icedlemon

imho, furutaka suffers the same as Nagato/colorado, which is more guns >>> higher caliber and HE spamm>>>AP. i think overall if WG could just balance out AP vs HE, and make the damage scale with caliber better, Furutaka would become a pretty decent and unique ship without any further buff to the ship itself.

so, i was told i should go in front of my fleet to SOAK damage because i'm in a battleship, thus i should tank. But, how the heck should i suppose to do that? It's not world of tank in which i can go stand between the enemy and my teammate or poke first around a corner to take the hit. Nor is it world of warcraft, in which i can taunt in PvE and slow/stun to peel for my teammate in PvP. It is on the OCEAN, and everyone has guns that can shoot anything in their range! The only situation the enemy is shooting me instead of the cleverland besides me is either the cleve park right beside my ship 0 meter away, or the enemy is stupid enough to ignore the bigger threat. So, those people who say, "battleship is ok just go tank for your team" what the heck is in your mind? Pls enlighten me with your secret knowledge so i can finnally get away from noobiness.

i'm not saying bb should stay at max range forever, i play my bb pretty forward, but not to tank hit for my cruiser, rather to have better shots. it is possible, i'm not saying it's impossible, you missed my point, my point is that it is not tanking, it's exploiting the noobiness of the enemy team. They CHOOSE to shoot at you instead of the cruiser(bigger threat),they are not FORCED by you to shoot at you. A BB can't FORCE anyone to shoot at him unless he is bigger threat(higher damage output), in that case the BB should be protected because now they are the main DPS. And that's also how it went in reallity. in situation a), the problem is not that he wasn't tanking, rather it is that the bb sit too far away with its hoorible accuracy, it didnt do enough damage. IF he could land every shot he fires (which is impossible btw), it is perfectly okay in that situation to sit back. My whole point is, there is no Tanking (or Fronting in WoT) in WOWS and naval combat. The whole concept of tank for your team in a BB is wrong and misleading.

What if both side try to kill cruiser first? Isn't BB again pointless in this situation? If the cruiser can easily dodge shells at 14k, why need BB there to "tank"? Cruiser be at front doesn't mean 5km away front, you should be really close to your BB but in front of them, within 1km, turn your speed down to 3/4 or 1/2. The point of cruiser at fornt means spot destroyers and torps earlier. If you let bb go front, when he spot dd, it would be already too late for him to dodge torps. And you really need to stick really close to your bb to provide any meaningful AA support.

The thing is, the enemy doesn't HAVE to shoot me even if i'm sit right next with my cruiser. Take the prior example, i can present myself as a target,but it's up to the enemy to choose which one to shoot, if there is a cleveland sit next to me, the enemy CAN shoot the cleveland without anymore difficulty. Obviuosly the cleveland will be higher threat to them, and they should shoot him, if they dont, they are making mistakes. Basically what i do is testing the enemy's target priotization skill. I dont call this tanking for your team at all. I call this noob testing.

that's precisely the point i'm trying to make here, i can tank and only tank for MYSELF, not the team, i dont know what is in the mind of those who claim BB is the tank for the TEAM.

well, my presence there in my Kongo certainly wont increase the maneuverbiliy of the ships around me...or make the pilots around me more aware of incoming fire...sadly...