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Please let the accordion music be some sort of sick April fools joke.

I am hoping they were just a bit early with their April fools prank.

I now have the Kiev unlocked and yes it does have a few minor advantages over the Błyskawica. By comparison the Kiev just seems less fun to play though and I cannot put my finger on the reason. As for the torpedos, the Kiev may be better for actually hitting things but neither ship is suited to getting in close for torpedo kills. Błyskawica can however use torpedos to force ships to turn. A battleship that has to turn and avoid torpedos is not able to shoot a destroyer at the same time. As for the debate about which is better, Błyskawica or Sims; I have now had a 1 on 1 fight against the Sims and the winner was the cruisers of both sides who found us both immobilised and badly shot up. It was a very even fight and one we should both have avoided getting involved in. For the record the Sims lasted longer but only because it took longer for the friendly cruiser to get in range.

I have played this ship a bit and I just cannot stop laughing when I play it. I find myself just taking on everything at around 10-12km range and relying on maneuverability and the good health pool to stay alive. I cannot say that this is a good strategy, but so far it has worked as I have died once in about 10 battles. The guns have very good accuracy and this has led to a number of magazine detonations on other destroyers. I don't care what the stats say, I just know that this ship is a lot of fun and looks damn cool in either camo. The Poles certainly managed to get the coolest camo colours.

There are several ways to play the Atlanta: Destroyer hunter: Go to the channels where the destroyers like to ambush people and use your dps to annihilate them. If they hide in smoke, spray the whole area. Big destroyer: Play like a large version of an american destroyer. Use islands and whatever you can to get in range and then use guns and torpedos to wreck cruisers and battleships. Anti-aircraft escort: Stick to the battleships, the Atlanta has insane antiaircraft ability. Every gun on the ship is an antiaircraft gun. When the battleships you are escorting engage the enemy, you will hopefully not be on the radar until after the enemy ships have chosen targets. Then just join in the fight and add your DPS. Remember to get Advanced firing training at T4 on the captains skills. This adds 20% to the range of your guns and antiaircraft. I like to fire the guns in ripple fire, rather than salvo's. This produces an almost constant line of fire from your ship to the target. I find this makes it easier to move the location of hits along the length of the target ship. This way you can ensure you create fires in new locations. The downside is you have to be aware of what is happening via the minimap, as you will have no time to stop and look around.

Simple solution: Get the advanced firing training skill on your captain. The Murmansk was introduced before the 3rd hull on the Omaha was available. At that stage the 2 ships were more different.

I actually think it's a good map but is better suited to lower tiers rather than the higher tiers it is restricted to. It lacks enough open water for battleships to be fully effective at the ranges they work best at in higher tiers and carriers are pretty much left as target practice as the enemy cannot be kept far enough away to not pose a threat. It's a good map for cruisers and destroyers, so why not use it at lower tiers where there are more cruisers and destroyers and give the higher tiers something that works for them?

So far I have only been working on the Japanese ships. I did however purchase the Murmansk. OMG that ship is fun. Can't wait until the Royal Navy is added though.