Who is your brother??!?!?

I gotta hurry before all the "theres already a ___ for this" arrives! I think its a okay idea. It sounds nice but it might be too weak for people to interested in. I wouldnt want to invest in something short term for the long run.

I like it. PT boats, LVT, LVI, LVT (A), frigates, corvettes, AA barges, armed convoys, I want it all!

YES MORE SHIPS FOR THE NAVY, WE NEED MOAR!!

But I'm worried not the balance but what it will do in game, as escorts there main duty is to protect convoys, with the current update of increase oil upkeep, most naval units like convoys now having defense stats or getting increase like the Cruiser, I'm worried it will be too complicated for the new players, with all those ships having specific roles, and the oil cost being shared with armor and planes, oil will be so abused other branch of the military is either too small or too large and won't be immediately replaced in the constraint of upkeep.

The frigates are more of the "militia" of the navy, acting not escorts but stop gap ships to counter a threat like subs immediately, with the latest update the destroyer and cruiser are more effective now. It will be useful to those like UK, Italy and those Med countries, but without the Pacific map they will just be another under used militia.

I would also like to suggest to increase the defense stat on subs and planes a bit higher, overall it's not a bad idea but not the most needed at the moment

Hi folks! I think we need no more ships except the carrier!

The small vessels are already part of the transport convoys, the give this ships the strength against subs and bombers.

that...actually explain a lot Xarus.

Do you not think that the game needs other thinks more?

@James Hylton

This sounds like a good idea.

James Hylton wrote:

These would essentially be escorts for convoys, or very cheap and easy to produce Navy units. My brother thinks they could also be useful as scouts.

Quoted point is what really attracted me as well as the comment about it being the equivalent to a PT Boat.

Hopefully, the development team will see this and consider implementing it soon!

Thumbs up from me.

Would it be better to increase the grain upkeep costs of these proposed ships and lower the oil upkeep costs?

V1nd1cat0r does make a good point about cost of upkeep...

If something of the sort were implemented, I'd could see a use for them for some countries.

I would love 'em. ABB are great because they can cross the Atlantic in half a day with a DD escort, imagine if we gave 'em PT boats! They could do it in 11 or less!

Yes we need all class, but 1st I want air-plane carrier. Escort-carrier will be nice, and near 44 for super-carrier. Different class of cruiser too are important.
But with all the new increased upkeep and production cost it going wrong way, we will not able to field big army and navy.
Wiki quote:
''By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including 27 aircraft carriers and 8 battleships, and had over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater.^[6][7] At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945, including 28 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships, 71 escort carriers, 72 cruisers, over 288 submarines, 377 destroyers, and thousands of amphibious, supply and auxiliary ships''