Revising Naval Gunfire Support

Revising Naval Gunfire Support Revising Naval Gunfire Support
with Phil Yates

Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS) in Flames Of War has been receiving a lot of attention lately, with a lot of people finding it rather too effective. Battlefront put out a suggested change to the rules for public feedback. Having reviewed the feedback, we’ve decided to try a different approach to see how that works.

This approach leaves the basic rules unchanged, but reduces the size of the battery to a maximum of four guns to better reflect the amount of fire that a warship could practically deliver against a ground target. Light Cruiser NGFS also has a reduced Anti-tank and Firepower rating to reflect the smaller calibre weapons compared to heavy cruisers and battleships.

Please try them out and post your battle reports on the thread we’ve set up on the forum (see the link at the bottom of this article)..
 
We are proposing the following arsenal entries for the various types of NGFS:

LCG Support (75 points): 2-gun battery, Anti-tank 4, Firepower 3+.
Destroyer (150 points): 4-gun battery, Anti-tank 4, Firepower 3+.
Light Cruiser (250 points): 4-gun battery, Anti-tank 5, Firepower 2+ (was an 8-gun battery).
Heavy Cruiser (300 points): 4-gun battery, Anti-tank 6, Firepower 1+ (was a 12-gun battery).
HMS Roberts (150 points): 2-gun battery, Anti-tank 6, Firepower 1+.
HMS Warspite (300 points): 4-gun battery, Anti-tank 6, Firepower 1+ (was a 6-gun battery).
Prinz Eugen (300 points): 4-gun battery, Anti-tank 6, Firepower 1+ (was a 6-gun battery).
 
Please try out these ideas over the next month and let us know how it worked.

~ Phil.

Learn how to offer feedback on the Naval Gunfire revisements in the Flames Of War forum here...