Jvd2000

I took AFT. Since you already have the BFT buff i think you will get the most mutual benefit by pairing this with AFT. It is my build at the moment (minus the fire prevention) for our favorite cook (Steven S.) But both options will buff the AA so much that any wise cv will prefer other targets... AFT will have the side affect that your secondaries will have a bit more range to at least worry close by enemy ships. But you also might consider taking AR and intendance ( the on more reload for your repair etc skill)

Slowly continued my advancement through the US DD line. After almost 2 yrs i maar still at the Mahan (fully unlocked, but only 14K xp towards the tier 8) Almost never play it. Only DD i really enjoy (Off all nationalities) is the Clemson. So if you like the Clemson now, think About keeping it while progressing through the line.

Maybe missing this, but it seems that the GC does not have acces to the increased/ better dispersion module. In some reviews of CC’s GC can only choose between faster turret reverse, increased secundaries range and increased aa range. Two of these are completely useless, and increased aa is like very meh... Hope WG enables GC to atleast enables the better accuracy module for the GC again.

Still not decided. I have the Imperator I, so I have a dedicated Russian BB captain. But I wonder if I could use one captain on both ships. BFT and AFT are of no/very limited use on Imp I, while those skills could be used to buff the AAA of the Oct Rev. I would hate to lvl one more captain for a specific premium. I use premiums to lvl captains, not to have the `need`to lvl even more... f.e. never a Belfast for me :)

I like the proposed improvements to the Report / compliment system as made by the OP. Although some things can never be completely solved by making the availability of reports dependable on some requirements, i still think it's a good step. And for Karma, even if its a useless stat i feel cheated if I lose karma points by revenge bound players. Today salvaged an almost lost game into a nice victory only to find out that my karma dropped.... By far topscore, 6 kills. No warning no reports..only checking the Karma number changed -1. So my team did not find it nice to compliment me (is fair, free choice), but an *ss of the opposite team did not like the spanking... And i did not mention anything in chat.... This makes karma more a negative thing for me the a boon. It is something that upsets people who do their best and who get punished by bad losers. Question: when i get complimented i get an pop up in the main menu, reports dont show up. Is that normal? Are reports sillent without informing me that i got one (and also which type i received).

Worst / best time to lose karma points is during mission when kills are needed. Lost several points this week in co op during the british bb hunt when all needed 5 kills. Guy claimed the Only bot bb at start, rushed in with his Fiji, neglected the bot cruisers, got rekt( without any chance of killing the bb ). Rest of team just worked throug the bot cruisers and then started to take down the enemy bb. My fire got the kill and a lot of abuse of the dead player for stealing his kill.....lost karma Again..but i took Some revenge by counter report spam...

Still waiting for the moment / chance to get her for free with some special missions like they have on the RU server. But regarding the upcoming UK BB and current specials that are running I think WG will wait for a more suitable moment for NA and EU to introduce this ship. We also have the Makarov (the Nurnberg clone) floating around. Maybe either will be the reward ship during the new year missions? (Like Graf Spee and Emden)

I think this will be the first line that I will pass over completely. Currently i have at least progressed to tier VII for all lines (incl the 2 dd sublines) even if the type of play was not of my liking., I survived the initial English cruisers (and currently enjoying the Fiji) and am progressing through the (IMO) lackluster French cruisers. Real navies (and mostly real ships). This line...meh..DD's are not really my cup of tea, leveling up a captain through different kind of ship requirement skills is just... nah.. Only ship that would be interesting is the tier VII but i will take my risk and wait for either the Dutch or Brit DD line. If this line makes other people happy, please do so I will prefer to pass. But i really hope that WG will allow us to pass this line and will not make these ships so OP that you are "forced" to play them if you want to have a competitive dd...

At first this ship looks very promising but only tier VIII? Wow! The Amagi is also tier VIII and is placed as a battlecruiser with high speed and lower armor (although well angled I find the armor ok-ish). Her original counterpart, the planed Tosa class was a more slower battleship with better armor. So in a short comparison between the Tosa and Amagi: both tier VIII, speed vs armor. Now we get the Kii, also at tier VIII which has the armor of the Tosa and the speed of the Amagi....And with torps as a bonus... Since its the "would be version 1944" aa would have been late war quality i really wonder what her compensating weakness is to qualify for a mere tier VIII and not IX. This ship should have been the silver baseline ship instead of the Izumo at tier IX. With either the Tosa or the Amagi the baseline and premium tier VIII ship

This will be the main reason that unlike last ranked with all the Belfast spam, the Perth will have a lower impact. Not because it is less good, but because the low availability. And even if WG releases all tier 6 for purchase again you will struggle to get the captain ready. Time for the Perth early adopters to cash in on their investment.

Making money in high tier in coop is quite difficult. Maybe only exception is the Missouri. If you prefer coop and want a premium maybe pick a premium ship a tier or 2 lower.

This was the reason for me not to buy it. I keep premiums to combine the use of captains of silver ships. Since I plan to keep only the tier 8 French ca I have no need of a captain with IFHE. So as a captain trainer she will be less ideal. And there are so many better ships/ cruisers at tier 6 ( both premium and non premium) that it's a no for me. And the price is rather high for a tier 6 premium.

seems to be buffed to 32 secs.. but still not close to be OP. Even with the same reload as the Konig it would be inferior.

You can add the Perth which has its perks compared with the Leander. But it needs a good captain to function well. And being the only commonwealth ship/captain that's not easy to achieve. Even if WG releases the ship in advance for the next season you struggle to get the captain leveled up. Hint for WG: sell Perth with a leveled up captain and spend flags for €€€€€. The Graf Spee is pretty meh.. The only ship that is better then its silver counterpart is De Grasse. But even then I would rate the Budyonny higher. The Duca has its niche at dd hunting but lacks overall dpm. Warspite can hold its ground but Mutsu and Arizona are CV targets and the Dunker requires enemies that make mistakes. No need to go premium.

Why Perth if you can have a Leander? Ok, it has HE but to make it playable it needs Ifhe and concealment. Good luck on a ship with an odd captain national group. Maybe WG will sell the most bloated bundle with a higher tier captain though....

With the HE penetration buff for all German cruisers (from tier IV up) the 3 light cruisers (Karhsruhe, Konigsberg and Nurnberg) enjoy a free IFHE like buff without the fire chance nerf. Does the cruiser get any additional buff from taking the IFHE buff to even increase its penetrating power? 152 150 mm gives a 1/4 pen = 37,5 mm.(so effective pen is armor up to 37mm??, fe can I penetrate the deck of the North Carolina with 37 mm of armor) IFHE adds another 25% for a total of 47mm. There seems to be not much extra potential viable extra parts of ships that you can pen?

Great, so I "save" 4 points and retain my 3% firechance as an extra bonus. Now I have to think about spending those 4 points. Have a dedicated Nurnberg with an almost 14 p captain. Took concealment first, and happy that I did not waist it on if he. So any good 4 point captain skill or better of with some cheaper ones. Maybe aft in combi with c hull?

A big zero. Best I have are 2 16's. then some 14 and 15's. Main effort now is getting a bunch of 13's upgraded to 14. Since I stop playing at tier 8 and I kept allot of ships between t6 and t8 I am now focusing to get all my captains to at least 14. I have around 35 captains and none are below 10. Excluding my ARP captains who also have 10 points. Luckily I leveled them before the captain xp change when getting to 10 needed much less total xp.

T5 "Tromp" only 6 guns, but better armored then De Ruyter. Although on paper it was called flotilla leader because calling it cruiser would have been vetoed by the parliament for budget reasons.... T6 " Eendracht" in its original 10 gun configuration.

Correct, had the same thing with Nachi selected but getting Ashigara calling out ship kills.. And fix Kirishima voice while you are repairing this I will pick Ilona as a captain when I want her voice (not)

Maybe prepare a list of which ships you should take and which not? I see no reason to take a tier V when you can pick a tier VI (especially if you are the CV player)

Same here, only had a bad first round so only got it on 2nd try. Needed that 10 point captain to command my recent return to the Fuso. The 24 hrs premium time not worth the (possible) grind frustration.

Yes, the plane would make this DD class something special...Not sure if its a bonus or a liability though.

I like the ugliness of this ship . But taking into account the gun placement and the armor it will be difficult to balance. The guns scream "Give Broadside and fire! " The armor screams "NOOOOO!!

The Duca is ok but has its limits. First it really needs some captain skills like CE and IFHE (the month of 200% captain XP mission was great) and the you have to decide your play style depending on the competition. Rush in and hunt dd with your own DD with a high reward chance (but also high risk of being insandtkilled by BB's) or snipe from max range. Even with IFHE you will not be rocking very high dmg most of the time.