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Secondary armament

Reminds me of the time a Hiryu attacked my Fletcher, I used DF shot down 11 planes and took no damage. And then a few minutes later he tries again.

Well this is me now waiting for the next episode Anyone else think it is possible that planes havent been invented in this world? Koko wonders if it would be possible to have a flying ship without using Helium. The Yamato and Musashi both seem to have their original armament of 4 triple 155mm guns.

Finished it there last week.

A bit late but if you need anymore convincing that the Benson is worth the upgrade over the Mahan, I can quickly list the better things about the Mahan compared to the Benson: More total torpedoes (12 vs 10, but less per broadside). Faster torpedo reload.

Lead wise the guns are the same since the Nicholas, and I havent found any differences switching between USN DDs. IF dispersion is a problem you can use the module to decrease dispersion by 7%, while not much the other options arent the most used in slot 2. I would recommend having concealment expert on your captains. You can stealth fire from 9.2km away which is useful against bigger ships. It also reduces the gap that IJN DDs can spot you and remain hidden.

They are already making changes to torpedoes in the next patch, so lets see how that effects the game before calling for more. Stealth and smoke have been reduced in effectiveness since the introduction of radar. And beside torpedoes are already very expensive, especially considering 90+% of them wont contribute in any way to making up their cost.

Turret HP is getting increased as well this patch. Increase from 1500 to 4000 for low calibre guns.

WoWS getting weather before WoT. Guess buying those bundles was wroth something.

Was dispersion increased this time then?

game ded. rip in peace.

FTFY

The long ranged torps are receiving heavy nerfs, an increase in spotting distance to greater than it was originally before the previous buffs (and remember vigilance and acquisition mod got buff since then as well) and a reduced speed making them much easier to dodge.

Yes. However WG are testing 20% lower repair costs on tiers 8-10 on the RU and NA servers for the rest of this month. So we might see a reduction in the future.

It wasnt supposed to be a nerf. It is a rework. They seem to be trying to force the Shimakaze into situations where it is more likely to get revealed. For players that try and close the distance before launching torpedoes this wont have much of an effect, but for those who launch all 10+km away this will require a change in playstyle.

Assuming the stats on the torpedoes IJN DDs are getting stays the same as their current stats, (remember how WG changed the stats of USN DD torpedoes while keeping the same names) there maybe be new problems for IJN DDs. From my experience with the Fletcher its 10.5km torpedo range is not enough in some games, due to how the your/enemy team play. Fubuki, Kagero and Shimakaze all have big turning circles and the Fubuki and Kagero are slow. This makes it more difficult to get closer to use the torpedoes. On the Fletcher your guns provide a viable alternative in these sort of games, high tier IJN DDs dont really have this option. But I will have to wait until the stats are confirmed and it reaches the live server before drawing final conclusions. I wonder if they are offering a skill reset. I would hate it if I was one of these people using torpedo acceleration.

They didnt say they would nerf IJN DDs, they said they would rework IJN DDs in a way to be more aggressive. Assuming the stats on the torpedoes IJN DDs are getting stays the same as their current stats, (remember how WG changed the stats of USN DD torpedoes while keeping the same names) there maybe be new problems for IJN DDs. From my experience with the Fletcher its 10.5km torpedo range is not enough in some games, due to how the your/enemy team play. Fubuki, Kagero and Shimakaze all have big turning circles and the Fubuki and Kagero are slow. This makes it more difficult to get closer to use the torpedoes. On the Fletcher your guns provide a viable alternative in these sort of games, high tier IJN DDs dont really have this option. But I will have to wait until the stats are confirmed and it reaches the live server before drawing final conclusions. I wonder if they are offering a skill reset. I would hate it if I was one of these people using torpedo acceleration.

Only for your own ship, other ships have thei base stats shown. The ratings are useful for telling if a ship is stock or not, but for things like detection ranges you are better off knowing them (base, camo, module and skill). The Shimakaze has detection ranges of 7.6km, 6.5km, 5.9km, going by your rating of 91 you likely had 6.5km detection. The Kagero has 6.8km base which is why his rating was lower. The Kagero has lower detection ranges of 6.1km and 5.3km (lowest of high tier DDs). The Kagero possible had 5.3km detection range, if you were chasing him you would be lit up for a good while.

There was a recent enough post (that I cant find at the moment) where the OP asked if high tier BBs are too strong against CAs. The repleis he got were along the lines of "it is your fault for showing broadside", "learn to use WASD and dodge", "BBs are supposed to counter CAs".

This is the WoWS forum we cant have sensible ideas here.

How did complaining to support work out for you? Did they reply?

The thread is about mid tier gameplay and the impact of BBs on it. I play mid tiers so the opinions of others on this topic interests me.

Yes do tell me how easy it is to play a class you havent even played 50 battles in.

The Fletcher has a premium camo availible.

Is this right? DDs not affected are: Non-Premium RU DDs Anshan (Lo Yang has the same penalty as the Benson so is it included?) DDs affect are: IJN DDs (including premuims) USN DDs (including premiums) Gremy Lo Yang? Blyskawica? Whatever happened to not nerfing premiums?