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Midway HVARs are borderline useless due to massive dispersion when used at anything smaller than battleship, TiTs are bit more useable but as usual, prone to RNG trolling. But when 5+ rockets connect, REEE can be heard from below

You've missed Camrade Moskva's 50mm that and your math is stronk as usual, as there are 10 T10 cruisers - DM, Salem, Wooster, Moskva, Stalingrad, HIV, Minotaur, Zao, Yoshino, Hindenburger. 4 of them NOT have 30mm+ all around Just because ship isn't flavor of the month doesn't make it any less effective.

If you can't make any ship working, then even "I win" button is going to be underpowered. And Montana is still the most consistent 12gun BB at tier 10 with at least some HE resistance and reasonably protected citadel. Haven't you put a thought, if armor changes makes any ship overpowered, it will receive nerf sooner or later? Are you aware "30mm plating" is already norm on T10 cruisers for... years at this point and only Minotaur and partially DM/Wooster don't have that feature, as they have 30mm only on the deck?

Then why have you picked boat that doesn't have "infinite dakka"? After all, upcoming Friesland have 6 times the "firepower" than your precious Hindenburger AND is tier lower The best part is, for "supposedly" 300% worse firepower Hinden have quite serviceable stats compared to competition name players total battles average of rates battles win draw lose exp damage caused Hindenburg 577 9901 17.16 46.81 0.01 53.18 1523 70065 Zao 648 11659 17.99 47.85 0.00 52.15 1536 77297 Yoshino 801 14724 18.38 49.20 0.01 50.79 1579 87007 Henri IV 330 5442 16.49 49.24 0.00 50.76 1669 88381 Minotaur 653 11132 17.05 49.39 0.03 50.57 1595 67112 Stalingrad 205 3444 16.80 57.56 0.00 42.44 1933 100505 Moskva 345 6150 17.83 49.24 0.03 50.73 1610 74707 Des Moines 702 12200 17.38 50.12 0.00 49.88 1683 70520 Salem 561 9394 16.75 45.88 0.02 54.10 1377 67716 Worcester 413 7213 17.46 48.14 0.00 51.86 1592 71838 Heck, she even overtakes "300% firepower" Minotaur in terms of damage and is very close to "200% firepower" Des Moines and close to "ermagad Freedom" Wooster. As if... You will melt as usual when IFHE CL grabs your booty. You will be slightly less crispy around the edges though

Hyperbole harder camrade So 6 ships total can compete in terms of HE pen, one of which will cease to do so with IFHE nerf and rest are premiums, two of which are tier 10 And so what Minotaur can deliver uninterrupted rainbow, if its exactly that - rainbow? Hindenburger on other hand have no issues whatsoever landing shells up to her max range. And 12gun AP salvo of her is sight to see when you catch cruiser off guard

Last time I've checked only IFHEnri and 5 large cruisers can match 51mm HE pen of Hindenburger, neither having 12gun salvo nor 10s reload... And 30mm amidship matters little, when half of the battleships at tier 10 already have 30mm overmatch capability and number of these ships is only going to increase. On other hand, only Zao comes close when it comes to citadel protection due to armor LAYOUT its not the size of the wand, its whats you do with it that matters

Unfortunately I'm already familiar with *that* thread...

One does not simply account for fact CL shells have smaller fire chance to start with

fixed. Then you discover Des Moines class, combining 203mm properties with CL "300%" rate of fire That and you're missing fire chance, which will be slashed in half with IFHE. Did I mention actually worthwile AP performance on 203mm?

Math is stonk within this one 152/5=30.4, rounds down to 30 203/6=33.83, rounds up do 34 If you don't know what difference is in terms of game impact, reading wiki might be up your alley. Not mentioning "300% rof advantage" refers to single CL without HE shells

CL will be able to HEpen CAs without need for IFHE on high tiers.

Relative nerf, as CL will get the same amidship thickness as CA 25mm on tier 6-7 27mm on tier 8-9 30mm on tier 10 CLs will get 13/16mm bow/stern though. And while reinforced amidship will enable to shrug off smaller caliber BB munitions, ones with overmatch have increased chance of scoring regular pen damage instead overpens. IFHE at "lower tier CL", as in 5-7 will be unable to damage 32mm plating only. 152mm armed CL by default will be able to hurt other cruisers, but will require IFHE to touch baBBies.

Light cruisers with exception of Tea ones are still forced to take IFHE, which will slash in half their fire chance. It also mean bow/stern nerf to 16mm, so Henri+ sized guns will overmatch it. That and armor "buff" is actually a nerf against overmatching AP shells... in case you wonder, every recent BB at tier 10 addition have 30mm overmatch option. Slava doesn't but get BS tier accuracy, so you can snipe bow on cruisers all day long

That raises one and only question: will Friesland, as first Dutch ship come with captain with "Flying Dutchman" skill, which upon death will ascend ship to the heavens instead slip beneath the waves?

Oficially you can reroll on steam and enjoy new mega sales

One of the beauties of not spending anymore on the game is no worries about premium account running out. That and Test Server experience with REEEwork made decision about not purchasing 50% yearly premium, available around christmas very easy. And speaking of Anno, I guess I'll have to advance dem farmers finally in story mode

Never underestimate power of managers having no clue what they are managing. Henri still packs decent reload, even post nerf and have MBRB for temporary Des Moines experience. That and 44kts top speed as well acceleration bonus from Engine Boost. Yoshino have gun range and 50mm HE pen... and that would be it for advantages.

IFHE change, if it goes live the way it is it will mean IFHEnri IV can't penetrate 50mm plating, thickness that is used on number of battleships as deck as well Moskva/Stalingrad deck and upper hull.

I know, you know, but there are only so many means of extracting more money from stagnating game with niche theme, so you can't just have massive playerbase. Especially as main cash cow, WoT, is drying up too

On midtiers its understandable, but T9+, where almost every cruiser you bump into have 30mm plating its just waste of points. Double post best post

It will happen the moment spreadsheet says introducing p2w ammo brings more estimated revenue from p2w crowd than 60% playerbase loss

Obviously it will nerf their anti BB performance, what have you expected You won't have overpowered class issue, when its the only class played *taps head*

IFHE/Armor changes only add confusion and remove one thing that makes WoWs MM bearable - ability to damage pretty much anyone. Remove that and we can only await gold ammo and we get World of Tanks at sea

If you throw <30kts top speed into the mix with almost 17km gun range with AFT... With Kebab or Groz captain, "lowtier Russian Atlanta" is surprisingly fitting description