Ok this is my moment to share my "mighty thoughts" (OK don't laugh too much). Firstly, it's a fact, the dear old Izumo is tricky to play. I completely tricked mine out with free XP before even one battle. To tell the truth, she can actually be quite fun to play if you're in the mood for a challenge. I still like her enough to keep, but here's where things get a bit murky. I found that mostly I have played with pretty bad teams when I have played with her. Now I am being honest, I am not a brilliant player, in truth I am very average, but on loosing I have found myself one of the top three players..... I have made money ( a small amount of credits) with her almost every match but my wins statistic has ranged between 30 and 38 or so percent.
A lot of people say that Izumo is the cash cow of World of Warships and I can understand this, after all wargaming provides us withg a great free game and needs to make it's money somewhere. Chatting with friends (my son and his friends too), many of whom are much better players than me, I find that my wins statistic is far from unique. My conclusion is that although the Izzy is not the greatest BB in the game there is a match making issue here as well. I don't know if match making is slightly weighted for the Izumo, but I suspect it might be possible.
Like most I chose to free XP my way to Yamato. It's a shame about the Izzy but Wargaming needs to make it's money somewhere I suppose and I shouldn't moan too much, I get hours of fun playing!
