Ok, so let's examine this carefully. Most war rooms include the option for escorts. Escorts DO NOT level up the crew onboard the Escort vessel. The No Torp option excludes submarines. We cannot remove or exchange sailors in battle to be certain.

Personally, I have no problem at all using Escorts. I use them everytime I can. If my escort gets sunk, I have no sonar tracking in my immediate vicinity and rely upon other players with sonar equipped vessel.

Currently in WaW rooms CV has operational s.onar = Sonar equipped vessel (Edit - for some reason I cant fix the s.onar)

I have read in other threads where "Manual aim is the desired direction" or 'intent' of this game as designed by the NF developers - to offer auto-aim for beginners and to progress to manual aim as a player levels up. <===== This is a form of behavioral modification.

Was this an inclination on the developers part to modify player behavior or reward players that are keyboard proficient with the 'A', 'S', 'W', 'D', 'Q', 'E', keys? Noted that I cannot 'assign' the arrow keys on my keyboard to game functions.

(I could use the SHIFT key to alternate between weapons and ship direction regarding arrow key usage)  Although this particular game can be hacked, I choose to NOT lose my account for the reason of Hacking. If the option to assign other keys is not available under the F-10 ingame option then I use whatever else ingame that is available to all players.

As most of us know, during the game players complain (sometimes bitterly) of CV player that equips certain pilots which do not cover the full spectrum of Recon, Fighter, Dive Bomber and Torpedo Bomber. Without trying to instigate a flamewar regarding other classes of naval operations available to us all we must remember that a player which enters a battle in a CV comes with a crew to cover the basic attack functions of Fighter and Bomber. (in some cases, Either.)

Recon in the air (scouting) or water (Sonar) IS AVAILABLE yet employed by the CV player's choice. Anyone's definition of a "Team Player" is open to vast interpretation, given any immediate circumstance or conditions. Most of us realize that carriers cannot control the airspace of a battleroom individually yet if one looks at an area, such as an East to West (or West to East) corridor, and remains in that corridor, then that CV player can focus pilot attention to that section. This is of course taking the pre-positioning of the CV itself to address the upcoming battle and take the upper, middle or lower track. [Providing that the host waits for 6 cv - ideally]

We must agree that the CV is VERY important. It has more uses than just fighter, bomber or scouting duties it can perform.  So how does this integrate into "Team Play"? Well, that depends on the team.  Is it just possible that the NavyField game developers 'intended' for BB to work with CV and ADVANCE forward as an integrated unit? This would require "cooperation" of both classes to be effective and institute a mutual appreciation from both parties to be certain. The "cooperation" aspect IS a form of behavioral modification on the individual's part yet to be part of a 'Team' effort, the individual must choose to align with a CV to make it across to the other side in the corridor that takes the accepted track.

Yes, the BB players would have to modify their behavior and forget about the North to South zigzag maneuvering which many here seem already accostumed to. Would they be willing to give that up to be part of an integrated unit assigned to a corridor? The obvious answer is that in order to increase the chances for success and teamwork, YES.

CV and BB can equip HedgeHog or AA guns. That is a choice of the CV/BB player. As an individual, one can choose to equip AA (personal) use or HH (Team) use [possibly part of an advancing integrated unit]. To be a Team Player, one MUST sacrifice the Individual aspect to serve the greater whole.

Are players willing to do what is needed to be a "Team Player", or must the desire of the "Individual" come first and rule out teamwork as an option?

Let's be honest, individually the disarray of unorganization makes the chance for loss increase. Teamwork requires individuals coming together for a common cause to work as a unit and come win or lose, that unit will advance as far across the map as the individual player throws Individual effort in to a Team effort.

By removing the No Torp option, the battle group (Middle, North or South) will have to move across the map together (in it's corridor) to succeed in clearing that corridor. 

First and foremost, NavyField is a teamwork game and removing the No Torp option will by necessity foster teamwork. The BB protects the CV and the CV watches for submarine passively. BB/CV players can use HH to dispatch Submarines after the submarines are discovered by the CV sonar. (or by BB that first see torp trails in water)

Team strategy and player choice will remain in conflict until it IS necessary to work together. By removing the No Torp option, TEAMWORK becomes necessary! Those game developers ARE smart!

The disorganization we see in Great Battle and other rooms will have to be left behind and a honing of interpersonal skills must occur to succeed in World At War if the No Torp option is removed. Individual choice of play is HIGHLY prized but dysfunctional where teamwork is required. If the No Torp option is removed, then teamwork will be the direction of higher skilled players as they HAVE to work together. Allowing the No Torp option to remain fosters a "Me, Me, Me" environment geared to individual choice of play which easily leads into disarray and defeat.

It is your game, Carefully consider this post as compulsory teamwork is the ultimate goal of removing the No Torp option. It does not matter if you are a Nazi, Nipponese, British, French, Russian, American naval equipped player because to win you have to work together as a team.

World at War was not meant to be a Blitz room. GB 1 and 2, various battle rooms, are preparatory stages for the World at War where teamed highly skilled players face off in game-based high stakes warfare. The reward is GREAT.

I am for removing the No Torp option.