#Victory at sea pacific ship list how to#

I'm ok to learn what strategies work and what not by playing, but I at least need to know how to properly give orders and how they will be executed, without waiting 2-3 months for a convoy to arrive at its destination just to realize it won't do what I expected/needed it to do.

Sorry for the long list of questions, but I feel that this is a gap in the manual, tutorials, guides, etc. Do they visit several ports in one trip, unloading part of the cargo in each port, proportionally to the priorities, or do they make only back and forth trips? For instance, if I want to supply the Aleutians with one convoy dropping part of the cargo in each port, how do I do it? If I manually set multiple destinations with Shift+Unload orders, will it proportionally distribute the cargo among them or will it fill up the first port before going to the next until it's out of cargo? Do they use only the surplus ports for resupply? If not, there's probably a risk they take too many resources from a port where I need them, isn't it? How do you prevent this? Or is the priority system enough to take care of this? If I manually set a new destination for a convoy, will it return to auto mode after that order is completed or should I now keep micro-managing that specific convoy for the rest of the campaign? making Hawaii a distribution center (large convoys supplying Hawaii from the mainland for smaller ones to distribute the supplies to the front line)? I think this would be faster than having long convoys going everywhere, wouldn't it? Are they smart enough to create a network for distribution, e.g. Is the AI management of convoys good enough or should we micro-manage them? Is every fleet with a cargo ship assigned as a convoy? How do I create a new convoy? I cannot see a way to assign a role to non-TF fleets, such as convoys and coastal defense. I can use convoy waypoints to avoid risky areas. Unless micro-managed, convoys will automatically resupply themselves and deliver it to ports according to their priorities. Here is what I think I understood so far: I'd really appreciate it if someone could post some details about it so that I can then execute whatever strategy I choose in the right way. Before knowing what convoys to build and where to send them, I need to know how to control them, if this is at all necessary. I have read a lot about strategies for convoys in this forum and guides, but what I don't understand well enough yet are the convoy mechanics in the game.

Victory at sea pacific ship list