5 Raid points.
Am I the only person thinking the optimum loadout is 2 raid points for a BB (or BC if you feel that way), 2 points on skirmish level cruisers, and a point for 3 destroyers (or two plus a patrol level sub).
The thing is you will always need to take some destroyers for ASW, and taking a BB gives you a tough and survivable unit. Cruisers are good general units, but individually die quicker than a BB and have worse armour.
Those fleets with cruisers with 8" guns (as the ladies say, anything with less than 8" simply isn't worth bothering with) would be foolish not to use them.
The only obvious exception is Kriegsmarine, as Deustchland Class ships are the best Raid choice you can get, and the Scharnhorst class BC isn't enough of a step up when you could take two Deustchland instead.
What do people think? I know an all cruiser Japanese or American force (with one point on Destroyers) is eminently practical, but I'm not sure we'll see one.
Am I the only person thinking the optimum loadout is 2 raid points for a BB (or BC if you feel that way), 2 points on skirmish level cruisers, and a point for 3 destroyers (or two plus a patrol level sub).
The thing is you will always need to take some destroyers for ASW, and taking a BB gives you a tough and survivable unit. Cruisers are good general units, but individually die quicker than a BB and have worse armour.
Those fleets with cruisers with 8" guns (as the ladies say, anything with less than 8" simply isn't worth bothering with) would be foolish not to use them.
The only obvious exception is Kriegsmarine, as Deustchland Class ships are the best Raid choice you can get, and the Scharnhorst class BC isn't enough of a step up when you could take two Deustchland instead.
What do people think? I know an all cruiser Japanese or American force (with one point on Destroyers) is eminently practical, but I'm not sure we'll see one.
