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Low/midtier DD not so much, but from Mutsuki onwards they can use skill and still torp unspotted. And from Fubuki onwards sniping from 10km+ makes little sense anyway.

One thing about Manual AA control - this skill is more suited for battleships, as these have most powerful DP armament. If one would want AA cruiser, AFT is usually better choice as for dps output they have AA barrage skill

Then as mentioned: SA, EM, Vigilance, Demo. Purpose for these two points extra - BFT makes little sense. Last Stand could be a thing, no idea how IJN suffer engine/rudder criticals. That or torpedo reload, if you really rely on that in IJN cruiser. Waiting till you get 3 points - Torp acceleration might be worth a thought as close and personal weapon. Faster damage control party can help countering fires that will follow as most people will shift into Demo Expert. With 4 points to spare there is little choice for IJN cruiser, so I'd skip that, at 5 points there is Concealment, which is again go to skill.

I'd call it working as intended

From my test server experience these 25% from Vigilance makes quite a difference in torpedo dodging in cruiser. And even pre patch Vigilance+Acquisition upgrade made torpedo dodging quite easy even in North Carolina. 3. - long range AA may got buffed, but in general short and mid range AA got nerfed, while low and midtier carriers got significant plane speed buff, so I wouldn't discard CV just so. If anything Langley/Bogue and IJN counterparts might become clubbing devices, as any remaining AA on lowtiers got further nerfed. And sort of on topic, I'm not sure how to spec gunboat DDs, Błyskawica and Mahan to be specific. SA and BFT for sure, Last Stand as well, but tier 3 is tricky - I'm not using smokes that often to go with Supernintendo, Torp Acceleration would fit Mahan more, as captain would go further down the line. Błyskawica might enjoy Vigilance as her agility can be lackluster at times.

SA, EM, Vigilance/Supernintendo, DE, Concealment Vigilance and Superintendent are both viable for Zao/hightier cruisers in general, you can get both which nicely fits 18 points.

I perfectly see that working... in non arcade game. But WoWs is pure arcade game vaguely inspired by historical accuracy. Maybe War Thunder if they ever come up with their Navy may introduce "sim" battles like they did with planes and tanks. And I'm not glorifying Gaijin, they have plenty of derpy game issues too. Or if you think WoWs Kutuzov is case of soviet bias, wait for War Thunder Also having multiple ships of the same class is blessing for Gaijin - they love to force people to rediscover stuff over and over and over again... Researching .50cal ammo belts for 15th time? Da camrade! So seeing DD branch composed purely by Fletcher class is every possible combination and few premium Fletchers is something almost expected from them. Or Clevelands

Torp hard and pew pew harder Also tomorrow patch will be opportunity to respec captains, in case someone went derp mode with skills.

Ships with flooding already suffer mobility penalties. And IIRC back in alpha (?) there were two hp pools, ship integrity, lowered by taking damage and ship buoyancy, lowered by flooding, with ship speed/manoeuvrability decreasing as she would gain water I guess WG thought it would be too hardcore for casual scrubs

Shimakazes isn't OP per se, but she have serious impact on gameplay, especially if there are more than few of them, platooned or not.

Personally I'm aiming for: SA+BFT EM+LS Vigilance AFT That fits my current captain just fine, once I get 15lvl+ I might reconsider going Concealment+DE though.

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More like enemy seeing that blob felt confident in victory, so they came one by one. Also playing strike Inderpendence is not fun against fighter Inderpendence. Although I've managed to deal some good damage tho.

How about this case? The best part, we won.

I'll just quote Agent 14 from GTA

Personal keepers: -Umikaze -St. Louis -Phoenix -ARP Kongo, with Kamikaze soon following -Cleveland

Torpedo bulges certainly work as damage reduction, especially on ships with later refits that received them. And for one I know Colorado had one hell of a Torpedo Defense System, as North Carolina can't take a hit without massive hp loss.

Sonar readings when sailing battleship against multiple Shimakazes

The thing is, Gearing turrets are just as glass as Russian tier 6+ are, so losing both forward turrets in one salvo is possible. Or losing both in two-three salvos.

Use google, luke...

Tell that to WG