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This ship will be played by all those Shima players who don't go anywhere near a cap whilst your team bleeds out points. Then they get arrogant and claim they're in the right because they nuke BBs even though the team has zero caps. It even encourages folk to do the above as with bad guns and the last IJN line of defence vs DDs gone (that's the threat of taking a 20k torp) it will simply be impossible to contest caps as any gunboat DD will just rush you with guns blazing and fear nothing...

Even Harekaze isn't a true offensive tool as her HP pool is too low to brawl unless you are fighting things on half health or have ambushed them good. Apparently Shinonome is workable too when top tier...

It almost looks like a DD version of the Kaga. Monstrous in certain situations but useless in others. If it sells then almost any other DD will have an utter hoot killing them all. Nearly defenceless vs DDs.

Need FXP for silly BBs Lel the clan thing... I'm in a good place right now but I shouldn't elaborate in public

I'd love to see Vanguard in game. Wouldn't even need to be hard to model since they've got the Lion hull and I'm sure 15” turrets could be modded in. Good Sigma and dispersion would be the only "gimmick" needed although a Warspite level heal would be nice too. No need for the lunatic Conq/Lion turbo heal.

Meh, I'd actually dare say WG's idea behind the boxes is bordering on good. I'd throw a little bit of money to jump up the French BB tech tree instead of wasting time,camo and flags...

Wow nice, I'll get to enjoy that Richelieu ship quickly and painlessly But yeah it's not a good thing...

I guess from a personal point of view I don't play my Flint. I think I've had 20 games in her in total. Can see Black being obscene however, radar and USN smoke... I do like farming salt, but usually in my Prem ships so I've not really got any right to complain about balance

That's actually a fairer way of doing things lel Reward ships that are too strong only mess up the balance more. Granted nothing should be OP in the perfect world but stuff like Flint and Black are already bad ideas.

Don't worry too much about D cap North players or A cap Okinawa ones. Those caps are intelligence tests

It's not always idiotic. As a BB I'll sometimes go central to get the enemy's attention. Obviously this isn't viable on say Tears in a Colorado as you have to go to the nearest cap whether you like it or not lol... The question should be more to why ppl clearly sail away from the action even though it's clear from the map where the enemy are.

Principle of an earned ship being better than something that money could be sunk into. T9 and T10 have the same MM for all practical purposes. Meh will await the reviews!

Game isn't decided by the MM... Even OMNI and other try hards can lose, even in Ranked. First engagement however I'd agree with the rage as after 3 mins in you can have all your DDs yolo then it's a boring countdown to watch your points tick away or to go in hard and get it over with I measure games I play by fun vs time. If I'm consistently wasting time because games are decided too early I'd be salty but that's why I prefer DDs these days or I accept as a BB I'm just farming damage/being a tanking presence.

Only way of judging this is to see how it stacks up next to Stalingrad. Imagine the rage you'll feel if you sunk 500k+ FXP into a ship that's weaker but very similar to the reward ship for the skilled?

I don't think I ever really got the Z23... Didn't do bad in her but I never got the 150mm vibe or anything as I'm too used to playing tradition DD. Strangely I'm using the Z46 far better, the guns seem to have similar characteristics even though they're lower calibre.

Wasn't Nelson added in August 2017... You're thinking of Missouri!

Maybe it'll get 5.4km hydro? Watch the whiners descend on the forums then

Let that mad Yuro guy sum it up... I have the HSF Yam camo and it's buffs are close enough to make her a Prem ship. I'm actually building FXP so fast I might sell out and buy Musashi. But then again maybe not... And yeah, Nelson is awesome. Can use HE or AP, decent results with either shell type.

Actually I have to say Khaba is a bit frustrating in Random Battles. As you cannot play as a traditional DD yet brain dead BB expect you to do so. Earned some negative Karma today by low skilled BBs sniping but expecting DDs to cap

Got my JR3 moments ago. Meh as it looks worse than the original and JR2...

Yeah its still very strong but it used to be OP, like massively OP which no one can argue against lol...

Khaba used to be utterly crazy. Had 10km torps and a normal DDs rudder. Used to be massive fun but even WG couldn't get away with such blatant Russian Bias for so long. I don't play mine much but that's just me. I almost never play T10 for some reason. Probably the dull campy meta.

Z23 comparisons are unfair to the German DD. As that's one of 3 sucky Ranked ships, the other two arguably being Kiev and Kagero although I saw all 3 work in the Premier League. I actually wonder if anyone here can make an informed decision whether Lo Yang is OP. I'll get some flak for this but unless you've personally played extensive Ranked or other Competitive with and against the Lo Yang then you've got insufficient experience to really judge. Even if you have the above, you're just one person who will likely be bias because you used the ship or like me you switched to another ship and defeated them. Even if you go by stats in Ranked. It's meaningless unless it's broken down into sub categories with leagues. A lot of players, including me will surge up the ranks and have a unicum WR until the Premier League. That's when the real grind often starts and there's a big disparity in skill up there. Lo Yang will farm the lower leagues as average players simply won't understand or be able to combat the hydro. For the record I think Lo Yang is certainly a strong pick but nothing game breaking. A T7 version would be but there's plenty of decent DD predators at T8.

Players on there do not appear to care at all. They often TK, AFK to farm flags or just simply play really badly as there's little to lose being potato there.

Alsace seemed nice on PT but the standard of play on there is rock bottom... It seems to have a nice balance of BB attributes, Guns do fine, good speed and armour is usable too. Lion was fun on PT too but I didn't enjoy it as much on the Live server.