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I already ground Haku, twice actually ^^ Midway as well... ^^ IDK if I will be the CV in CB as I am a cruisr main but if needbe I will drive it

As I am a lazy potato Ill just stick with Audatious...

This is a contradiction, by definition ambusher uses natural cover and/or speed to close distance to target so lethal force can be exerted and eliminating target is a must or the point is moot so you either need devastating alpha strike (for instance 8km torp shima) or burst damage (ie kleber) if you will do 1/4 hp of targets hp before they retaliate and obliterate you (which they will as you dont have smoke or even speed to break off) its well... The other day I coudlnt shake of a KGV in my Skane FFS

Alas not even that, I am prob on the lower side of average in CVs (as with the rest of the ships as well for that matter) but even I can eliminate a DD no problem if I want to, esp in smaller teams like 7v7 in ranked, I have 63% WR in rank with CVs which compared to the overall 50-ish % kinda tells the story...

I dont have a problem making french DDs work though, or IJN boats that carry TRBs, its not getting killed part on the swedes that makes me go ape as I can usually make the heal work for me its completely impotent damage that ticks me off... Yes you can land torps (from normal torping distances as the long range is utter garbage for torping anyway) and look at the pretty ribbons couse thats the only thing you will get from that sport, alpha damage is nigh irrelevant and floods are as rare as with a CV torps and CV doesnt really take much risk to deliver those on target... You can spend like 10 min dealing with a top tier BB 1on1 between his torp belt and heals FFS This DD line is a BB mains wet dream of how ALL DDs should look like

Yes and no "All or nothing" had other reasons as well, not withstanding the cost of the armor and limitations on its production (volume, thickness etc) there is also an issue of armor ever being a step behind the guns as you can always develop a new shell or even an entire new gun and put them on an existing ship that basically renders your armor obsolete... Same reason why modern ships dont bother with it the destructive power of modern ship to ship weapons is such that trying to passively block the damage is just pointless not to mention that in the ultimate case the missile can be nuclear tipped which beats any and all countermeasures of passive kind completely for reasons that are obvious, so why bother make active defense systems and over the horizon firing solutions to actively counter any threat and hope you dont get hit...

Well not necessarily as YY is after all Pan Asian and hence bears the DWT-s while this would be US but I do get your point as if she would be given Gearing fish there would be no real difference between them, the post war config would be interesting though, maybe with a Hydro or TRB as the gimmick or even radar...

No, I am not absolving them at all, I said I understand their position and were its coming from as of late ANYTHING WG does is considered bad and generates a shistorm and that usually starts with the CC showcasing the content, on the other hand you seem to conveniently neglect the fact that those same CCs are MAKING MONEY of that showcased content and "more clicks - more money" is a thing there and nothing sells better then a good shistorm does it...

We already have a Summner class as YY so its TX, other then that...

Well i guess if one has several US captains to choose from keeping one sec/ifhe spec for massa might be a good idea...

Well IMO yes and no, some CCs do "rush to conclusions" and rashly go out misrepresenting the ships they preview generating shiorms on regular basis (almost as if that was the purpose of the said content) even where there is no need for it, also on the other hand many a valid complaint also went "unnoticed" by WG devs so it kinda balances each other out... I honestly think the WG staff (of all levels) is just fed up with constant dumpster fires they have to put out everywhere and doubly so since the PR event that was (lets face it) cooked up by the rash conclusions about how the requirements will look like and promoted by some CCs, since like around the CV rework its basically one big poopstorm and I get their sentiment of "enough is enough" however WG "balance on release" credibility is somewhat tarnished of late...

Well I played T5, 6 and 7 so far... What I can say from all this is that seemingly WG DOES listen to the player feedback after all, after some OP must grind ASAP lines from the past we recently had: 1) Meh RM cruisers, I mean lets be honest here Venezia is the only one even worth considering a keeper and even that with a big "BUT" in it... 2) Meh RN CA line that has still to figure itself out and what its role really is... 3) Now from my limited experience with this line so far it utterly MEH, like UTTERLY, lacks alpha damage, lacks smoke, lacks HP and T5&6 dont even have esp fast torps to justify it... Seems the "Hammer of gud" line is coming next to balance out the mehness and we all know which line that is... As for playing these DDs - dont, just dont, play enough to take the camo just to have it if they buff them and bin them...

Not to mention that the fracks from our team actually have to shoot and HIT the thing you are spotting...

I compliment: 1) Those that helped me in some way (or tried) 2) Came above me in final lineup if it was an overall decent fight (even if we lose) 3) A hard carry I report: 1) Obvious AFK or BOT like behaviour 2) Guys that annoy me for whatever a reason (usually smartaes that think they are god given admirals)

Interesting

@OP Well Massa IFHE is effective vs majority of cruisers in its MM spread and some lower tier BBs, is it worth investing 4 points though IDK

Make first campaign mission be playable only in a newest premium ship and every last mission of one step must be played either in a different premium or insanely hard to do without it (ofc missions cant be repeated for easy stars) and all of those are T8+ for instance?? Profit...

Right, my fail...

Well not quite, wooster can actually take a lot of beating from non ovetmatch calibers and she can absolutely own most other cruisers 1on1 if she has room to kite as her HE DPM is quite monstruos and her IFHE shells rip through most cruiser plate and even many a BB plate as well

True, however I played several matches during the weekend shifting between IFHE and Non-IFHE build on the Smol and while less fires are started with the former I had higher average damage in those fights, all other relevant stats were same in both cases (modules, rof, etc) sooo IDK

Yep thats what 500km range or so?

Emmm yea, also a single proper torpedo hit would put a battleship let alone a smaller vessel out of commision and into drydock for several months...

No that means you either didnt activate it or it ran out, i had CB respec and my runs till tommorw morning, dont know about the one you turn on in news article

Free respec is for doubloons just its 0 doubloons

Well between those 2 is very little difference - find hard cover and spam, both can go to open water in a pinch one relying on armor and the other on speed but in general neither will survive long like that, you need to pick your fights carefully...