Kenliero

No it is not(hard to set them on fire). Russian DD has much higher firechance and it's like taking candy from baby. I have killed many carriers this way with ruskii DD

Yeah, in paper Kiev is pretty good, It gets more guns in T7. It just might be best tier to tier ship in that line. Tier 5 is also not bad(First one with 130mm guns), just like the numbers show.(I also have 57% wins in T5). that said it is not even nearly as good as Gremy

yes, "because it's not me, it's others"

I can not understand how was that Carrier not in constant flames(with your HE fire chance and RoF), if you were 7km from him? You do realise that by keeping it in fire, prevents it to rotate planes? I am thinking that you did not set on fire from more than ONE LOCATION. It is very important to set it on fire from several locations, in order to kill it fast, and in order to prevent it rotating planes. Of course, it would require replay to get a better look at situation. How ever, if you don't then from now on, set it on fire from at least 3 locations

I just had the opposite game. I took my Colorado, went to ranked battles, tanked against 2 Clevelands, Colorado and New Mexico at the same time, soaked damage like an elephant and got High Caliber for my first win of the day. Now THAT is fun EDIT: Oh, and there was also Mutsuki and Farragut in enemy team, but it was easy to dodge their torps with my "nimble" Colorado ;)

it's Tier 7 that has 2 more guns, but tier 6 don't... then you basicly use those 2 more guns to tier 9... those 2 more guns from tier 7 to 9 are not very good when you are visible 100% of the time... You could as well use Cruiser...

The reason Soviets have good winrate in tier 6/7, is because only Experienced players have Free XP's ships there, while casual ones are not even near there yet. Those winrates will sink down when casuals get there.

New Mexico is great ship. My favorite BB so far

Okay, question first...do we need to wear tinfoil hats, when typing under this topic?

I grinded to tier 6 and then dropped the whole line. They are just bad.

Yes, I wouldn't take pyro skill. Only BB can benefit for having it, and even then, it should be more or less last captain skill to take...

Colorado is good ship. It is not for snipers

Enemy captain skill of -7% will remove 7% from your 7%, making the fire chance 6.51% Keep in mind that instead of trying to make strealthy ship, you can select Demolition Expert captain skill, which can increase your fire chance by +3%. Then it would be 10%, and if enemy has -7%, you would still have 9.3% fire chance. I think it is actually better option that trying to fire in stealth, since stealth was so heavily nerfed.

Yeah, you might be right Cele. Kiev gets 2 more guns, which gives it better firepower... and focusing in stealth just doesn't work with those ships, so better focus on maximizing fire... Demo Expert is the one I would choose as well and completely ignore the stealth thing. Very good point there.

Awesome game. Well done

Yeah, you can really easily jump first 2-3 tiers with free XP, and then start from there. Most don't enjoy tier 1's or 2's and think that the real games begin few tiers later.

Actually just the opposite. Ognevoi was much better in the event, it was heavily nerfed immediately after this and now it is only a shadow of what it was before. THAT Ognevoi in the event was the BEST Soviet DD(Right there with Gremy) with great concealment and bigger fire chance for HE rounds, thus outputting much more damage.

You made a good point. Running into the battery of 4 enemies is bad idea, that is why it is crucial to "create an angle" where you can engage 2 enemies from position where you are heading towards another and are at least in quite good angle against another one, this way you can progress without getting too big hits to yourself, then you wait for enemies to shoot your angled front and once fired, you go and take shot on him, while he is reloading. These kind of Close Quarter tactics can take you long way of tanking multiple enemies, but it will never work against 4-5 enemies at the same time, so wait(this is where you drop your speed, turn and accelerate and mess up with the minds of enemy DD's) for a good timing and CREATE AN ANGLE while you approach them, so that some of them are behind islands etc. so that you don't have to face them all at once.

See following link for more information: http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/31994-soviet-dd-stats/page__st__100__pid__605994#entry605994

I also have noticed that more often than not, the problem lies in the fact that most Cruisers really have very little idea what they are good for. I bet at least half the Cruiser drivers think they are great in killing BB's from close quarters! Trust me, I have heard this so many times. Cruisers are most effective there behind BB's, supporting with fire, but still close enough to charge in front if air support is needed, where BB falls back a bit. The same scenario should happen when enemy DD is spotted (spotted by DD or carrier if they know what they are doing also). Cruisers are good for 3 things: Air cover for BB(not carrier!), Killing DD's with HE and Burning enemy BB's from long range. Now some of you are like wth? why not protect Carriers? Been playing 10 different carriers in this game, I can tell you THIS IS NOT NEEDED, if Carrier is smart and stays behind BOTH, BB and Cruisers. Carrier in that way is already in 3rd line of air defense and is well covered already and doesn't need any special protection, so don't waste Cruisertime for Carrier, but of course keep an eye Carrier as well, because there are situations which are not norm and Carrier might need help and special attention. Playing Cruiser is actually very demanding, because they need to keep track on so many things at the same time, and more often than not, this is the problem. People have trouble keeping up, and having needed situational awareness to cover everything. You can easily have total fail in one of these things.

Does tier 9 still get +16% module? I thought it was removed?

True, but in that case you need to sail with Cruiser. Cruisers are great in supporting from the back, burning those enemies from distance. With BB you just don't do that. Cruisers should come front only when DD is spotted nearby, to deal with it. Besides that Cruisers should always stay behind BB as support class, use that rate of fire to burn enemies.

In random battles, I would say Nagato can perform better in 12v12, because of being low tier sometimes and also sometimes the distance you need to travel is bigger, also turning around makes Colorado more vulnerable, because it takes too long, and this is problem with many players, since you can not push flank with "one push" always. But in ranked battles, where everything is focused in smaller area and you can often push through with just one or maximum of two "pushes", Colorado's better armor comes on top, specially as being top tier always, and specially now with new buffs. Colorado's only real weakness is slow speed, but it doesn't suffer that much in close ranges and only 7 players, if you angle well and have guns pre-aimed properly.

"BB Snipers" detected... Stupidity of humans never stops surprising me. Cruisers ALWAYS have upper hand from long range due faster rate of fire, while BB's ALWAYS have advantage from close range due massive citadel hits. BB accuracy does not work from long range effectively, and you can NOT outrange Cruisers because they are faster than you. Why is simple stuff like this so hard to understand?

OP ships? Okay... if light cruisers with bad damage are op then ok sure... lol