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Naw, snake oil is best. Heals hemorrhoids, cures baldness and improves your WR by 10%!

Well, since I can't play today anyway (plz kickenai me from clanu, HidoiGinuRoppyakujuuroku-dono, Roran_Tatakai-sama!). How about I do a bit of both? Is waifu. Is also oil! Daijoubu ka?

Ye mangs, less clopping, more drilling. Hopefully my impromptu Ersatz-GPU (I love that I can say that in English) is going to arrive tomorrow so I can get along (assuming it is indeed the GPU that's barely hanging on to life-support and not a completely different, unidentified problem). Also starting to set back money so I can possibly gift myself a GTX 1080 this christmas.

OMG ... @havaduck ... YOU MONSTER!!!

Same opinion here. Do away with submerged citadels for BBs and for all I know Lion/Conqueror can even keep their heal (since even that one can't repair all that much heavy damage from citadel hits). Show broadside, get nuked. Don't show broadside, be tanky against AP and have the heal to manage HE and fire damage. IF the ship were to still be overperforming, then they could tweak something else. Concealment is a minor nerf as the Conqueror will still outspot a good chunk of cruisers. But hey, it's a start ...

Or I suppose I can simply stop trying to help you. So go ahead, give it your best shot for the last time, you won't get any more opportunities hereafter.

Was this verified in testing or is that conjecture? A 0.010ms fuze timer still means that a shell travelling at 747m/s (Conqueror AP shell muzzle velocity) is still going to travel 7,47 meters after arming. No ship in the game has armour anywhere close that thick and even if, afaik armour thickness is not actually physically modeled but rather a straightforward yes or no math check according to the penetration formula and the reason why longer ranged AP volleys seem less likely to yield citadel hits is because the shell trajectory means it hits and arms as it impacts the target's hull armour (arcing trajectory) and still has to go a bit to actually hit the citadel hitbox and may detonate before doing so (resulting in a regular penetration), whilst at lesser ranges the flatter shell trajectory translates into a shorter distance between the initial arming point (hull armour) and the citadel hitbox so the shorter fuze doesn't detonate the shell before hitting the citadel. Fuze timer should have zero impact on AP shatters as long as the shell has sufficient penetration to get past the armour check. It either penetrates or doesn't. Once more ... Queen Elizabeth is a regular techtree RN BB and thus has the same short fuze timer as the rest of the line. A bit less cheek and bit more reading might do well in clearing the confusion you're having.

Except that the Hood does have the shorter fuze ...

Have to throw my lot in with the Atago. Though no doubt also because the ship itself looks amazing which just helps with the aesthetics.

Nope, Warspite has normal fuze.

Haven't played enough RN BBs yet to really tell the difference with confidence, but presumably it means less overpenetrations against larger bodied targets (less so DDs, you should still overpenetrate those unless you hit them lengthwise), so hits to BB superstructures or thinly armoured cruisers are supposed to deal more consistent penetration damage. Allegedly with a tradeoff in fewer citadel penetrations against larger bodied targets (as the shell is possibly detonating prior to reaching the citadel hitbox if it still had to pass through a sufficient distance after being armed). At least that was the latest theorycrafting I saw back before everyone and their dog was shooting HE all the time at everything. Warspite has the normal .033 fuze. The Hood and the regular techntree RN BBs get the shorter fuze. Not sure about the Nelson. If I had to compare the Lizzy with the Warspite, I found the AP performance to be similar enough to not notice any overt difference though, but considering half roughly half the enemy team were other RN BBs and then mostly DDs (one half grinding the new lone, the other half exploiting the BB rich environment with their torpedoboats), I had comparatively few cruisers to shoot at so I doubt my experience is very indicative.

Sanity is overrated anyway.

I find the Akizuki to be an exceptional cap contester. Barely any DD can outspot her, those less than a handful that actually can in turn simply get wrecked in a gunfight (of those only the Harekaze is a realistic threat in a gunnery duel, but she has considerably less endurance due to her low HP and will thus lose a 1vs1), neither can any DDs that match the Akizuki's concealment outgun her (again, the only ship in that category that could potentially put up a fight is the Gearing, but the Akizuki can out-dpm even that ship in a straight-up 1vs1, in which case you at worst traded a tier VIII DD against a tier X one). In fact the only DD that the Akizuki doesn't simply murder in a slugging duel (assuming no one is making any outragous misplays) is the Khabarovsk (and here the Akizuki has a significant concealment advantage to try and avoid picking that fight). Everything else is going to have a tough time surviving against a somewhat competently played Akizuki. Of course much of that is rendered void if the enemy team is competent enough to focus fire spotted DDs (any DD getting focused is going to have a bad time), but even then the Akizuki can always pop a defensive smoke and make a run for (hopefully) nearby allies if picking a fight is untenable. In the end, it very much depends on the opposition. If the enemy team has a lot of radar or hydro ships, Akizuki tends to have trouble, but otherwise she's easily one of the best cap bullies that can punch waaaayyyy above her weight (I mean, what other tier VIII DD can boast to out-dpm a Gearing in a brawl?). Also, the secret ingredient is AP. The Akizuki's 100mm AP has pretty solid penetration for its caliber and will penetrate the typical hull armour sections (bow, aft and casemates), but also tends to overpenetrate very little so you get very consistent penetrations even on thinly armoured targets such as superstructures or other DDs (as long as it's not one of the super-skinny DDs, you will get consistent AP penetrations even on DDs ... many people wouldn't believe how strong the AP dpm is). The amount of AP damage you can rack up on a ship (of any class) that gives you any sort of broadside to shoot at can and will very quickly mount up to ludicrous proportions. Akizuki is one of those ships that really, REALLY rewards selecting the optimal ammunition types. However it is also true that the Akizuki is also a very good escort DD, particularily if you also spec her into AA. I just find that to be a bit of waste unless MM really forces you to play passively.

Hi ya mate. And we should totally make it a joining requirement to have people read our entire recruitment thread. Just to weed out the weak of course. In fact I think our thread right here is pretty representative of the kind of cultural connoisseurship many of our clanmates exhibit. Also, if havaduck says anything about me being perverted or anything like that, he's projecting.

Stick around my dear apprentice, you might learn a lot more

Und ein bisschen Kontrast Program:

I think we can discard the submarine citadel, that's something that apparently every BB gets now. Super heal also with the caveat that only the tier IX and X get it. Rest however stays true.

You browse Hitomi? Naughty boy!

Not saying she's my favourite, but that kimono design is goddamn amazing (the details man, like the number+name on the sleeve and USN emblem on the obi). Muh actual favourites (Hatsuzuki weeeee):

Fresh meat?

Yes, yes it is! Needs more dakka tho, doesn't have quite enuff! In other news: today's instance of sealclubbing has been sponsored by @Sir_Grzegorz First game in the Katori. Damn that thing moves like the ocean is made of molasses, but with that Aiming Systems Modification 0 you might aswell be firing laser-guided munition. Also not sure if I was simply ludicrously lucky or if the Katori has a really, REALLY trollish armour (or lack thereof a lá low-tier Frenchies) because I attracted a good bit of fire (courtesy of the ship not getting a move on ... 18,9 knots with Sierra Mike signal flag) before I could finally moor myself at a convenient island. My clanmate @piritskenyer certainly didn't have that much luck after the two of us where the only thing to shoot for half the enemy team after our Clemson just rushed to his early demise and the rest was either AFK or had turned tail the moment we spotted the enemies (so, just typical randoms I suppose). Sadly it appears that my GPU is just shy of kicking the bucket and folding under load, so I really only had time for 4 games in total today (though Toast is no doubt going to express his displeasure at me having kill-helped myself a Kraken in the following game). Stressing my GPU now causes PC crashes and a number of graphic issues so until I can replace it, no more Worsheep (or any games, really) for a little while ...

Damn, that joke is so low it's harder to hit that the Conqueror's citadel.

A little heads-up, I looks like my GPU is dying (or at least I hope it's the GPU ... because if it ain't I got no clue and little options to find out). Going to pilfer a GTX 570 that my father still has lyring around, but that'll be a few days at least during which you won't see me outside the forum (since my PC now appears to just randomly crash under load and restart along with graphic issues).

Oy, what's @Tyrendian89 and @gr0pah got to do with this?

Right guys, I'll have you know that at least ONE person on this forum appreciates my spamming and gifted me a little something for my outstanding behaviour. So if you guys see me skipping about in a Katori, I'll have you know I'm contractually obliged to sealclub. For now though, I'll go sleep, still one nightshift to go before I can pick up my freshly waxed club. Have a bit of Mahjong in the meantime: