我們在上一集的「開發者日誌」中

we outlined what World of Warships will be like

大略介紹了《戰艦世界》的遊戲樣貌

and how studying real ships helps us create the game.

也告訴大家真實戰艦對遊戲開發的助益

We didn’t tell you much about the different warship types.

So, now it’s time to take a closer look at them.

Today, we will talk about destroyers, cruisers, and battleships.

今天我們要討論驅逐艦、巡洋艦和主力艦

For example, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf between the USA and Japan in 1944,

例如美日兩國在 1944 年爆發的雷伊泰灣海戰

the Americans had as many as 150 destroyers.

It’s not an easy task to coordinate the actions of this many ships,

and it’s really hard to display all the features of a real fleet in the virtual world.

想在虛擬世界呈現真實艦隊的所有特色是個困難重重的任務

The number of battle participants is significantly reduced,

as is the number of interactions between the ships.

For example, in the game there’s no such thing as fuel.

例如遊戲本身就不把燃料考慮進去

In real life, aircraft can be in the air for five to six hours,

戰機在實際打仗時可能飛行五至六小時

and then deck handling will take about another hour.

Of course, it all happens much faster in the game.

在遊戲中當然不需要那麼多時間

Aircraft can be airborne during the battle without time limits.

戰機在打仗時的飛行時間不受限制

However, after their ammunition is spent,

there’s no sense for aircraft to keep flying around,

so they will turn around and head back to replenish their ammunition.

It takes 30 seconds for a six-aircraft squadron to reload on the aircraft carrier deck.

一支六架戰機組成的飛行中隊在航空母艦甲板上進行補給時，只要 30 秒

Despite all this simplification, the gameplay is still based on the principles of a real fleet.

雖然已經簡化這麼多，遊戲還是以真實艦隊的大原則為基礎

These principles helped us to decide on a very important issue

這些原則讓我們決定一個非常重要的問題

the balance of the different warship types.

The most important thing was to elaborate on the idea of warship balance.

最重要的就是表現出艦種均衡概念

With which other types does it interact and how does it interact with them?

So, we decided that the most effective principle is rock-paper-scissors.

所以我們決定最有效的原則就是剪刀石頭布

Well, everyone knows this game and how to play it.

這種遊戲大家都知道，規則也都懂

Agile destroyers hunt down and take out battleships.

驅逐艦行動靈活，能追擊戰鬥艦

Battleships search for cruisers and destroy them.

Finally, aircraft carriers stay back a bit

because they have difficulty with all warship types.

Of course, this principle was used for a reason.

當然我們也不是隨便使用這套原則

It works on the basis of the particular features of each warship type,

而是基於每個艦種的特色來決定

inherited from their real-life counterparts.

But first, let’s take a look at each warship type; we’ll start with destroyers.

不過我們先來看看各種戰艦類型，首先是驅逐艦

New players must know about the different ships.

新玩家一定要知道不同戰艦間的區別

Destroyers are the fastest warships in the game.

驅逐艦是遊戲中速度最快的戰艦

Historically, destroyers were always very manoeuvrable

以戰史來看，驅逐艦一向比較靈活迅速

and fast, carrying deadly torpedoes that posed a threat to any warship type.

能攜帶致命的魚雷，對每種戰艦來說都是一大威脅

And that’s how it’s implemented in the game.

The Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer was armed with a main battery of 127 mm guns

日本吹雪級驅逐艦配備 127 mm 主砲

and three triple torpedo tubes that were armed with 610 mm Type 90 torpedoes.

還有三組三聯裝魚雷發射管，可發射 610 mm 的 90 式魚雷

By 1945, the more advance torpedo type was in use,

the Type 93 “Long Lance” oxygen torpedo.

Bear in mind that one torpedo has 400 kg of explosives.

請緊記，一枚魚雷裝有 400 公斤炸藥

It can cause irreparable damage to any ship hit below the water line.

只要擊中船艦吃水線以下部位，就能造成無法修復的破壞

Four torpedoes hits can destroy anything that moves in our game.

遊戲中的任何船艦只要被四枚魚雷擊中就會沉沒

Destroyers are also equipped with something that makes them unique: a smoke screen.

驅逐艦還裝有獨一無二的配備：煙幕

A wisely used smoke screen will provide your fleet with an advantage over the enemy fleet.

施放得宜就能讓你的艦隊掌握優勢

On the other hand, the improper use of a smoke screen

will blind your fleet, giving the advantage to your enemy.

反而會讓艦隊有如睜眼瞎子，成為待宰羔羊

That’s why experienced players choose destroyers only

所以有經驗的玩家只有在擬好腹案

when they know what they want to do, how they want to do it and when they’re ready to take a risk.

When there is no opportunity to be cunning or maneuver,

如果沒有耍詐或戰術動作的機會

the huge fire power of battleships will help you out.

就可以利用戰鬥艦的強大火力協助解圍

Battleships, as a type, are the heaviest gunships.

or demolish anything on the coast that their artillery guns can reach.

或消滅艦砲射程內的所有岸上目標

Considering their firing range (the famous Yamato had the firing range up to 42 km),

如果考慮到射程，著名的大和號射程就長達 42 公里

battleships could strike back well until aircraft carriers

Additionally, battleships were the best protected against all types of armament,

另外主力艦擁有對抗各種武器的最佳防備

Against everything that was invented at that time, at least.

當然我是指...至少是當時發明的武器

Rockets weren’t used against battleships because rockets were too weak against them.

之所以不用火箭對付主力艦，是因為火箭威力太小

The weakness of the battleships is their relatively low manoeuvrability.

Its turning radius is just one kilometre.

Few destroyers could compete with Yamato in this.

只有少數驅逐艦能比得上大和號

But, of course, they were designed to be fast, not manoeuvrable.

但是這種艦艇的設計本來就是要快，而非機動性強

In the game, Yamato has its historical armour.

遊戲中的大和號擁有符合史實的裝甲

This is up to 500 mm of front turret armour and 400 mm of side armour.

砲塔正面裝甲厚達 500 mm，側邊 400 mm

Yamato carried the heaviest gun in the battleship type.

大和號也擁有主力艦中最重的主砲

It fired a 460 mm armour-piercing shell that weighed 1.5 tonnes

可發射 460 mm 穿甲彈，重達 1.5 公噸

In reality, the firing range was around 18 km.

The hit ratio was around 3 percent, this was considered good.

Our game is more compact, so the hit ratio will be higher.

我們的遊戲力求精簡，所以命中率較高

Yamato, with its heaviest shell, is the most dangerous adversary for every warship

大和號最重的砲彈可對所有戰艦構成嚴重威脅

Its shell has to hit a destroyer first because it can’t cause much damage with a splash.

砲彈必須先擊中驅逐艦才行，畢竟水花沒有殺傷力

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