This is the investigation about how the game decides ship classes.
序章
Right now there are 75 stock ship designs in-game, and players can create an additional ship in Shipworks editor. Every of those, even player-created ships, have an automatically assigned class (例えば. main campaign flagship, セバストポル, 持っている “strategic heavy cruiser” クラス). These classes are shown at the New Game screen (where you decide how many Lightnings and Skylarks you want to bring with you), and at docks in cities in reduced form (例えば. Sevastopol is “strat HV cruiser”).
Ship class is mentioned in red text below the ship name.
Class by Mass
The class consists of two parts – in Sevastopol’s case, the first part is “strategic” – which explains its general purpose, and the second part is “heavy cruiser”, which explains how heavy it is.
For the second part (“heavy cruiser” in Sevastopol’s case), game just looks at ship mass and assign appropriate class as described below:
- 0-1,000 トン: light corvette
- 1,000-2,000 t: corvette
- 2,000-3,200 t: heavy corvette
- 3,200-5,000 t: frigate
- 5,000-7,000 t: heavy frigate
- 7,000-1,0000 t: light cruiser
- 10,000-20,000 t: cruiser
- 20,000+ t: heavy cruiser
There is one exception among stock ship designs: Kormoran is designated as a “light cruiser”, although it has a mass corresponding to “cruiser” (10,551 t). それにもかかわらず, if you load Kormoran into the editor and save it under any other name, its class will change to “cruiser” as it should be.
Class by Purpose
最初の部分 (“strategic” in Sevastopol’s case), the game has 5 possible classes, and the assigned class also defines the color of the ship card (at the New Game screen, where a list of available ships in the cards of different colors). These classes and rules by which a ship is assigned to one of them are described below:
- If the ship has at least 1 missile silo with Kh-15, A-100, or R-3 (or any modification of those), then the ship is considered “Strategic” (black colored card), no matter what else is installed on it.
- If the ship isn’t “Strategic” and has at least 1 aircraft, then the ship is considered a “キャリア” (blue colored card).
- If the ship isn’t “Strategic” または “キャリア”, and its speed is above 450 km/h – then the ship is considered “インターセプター” (yellow-colored card).
- If the ship isn’t “Strategic”, “キャリア” または “インターセプター”, and its range exceeds 2000 km, then the ship is considered “Auxiliary” (green colored card).
- If the ship isn’t “Strategic”, “キャリア” または “インターセプター”, and its range doesn’t exceed 2000 km, then the game compares role values. もし “AA defence” + “タンカー” + “Early warning” is greater than “Air superiority” + “Strike ship” + “インターセプター”, then ship is considered “Auxiliary” (green colored card), otherwise ship is considered “攻撃” (red-colored card).
Class by Role
そしてはい, “role values” were mentioned above. Ship roles are 9 ship attributes shown as icons with corresponding values, which tends to show how well ship suited for a particular task. The role values can be found on the New Game screen when hovering the cursor over a ship card. また, when doing this, the ship’s picture is replaced with a role with maximum value, with a short description of what tasks can perform ship with that given role (例えば. Sevastopol described as a “tanker”). Some ships may have two (以上) roles with the same value (例えば. Fenek has 2 で “AA Defence” と 2 で “Early warning”). この場合, the game displays the role of them that comes first in this order: air superiority > strike ship > interceptor > AA defence > tanker > early warning > aircraft carrier > missile carrier > nuclear missile carrier.
Role values are determined by ship attributes and installed equipment, 以下に示すように:
Air superiority. The value increases with each installed gun or anti-ship missile:
- +0.25 for each R-5 Zenith, R-6 Nadir.
- +0.5 for each 2A37, AK-725 Vympel, AK-100, D-80 Molot.
- +1 for each MK-1-180.
- +2 for each MK-2-180, A-220.
- +4 for each MK-6-180.
Strike ship. The value increases with each installed bomb:
- +0.5 for each FAB-1000.
インターセプター. The value is determined by ship maximum speed:
- +1 for every 400 km/h.
AA defense. The value increases with each installed AA gun or anti-missile:
- +0.5 for each 2A37.
- +0.25 for each AK-725 Vympel.
- +0.1 for each AK-100, D-80 Molot.
- +0.2 for each R-9 Sprint (only if at least 1 fire control radar is installed).
- +0.2 for each MR-2M fire control radar.
- +0.4 for each MR-12 fire control radar.
タンカー. The value is determined by ship fuel capacity:
- +1 for each 512 t of fuel.
Early warning. The value is determined by radar/IR capabilities:
- +1 for each 200 km of radar sight range.
- +1 for each 200 km of IR sight range.
Aircraft carrier. The value is determined by the amount of aircraft:
- +1 for each La-29, T-7.
Missile carrier. The value is determined by the amount of non-nuclear missiles loaded in missile silos:
- +2 for each Kh-15, Kh-15P, A-100, R-3.
Nuclear missile carrier. The value is determined by the number of nuclear missiles loaded in missile silos:
- +2 for each Kh-15N, Kh-15PN, A-100N, R-3N.
Role values are rounded to the nearest integer: .4 切り捨てられる 0 と .5 切り上げて 1.
Ships Spreadsheet and Notes
Also here is my spreadsheet with all 75 stock ship designs and their attributes and assigned roles, sorted by price.
SPOILER WARNING: Spreadsheet contains all ships, included story-related):