__Helmut_Kohl__

Yeah, this buff was so silly, I doubt it was an oversight. WG obviously created OP stuff on purpose this time. Maybe to something in their X-Mas boxes, who knows.

I know, but RF and DB were quite underwhelming for me.

I am currently sitting on the RB points, waiting for the next ship. Ohio is not worth it to me, as I would always rather play the Tunderer with more accurate guns and better concealment. Colbert is not worth it to me, as I would always rather play Smolensk. RB points are not easy to get, so why not wait a bit.

Never played my Kaga again, but IIRC, after the latest buff it has T8 HP on that huge hangar of TB, doesn't it?

@Sunleader why don't you just open a Training Room with a lot of inactive Roons and Hindenburgs, to shoot them in a BB yourself and see if there is a difference? That's what I would do.

I was under the impression though, that one major goal was also to not have to deploy a separate RTS team anymore. So maybe it is more cost-efficient now and could pay back in the long run, no idea.

Yeah, Enterprise too, it has Tier 7 planes for god sake.

I just want to point out something you should consider before buying this ship: Yes it has 15km torps which is nice, but they give the enemy a reaction time of 12.8 sec. That is really long (only Shimakaze 20km torps are worse with 15.5 sec; Gearing has 8.2 sec for example). Unlike Shimas 20km torps, they are not 15, but only 8, so they will be even easier to dodge, when you are not using the reload booster. Have not played the ship, maybe it is not bad at T7. Just wanted to point that out, as the reaction time for the torps is not explained in the shop.

Since the turrets are quite fast and the base firechance on the secondaries is quite high, I can see this build working nicely. CE will not get you below 14 km concealment and you want to push closer for the secondary fun anyway. You want to have FP or they will burn you down quickly. Generally I would try to push to 8-12 km range for the secondary fun, but not too close, as the Montana hull is not as maneuverable as the Massachusetts and it does not have a speedboost like the Gerogia. Getting too close in a slow brick can get you into trouble quite fast. Of course there are situations where you just gotta brawl, but that is always risky.

Since when is it nothing ? And to be frank, if you care about numbers, you should not invest into these secondaries (apart from the slot 3 module maybe) and just use a Montana build.

You go from 9% to 12% with DE and signals. That increases your firechance by 33%. Better than decreasing your firechance, just to pen the noses of same-tier some cruisers and some low-tier victims. Yes the penalty on IFHE is only 1% for these guns, but if you spend the 4p for IFHE, AND want DE, you are investing too much.

No, because Yoshino is a POS and most people with knowledge stay away from it. Also it is much easier for noobs to get the coal than the steel.

I am tired of these discussions. Believe what you want, while I keep deleting all these "OP" Smolensks driven by average players, until I meet the rare good one again. Did you ever drop AP bombs on these things btw? Hilarious.

He takes 1-2 on the nose and doesn't care.

I don't understand your argument. Yoshino is a POS and not many good players are even touching it.

And if that Kremlin had a brain, you would have been dead after he had reached 5.8km distance to you. Have fun trying to kill an angled Kremlin before that.

You also didn't read the part about Average Joe, did you? I can do that in Smolensk, but I have also deleted enough people who couldn't.

Do you know what happens to an average player getting that close in Smolensk? It is not pretty.

IFHE is not worth it on 127mm at TX. Improve the firechance instead (DE). Also I would use the accuracy module.

Yep, noobs will get frustrated with Stalingrad after a few games, as they get deleted even faster than in Moskva. But let them wave around their spreadsheets and feel sorry for themselves.

Apart from farming damage, CVs have actual influence though, providing vision and finishing targets everywhere on the map. Smolensk is just farming fire damage like a Conqueror, when played by Average Joe.

Smolensk is not a magical ship making noobs good, just like Stalingrad isn't. So as soon as people have it, they stop crying OP.

If you have a Colbert, I would be interested to know how you like it so far. The Colbert stats say that you can usually only make use of 14 guns, meaning 239 RPM (x 7% firechance) and 503k HE DPM. Meanwhile Smolensk has all 16 guns available at a 31 degree angle, meaning 213 RPM (x 8% firechance) and 383k HE DPM. Considering the better ballistics on Smolensk, I would be really interested how you like the Colbert in comparison. Does the french open water playstyle really work on Colbert?

The problem is that human players are often just hiding, while bots are at least tanking for the team.

Can you stop thinking about yourself for a moment OP? Maybe it is fun for the people that club you.