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I think people "remember" US cruisers stop having torps with Omaha instead of Dallas/Pensacola. I always do and then see torpedos in the water, originating from that ship. You quite playing Kagero because of CVs? Just curious.

Thank you for the write up, every enjoyable to read. The part in bold is what ships should do, put a big smile on your face. Love the part about the Perth, never looked at that ship that way. What you have written about Cossack is what I love about the RN line. Even out in the open Jervis and up feel like they have bullit reflecting shields as most people have a hard time hitting them. Great agility and small form feels awesome. The quick smoke is indeed a life saver for whne things do get ugly. Read that on the tune of "so this is Christmas.." ;) I guess WG did at least a good job of making the CVs more fun to play for a LOT of people, even though lots of people not like playing AGAINST them. I can understand your choices and like the list. Except I hate radar, so I never use it against others (would make me feel like a hypocryte). I adore Fiji, but for me it's more liking the effectiveness than it being fun. Same with Lyon. It's an AWESOME ship because of that broadside, which could be very fun and put a smile on my face, I must confess. Takao is a good ship, but I personally don't think it's "fun". Haven't been able to grind to Shima yet, but seeing that ship in action already puts a smile to my face ;)

Really, if I don't get a crate for the BBs or get the BBs out of a crate, I'll grind them and have fun with them from T3 on out. I'm for sure not gonna buy lootboxes for this event.

I take it that means the same :)

Cheers for sharing :) Interesting mix of ships. Just recently found out what Asashio's gimmick was, very interesting. Was thinking about Shira myself too, great ship to play with TRB :D Minotaur rocks! And what you got with Zao is why I set up this top 5 thread :) Fun is key ;) That's totally what I did ;) it's such a shame high tier Deutsche DD don't have frontmounted torps anymore :/ Hahahahaha, nice list ;) Certainly the Kaga part. Had to google the seamines :P Ah, a battleship person :) I personally looking forward to Italian navy silvers, adoring the Roma. Nelson looks great too, with her frontfacing armament and her characteristic hull. As one who can only encounter Missouri and a fan of DDs, that ship....ugh xD You understand this thread :D Phra is lots of fun indeed. I personally can't get the IJN CVs to work ':) I'm more of a RN CV person. Love my Furious. I'm all for Alsace in full secundary specc. Republique totally works with it too. And Le Terrible: I don't have it, but I certainly understand why it could be someone's nr1 fun ship! Maybe not exactly the same, but I use Lightning, Daring and Jutland too as Run and Gun boats out in the open. "See if you can hit me while I burn you down in the meanwhile" xD Very nice list.

Cheers for the small explanation :) It's fun to see why people think their chosen ships are fun to play with. And you got some interesting choices too. Plus bonus points for NC :) Love her too. one of the silver ships I still have in my port next to Bogatyr, Derzki, Kaiser and Fiji.

Nobody doubted the guns. I even complimented them on their performance, I thought. And that heal isn't a plus, it's a must. As is it's concealment. Both are there to compensate for the lack of armor and citadel and aren't in any way strengths of the ship over the likes of Kron and Alaska as Azuma gets damaged hard way more easily. Only Alaska's armor is a continuous defence and Azuma only has so many heals. Plus Alaska has her own set of statistics on her shells and cannons to make her a threat. Above that all, Alaska got AA and lots of tools. So all that Azuma's "strengths" do is balance out against what she lack in weapon handling and surviability in comparison to Alaska. Beyond that Alaska has even more things going for her.

Meh, maybe in comparison with the NC itself, but overall I have no problem with hitting stuff with Massa at any distance an American BB should reliably hit something.

Comparing one class vs the other in a 1 vs 1 is void imo in a teambased pvp game. Both teams have comparable resources, fighting on the same map and have equal chances to win. The only factor that can get out of whack is the human one and blaming that is pointless imo. So many things can make the outcome basicallly fixed at the end. T8 vs 10, BB vs DD, low health cruiser vs High health cruiser, ship vs carrier, 1 ship vs 4 ships. And it's all a result of the rest of the battle of 12 vs 12 comparable ships. In the end it's the human factor though who will win the aforementioned seemingly fixed outcome. So a 1 vs 1 comparison is of no use. Certainly not if you also take round time, points and caps in account. So you end up facing a carrier in a 1 vs 1. There are lots of other "unfair" scenarios in the endgame situations. Just the result of a match, nothing more.

O, I'm not doubting those that are fan of the Azur Lane collab wouldn't want Alaska as shipgirl and I don't judge. As a matter of fact, Aurora in my Okt. Revo. and Hipper in my Yorck have brilliant voice overs. But like you mentioned, they even made the Azuma captain obtainable for free now that the namesake ship "is so well received". Coincidense? I don't think so ;)

I'm more attached to honor than glory, so I can only take the former, even if glory will win out.

If you don't take in "all-round" having armor, bowtanking, mobility, great guns and AA ;) NC ain't that slow and if you take Massa, you also have the best secundaries and a good torp protection iirc.

Nah, you got it the other way around. Apart from it's potential dmg, Azuma got nothing. No armor, no mobility, no tools. If you take Alaska, she got a bit less potential dmg, but she got the tools and she got the armor (dunno where she stands in the mobility hierarchy as all BC are not that manouverable. Alaska, Kron and Stalin don't need anime girls to sell her. They are just good ships. Thank G they got flaws. Edit: OP, would have bought Azuma as I am fiercely anti-radar and wouldn't want to use such a filthy skill against others, as such I'm not buying the other BC as they carry gaydar. So I would have bought T9 Azuma for FXP and T10 Yoshino for coal, but then Azuma came and WG balanced her as a harbor queen. I'm not buying harbor queens for 1 million FXP.

Agreed. I don't think there are better BBs overall on T8+ than the Americans.

Unless they drastically changed the ship or the rest in it's matchmaking, NC is a beast. Only weakpoint is it's side. Everything that is remotely hitting it's broadside hits the citadel. On the other hand, her shells hit like trucks, only slightly less powerful than Amagi's. Midrange is where you want to be, but to get there, she can bowtank with the best of them. I once singlehandedly drove 2 bismarcks and a Tirpitz out of a capzone. They couldn't hurt me much until after a long time they started to use HE. Had not much trouble hitting Cits on cruisers and cit-able BBs. But even without cits, you should be doing huge dmg numbers reliably.

Inflation by WG. Same happens with other currencies. Thing is, when you had the cheaper ships, people would buy them for the giggles if they had the rest. I think the pricing of the ships will keep a lot of people away now if the ship doesn't perform accordingly, like people will not go for Azuma as it underperformd to Alaska and Kron. Or they have to make them that much better and risk making them OP like Belfast and co.

He'll be glad to be of service, I think :)

I'm glad for you. You seem to be able to see fun in stuff. Which is interesting, because your signature makes you look like someone that only sees the worst in things.

You're bottom tier with each prem except T9 and 10. T8 prem BBs can hold their own in T10 matches.

I know, but I wouldn't spend dubloons if there's nothing that piques the OP's interests. I mean, OP has 5100 dubloons now, somehow. I'd go for waiting the same amount of time just to be able to buy a ship I really like instead of 2 ships that I think are meh.

I'd save up more dubloons for a nice T8 BB. Tirpitz is a good, solid ship and I bought Roma a month ago and I love her to bits, despite what others might say about her shortcomings.

Lol, telling you are just gonna buy everything WG throws at you and agreeing WG is laughing over all those people that can't wait to throw money at them xD At least you are honest ;)

Premiums I bought are countable on one hand. Not gonna buy T8 Prem CVs. Way too expensive, not really adding much to silver CVs gameplay wise imo. Maybe I'm wrong, but then it's good I'm ignorant about it. Just pre-purchased MK11 for the price of one CV.

I'm so with these people. I don't mind CVs as a DD player. Even with my Daring, I don't find CVs much of an issue. It's those damn Radar ships that are ruining my DD games. Taking over a cap: Radar. Moving over to another cap: Radar. hiding behind an island until radar is over: another radar. Hiding until that radar is over: new radar. Thinking you finally got rid of radar: Hydro. Getting away from the hydro: Radar. F-O-K radar. I'd love to have a go with Alaska, but I systematically ignore Radar ships with this many radarships in the game. If WG thinks stealth is overrated, just keep everything spotted with a 100% duration throughout the match.

You mistake effectiveness for fun factor. The Mains do more than enough damage and it's HP is competative with T3 BBs, but that's not why I'm looking for a change. I won't make any assumptions as to why other people play Mikasa, but my reason is to see the secondaries in action. I endure the low speed and crappy Main guns (despite them hitting hard) just to see the secondaries in action. I also can't imagine anyone not making a secundary build for their Mikasa captain. But most times I get burned down, torped down or am relocating because everything in the place I'm sailing to is d-e-d, ded. And the former two scenarios happen more often the older the game gets and more people are aware what to do against BBs. Also, the secundaries are hardly the rain of death you make them out to be. Most of the shells still land not even near their target, except when you are sailing side to side and they pactically can't miss. And then Nassau does a much better job at it. Getting within 3.8 km where the fun finally starts is just not possible on most maps. Hence I'm of opinion that the secundaries should have 2 km added to their range.