RUSSIANBlAS

Six! USN DD. Mains on Fletcher and farms on Prem DDs RU Cruisers, grinded up the entire line. Currently main on Chapy but no idea who to spec him to, maybe Shchors? RN BBs. Thanks Warspite, gave me an advantage when grinding out the rest of the line. German DDs. Currently in Z46. German KM, shared between Scharn and Bismarck for secondary farming fun. and most recently IJN DDs. Was mostly with Atago but dropped into Aki/Harekaze last season.

Sorry but I have to agree with the others, having played Normandie in game she looks utterly stupid. The superstructures are so awkward looking. Fat squat looking dreadnaught BB doing almost 30 knots... I do really enjoy playing her however as I just love fast BB.

I laugh at the write up of why WG's mutant BB designs are wrong with the weird extended hull etc You think WG have a good grasp of ship building when they let that Okhotnik thing make it into game?

Roma is excellent in Random Battles. Decent armour pattern when angled as others have mentioned but it's the guns that cause so much controversy. These 15" guns have extreme velocity and have penetration characteristics that are on par with Yam's guns and are arguably better in some situations. Citadel strikes vs angled higher tier BB are not uncommon. It's just they can derp you extremely hard sometimes.

SF likely needed a tweak but not the changes we saw here. They should have had a calibre linked gun bloom time or something. And IMO the slide started much earlier. It began when Situational Awareness became free, has only got more noob friendly since.

Sure remove radar and refund me a million FXP as I should have a bit of interest with that refund... Way too late to whine about a single ship. WG decided a long time ago that Cruisers shouldn't be the only utility ship class anymore.

Well I know that. You get all modules free too... Hopefully WG will transfer the excess XP to something we can spend on the next ship. Worst case I can see WG deducting the free modules off the XP total.

I got a citadel vs a Gnesi in the T5 FR BB although the potato was broadside and firing HE at me... So probably doesn't prove much!! I feel bad for the IJN. Poor Kongo has been well and truly power creeped out by GC. Nagato is meh vs the new breed of BB, only Amagi stays relevant. Yam is OK I guess but Conq does a similar job without needing to be able to aim. Every BB should have raised citadels otherwise what's the point? As no one is really punished for broadside brain dead sailing. If you're caught broadside you deserve to get one shotted, you're less likely to repeat that mistake than if you only take 10k superstructure damage.

PT is hugely useful, with that and the detection icon you can deduce who is shooting at you... Nothing stops you zooming out to look at enemy ships to see if their turrets are facing you. Never used IFA however. RPF is useful on most DD and possibly everyone in CW. It's probably won me 3 Ranked seasons, the amount of intelligence it buys you in game can't be understated.

The T5 thing is utterly forgettable. I did ok in the one game I've played in her however with pure AP. I sold out and got a few extra boxes. Got the T7 and the T6 thing too now. So for 25 boxes I've finished the collection and got a skip to T7. Not sinking more cash for Richelieu, I'm close enough...

Harekaze was the best IJN DD trainer. It's a bad Kagero, good Aki hybrid and fairly poor false USN DD all in one (3 gun choices). Too bad it's gone from the shop now.

No, they're virtual Prem ships for now. Not clear what will happen to the excess XP when the tech tree comes in.

Great analysis but i think it boils down to the uninitiated seeing historical BB snipe at long range for hours. They then think this applies to the game... In their little minds, the odd glancing hit or very rare 1 shot is good.

Hai all... Let's talk about how to torp the enemy like a pro. I'm still sucky at it and it's the worst aspect of my game other than CVs. This season of Ranked is forcing me to think and improve however. From what I know: Torping stuff sailing away is a waste of time. Torping stuff at the extremity of your range also tends to be a waste unless you're area denying. Torping stuff heading straight for you is also a waste as even BBs will dodge your fishes. For me, the time I should torp is often too early. Need to wait for it to get juicy. I've also found that you should not fire all tubes at once unless it's point blank. Always fire a salvo, wait and see then adjust. Put yourself in the enemies shoes. Sometimes your torping is actually really obvious from their perspective. Often better to torp when your team is occupying them with gunfire. Use the prediction indicator as a very rough guide. Look at the map and think how they'll adjust then predict accordingly. I think the optimal torp angle is whilst the enemy advances towards you but you're at one side to them. It's like shooting someone broadside except with a delay. As stated at the start I'm really not an expert at the metal fishes. Would be good to have some input from some who are good with them...

So if I log in again when I'm home I might get a nice surprise? As I got 20 boxes with only lel TT given to me... Probably not though

Well we can agree it'll be a decent Random Battles bashing DD. You'll still see the odd madman using her in Ranked though... And only better DD gunboat players will have the ability to hunt you down.

I'd still torp out in a DD knife fight. You will probably not hit them but don't underestimate what it makes the enemy do. They'll likely have to stop firing or adjust for even a split second which divides their attention. Vs DWT they can play far more aggressively. Everyone will win plenty of caps but that doesn't make the ship you're doing it in a decent cap contester. There is a bracket where IJN DDs will out spot all other DDs. In fact I exploited this to get to R1 in a Harekaze vs all the Lo Yangs. I know exactly how DD concealment is used to it's strengths but Asashio simply has no backup if spotted by the opposing DDs.

Yes but other DDs, especially at the higher tiers can dig themselves out of situations. Whether that's good speed, guns, torps or quite often all 3. Asashio is heavily compromised for the sake of BB trolling but some will enjoy playing her I'm sure.

Hiding in smoke is a trash level DD tactic. It's only really worth doing when all enemy DDs are dead and you're HE spamming. My favourite is when the lead DD smokes on the edge of a cap blinding the rest of the team...

Was a gamble but a skip to T5 for 20 boxes isn't good value for money. Regular FXP unlocking for the money would have got me further I think. I'll definitely finish the collection now with the free containers to boost me so I guess that'll do...

Cap contesting involves being able to be a threat to the enemy cappers... Even a Kagero has more threat than Asashio. I know a thing or two about using gunboat DD and fighting them. Sure you won't be spotted with better concealment and RPF but you are a very low risk to enemy DDs. Without team support you'll simply be area denied. Yeah the game is teamwork but late game when lots of ships are dead you may not have too much support. I don't deny Asashio has a place in the game. It's just very specialised and not one I want to take into Random Battles if I value actually winning any Domination games. Plenty will enjoy it too but there are other ships that offer similar gameplay and are far less compromised.

The risk of being torped is enough to change an enemy gunboats tactics as they can't broadside rush you. And the permi spotting torping thing can be done by most DDs with good guns other than the Kiev maybe. Sure their torps are not as good as this proposal but they can defend themselves properly. I've got RPF on an IJN DD captain that could fit into this ship. Even have TA for extra lol but you're giving up too much for the DWT. Maybe a tier lower with some nerfs this ship might be a lot better but T8 is hot with very competitive DDs and the MM has even more horrors at T9 and T10. I'd even say stats wise this ship will look good as it only needs one good strike in a BB to get above average DD damage so the padders will love her. What I said earlier still stands, Asashio looks awful for any sort of cap contesting. Granted that isn't her point but you're buying into a DD that arguably can't do it's main class job.

Lucky you. I only got the T5 thing after 20 containers. The other rewards are not worth the money. Small amounts of gold and those super flags are meh. Funny if I get the T8 ship with a normal grinded container but we'll see

Jesus Christ, 400+ boxes?! I thought I was bad getting 20 Everyone else should stop buying, let that be a lesson to you all!

True but having just come from a season of Ranked where I got to R1 in a Harekaze, I can tell you that doesn't work against the initiated. You can still out gun them with AP if they're broadside and aggressive but that really isn't a tactic that will leave you with much HP left over. IMO the more HP you can save into late game as a DD the more dangerous you'll be. Most DDs at T8 can handle T10 MMs fine. Sure you might need to play a bit smarter but there's no reason why you can't make a real difference. Asashio is basically free damage for any DD with RPF and half decent guns. At T8 everyone other than a Kagero will eat you up. If an enemy RPF DD is anywhere near you then that's very bad news. Low gun DPM, low turret traverse, zero threat of torping the DDs. Don't forget if there is a Cruiser support with that DD then you're double screwed as the DWT will pass under them too. Still WiP, maybe WG will make changes. Or they'll see there's plenty of folk willing to throw money at a terminally compromised DD.