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Also it bothers me that this skill can't be "switched off" : sometimes range usefulness is > than torp speed. We need a CLEAR value for that loss of range so we can weight if it's worth it or not (data mining anyone ?). Really even if I mostly play DDs both usn and ijn, this update is puzzling me... even wondering WHO will ever take this tiers 4 skill focused AA thing, it should be more accessible and then could be taken by AA specialised usn DDs with defensive fire. crappy WG game balance...

Wargaming, you NEED to buff the Iwaki Alpha some way. Without the benefits of Advanced fire Training its FEW guns will have their range maxed at 10.2 km ! Just a reminder about other tier IV CL : Phoenix guns have 13.7 km range, Kuma's guns 12.7 km, Yubari's 12.8 km, Karlsruhe 11.7 km. After this patch, Iwaki can potentialy be OUTRANGED by same tiers DDs ! Iwaki : 10.2 km base range guns, 4x140mm per side Isokaze : 9.1 + 1.8 : 10.9 km range with 4x 120mm guns , Outranged Clemson : 8.6 + 1.6 = 10.2, same range with 6 102 mm guns per side Derzki : 10.2 + 2 = 12.2 km range, with 5x 102mm guns, Outranged no other candidate, I think the only ship not outranging (or same range) the Iwaki would be CVs Iwaki is already maybe the least played tiers IV cruiser, I think after this patch it will be gone for good.

Buff the Iwaki ! (taken from my post in the upper level forum, Ph3lan, you were too slow at creating all the relevant 0.5.3 sub forums lol) Wargaming, you NEED to buff the Iwaki Alpha some way. Without the benefits of Advanced fire Training its FEW guns will have their range maxed at 10.2 km ! Just a reminder about other tier IV CL : Phoenix guns have 13.7 km range, Kuma's guns 12.7 km, Yubari's 12.8 km, Karlsruhe 11.7 km. After this patch, Iwaki can potentialy be OUTRANGED by same tiers DDs ! About AA, Iwaki was clearly "designed" for escort duty with its strong AA and short range guns. With AFT nerfed, no reason to take the skill anymore or just for the +20% AA buff. Clearly, this skill change is broken imo (unless WG really thinks DDs player will play their ship as dedicated anti AA platform )

Maybe you did not understand that Iwaki is a tiers IV, did you ? Check the Iwaki stats : it's literally a Tenryu with better AA, more range for it's torpedoes and smoke with 1/2 duration and width compared to DDs. Iwaki compared to its tiers IV counterpart the Kuma, has less HP (18 600 vs 24200 !), armor, range, guns (5 for Iwaki, 7 for kuma), torpedo tubes (2x3 vs 4x2). And on another subject, I would take a phoenix vs any other tiers IV CL anytime.

What are you waiting for

Not the first topic but well, again I'll say that the Arkansas beta is a bad ship. Once upgraded with millions credits worth of modules it gets almost as good as a Wyoming. I bought all modules for my akb I think after my 1st battle with it just when the game gone gold : it was sucking bad "stock". Now I no longer playing it at all. Just yesterday, I played my akb by mystake and then my maxed wyoming for the x3 : it was night and day, wyoming was better. Dunno why WG gave this ship. IMO they should have given a tiers III BB with less firepower than stock/normal ship counterpart but with more AA and speed or maneuverability. Same way as the Iwaki. I have tons more fun with my Iwaki alpha by the way.

I wish it was harder than 15 seconds of google search to find this sh*t.... so be sure I'm not making it easier unfortunately...

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nice but we all get some awesome wins, even with a crapy ship. Amaze me when you collect those kind of matches with Fubuki ;-)

Fubuky used to be the Tiers 9 DD in open Beta and alpha. It was hit by the WG nerf bat like most others DD. While US DD got significant buffs. For instance, Benson the US tiers 8 is far better than fubuky (speed, guns, maneuvrability. Loss of cancealment is negligible and their torps have shorter range but are stealthier, fater reload + 2x5 instead of 3x3 for the fubuky). In game i'm a dead fubuky if spoted by a benson at 6km (18 rpm for their guns is a killer. I hated hatsuaru more though... (oh god, the guns made of plastic ...)

awesome !

I gave up firing AP on it when I was playing this ship : was doing more DPS with HE not even counting the fire damage. I still remember the 800 damage spam i was getting when i coud hit...

Albany is maybe the worst ship in the game yet. Really I dont see the point of making such a poor ship : gun range and reload are bad (6km is really a joke), turning is good but rudder shift time is abysmal for a CL. Played it once and manage to survive the match, dunno how : was the first time a DD could scare me with is guns in a cruiser Yup as said before more like a ship slot gift. Edit : did not notice bugs on my side, just ships' poor stats.

Some of you guys can try the hardest they can to defend this DD or find some advantage after the minekaze but you really wont manage. I'm not the ultimate expert on ijn dd in this game but I've played them alot, and grinded shimakaze twice (thanks to wipe). Right now I'm really trying to get some pros for the Mutsuki but it's just a frustrating ship to play. Expect fun to come back only with kagero (maybe, as they swaped it with fubuki at the end of cbt so I can't say now) and shimakaze after a helluva lonnnnnnnnnng grind.

I think duration is fine, Would just love to have some kind of short summary of the points you talk about in your vid. Players don't all have the same knowledge of the game.

Waste of time try to explain things to the OP. Let this thread die until he grows some beard... in the game

It's all there, practice more then we can discuss tip : coop game is your friend

Thanks for the vid. A small text guide would have been great though. I personally do not have the patience for 17' of video

I've played it several times yesterday to try to give it a chance I even invested 3000K in the module for more accuracy leaving me broke and really I dont know what's wrong with this ship. Ok it's slow, turns like a brick, accurate as a deaf bat but even the guns are weird : I can't manage to get good hits with AP ! I even once had to switch to HE vs a Wyoming to increase my damage output as I got tired of those redundant 800 dam volley. Maybe RNG was against me all those rounds but it let me guessing what's wrong ... I'm pretty sure WG is going to un-nerf it soon or so I hope

Did you read previous posts or just watch this guys ? Coz you keep posting same things or copy pasting like the post above or just going out of topic like the post below

Considering how inaccurate the Ark is but also how long is the reload, I can't make up my mind about the 3rd module slot : Gun fire control systems (supposed to increase main battery firing accuracy) and the Main Battery Modification 2 (-12% to main battery loading time but -17 % aiming time) Also what would be your complete module setup ?

USS Johnston (DD-557) - Fletcher class Destroyer - Lieutenant Commander Ernest E. Evans in command. Battley of Leyte Gulf in october 1944. 3 hits from from Kongo Battleship, supposed to be AP (356mm guns). I've read this in this thread already but a video illustrates it better ;-) Also the whole video is worth watching.

Doubt this. There's a new feature in the loading screen before the battles starts : compare ships. And you'll see clearly that wyoming is much maneuvrable, has some real AA (13 or 18 vs 0, forgot exactly) and just 1point less in firepower (if memory serves again). Iwaki is not a good ship. It's inferior to kuma and phoenix in row power and range. But not a bad ship too (smoke and long range torps). Harder to play. If it was that good you would see loads of them... Anyway, Arkansas is better than the awful M4xxx sherman they gave for wot open beta : that was ungrateful !

Maybe extract the music in mp3 (with freemake or else) and play them in the background for now ?

Lol, I'm glad i'm mostly playing IJN DDs and my iwaki from time to time. Then I'll test the IJN CVs and keep away from the BBs until this case is cleared