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I think Spielberg did a great honour to the memory of this ship. I bought purely for her historical significance and thankfully she's deep enough not to have her wreck illegally scrap salvaged.

If you take WoT as a template you can observe that the meta can change rapidly but nerfs or buffs can have dramatic u turns until a balance of sorts is found. First generation tanks that have been power crept have had some buffs. So I think we will see WG juggling with various mechanics as they monitor statitistics. It's probably fair to say they will continue to cater to premium ships and gold sales to unlock xp for xp premium ships. Whereas WoT went a bit mad with light tanks and it was like Mario racing cars, WoWs seems to be backing up the heavies. I'd like to think they will maintain a status quo for all classes but they appear to put greed before gameplay quality. Let's face it. If they nerf smoke and IFHE and people currently complain about BB population whlist cruisers are possibly at their zenith, what comes next? I'm not one to moan about certain classes as I enjoy every class. But I'd like to continue doing that. I think the RN BB HE thing will cause utter chaos and we'll get a big rebalance. I've invested alot in WG so really hope they can keep it going in an enjoyable fashion.

It's funny but quite tragic. Currently all the CC's are revelling in their MegaZao's, mincing around undetected then flamethrowering the world. Imagine a map full of MegaZao's all suddenly bumping into each other like in a cyclone. It's going to be 'World of Inferno's'!!

Only have Hindy and love it (although it has a cursed win rate despite my best damage). You are right in that it does get spotted and targeted. However, it survives like a boss and pumps out pain. Angled ship? HE and its afire. Broadside? AP for KK's of hurt. Cheeky full health Bismarck? Solo and school him. It is beast and the only other T10 cruiser I want is Des Moines and maybe Minotaur.

Yeah I really need to get them nerfed. Three daughters against one! It's one constant damcon juggle for me

Just thought about it and you are correct. Cruiser armour is thin enough to not need the IFHE rule innit. Errmm yeah tis a bit of a [edited] of a nerf then. Consider my previous posts utter tripe. (I was waiting in a carpark with a brat screaming in my ear when I banged out a reply if that helps me save even a tiny bit of face)

It's not just whinning BB's though is it? IFHE utterly destroys brother cruisers and destroyers as much as it batters BB's. I'm not arguing for a nerf, I'm just saying the damage output is universal not just battleships.

Yuup. Sell whilst the punters are baying WG. I've even stocked up on gold just in case I accidently have to exchange some XP although I'm really really not going to get this ship.........

Hmmm not sure which side of the fence to sit on. I only play Kutz/budy and Atlanta/cleve with IFHE captains. The damage is devastating to be sure. I do note though that IFHE is not only a tool against BB's. Many times I've gone in cap support to DD's and once spotted a cruiser gets absolutely raped by any IFHE ship. It's disgusting if you are punishing or receiving. I think all but removing the fire chance gives a sensible decision. Constant HE pen damage or DoT with hopeful fires. Personally I would choose the fire chance and rely on RN CL's for the pen damage instead of IFHE equipped cruisers. It's not just another buff for BB's. IFHE makes any class cry.

Just check out any other nations battleships from T5-T10 including hull upgrades and it will be broadly similar.

Don't know. Couldn't sleep last night for various reasons and just had this feeling that it would be available today. Felt like a kid that wakes up thinking it's Xmas day only to be a day early!

Atlanta breathes sigh of relief.

So where is the old girl? My spidey senses were tingling for today but........ Nope. I seem to have been acquiring lots of lovely free xp, and fully intend to completely U-turn about anything I may have allegedly stated about waiting to get her

Yes and more than usual I use Sky broadband which periodically freezes up and wifi powerline adapters in some rooms. Again these seem to crap out periodically but lately has been frustrating.

Highest damage for me so far. Glorious battle of smashing the enemy with all the bluntness of Tirpitz. Main batt, secondaries and torps. I love this ship in a melee. Should have had more kills but my team were following in my wake picking off the carrion like vultures. Next step 200k hopefully.

Mahan. Crap concealment and slower than a Thames barge. I don't think we're going to get on together.

As a Destroyer mong (but trying to git gud inum) I find tier 7 the high water mark. For that I think Błyskawica is a fantastic all round ship. Line wise I'm on US - Mahan which I detest. Farragut was a nice cap brawler and I'm going to rebuy Clemson so I can do the Clemson face again. VMF was good until Kiev moved to T8. Although it's a better ship now, I derp out frequently. Need more practise but its on my list after learning Portuguese. IJN I'm on Mutsuki which I like. I enjoy the stealth cap and torp game. It's either rewarding or returning to port. I have Harekaze but as mentioned at T8 life gets tough which is why I restarted the IJN line to learn and skill up. KM only on the V25 but it's a little monster. If you only want to go to tier 5 I would think one line would be dull as there are lower tier stars in all nations. T2 V25 T3 ? T4 Clemson or Izyaslav T5 mostly unavailable now - Kamikaze and variants but Mutsuki has 5.4km stealth and 8km torps which is fun. Certainly tiers 3 to 6 are fun and even I can get some great games in. T7 playable with a taste of what's to come. T8 requires some skills and experience. Certainly playing Destroyers gives you an appreciation for and from other classes. The team responsibility you carry is higher than any other class. Spotting, capping, surviving the initial cap frags, Defending caps, spotting. Taking caps. Killing low health enemy and staying alive. It's the class my underpants hate the most!

Still no code after multiple accounts and exhausting all coin income methods. I'm just gunna buy a frickin Marblehead for the sake I've had enough of that app! Thanks for the heads up though @Aotearas

Skipped em all but only crap loot packs so far. I'll try a different account tomorrow.

Invalid for me. Run out of gold coins after two lot packs and no code yet

I'm doing the Ships n Biscuits missions for larks but I'll play through all of them just for the captain training and kicking back for low tier fun. It's going to be fire hell though with BB's slinging HE everywhere.

Have a look at Jingles latest vid. Tiers 3-6 RN battleships looked at. It would appear Bellerophon and Orion are little jewels not to be missed. T5 suffers being an OK ship at a bad MM tier.

I mentioned it in a RN BB post somewhere, but watch Notsers vid of Nelson and listen up to his mention of WG's strategy. He basically states that Nelson is bait for players to offload their fxp instead of fxp'ing straight to T10. Almost certainly to me, it sounded like he had inside knowledge of WG'S plan.

The trouble is most of here do give a crap, want to learn or want to help. The scrubs that make up the numbers really don't care or want to. The only way to truly discriminate is win rate and then it becomes exactly that. Surely clan wars and competitive matches are the battleground for the truly talented and motivated players?

I concur. The only reason for premium is the increased xp and silver return. That's it. Purely a personal choice dependant on your time input and disposable income. I suspect there is a confusion between premium/f2p = those that give a crap.