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Do you mean Arizona guns have better accuracy or hit harder or have better speed?

Any decent BB player can score 7-10K each volley to a bow on stalin-petra, especially with the likes of Yamato, Shiki, Musashi. Or having hard time? Use HE, put fire and still damage for 5-10K. I don't understand your point. You think bow on Petra or Stalin are invincible?

Because BBs in general have better armor and guns.

I've seen CVs saving stars this season or having the most XP in winning team. Seen it with MvR and Midway.

A partner won’t save you the game in regular ranked where teams consist of 8 people. If others suck how will you win? Divs can have carry potential in teams of 4-5 players max. Besides, there are divs in ranked sprint, leave regular ranked seasons alone. Regular ranked seasons’ problem is not having divs or not, it is mostly players without sufficient skills, CVs, and a bit MM.

Kleber is a bit surprising I guess, considering the CVs and not being an easy ship to play. On the other hand, iirc I lost all the games I had Khaba in my team and they were the first ones to sink. Checked their stats after game and most of these Khaba players I saw had 40-46% overall WR in 5-10K games which is also interesting. Either they are not aware how bad players they are and danning-kruger is in effect or they simply don't care. Only one Khaba was not the first one to sink among all and it also had 40% wr.

Slava? Not even close.

He is asking for ships that he can buy for doubloons...

But the radar run time increases only 20% or 4 secs if you use surveillance radar mod 1. The speed boost gives 40% more or in other words 24sec extra flying time at 48-49 knots.

Try engine boost mod 1 special upgrade and you will have 84sec On the emergency engine power/speed boost.

The root problem is not having a team play. If players somehow grasp the importance of team play, no one would care about the star but the win. Team play=win, win=faster progress to rank1. Also it is incorrect to say farming damage and ignoring victory saves a star. I posted three sample battle results in ranked 18 thread yesterday just to show, I didn’t farm damage but scored 3-4 kills, capped or sat in the cap with Yamato and still couldn’t manage to win. I doubt but your theory of saving a star by farming damage may be valid for rank 11-20 bracket, that I wouldn’t know. Again, the focus should be winning not saving stars hence the solutions should be based on winning which requires team play. If we define the problem correct we can get the solution correct. If team play is the determining factor for winning and if winning is the only way to progress towards rank 1, what should be done to Achieve this or how to create awareness on players?

You are right but the league system may be solution to many complains. I think it is better to wait and see how new changes will work once implemented.

In my opinion, no ship is worth 2 mil FXP. Also, using the hard earned FXP to fast grind the tech tree lines doesn't sound attractive to me either. However, we don't have much options. Hayate, Smaland, Alaska (you have), Agir, Friesland. Did i forget one? Well, Hayate didn't appeal to me when i checked its stats and watched videos but if i put my hands on her maybe my opinion will change, i don't know. I got Smaland because to me it is the most beautiful ship design wise and it just fires and fires and fires like a Friesland on steroid. Although i can't play it to her max performance yet, i like it. Its AA is definitely not Halland level as it doesn't have defaa consumable but still better than majority of DDs. It has 12KM torps with 80 knots, heal, radar and it has a special speed boost. It suddenly speeds up from 35 knots to 45-46 knots iirc, which is something Halland or other DDs don't have access to. Siegfried is a better Agir i think and Friesland is pure fun. Friesland wreaks havoc on enemy ships without torps, though it also takes lots of damage (absorbs like a sponge) once targeted. Do i suggest Smaland? Yes, but it requires a high skill play to show its true potential. Is it a fun ship? Mostly yes, because when you catch enemy DDs with or without radar generally they are like, wtf is going on and when they see you they know they are in trouble. It is also good against BBs and cruisers.

I have them both. In fact, i have most ships in Coal except Salem, Yoshino, Marceau and Pommern. From tech tree ships i am only missing MvR, have all steel and RB point ships, have pretty much all premiums except Indomitable, Munchen, Ochakov, Champagne, Cheshire, California, Poltava and some tier 2-3 ships. It is not about being wrong or right. Having hands-on experience is always essential to judge a ship. You can ask other Smaland owners vs Halland to see what they think about it.

Trust me, if you play with Smaland you will see it is a different ship. Stats may be deceiving. Think of a stronger Friesland (Smaland kills a Friesland as if it's a Yugumo) with torps, heal and radar.

Out of curiosity, did you play with Smaland?

Smaland has 6.1km but as you wrote, it outguns Halland easy (and other DDs except Daring, Harugumo, Khaba and Kleber) and the radar is specifically for dd hunting. As a matter fact if one chooses to engage a Smaland with a Halland, they are dead 100%. Halland has better torps and AA. 100 meters concealment means nothing while 7.5km means a lot. So poor concealment argument is invalid as they can be considered having pretty much the same concealment. Halland and Smaland are definitely not the same ships. They can't do what the other one does.

This topic is not valid anymore as there will be a new ranked system; https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/78

If you convince yourself spending your fxp on RB, go for Ohio. Slava isn't worth it imo.

Smaland or wait for something new, considering you have Alaska and Friesland. If you don’t have them go for Alaska and Friesland.

I agree with your observation but while Massa can be fun for new players they may also get rekt in it quite often just to use its secs.

Speaking as an owner of both Massa and Massa B with having purple stats on both, and hundreds of games in total, Massa is overhyped/overrated/exaggerated. Although they are not the same ships, I like Alabama slightly more.

No one would spend 1K coal for Khaba with its current state.

One of these, Plymouth, Kitakami, Paolo Emilio or DD R-10. We'll wait and see which one hits the Coal Store.

@Beastofwar pretty much this ^^ If both teams exist of low WR players, a player with better skills can carry up to a point but not necessarily up to win. When your teammates sink quick the load you have to carry gets harder and considering the lower amount of players in the team compared to random games makes it more difficult to carry as losing one allied ship will have bigger negative impact. If both teams are full of low skilled player and you are standing out as a good one among them, most of the time best you can do is to save your star. Win comes more seldom with poor teammates.