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As usual, Aerroon has the numbers wrong etc. This is the "mysterious plate", which has 420mm btw: What you can see in the simplified armor model in port, is the side of this 100mm plating: Source: https://gamemodels3d.com/ While the 420mm plate is certainly nice to have, it will actually be the 100mm plating that is protecting your citadel in most cases...

Yep. Probably the best guns in the game, even though they can "only" overmatch bow and stern on heavy cruisers...

The DBs are crap and the rockets are too few to mitigate. Too bad, could have been a great CV.

Maybe you should play the ship before making such a comment? :D In Randoms it is not more OP than Bourgogne and Stalingrad - all of them feast on broadsiding enemies. I don't really see it in CB though - maybe if we have 2 BBs again.

Not necessarily. You can play it with a tank build and enjoy the quick heals. The secondaries are a nice gimmick anyway. Ohio can also do that, BUT Slava is just much more consistent on the guns. It really comes down to your ability to play BBs that don't have too much armor without getting melted.

The price is too high for most people, I agree this far. It's not like the 406mm guns cannot overmatch cruisers anymore - sure being able to overmatch 30mm is nice, but not necessary. There is a huge difference in consistency with regard to citadels. It's probably because of Slava's superior vertical (not horizontal) dispersion that it is not disappointing nearly as often when shooting broadsides, compared to the other ships you named. Ohio is a very different ship. If you want to brawl it's cool, but the guns really suck in terms of consistency. Personally I enjoy Slava a lot so far.

Chances are it will be in the normal ship section of the Armory for doubloons next patch or the patch after, as that's what happened with all recent additions.

Yes, while the tech tree CVs have improved secondary dispersion similar to that on Massachusetts (not as good as Graf Zeppelin though), Loewenhardt does not have any improved secondary dispersion according to data mining websites. I guess the "F" in Loewenhardt is for Fun.

Horizontal dispersion is similar at least. But GZ dispersion is much better.

So you cannot play the other classes to be good in something? I'll give you an answer anyway: The only thing that looks actually interesting are the T8 AP rockets, as they can citadel enemy T6 carriers and heavier cruisers (hello Graf Spee). The rest seems simply inferior to Ryujo. Will not be able to play it myself until the evening though.

In case you are waiting for the "Kriegsmarine" Premium Containers: The info that these will not be released before August 14 can be found in the bottom left corner of this picture: But why are they released so late after the update ? @MrConway maybe? :)

What I especially don't understand is that instead of these new containers, the "GERMAN CARRIERS CONTAINERS" with the chance for early access to the (now released) CVs are still being sold in the premium shop...

No mate, Loewenhardt has the T8 stock version. They have 80% more mass than Weser rockets and much more penetration.

It says nothing about the drop chance of these ships. Who says you don't get only camos in 99% of drops:

Bisher haben sie ja versucht alles auf die Venezia zu schieben - aber nun sehen wir dasselbe bei der Graf Spee. Mittlerweile sollte auch WG kapiert haben, dass diese monotonen Teams nur deshalb so gut funktionieren, weil die CVs alle unterstützenden Aufgaben alleine übernehmen können.

Does that affect my statement that there are no guarantees? No...

No.

There are no guarantees. Even though it has been announced in advance for most ships, Enterprise was removed over night without notice.

Oder die Leute hatten schlicht keinen Bock mehr auf die monotonen Venezia/Graf Spee lineups. Wenn man nicht den Grund für diese einseitigen lineups (CV spotting) beseitigen möchte, sollte man wenigstens ein Limit für dasselbe Schiff pro Team einführen @MrConway @Crysantos, das wurde ja nun wirklich schon oft genug vorgeschlagen...

Who wants to play Missouri anyway, after you cannot dumpster radared DDs with your AP anymore...

You can zoom out and look down to change perspective, but I only use it when attacking over islands...

This reminds me that I should play my PR in Randoms again, just to farm tears and insults... ... oh wait, I can just play CV for that.

They are victims just like any other DD. Short smokes can be annoying, but they just last for 40 seconds. Kidd AA cannot do anything. The most annoying DDs are actually those you cannot find, because they hide between the cruisers and wait for their chance to go for the cap inside AA cover. Because you don't want to waste your time and planes looking for them between the cruisers. But does that tactic give your team a lot of map control? I doubt it...

This thing has what made Odin special, but has normal HP for a T9 BB. But somehow people don't want it, unless Flamu tells them it's fun...

Mate, just remember how often you have seen a division of BBs successfully steamrolling a flank in Randoms. This thing is just great for that. Btw, that is why I put the 2x Pommern +CV there as alternative to the absolute meme division. The CV can provide fighters and deal with DDs.