RUSSIANBlAS

I hope things are in place to stop people being AFK and being carried... Looking forward to it though

Low survival rate does not necessarily mean one has been carried. I'm usually a lot more willing to push than other 15km sniper BB on my team so I can make something happen... So I'm often the first to blow up. Might take Manual AA when the time comes, Dunker's vulnerability to torp bombers is one of her major weaknesses. Rest can be worked around more or less but there's little one can do when the stacked IJN TB come knocking. I seem to be saying that about CV a lot recently but it's what the BB player has to deal with if there are a reasonable number of CV players on the server.

When fully upgraded the Colo is a very solid ship. I actually prefer it over the Nagato (maybe one of the only who do). I think part of the issue for some maybe getting used to 8 gun BB when they previously had 12 gun ships at T6, it demands better aiming as you can't just shotgun everything as in the New Mex. It works in similar ways to the NM and NM, a brawling BB. It's armour has issues vs other 16" guns but will be good vs lower tier ships. Problem is once you're in T7 you are in the big boys league and can be lolpennned at long range by things such as the Amagi, Izumo, Iowa etc (thanks MM) and suffer triple TB strikes from Taiho with utterly nothing you can do about it as you're too slow to keep up with the cruisers/fast DD.

Of the ships I actually play (I don't count all the random things I've sold or just not been that into) Current Best: 1) Amagi. Hands down the best BB of it's tier. Big 10 gun 16" salvo can't be beaten, armour slightly suspect but nothing intelligent play won't cure. Maybe the best BB in game in terms of where it stands, if only WG would release some sort of Prem Camo so I could farm credits in her... 2) Scharnhorst. Very smooth operating guns, I don't buy the whole "blah use HE", no issues when I exclusively spam AP at anything sub 15km. 3) Tirpitz . Played it so hard I got to the 15 point captain. Now when I'm in the mood I go around bashing cruisers with CE, it's funny watching the victim wiggle in your sites when 8x15" shells suddenly pop up at 13km. Benefited hugely from the SA for everyone. (Yes, there is a little p2w in me ) Current Worst: 1) TRASHkent, great ship on paper but so hard to play. Neither a DD or a Cruiser and it's detection means you often get facerolled. 2) Ryujo. Horrible at its tier, everyone is starting to have decent AA and you simply lack the reserves to deal with being shot down. 3) Mutsuki. Starting to do okay in it actually but it's a big step up in difficulty as I've been seal clubbing with the Kami R for months

The new IJN DD being announced (and released before RN cruisers probably) is our collective punishment for all this RN talk...

Not many ships can push alone... Dunker is no worse than other BB mostly. Can arguably push better when vs 14" guns as you can bow in and advance. Rapid fire smooth guns help a bit too.

Dunker guns are still BB guns. Slightly lower calibre or not, they still do the job on other ships. Only glaring weaknesses she has would be here awful AA and frankly crazy size. Love the speed of her, great at T6.

Full secondary in Bismarck is insane. 10km range and it's effective with Manual Fire Control. Whilst I'm all for lowering main gun dispersion, it's not really needed for the Bismarck since all your work is closer range.

Sometimes slowing loads in a turn is useful. Torp dodging for instance!

Scharnorst wasn't that bad. EU still beat RU and SEA servers!! Campbeltown was a bit poor from WG but it's just a T3 DD which we finally don't need to pay for. And whilst I have the Dunker, I wasn't refreshing every few hours desperate for it. Will pass on Prince Albert. Low credit and captain xp earning potential, although there are two high tier Ger BB for training...

Bismarck Secondaries are utterly amazing, I've used them on the PT and others I know who have them on the main server say the same. If a DD doesn't kill you with his first torp strike, you'll probably kill him before he reloads if you've got Manual Secondaries... Tirp ones are not quite as good, my 15 point Ger captain is on my Tirp. 12.3km detection with CE is the best.

Yes, for the price a high tier Perm Camo costs it should transform the ship into a full Prem ship, with all the bonuses...

Wasn't the green IJN Camo near the end of the war where they were desperately trying to disrupt the allies blowing them up in port?

The way some play these days you would already think hidden loot is in random corners of the map...

I will give you definitive advice on how to Nassau. A) Play only when its +50% or +100% XP for a first win then wait until the next day. B) Upgrade hulls and get onto the next ship then sell it and never play it again. Or free XP the entire charade

I'm sure I read somewhere turrets heal every time they fire. Slightly strange mechanic I guess

Great review, I rarely play my Iowa due to the high tier meta but that isn't Iowa's fault. In terms of all round attributes I still consider her one of the best BB in game. Comparing her to the Dunker is a bit mean on her I think

Turrets can and do get smoked, usually from the side or close range. If you're in a long BB brawl it's often worth aiming high to try and knock a few out.

If BB have every disadvantage the game mechanics throw at them then how comes they still perform very well in over all ships stats? Have you ever played cruiser? They constantly run the risk of being deleted by a BB just casually passing by.... I'll stop commenting on these posts, it feels like certain factions are completely delusional or worse, hopefully one of those factions isn't myself

You can see why USN CV go Air Sup as their Strike packages are so weak... Might aswell try and shut both CV out the game lol And WG think it correct to give USN CV Fighters even more ammo, buffing AS CV and making them even more common...

Ryujo doesn't have a lot of reserves and her planes aren't much better than Zuiho. I'm stuck on her too... But I use the strike build, there is enough AA for T6 ships (or higher) to mostly defend themselves. Zuiho is probably op at T5, IJN torp bombers remain the same from T5 to T7....

I play BB but I'm fairly sick of the CV and DD whine. WG have already nerfed the torping ships and buffed BB somewhat. Playing a Ryujo right now is positively hellish due to the strong AA knocking around. I sort of want to move into CVs, no more needs

The Iowa is monstrously long. She's very easy to torp with bombers, when T9 and T10 IJN CV come knocking there's little you can do unless you're in a cloud of friendly cruisers. As others have said, no BB can resist a decent high level IJN CV alone. CV aren't that common in higher tiers anyway...

There are a few of these threads right now and to shoot them down gets accusations of trolling or elitism...

The short of this is you're asking for a massive buff to BB which would make cruisers and DD almost useless in exchange for a limit to the number of BB in any one game. Who is actually going to want to play the smaller ships after this change?