OVanBruce

Actually, Baltimore is better for AA purposes.

That's your problem, it's not about dodging like crazy, it's about being wary of the position of enemy BBs, knowing where their shells may come and not presenting your side to then to prevent massive damage. As a cruiser it is crucial for your survival to know if any of the enemy BBs are aiming at you and knowing if they are reloading or not. it's key because it will enable you to actually show your broadside to change directions if needed. Use islands as cover for when you have to manouver and get outside of tight situations too. About you getting hit for 90% of your health with one shell, currently the biggest damage shell in the game is Yamato's AP: 14k damage so no, you are getting hit and citadeled by multiple shells.

Aoba should be played with caution. You should allways know where cruisers and enemy BBs are for when they actually shoot their shells you avoid then. Aoba is slim and agile so you should be able to avoid most damage if you are wary of your surroundings. Up to tier VIII she's got the most accurate guns of all cruisers and combined with the 11 seconds reload you can deal good damage in a short time, take cover behind islands or simply stop shooting if you are over your detectability range if the odds don't look in your favour. Look for DDs and you'll be rewarded since the ship got everything needed to brawl then. attacking cruisers, specially Clevelands is another thing: You are nimble and have low health, you should either mantain your distance and use the higher Alpha and accuracy of your guns to outgun then (and for that you need good markmanship) or surprise then in a corner and torp then or citadel then if it isn't a Cleveland. Try to not get into duels with a Cleveland alone because you need 2 or 3 times the skill level of the Cleveland player to win against him.

Minsk doesn't want to spend more money given that the income from the EU comunity is satisfactory for then. That's the only explanation that comes to my mind. Sheer number of sales show that EU gives more money per capita of all the servers with the least investment.

I guess you are not including the Aoba as not viable.

It was IJN CVs on mid tier which were nerfed. Midway and to a lesser degree Essex contnue being the unholy beast they've allways being in the hands of a competent player.

But Tovarische, Europe is not part of glorious mother land. They keep opposing our big friendly russian overlord too. Also, Europe is made of money and they keep paying no matter how badly we treat then so why should we care? Enjoy balance tovarishce )))))))

Except glorious proletarian destroyer will be able to fire effectively from the battle line so it won't need to care about planes because it will be covered by the other ships AA. Have fun hitting a DD at long distances unless its driver is a mouthbreather. Also, aiming at a DD with cruisers and a BBs in front of you too. Of course tovarische, WG cares of balance that's why they give you stronk soviet ship to make DDs balanced.

Now come on, we don't really know what they are exactly doing to earn they paychecks. I support the idea of pointing out the problems of WG EU PR but asuming this iss out of proportion.

So I just watched the video that was posted here and I can just say one thing: Holy crap that shell arc and speed. I already play USDD as shooting batteries while dodging so yeah, step aside, russian bias coming through.

Frankenstein Yuubari has 55 knots maximum speed 55 knots maximum speed 55 knots I want this Yuubari in my life just to troll DDs with her.

Frankenstein Yuubari on tier X with an spotter plane intrigues me.

More like WG PR has determined that EU doesn't need much to keep the money flowing.

No surprises here.

Man, I tried lots of times but couldn't even reach 21 again. Congrats to DeleRT.

Sorry OP but, are you russian? do you know russian and can post and read in the RU forum? If neither of the last 2 are true then you know already why few people here bother to give feedback about this game: Because all the feedback the developers take into account is the russian. The whole game is balanced around how the game is played in the RU server and all the stats they use to draw conclusions are from the RU server. The disdain for all the other 3 regions is almost complete.

It's actually 18.1km since cruisers get a +6km detection range when shooting.

Are you only shooting BBs? You should try going for cruisers too since those will be hurt much more by your shells.

Well, no surprises since a lot of young germans abuse the unemployment subsidy to stay eternally NEET.

The best would be to wait and see how german CAs are but I can't help but think they'll underperform in the hands of the average player.

You've got the balance on the third tab of the detailed battle report, crredits and experience section.

After we get night battles.

Figment, you've got to recognize that Clevelands are MUCH MORE harder to instakill than Aobas or Myokos. if all 3 showed their broadsides to a Fuso at 8 kms I'd already be praying for the souls of the sailors on the Aoba and Myoko whereas I wouldn't be so sure about the Cleveland. Sometimes even the RNG can screw you: I was in this very same situation with a Fuso against a Cleveland and despite putting 7 shells on her and doing 20k damage not a single one of those shells reached the citadel.

Now honestly, which are the chances of finding someone who knows how to aim well in this game, doing something as simple as using the apropiate shell on different situations or even setting up an aproach to an enemy ship using properly islands as cover? Most people can't do this stuff. Even I prefer to close distances whenever it is possible to ensure that my shots deal maximum damage because long range shooting it's unpredictable despite me driving one of the most precise ships on long range: the Aoba. And then suddenly, the mid-low skill bracket of players notice an increase of accurate shooting from the enemy and come to the forum to condemn a modification that all of us here despise. What happens? For whatever reason a group of forumites insist on not only calling the people that are getting shot liars, deluded and biased but also insist on diminishing the effect and spread of the aim mod based on their skills and recent experience. Skills that (presumably) surpass 90% of the userbase and that have taught then how to effectively diminish the damage from or completely evade long range shooting. Quite a disheartening sight to see in this forum.

Imo, this is the best you can do. mastering cruisers is a good step into learning how to aim properly in a BB. Furthermore, you'll naturally learn to be more prudent and that's also important for a BB. So yeah, you suck now but you'll end up learning how to playn with time.