can do a lot of damage. Sabotage makes a ship skip it's next turn, and repairs can save one of your ships. Perhaps they should be represented in a different way visually so that they don't seem like goofy powerups?

The Captains are a bit basic right now, they only control the turn order of the ships. So a captain with higher XP level will make that ship go earlier in the turn. In campaigns you cannot select captains for ships, they are automatically assigned but the difference is that they will increase in XP with every battle. (sorry if that's not very clear, it should probably be explained better in the game). I do have plans for improving the captains features by adding special abilities to the captains that will affect the gameplay.

Adding a save feature to mid-battle is in the plan, but I'm not quite sure when that will make it into the game. There's a lot of planned updates in the works (ie: submarines). But that all depends on how well the game does and how much time we can afford to spend on it. So far there's been a lukewarm interest from players (even though we've had some great press), so anything you can do to help spread the word will help us immensely. If you have purchased the game on an app store, please leave a review as those help as well.

Thanks again for all the support, and please keep the feedback coming!

[steve58]

Thx capitalj, I have found the SC cards to be somewhat useful....but still waiting to find that minefield one >:( ;).  Hopefully interest will pickup and you'll be able to continue to improve and add to the game.  I've found it to be an very enjoyable game.  Hopefully once you get Greenlit on Steam (and I have voted!) that'll give BF2 a good boost.  Good Luck!

[fabius]

Having played some more-

1. the AI needs tweaking when attacking Island zones. One battle got boring watching the same ship repeatedly fire into the hills in vain for the gun on the other side

2. Campaign- I really would like to deploy my own formation, not auto deploy haphazardly.

3. Liking the balance on Airpower. Very powerful, but not a silver bullet to everything and can be defended against.

[Nefaro]

I wouldn't despair of the popularity just yet.  You guys just recently released and it takes awhile for word-of-mouth to get around.

I'm sure may of us here on this forum intend on getting it, but haven't yet because we're neck deep in something else we recently picked up.  That's the case with me, but I'll still get it sometime soon. 

Give it some time.