Vacant PC navies

[Kaiser Kirk]

Greetings,

Background :
The basic concept Snip had for NPCs is they would have an unstated strength.
That strength would be tied in a set ratio to the starting player nations.

Players however, would know what the 'big powers' had more or less.

Problem :
Looking at the Iberians and Norse for 'Colony count'
I realized that both new players had aggressively discarded older ships,
presumably planning on replacing them.

..but didn't.

So there's big powers with ill-defined navies.
With Iberia it's now 5 years behind, which is enough to generate an entire battleline.
The Norse are now 3.5 years behind. They just finished a twin 155mm, and they finish a quad 405/45 in 1917, they should be pretty far along on ships bearing them.

That's not good.
Rome / Wilno should know if there are big 405mm Norse BCs building. What's Iberia doing? Etc.

I would love to get players in those spots - heck if Foxy and Tac had come along *slightly* later they would be in those spots. Maddox would then be Thailand.
Very different dynamic then.
But that is not on the horizon.

Proposed Solution :
I have some time this weekend (Yay!)
A)  Fairly simple for me to simply make generic turns -Fixed Non-naval cost, track tech, and  keep building the existing vessels for a little bit, then build generics "6000ts 155mm cruiser".  Any future player could then define the cruiser. I can make a map where I track their colonial IC builds by province.

B) Much as A), but as I come to the 'generic' classes, each goes to the Ship Design thread for folks to volunteer designs for that country's needs.

I kinda prefer 'B'... what do people think ?

[The Rock Doctor]

I think B would be a less daunting situation for a new player to inherit - lots to read up on, but not years of sim reports and ships to work out.

Plus, as noted, the rest of us would have a sense of what we're designing against.

[Kaiser Kirk]

So yes, B taken.

Design threads posted.