__Helmut_Kohl__

A lot of people are, me included and I play all classes. But the screamers are too loud as usual. That being said, I do believe that the CV-DD-Interaction is seriously broken and needs to be addressed asap.

There are a lot of players who play CV, so that is not true. The question should rather be if WG needs to decrease the influence of the class, for example by seriously addressing AA again.

Everyone was overreacting just the same when Yashima 510mm guns were announced - just wait for real info until you start crying.

Are these connected to CVs of a specific Nation, or will they be applied to all Nations? @MrConway maybe?

The problem with CVs (in general) is that they destory the precious stealth-meta, where engagements can be planned and calculated. If I could choose, I would remove them completely. I don't care about the rest to be honest. CVs are broken in the hand of good players yes, but so are BBs.

Before you spend your FXP be aware that the ship has a combination of attributes that will make it hard to be competitive compared to all the great T9 DDs out there. It has a no torps and high detection, but unlike other DDs with high detection, it does not have the tools to make it work: It does not have great ballistics. That means you can't just fight effectively at range like a French or RU DDs. It does not have high HP or a Heal. It does not have high speed. That means you struggle to gun-boat in the open water like French or RU DDs. The problem is that you have to get close, but you are helplessly outspotted, as your Hydro is only 5 km and you do not have a Radar. You can try to shadow a friendly DD, but unlike French or RU DDs you struggle to fight at range. You are basically like a Kitakaze with a little more DPM but without the high HE penetration, even missing torpedoes and concealment. So what is this ship good for? Division with a T8 CV. That's it.

Thank you for the answer. The fact that the +2 flak explosions were moved to the AA mod 2 (last slot) instead though, indicates that it is actually considered more effective. Meaning that this is actually an AA-nerf in order to make dodging flak easier for the less skilled CV players.

Why do you think it says "range of assured acquisition" ? Also I read it somewhere from WG. It would be a bit stupid if the 2.5 detection torps would suddenly be more stealthy with this upgrade, don't you think?

No, the upgrade just sets the minimum detection 1.8, the stupid torps stay stupid at 2.5. And +5% speed will not change that, as it just means 14.8 sec(!) reaction time for the target, instead of 15.5 sec.

Buff rocket-planes, we still have too many TX games with 4 DDs per side.

Maybe I qualify to answer this: You only play it for the torps. I really don't like this new upgrade, as Deepwater-torps have always been a trade-off, especially Asashio's torps. And especially Asashio's main targets are likely to have the upgrade installed.

Why did you remove the additional Flak bursts from AA mod 1 ? Just interested in the balancing decision behind this. @MrConway maybe?

Flint is quite cheap - maybe you would feel different if you had spent more. Still it is your opinion and that's ok.

Did you recently spend your steel on one of the ships that will be transformed into coal yourself ?

There is no point in trying to fight you on that opinion, but you know very well that steel is much harder to get than coal and that this is a punch in the gut for everyone who recently bought such a ship for steel.

@MrConway will we be able to get a steel refund on Neustrashimy, Flint and Black ? Earning steel requires a lot of hard work and devotion to the game. People have put in that work and earned the steel to be able to acquire ships that are otherwise not available. They have spent their hard earned steel on these particular ships believing that they can only be acquired this way. Personally, I bought Neustrashimy for steel just a month ago and now I feel kind of fooled, as I could just have gotten it for coal by waiting a few months more.

That is because of the spotting delay for ships firing their AA - it is generally annoying in a CV. Why is there even such a delay in the first place?

Yes. Fighters would actually need to be more resistant to AA and they would need to ignore enemy fighters, to be useful for air interception at all.

Most people just don't show up there yet, as they don't have enough battles yet.

And your thoughts on the ship (and your result screens) are too important for the existing threads, I understand.

If someone says it's a bad ship, they just don't know how to use it. Probably sitting there bow in, trying to tank...

No, but he did not post there did he? Instead he had to make his own thread, which was the actual point here...

It's quite pathetic to be honest - imagine everyone doing this...

Maybe they don't like the fact that OP obviously thinks, it is necessary to make his own thread just to show off his result screen.