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What's lucky about buying the ship from premium store?

Hello, I have a question for you seasoned Frenchie BB captains regarding the performance of higher tier French BB guns, particularly those on Richelieu and Alsace. I have no experience with them as I'm currently finishing the lovely grind of Lyon. Basically, are they any good? The caliber of 380 mm seems very lackluster and the penetration is nothing to write home about. The sigma values are also pretty mediocre (to say the least). And yet, I know the Alsace have been nerfed (supposedly for a good reason) and is still considered strong. What baffles me is the disparity of dispersion values compared to Iowa: I am not really sure how to interpret these values to be completely honest. Does this really mean the Alsace has almost twice as good vertical dispersion compared to the US BB? Is it the reason for having such a bad sigma value (as a balancing factor)? I have noticed that the disparity in these values are even greater with the Republique compared to all other tier X BBs. Does it mean that the Republique is the snipiest of the snipers? The most accurate tier X BB? Any educated input is highly appreciated.

The Richelieu grind is finnished : I have to say it's a great ship! Enjoyed every last game, even the tier X ones. The guns are surprisingly punchy for their small calibre.

And speed flags, and heal flags.

It was just a guess, isn't 3 euro a standard price for almost all containers though?

My sentiments exactly. Paying 3 euros for mostly 15x "Halloween" camouflage patterns is ridiculous. Compared to last year's harvest it's crawling with (cash) grub. Last Halloween I was able to stock up to the brim with flags (speed flags, heal flags - 75 pieces a pop), camos and doubloons far exceeding the value set in standard premium shop (if you got duplicitous perma-camouflage you got refunded it's full doubloon value). There's a safety against that this year. I'm talking solely about the premium containers that can be bought through premium shop - the event itself I have nothing against.

You had 2k base XP, topping the chart. I took the second place, just a little behind you. I wish I had team mates such as yourself more often, cheers.

Hey man, I didn't realise it was you in the Musashi! Great job defending the base - if you didn't blap that enemy Richelieu I'm sure the battle would go south pretty quickly. Very well played and a deserved top place in the scoreboard for that game.

Or am I just extremely lucky? I'm seeing very few tier X games with my latest tier VIII grind (Richelieu). What is your experience?

Yeah, my sample is only 20 battles, I realise that it is statistically irrelevant, but still, one can hope. Anyways, thanks for grounding me again :)

When will we get detailed info about Halloween Containers? Will they be available right after the update? Thank you for any further info.

So if I have the Tirpitz already, I'm at the mercy of RNG gods to get one of the other three premiums, or is there some kind of safety mechanic?

And it's as simple as that ladies and gentlemen.

Well, time for some anecdotal "evidence." First ever game in Richelieu netted me 10 citadels in a tier VIII match. Four of them on Massachusets, three on broadside while he was semi angled, and one right through the stern on 14 km while he was retreating - I was completely baffled by that, I have never scored a citadel that way (on US BB), and if I did, I'm possitive it wasn't using such a small caliber guns. The shells felt very accurate, considering the low sigma value and supposed German BB dispersion. I guess the ballistics play a bigger role in guns performance than I credited them before. The ship is also incredibly tanky, fast and nimble - looks like I've found my new favorite tier VIII BB. I just hope I didn't speak too soon.

This! Finally it makes sense to me. Thank you, based Potato! I never thought to take the shell trajectory into consideration.

Surely I do. The fact remains you chose the wrong wording. Firepower does not equal ballistics now, does it? That's the whole source of the confusion, time to move on, I'd say. Rest assured I do appreciate your input and valuable experience with the said ships, thank you.

And: I hope you can see why your statement got confusing there, buddy.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but where do you get your info from? Is this the "feel" approach, Notser style? The Richelieu and Alsace have the same guns, same penetration, shell velocity and everything. How can the ballistics of Alsace be very solid, while Richelieu's are not, according to you?

I just can not wrap my head around this. The Republique has the second worst AP DPM of all tier X BBs (bar Yamato). So the only advantage over let's say Montana is higher penetration, better shell velocity and 2,4 kn speed with speed boost, plus the ability to overmatch 30 mm armour? The Montana on the other hand has much better armor, AA defense, better concealment, better turning circle, better alpha strike, spotting plane and even better firing angles. I'm not saying Republique is bad (never played her) and I'm led to believe by others it's a very solid BB favoured even in some tournament play. There has to be something else about her I'm not seeing right now.

So you're telling me that 365 m Vertical dispersion (Alsace) is worse than 625 m Vertical dispersion (Iowa)?

Why WG, why? Why do you do this to your loyal customers? https://worldofwarships.eu/en/news/sales-and-deals/triplidee-doo-dah/ And if you have something special in store for your long-time supporters, as I've seen hinted at, why not release it at the same time? This is beyond infuriating for me. You made me regret my previous purchases - I didn't even know it was possible, but yup, you triplidee-doo-dah-DID IT! How do you guys feel about this?

Well, yeah. I just wanted to know if you're talking about some nerf in particular. No need to get deffensive.

How was JB nerfed, please elaborate.

Good thinking. I will follow your example.

You are modest as well. And handsome I would bet.