In general I think the ratio should be as follows Capital Units (Carriers/BB/BC) to Cruisers to Destroyers in a battlefleetSonic Glitch wrote:Another general question: In the "real world" is there any particular standard or near-standard ratio for Battleships/Battlecruisers/Cruisers/Frigates/Destroyers/etc? I.E. 5-10-15-20 etc?
1-2-4
Meaning a typical battle-group would be comprised of say 50 battleships, 100 cruisers and 200 destroyers. There is no real reason or rhyme to this excepting that it allows a fleet to be simply broken down into contingent parts. Mostly that is old naval thinking though. What you practically need is just enough light ships to screen your heavy units and keep them relatively clean in a battle.
Frigates are a different matter in my view. They are mission driven as, again in my view, Frigates are more of a presence ships designed to deter pirates, let others know you are around, do some scouting and generally do all the odd jobs you don't want to waste a major fleet unit doing. You need as many as you need to do the jobs you have. If you are having to escort trade and have huge borders it might be a lot. If you aren't then you may not need any.