Convoy raiding is OP and escorting is ♥♥♥♥

[Kalleboost]

I'm playing as Great Britain, so of course I have invested in a proper fleet with good escort bonuses, but for some reason, an enemy fleet can enter a node that my twice the size fleet is in and in one week destroy 10000 of my convoys, which very quickly cuts me off from everything and destroys my economy. Even when my fleet is engaging their fleet, they still somehow find time to destroy another 10000 of my convoys, they do that with only 33 ships.

It is incredible frustrating, their is seemingly nothing I can do, except hope that the war doesn't go on for too long. In my eyes, playing as a country that relies on trade in anyway, is currently insanely week, since their is no way to protect your convoys.

In my fleets that I use to escort, I have set all the Admirals on Escort, if possible the merchant version of escorting. I have also given said fleets plenty of scout cruisers, since they apparently offer extra bonuses for escorting.

[Alex]

The devs promised to fix this issue with the next patch.

[Kalleboost]

Originally posted by Alex:

The devs promised to fix this issue with the next patch.

Thanks you so much for such great news

[Alex]

I think that your sarcasm is somehow misdirected.

Originally posted by Kalleboost:

Thanks you so much for such great news

Well, they also promised to fix the crashes with this patch, but look how that turned out.

Until it's fixed, be it with the next patch, or maybe later, simply get a mod.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3100654371

[6ap6apblckaAa]

Iirc in earlier versions it was better to send your fleets to raid which forced the ai to defend instead of raiding you.

[TasteDasRainbow]

Had a minor conflict against russia as germany, completely dominating them. Failed to chase down all of their flotillas at all times and despite winning every battle lost 13,000 convoys, completely tanking my economy from profitable to -500,000 weekly due to shortages. More or less unplayable right now tbh.

Wish they'd implement something like HoI so if you have enough ships to cover your convoys then any attempts to raid your convoys will always begin with a combat against the enemy raiding fleet.

[FFHAuthor]

Well, considering it only affects the human player really, it's a net positive since the AI doesn't need resources and the AI makes up the majority of players in any game. They've crafted a positive experience for the majority of the players.

I rage quit over the inverse, my navy was slaughtering Spanish convoys on the order of 100's and 1000's per day and their economy had NOTHING and they were completely fine. Apparently nations don't need food and armies don't need weapons for the AI. Plus it had zero effect on their willingness to wage a war.

[Kalleboost]

Originally posted by FFHAuthor:

Well, considering it only affects the human player really, it's a net positive since the AI doesn't need resources and the AI makes up the majority of players in any game. They've crafted a positive experience for the majority of the players.

I rage quit over the inverse, my navy was slaughtering Spanish convoys on the order of 100's and 1000's per day and their economy had NOTHING and they were completely fine. Apparently nations don't need food and armies don't need weapons for the AI. Plus it had zero effect on their willingness to wage a war.

How is it a net positive effect for humans, when it only effects human players? My economy was ruined by the AI, there was nothing I could do about it, I couldn't even do the same damage to them.

[Oubley]

Originally posted by FFHAuthor:

Well, considering it only affects the human player really, it's a net positive since the AI doesn't need resources and the AI makes up the majority of players in any game. They've crafted a positive experience for the majority of the players.

I rage quit over the inverse, my navy was slaughtering Spanish convoys on the order of 100's and 1000's per day and their economy had NOTHING and they were completely fine. Apparently nations don't need food and armies don't need weapons for the AI. Plus it had zero effect on their willingness to wage a war.

I haven't got deep into the wars yet, is that true, you can't really starve the AI countries out?

[Alex]

No, the AI cheats. Even the total loss of all convoys won't do much.