Miragetank90

First of all, though she probably won't be well-liked by most, I'm enjoying the ship. She brings with her some unique challenges. I like that. Getting right into it - Some might see this as contradictory, but though I'm enjoying her imo she is a very mediocre, perhaps borderline crappy ship, but not for the reasons you might think. For example, her hull is actually nice. It turns responsively and completes turns quickly, and accelerates well even if the topspeed isn't good. Duking and baiting shells is quite easy. Getting citadelled is a non-issue, and provided you know what you're doing, getting HE farmed is not a big concern. This is important, because the 32mm plating is the whole ship. Otherwise, it's enough for everything else save Yamato-sister focus. Torpedo protection is good. AA wise, relative to other USN BBs at this tier, it's a mixed bag at a glance. They have 2 more flak puffs and in some cases better DPS base(with identical hit chances), until you pop DefAA, in which case you will out DPS them all. Range is of course the same. So that leaves the guns. Where everything else is workable or even nice, to me the guns are what really let this ship down. Keeping it short, you've got a main battery with: Bad accuracy. Not consistent at all save very close ranges. Awful shell grouping on average. Mediocre penetration. No idea of the actual values here, tbf. This is just based on personal shooting experience. Still, workable. Bad reload. Everyone knows this already. Bad damage per shell. Coupled with the above, esp. the accuracy, I'm feeling it. She does have massive broadside potential for sure(141600) though the guns pay for it. The only other BBs currently in the game that have more are Alsace and Bourg(very slightly), Lyon, Minnesota, Montana, GK(420mm) and soon to be introduced Vermont. Honestly, I wouldn't advocate for any buffs, the ship is balanced, if unremarkable. That being said, I would not be opposed to getting a little more consistency in her shell groupings. Would this make her OP? If you know how to aim, and coupled with her alpha potential, maybe. idk. These are just my impressions. Definitely going to be playing a lot more of the ship. Also she's THICC and I therefore automatically approve even if she was the worst ship on earth

Thanks for that, I had no idea since I normally just read the article in the client rather than in my browser

lol doubtful. Sorry about that, I didn't understand. The guy who played Z liked it a lot though, he says it ''just works''

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Is there a reason for you being testy towards me, kfa? I don't understand your statement. On the subject, I don't know about that, I don't have the ship. I'm just relaying their experience in a matter-of-fact way, make of it what you will.

Iron Maiden

My clanmates got good mileage out of it winning 25/27 games using Z-46 in all.

They really aren't though. You ever seen an Audacious try to bomb something for example? Every time all I ever see is an epic fail, it just cannot aim. Granted I don't play Co-op much, only when I'm play-testing on account of my shoddy internet.

No. No fun allowed.

Are we using the same forum?

No, accuracy-wise she is very good. Comparable to Montana. Unless one thinks Montana lacks accuracy. I use dispersion mod. on both.

This one is the easiest to mitigate damage in when you take into account the good plating and a good rudder shift. It's just about using WASD and finding the sweetspot. On the subject of armour, lot of HE will shatter as well. Dodging I've actually found pretty easy to do despite the speed, since most of the time people are shooting you at range and are actually overestimating how fast you're going. I also like to play with my speed a lot, so this helps me. The turning circles are small as well. From my perspective, what you really need to be doing with this ship is thinking ahead farther in advance than what you'd normally be used to in terms of where to position yourself. At the start, I usually like to head a little mid-ish if I can, but it depends on the map and how the team spawns. From there, you can get decent crossfires initially and then decide what to do and how to move when your team and theirs are more deployed. If I spawn far on a flank however, I stay there and do the thingy. One of two things will happen, we'll win the flank, in which case you need to be able to see this happening in advance and so reposition accordingly to counter/crossfire the other flank, instead of just slowly moving into an already won flank and so have nothing to shoot. Or, we lose the flank, in which case you should know it's coming and already be kiting away. You'll be fine unless you got too close too soon. From your kiting position you can then counter the enemy who will then usually push mid. If they chase you, that's fine too. The your other flank will usually come to mid themselves unless they also collapsed, in which case it's a lost game regardless of which BB you are playing. You don't want to be too far from the action all the time, so definitely parking at 18km and staying there is not the way to go. But if you get into the thick of it too quickly you'd better be ready because you won't usually get away if you and your team can't kill what's there. So make sure you commit only when ready. By then, if you played right, you'll still be very healthy while the enemy has taken damage and losses. In the end game where you might need to get really close this is especially handy. It's a balancing act which requires some forethought and good knowledge of how to position your ship, moreso in this line than some others.

When I first played Kansas in early access, I had mixed feelings. I didn't find it terrible, but more on the mediocre side. Minnesota is an absolute gem and great ship, with the best armour profile in the line with 38mm almost everywhere on the ship and good handling compared to Vermont. The guns are also an improvement over Kansas and hit hard. No issues with accuracy. Vermont is very powerful, but all the power is in the guns. Everything is amazing about them except reload. The hull on the other hand is borderline garbage and you will get citadelled at long and close range, even when showing angles that most BBs can get away with showing. So that's something to be wary of. For the previous BBs in the line I found cits to be much much less of a problem, though it can still happen. AA on all the ships works great with no complaints. I never felt the CVs were an overly serious threat even while alone, but it should be remembered that most CVs are quite bad. Still, the DPS is definitely there and they're thorny targets. Overall, Minnesota is my favourite BB of the bunch and imo best balanced BB in the line in terms of characteristics. My honest opinion: All the ''hurr durr this line suxx'' mantra is bull. These ships will not click with everyone, but that does not mean they are fundamentally bad.

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Yes. That ship is amazing.

Yes. That ship is amazing.

... He is? Improving yes, but not there yet. No offense intended btw @arquata2019 this is purely a matter of fact statement.

I like ships.

This looks like steam only players though. In any case, player numbers according to this gradually kept rising, until Covid where it peaked in the middle of lockdowns everywhere(no real surprise there) after which it's begun to normalise again but remains higher than before Covid. It's eventually going to fall some more but not to pre-covid levels of low imo, or at least not below that, in the near future.

You're looking at the wrong stat. Yubari has 7 long range DPS plus one flak puff and 133 Close range DPS as stock. Add max 3 defensive fire charges on top of that and it's as good as it's ever going to get AA-wise at this tier, though Orion is also decent with a combined 158 DPS on top hull, mostly in mid and long range.

Virgin goat. Take Yubari and pray Fun fact they can cit you with HE rockets through the top of your weather deck amidships But there's still fun to be had.

It can be boosted to 8km maximum by mounting the secondary flag.