Admiral_H_Nelson

I pretty much agree with all the suggestions made so far for premium ships. I'd like to see a tier 5 Premium IJN cruiser, preferably without the 203mm guns (there are too many IJN cruisers with these guns already! ), and a tier 5 premium German cruiser. Plus, while we are waiting for a full tree from the French/Italian navies a premium ship or two from those nations would be nice also.

They were not in the game when the OP created the thread on 13th March 2015!

Well, yes, quite ....but don't tell me that you've never been in the situation where you've been dodging the fire from an enemy BB, when suddenly a rogue shell 200 meteres away from the rest of the salvo veers away and citadels you? That is (as the English phrase describes it) "Adding insult to injury".

You can earn good credits with them.

I am currently playing the Furutaka again to see if I can have more success in this ship than when I played it the first time. Some observations: ## The attributes of the ship, such as rate of fire, range, turning circle, AA etc etc are unchanged from before. Effectively this means that it has been both nerfed and buffed to some respect. BUFFED: Rivals Omaha, Murmansk got nerfed in the 0.5.3 patch - an indirect buff to Furry Taco. NERFED: Now has to cope with rivals such as Kberg and Kirov that outrange it significantly. ## Good gunnery is essential in this ship, since you don't have the RoF of most rival cruisers to just spam shells onto the target. ## The torpedoes pack a punch, but it is easy to get fixated into trying to find a way to use them (I did!). This gets you into trouble ## The AP is great, of course, but don't ignore the HE. You have a very high chance of creating fires and you will encounter smarter players who won't obligingly show you their broadside all the time. ## Open maps are very challenging due to the range advantage that all rival cruisers have over it at tier 5. e.g. Ocean, and Strait ## Playing low tier against tier 7 cruisers can also be very, very painful. They have the same power guns (mostly) and more of them, with longer range. A tier 7 game on Ocean is purgatory. Overall, though playing the ship again has not been as unpleasant as I thought it would be.

That's because you are playing co-op battles. The rewards are much, much better in PvP ("Random") games. At first it may seem a bit overpowering, but I promise you that you will get the pace of Random battles after a few games. Use co-op battles for trying out new ships to see how they turn, accellerate, slow-down, the firing arcs of the guns and so on. Sometimes they can be really tough to get used to. (And when you do finish your grind through Kuma, be prepared to learn a new playstyle with Furutaka)

I have no issue with spending money on WoWs. I have spent a lot on the game already, and will continue to do so (e.g. buying doubloons to retrain captains, buying interesting premium ships) What I will NOT do is buy any more premium time after my current period runs out. I feel that it has actually been counter-productive for an average player such as myself, because I needed much more time to grind through the tiers. Accelerated advancement through the tiers has meant that I've just been constantly struggling - and struggling badly. I've now gone back to a tier which is one step beyond my comfort level, so that I have a moderate (but manageable) challenge. I feel a lot happier.

Good point. Although it is possible that Wargaming can (do ?) remove the stats of suspected bots from their database when comparing ship statistics for balancing purposes.

Good points. ...and there is also the Tirpitz of course ... not a bad ship, is it?

+1 It is THE best thread because of the information we get translated by Carnotzet. He does such an excellent job that Wargaming MUST give him some sort of reward for his efforts, surely?

I was going to make the same point. However, you made it a lot better than the clumsy sentence that I had drafted and was just about to post.

This. I've kept both ships in my port. I think that the Nürnberg is disappointing to some players because the MM at Tier 6 is a bit more challenging - not because it is a poor ship.

Weakness of the pound, shirley? The price goes up in terms of pounds sterling because more pounds are needed to buy the same amount of Euros. Since the price of the Warspite is in Euros, that means that the pound is slightly weaker. We wouldn't have this problem if the UK had joined the Euro. (We would have ....different problems ) (Edited for typos)

Sorry, but I disagree. It is far, far better to have weapons systems that successfully act to deter war, than to actually have to use those weapons with all the death and destruction that brings. Far better to play at battleships in arcade games than to actually have to use them.

Many thanks for confirming this. It puts my mind at rest. I wasn't interested in the ARP missions, because I already have the regular versions of the prize ships (Kongo and Myoko) and strongly dislike both of them. Therefore I never read past the headlines, so I never read the details. That must be why I missed the information about ARP captains. I am pleased that so many people have had fun getting the ARP ships and that they enjoy playing them. These missions, and the Kamikaze R project, have been very good for the game IMHO.

That's not bragging. That's taking pride in your achievement. Perfectly understandable and justified. Well played, Sir! You do the Grand Old Lady proud.

OK. Completed the challenge, and got notified that I had won a new captain and 150k silver. (New captain looks like a blonde lady in a very large overcoat.) Switched port to Yokosuka after 20-30 mins, and .......nothing. No new captain in reserve. Now, I am thinking out aloud here ....but this is probably because I don't have any ARP ships, yes? If so, couldn't the game warn me of this when the new captain is awarded?

The music to which the topic title refers is the new music which was introduced with the patch today, 31/March/2016.

Just met Ishiro32 in his SAIPAN! He top scored for the other (winning) team. Actually they won easily and deservedly. I was in Kirov (not my best ship), but managed second place on our poor team. EDIT: I have to say that Kirov is not the most nimble ship, and tier 5 ships against tier 9 aircraft fills me with dread, based on this performance.

What would happen if you "won" the new captain, and your reserve was already full? Would that mean that you didn't get the new captain at all?

Firstly, compliments on creating an interesting topic, with some shrewd and thought-provoking observations. Maybe I am wrong, but isn't the Emden in the game the one that was sunk in World War 1, rather than the ship of the same name that served in World War 2?

Because Wargaming only had the resources to either change the port music, or fix the issue of the cruiser Nürnberg sitting too high in the water. This shows where their priorities lie.

I hate it - it's getting on my nerves. I have a better idea for Wargaming. If you want us all to feel a bit French then give us a selection of the many interesting and handsome ships from the French Navy to play with! A couple of WW2 cruisers would be nice (e.g. Colbert, Gloire)

Thank you for telling me - nobody had bothered to point out my mistake before now. I hate inaccuracies in my data! I have now updated my Gnevny/Gremy notes. But even with that correction, I would still rather have a Gremy than a Gnevny, and I suspect that you would too.

Thank you for these reviews. I haven't read them all yet. I don't rush through them - I like to take my time and enjoy them. So far, I have watched the new reviews Bogatyr, Svietlana and Kirov. I like the way that these reviews capture the "feel" of each ship, and I always learn tactical stuff from them as well (e.g. I need to use hydroacoustic search more, especially in the B cap of the Solomon Islands map) I don't feel comfortable at all in the Kirov. (I don't feel comfortable in any heavy cruiser TBH - but that is MY problem.) Do you have any plans to review the Budyonny? I would be very interested in seeing what you have to say about that ship. If it looks OK, I will force myself to carry on the grind through Kirov so that I can get Budyonny. Otherwise I'll just quit the Russian cruiser line altogether.