Elco supplies

[foxbravotiger]

The Elco is currently at a disadvantage in terms of supplies it can carry:

Both the Higgins and the Huckins can use most if not all their armament slots and still carry ammo, medical supplies and repair parts in all resource slots.

The Elco loses at least half of them if you want to use all its weapon slots.
Given that the Elco is already the larger and slower vessel, it should not have this disadvantage.

[VirgoCompany]

At least the Elco can now mount 20mm guns on the armored tubs for some extra punch, and have a 3-inch gun in the back. Still does kinda suck that it can't have utility torpedoes / DCs and supplies on the bow's sides, but them's the breaks.

[Darky]

I should add that since the last patch, 80' Elco has the unique feature of being able to carry two rows of the large destroyer sized torpedoes, namely the Mark 15/17. She can have 4 of them while every other PT boat can only carry a pair.

[♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀]

I think the OP was referring to ammo for the guns on board, not torpedoes,

[Toastman]

Really all supplies apart from ammo should be stored below decks and should not be visible and taking up valuable deck space .

[♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Toastman:

Really all supplies apart from ammo should be stored below decks and should not be visible and taking up valuable deck space .

I agree, the ammo would be in lockers and those are protected from hits, there should be way more MG and gun ammo than what can be carried on deck, its frustrating to see a gun take up a critical ammo spot.

[Baylesian]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Darky:

I should add that since the last patch, 80' Elco has the unique feature of being able to carry two rows of the large destroyer sized torpedoes, namely the Mark 15/17. She can have 4 of them while every other PT boat can only carry a pair.

But the bigger torps have the same range (the acoustic ones), would love to get one more crew member... Is there any news of the crew rework? Really waiting for that.

[♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀]

I still think we should still have some provision to have ammo storage below decks, maybe some mechanic of a timer to transfer ammo to deck if people feel its too easy. We do need more space for supplies. I often have to sacrafice a forward gun because I pack the front deck spaces with more crates of supplies.

[Altair1243]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Baylesian:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Darky:

I should add that since the last patch, 80' Elco has the unique feature of being able to carry two rows of the large destroyer sized torpedoes, namely the Mark 15/17. She can have 4 of them while every other PT boat can only carry a pair.

But the bigger torps have the same range (the acoustic ones), would love to get one more crew member... Is there any news of the crew rework? Really waiting for that.

I'm pretty sure they mean the Mark 17 Torpedo, which is the strongest torp in the game, with the caveat that it's unguided. That said, as long as you have decent aim, or are crazy enough to close in on ships carrying several times your firepower, it's probably devastating to carry four of those and I see that as a justifiable reward since the Elco is a tough boat anyways. That and even just a basic 60mm mortar should make closing in to get the kill relatively feasible.