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Saipan is an excellent CV... She may have a low number of planes but they're T9 on a T7 ship. There's enough to last you a battle if well managed. You're asking for massive buffs. The planes speed means your down time is a fraction of normal CVs and you can choose your engagements also due to their pace.

Yeah I've started playing Trashkan, I barely take any damage as I skate at around 13km+ HE shooting stuff. Can't get closer as the ship's fat and has a bad turning circle. Problem is people often just ignore you and take their chances and let you damage them. If your team is performing the yolo then they'll die faster than you can pump out damage to the enemy...

Fletcher guns are not general purpose flame throwers like the Russians. They're anti DD tools so the USN DD really needs some decent torp strikes to make up the damage.

The game doesn't always score good team play. A good DD acts as the eyes for a team and screens them from torps and enemy DDs. It's just that when a DD messed up it's bad. Whereas BBs are allowed to be mediocre as their HP pool gives them some purpose.

The Trashkan is nearly immortal now if you play to her strengths. But yes, you can't really cap and lose as you team gets out gunned... Even pre all the radar, hydro, IJN nerfs I never complained at the torp walls. I derped most of the way up the BB trees by eating fish and learning from mistakes. Nowadays I can kick around in my Missouri safe that torp can't hurt me and I can play 1 handed whilst posting on Facebook on my phone

But did you win?

WG are determined to push their RU DD line. This is a buff for their home boy DDs and BBs. Guess they're determined to break USN DD hegemony, RE IJN just lol as they think the Shira needs the nerf bat... I actually do enjoy the new RU DD line but I'm afraid it panders to their bias plans.

Gremy won't care for this nerf. Damn thing is essentially a Russian Sims in maneuverability. Good luck trying to hit her beyond 10km.

There's guys who Ranked up early and state they've never seen that. I'd sooner believe the guy I know than WG...

This ship is great fun, although last night a div buddy suggested going double Hotnik. I suggested one of us took Gremy as an insurance policy. One Kraken later and that choice looked wise... This thing is so vulnerable to torps, comedy turning circle to match it's looks. I bet it's as long as a Kongo

Well yes, Khab will come at some stage once enough potatoes have been sacrificed. The firepower that thing pumps out is mind blowing...

lel, I never considered that DE doubles fire chance after IFHE. Although considering the value is 2% that isn't as amazing as it looks. Every game in it is fun. Something comical about 200 hits on a BB only doing about 30k damage. I'm sure I've seen screenshots of folk with almost 1000 hits in a single game...

I just played a T6 Indie game in a T8 MM. The enemy CV was an AS Indie. We lost, I did 10k damage via DB only as my Torp Bombers got farmed. I earned 600xp, the enemy CV WITH win bonus got TWO HUNDRED?! Stuff like this shows the average potato may need education!! How is that even possible??! Mind you, he erm tried to snipe me with 1 DB... I let him burn me as I had Dmg Con 2 and moved on with my life... Stuff like this shows the average potato may need education!

We scam WG out of containers, we don't deserve SL rewards

Slightly off topic but why does it seem the majority of players are easily below average or deep in the red as BAD on all those ratings sites? Surely they're the new "Average"?

Those yolo guys make me laugh. "Thanks for help noobs" or something similar... Not just DDs, all ship types do it. Some Scharn did exactly that and insulted anyone who cared to answer rationally. He had it in for me and I think he's still grinding away in Ranked now Taking the ultra support role into Random Battles is pretty funny too. You can close down half a team at a cap with good smoke and torps.

Balancing for the average kid will lead to serious abuse of ships and various abilities... I actually think the game is ok as it is and needs tweaks more than massive changes. Good DDs are still King. I love playing BBs and would play them all the time but they're useless without decent support ships.

Further from an education video WG should have an in game tutorial where they gift you a CV and something like a 6 point captain after you've proven the basics vs a bot in a single player map.

Impregnator Nikolai is thankfully rare. CVs should be present in most if not all games. The biggest problem with CVs is the players themselves as if you don't GIT GUD you essentially damn your team to a defeat far harder than any class. It's been said many times before but the gulf in ability hurts as say a good top tier Taiho player will simply put a game out of sight for the reds after the first 5 mins. The sheer carry power is what makes CVs attractive too. Who doesn't want to be the superstar with 150k damage every game and a 70% WR? Difficult problem, this whole CV business...

I sold everything underneath the reborn Kiev. I've got Gremy for mid tier gunboat fun or I can buy a Lenin if I want a strong T7 DD. All those mid tier DDs have slow turrets and trash torps. Maybe I'm not giving them the attention they deserve but when you've got Kiev, Trashkan and Uldaloi why settle for less?

I took BFT on the way up as I figured DE is only good for BBs and shooting them isn't my primary role. Figured AP is bad, I've lost shootouts to Cruisers even v close up. I think the Preventative Maintenance skill, LS, BFT, AFT, IFHE, DE, then AR is how I'll roll. I've found 6.6 km is enough concealment as i don't want to be much closer anyway. It's like a medium range version of the RU DDs to me.

With AFT and IFHE sounds like it'll be DE and AR for me on the way back down. Or I'll swap BFT for SE, personally I think Aki has enough HP. Sneaking up on DD with better concealment runs you the risk of getting Aki's far behind torped by a defensive spread! Also is there ever a time you should use AP if you've got IFHE?

I aim with 1 click outside of max zoom with USN DDs, Atlanta and Cleve. Seems to work for all ranges, rather than getting mixed up during a fight.

Removing auto drop isn't a bad idea actually. Although I use the auto drop marker like the torp reticle to time my Manual Drops which I think most of us do as there's no way of easily judging speed otherwise.

Does Aki need CE? IFHE and AFT is pretty expensive as it is.