Beardroid91

Well they appear to have kept their word that the NO would get updated in patch 0.5.13. I can't wait to see how much the updated to the NO will buff her gameplay, as the NO also appeared to be riding to high in the water as it is not normal for a ship to show the red upside all the time, so i'm very excited to see what they did to her if they updated other stuff like the weak turret armor and possibly RoF of the guns or AA buff's as the NO is worthless for AA protection vs. the Hipper. Also a radar buff to the range would be nice as it can't be right that the Russian paper ships got better radars 9,5-10km would be great. Lol i guess Flamu will have to make yet another video with her. But interesting to see the Mogami also needing testing, i heard something about a one of the turrets not being able to turn as much as the others when there was room for it to turn more, but don't know for sure. But other then that the Mogami is well know for being a floating citadel, just got to the Ibuki a few days ago.

Won 10 battles in a row yesterday, and today it has been nothing but potato teams and stupid loses, was Rank 6** and now 9***, this evening has been brutal, with all the weekend potatoes joining ranked. Played 14 battles today, and win rate was 14,3%, all down to coward BB's and DD's not doing their jobs, or those players who refuse to play as a team and get singled out. But is the matchmaking really random or do WG punish those who won to much? Well hopefully RNGesus will bless me again with good teams and less potato team as i can't stand the losing when you know you did your best but the team just fell apart, and the last noob alive gets to keep their star, just hate it.

Ah man that sucks, and they even set the repair at a fixed rate now, so there is no point in trying to play super safe a tier 10 ship. But lol i had a Ranked battle on Atlantic and there was 8 DD's and 4 BB's and 2 CA's, and the damn NC was so damn scared he turned around and ran directly for the A line (without capping) leaving me and the Bismarck to fend for ourselves, and the Bismarck didn't want to push either... So just told everyone to report the NC's [edited]and told the enemy BB's where to find him and put him out of his misery.

Okay i give up, getting to Rank 11-10 in the New Orleans was tortur as the BB players are so skilled they aim for the weak front armor and multi citadel you, plus i only on average earn 20-50k per battle, so it is not worth it for me, maybe once the NO gets the new armor but for now i i'm taking the Atago out - it's earns about 200k per battle after repairs etc. so i might aswell get rich grinding Ranked. Plus the Atago can play alone while the New Orleans gets wrecked if you point it the wrong way, but i'll miss that radar alot on the Atago.

Well all the Amagi's except maybe 1-2 i have seen today have camped at great range while the rest of the team suffers from it as the Amagi players can't hit anything at that range. Also the New Orleans does okay when you just go after the DD's which hate radar and focus fire, or stay behind the pushing BB's, but the crappy armor really lets the NO down, but it is still a good choice, but you got to know how to sail her to do well. But NO will become better in 0.5.13 when its new armor model comes hopefully before the end of Ranked.

True, the rudder + vigilance might counter the need for hydro, but came to think of it DD's is the main target while planes might be not matter so much and CV's might be far and few in between but DD torps is the most deadly threat. So i'll try out hydro first then maybe Def.AA if i meet alot of CV's, but i think seeing torps faster is always a good thing and the radar only lasts 30sec so a longer lasting hydro might be the way to go for charging the smokes, and if the New Orleans is going to play as a DD escort ship which is able to fire over the islands near the caps so hydro and def.AA could both be useful, but alas Hydro seems the best. And i already tested the propulsion + rudder on the last test server and the NO was very responsive. But the 9,5 km concealment and 9km radar is great for hunting DD's at the end of the match as you just pop it when you get detected. There is also the option to opt for Basic Sur., Expert M, Vigilance, Demo expert and AFT - Maybe use my last 2 points on Incoming Firealert or Expert Loader and BFT. And mount the AAgun range upgrade + propulsion and rudder. That is what i think i the best thing to spec for as a supportive cruiser, and concealment don't really matter that much for Ranked as long as you can dodge the shells fired at you, and you are doing something wrong if the guns isn't firing when in range anyway.

Being away this weekend and only having to relay on streamers for my daily WoWS fix it is very clear that ranked needs radar ships, and the DD's just have to much free reign over the caps etc., so i can't wait to take my New Orleans which is spec'ed for DD hunting out hunting in Ranked. But question is should i also spec for Def.AA as carriers might be lurking around or just focus on DD hunting, so to hydro or to Def.AA ? Also rudder or concealment?

Nothing more fun than hunting DD's with radar, rendering their smoke worthless and burning BB's to the oceanfloor.

YES !! new armor inbound

T6: Anshan with DE and CE T8: Atago with the new ruddershift module and hydro Maybe the New Orleans when the new armor update comes as radar is worth alot with all the DD's around, might try it with the new rudder as the NO turns like a DD with it.

Well the 40mm Bofors was the very best before the AA gun rebalance crippled the USN cruiser line's purpose. So maybe WG and the CV players have forgotten the USN cruisers have crapAA while they still fear how powerful it used to be.

Well the NO is having a new armor model made with underwater front gun citadel, so it should be similar to the Baltimore armor model if WG follows the correct armor plans. As of now the New Orleans only have 13mm citadel deck armor under the front guns, so 25mm hull + 13mm deck armor is the only thing keeping AP shells out and it is overmatched alot. And as the NO is the cruiser with the lowest amount of HP so should get 37-38k HP or get a repair party consumable, or accelarated gun reload times as 14 sec reload is painfully slow when you don't have torps or AA to speak of, but a reload buff to 12sec would balance the NO much better imo.

It would seem that Lesta the studio making the models is going to be updating the New Orleans over the coming patches, so the New Orleans might be a much stronger ship when the new armor model comes. Hopefully the new armor comes before the next season of Ranked starts, as a armored radar ship would counter those damn DD's in Ranked nicely

New Orleans was the first to be build, and the Vincennes was the last, and as far i have read it is was only San Francisco was different being that it got more armor than the others. Don't know the Lesta you are reffering to, but guess i missed it, when was it posted and where ?

No it is actually her sister ship Vincenne one of the 7 ships the New Orleans class, so it should be the same layout in the New Orleans cruiser.

Well the New Orleans would be great if WG actually fixed its armor model, because as it is now the front citadel under the guns only have 13mm deck armor while the rest of the deck has 57mm armor, so every hit to the front side is a citadel, and the fact is the New Orleans IRL had one of the most advanced armor layouts of its time in 1932's, the front gun citadel was under the waterline and not over the waterline as it is now in WG's model. The light blue armor around the citadel is the cancer that is ruining her. And this is how the front armor should be, with the citadel (magazine) under the waterline. So not without good reason the New Orleans is under performing, and to rub salt in the wound the NO has the lowest amount of HP of any of the tier 8 cruisers, so it never had a chance to shine.... And worst thing is when you report it as a bug ticket the answer you get is that the New Orleans is fine. So Russian biased confirmed. In case you are wanting to know more about the armor issue with the New Orleans.

The New Orleans armor model is not right, 13mm armor on a citadel deck is insane, it should be 57mm like the rest the NO's citadel deck. And the citadel hull under the main armor belt is also wrong 19mm where the rest of the hull is 25mm. But worse is the front citadel under the two front guns is all wrong it should be under the waterline like the Baltimore has it, so the New Orleans need a new armor model. Just look at all the light blue cancer around the citadel, it is no wonder at all that the NO's is the worst tier 8 cruiser, but with the correct armor model it could be the best at taking damage, but right not now every AP shell you get hit by is a citadel, and you only 34,5 K HP, the lowest of all cruisers at tier 8. So it needs fixing.

The New Orleans armor model does not seem right and needs fixing. 13mm citadel deck armor where the rest of the deck is 57mm and 19mm citadel hull side under the main belt while the rest of the hull is 25mm. All the light blue around the citadel might be errors in the armor model.

So none of you noticed the 40mm citadel armor slopes? The Eugen has 10mm thicker citadel slopes then the Hipper's 30mm slopes, so that in itself it is huge armor buff, considering the Hipper is already hard to citadel, so you might want to consider that too before you write this ship off completely, if i had the money i might have bought her, but i'd rather wait for a USN tier 8 cruiser instead which is bound to happen soon as the USN tech tree has no tier 8 premium ships.

Why the hell did you fire HE at 8km to a broardside BB you should fire AP and wreck him for 10k a salvo if not more, i thought you knew how good the AP shells are in the high tier USN cruisers

Indeed, the Kamikaze got to 360* turning gun turrets and 3 of them is forward facing while the Minekaze don't, but the Minekaze got better (7) AA while the Kamikaze got a AA rating of 2 having only 2x1 7,7mm AA guns which can't do anything at all. So you win some you lose some ; )

You need to remember the Kamikaze also have the turret turning speed buff, so that makes the Kamikaze guns worth using which blows other regulars Minekaze players minds, as they never know they have guns Also if i just use my Mogami/Atago captain with DE bumps it to 11% firechance so it actually sets a ton of fires with not many shell hits, which is perfect for BB's who spent their repair Also i doubt we'll see the Fujin as a Halloween special this year, so it be to close to the major reshuffle of the IJN DD's, and hey might do something else to surprise us.

I just logged in to find my 150 Dragon flags had been delivered, now they just need to release the British cruisers

I was slightly wrong, the benefit of USN 203mm AP shell's was better shell ricochet angles, which they introduced in patch 0.5.1 http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/55715-051-patch-notes/ And here the penetration values showing that USN AP shell's actually is the best at penetrating armor, but the Germans still do more damage. New Orleans 203mm AP shell Mogami 203 AP shell Hipper 203 AP shell

Actually the NO AP is pretty good as it can penetrate armor at more angle, and the HE is pretty good too with DE as the shell dispersion is pretty good, but the rate of fire lets this ship down, 4,3 rounds/min isn't enough considering the Germans have better reload, torps and troll armor, so the New Orleans should get a super hard to hit citadel that's hidden under the waterline and the a buff to the firing rate 4,6 to 5 rounds/min would be enough and then the NO could be competitive again as the WOWS Devs have just neglected the USN cruiser line while the other navies who have entered the game have faster firing guns and more health, even the paper Russian ships. So it is due to WG not checking the stats of the USN ships that the Now Orleans is doing so badly. And the New Orleans AA used to be good back when the 40mm Bofors wasn't nerfed so much, but all the game balancing changes just F**K'ed over the New Orleans as it constantly got nerfs.