ImperialAdmiral

I'm fully against the French tier VIII an IX cruisers nerf just to introduce useless gimmick that is with high certainty a testbed for Soviet Battleships. Those were one of few spot on balanced ships that already had speed boost as their flavour.

Yes I do support @fumtu in this case. Those were ships that were actually build and would be an interesting tier VI or VII option for French navy fans.

No but friend saw OMNI member with Salem.

Close battles are rare that is true. You either stomp on get stomped. Nothing really new though. Bigger problem is the legendary mod grind that kills tier VIII mm.

Rangefinders on USS Helena do not rotate.

What is the max speed of Khaba with flag and boost?

Well I hope the thing with speed boost gonna be true. I really want her to surpass Khaba in terms of maximum speed. That would be a great tribute to the Le Fantasque class.

Man, I thought that Le Fantasque class is gonna be faster than Khaba :<

Am I the only one that prepares for disappointment?

I know there is off-topic section but is forum about a game really the best place to post daily news?

On first page we have thread to buff and to nerf Worcester. Jesus f Christ. Decide people.

Nevertheless, even more poeople might shift to tier X games which means we will see more one "lucky" tier VIII ships in tier X match.

Very fun mission. The hard part is to save the ground troops.

44850 coal

I voted for the winner. The least ridiculous looking one plus nice color palette. Congrats.

I haven't seen it. I don't know exactly what happened but I will side with OP on one thing. No matter how angry you are on a teammate, teamkilling them is super low.

Why do I have a feeling that the reload booster is being tested for Soviet BBs?

Probably the ugliest ship in WoWs so far. WG's what if concept on a never completed ship.

Agano class cruiser Light cruiser Agano The Agano class cruisers were light cruisers build for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a replacement for the older classes of light cruisers as a part of Fourth Replenishment Program. Named after Japanese rivers they were beautiful, modern looking ships with a graceful deck lines. Designed as a flotilla leaders for the modern Japanese destroyer squadrons they were fast ships yet at the same time possesed underwhelming main gun armament of only 6x2 152 mm guns and weak armour protection. On the other hand they could be proud of their torpedo armament which featured two quadruple Type 92 torpedo mounts placed on the centerline of the ship which could fire a full broadside on either direction. Agano class construction Ship Build at Laid down Launched Completed Agano Sasebo NY 6/18/40 10/22/41 10/31/42 Noshiro Yokosuka NY 9/4/41 7/19/42 6/30/43 Yahagi Sasebo NY 11/11/41 10/25/42 12/29/43 Sakawa Sasebo NY 11/21/42 4/9/44 11/30/44 Agano class Specifications Displacement 8,534 tons full load Dimensions Lenght:572.35ft overall /beam 49.9ft /draft: 8,5 ft Speed 35 knots Range 6,000nm at 18 knots Crew 51 officers and 649 enlisted personel as designed; Sakawa had 55 officers and 750 enlisted when completed Agano and Noshiro as built: 6 × 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 × 2) 4 × 76.2 mm Type 98 DP guns (2 × 2) 6 × 25 mm AA guns (2 × 3) 4 × 13mm Type 93 AA machine guns (2 × 2) 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 4) 16 Type 95 or Type 2 depth charges 3 Type 88 mines Completed on 31 October 1942, Agano participated in the battles for Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands during 1943. Agano was badly damaged in Rabaul harbor by aircraft from the aircraft carriers USS Saratoga and USS Priceton, and in a subsequent attack by aircraft from TF38 on 11 November she received a torpedo hit. Ordered to home waters for repair, she was torpedoed and sunk north of Truk by the US submarine USS Skate (SS-305), on 16 February 1944. Light cruiser Noshiro Commissioned on 30 June 1943, Noshiro participated in operations in the Solomon Islands and was damaged during the US carrier aircraft raids on Rabaul on 5 November 1943. She served in the Marianas in the summer of 1944, and was part of Admiral Kurita's force during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. At the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. She was west of Panay while withdrawing from the Battle of Samar on the morning of 26 October when she was sunk by aircraft from USS Wasp and USS Cowpens. Light cruiser Yahagi Commissioned on 29 December 1943 Yahagi saw action in the Marianas in May/June 1944, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. After the US invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945, she was ordered to accompany the battleship Yamato on its suicide mission against the American fleet at Okinawa. Yahagi was hit by some seven torpedoes as well as a dozen bombs, and sank on the afternoon of 7 April 1945. Light cruiser Sakawa Sakawa was not completed until the end of 1944, by which time there was little fuel available. She survived the war unscratched and was used as a transport to return demilitarized troops from New Guinea and other areas after the war. She was expended in the atom bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. *Data based on Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941–45 and Wikipedia. In conclusion, I think that it would be nice to see those magnificent looking light cruisers in game at some point. Possibly a tier V-VI ship, with many ways to make it interesting and unique. Torpedo reload booster, higher rate of fire, better aa or maybe Aiming System Modification 0? There is many options to choose from for this class.

BB that suicides inside the cap is most of the time a sign of desperation since everything else failed and your team is either dead or ultra useless. Later game of course. Not talking about those that rush straight away and die.

True Agano was unique in her design for a light cruiser but I would never cosider her as an aviation cruiser. Even as a starting point for the aviation cruiser line. She will be either premium or could be part of completly new and redesigned classic cruiser split which won't happen at least in the near future. Premium ship is the most possible option. If not Agano as the main ship of it's class then you still can use 3 other ones.

Sadly I think it was either on a stream or in a Q&A in which WG said there are no plans for a second IJN pure cruiser line. Therey are only gonna introduce some aviation cruisers after the CV rework.

Well I'm looking forward to seeing it ^_^ I don't have much issues with the year restrictions in WoWs and I really do think that she would be best at max tier VI being fairly balance and rather unique in playstyle. I'm most opting for a torpedo cruiser variant. Agano class was a flotilla leader first afterall. Nevertheless, I'm really open to different combinations and variants.

It is nice to see some trully positive thread once in a while.

Totally agree on the lower tier ships CC content part. More gameplays, more guids and more love in general for those tiers would be much appreciated. From the relevant CCs I think only Fara made a really great and complex guids for low tier ships, in his case carriers.