Aragathor

That's not valid anymore. The smoke emission time has been changed from 7s to 15s some months before, so it is possible to smoke up while going full speed and stop inside the smoke. This has limited the value of the Smoke Screen Expert skill and dramatically increased the amount of smoke clouds a RN CL can produce (previously only 2). The smoke duration however has not been changed.

Thanks for removing the part of my post from the quote which addressed the point you are raising. Nike and other companies offering physical goods don't pull their products from the shelves to offer them as limited duration bundles. They don't sell last year's sneakers with a handbag, scarf, and some stickers. No, what they do is to offer replacements in the same categories they covered previously. Which leads me to WG, there are no replacements for the low tier ships, at least no announced ones. The only T3 ship announced is a free event cruiser. Contrary to Adidas, WG doesn't offer replacements for the newly removed ships. They don't sell anything. And by the way, buying a low tier ship to grind XP doesn't work, you don't earn big at low tiers.

It's the worst T5 cruiser in all relevant statistics. This ship is worse than some of the T4 cruisers. Hell, even the Krispy Kreme has better stats. OP you need to stay your fire until you are smoked up. Then you can go to town. The RN CL line really starts at T6 with Leander, which is only 36K away from the B hull. Also consider islands as your best friends and hide behind them. Also, always try to keep a sharp angle towards the enemy, even when in smoke. You will provide a smaller target, compared to people who sail that ship broadside on.

My previous post was written on my cell phone. It's not the forum, it's the fact that the trollface smiley was removed from the menu, but not as a command. So if you write :smile trollface: with a "_" instead of an empty space in the middle it should appear normally.

They didn't.

Just because a premium requires a specific play style doesn't make it garbage. Neither Perth nor Graf Spee are bad, they require however that the player adapts to their abilities. PS: Atago and nerf? That ship is already on the struggle bus at T8 with some of the worst stats.

I like to look at things from the other side, so here's my opinion on why certain ships aren't the best, from the bottom up: Pensacola & Shchors Both ships are made out of paper, one stern look in their direction and they get a double citadel through the bow. Their redeeming qualities are the great guns which in the case of the Pensacola fire the improved AP shell and for Shchors the 12 rapid firing rifles. Yorck & Algerie Both ships are heavily dependent on Damage-over-Time, they are unable to make bold plays. Algerie is weakly armored and Yorck has useless AP (over 10km). They are good for hanging back and firing HE. Atlanta/Flint Not only does this ship require a working knowledge of ballistics it also needs a dedicated captain and luck, as it has no armor and short range. Great against DDs, good against BBs, bad against CA/CL. Flint is similar but has the added benefit of smoke. Indianapolis Better armor than Pensacola and radar make it a solid choice. But she's still fragile, so there's little staying power. If the New Orleans is similar after the upcoming change, it will be a clear contender among the better cruisers. Belfast While great, the ship is not being sold anymore. So if you don't have it, you might as well ignore it. I keep mine in port for when I want to piss people off by spamming fire from smoke. Fiji The RN CLs are really good, if you can master them. They are not user friendly. But they can easily eliminate DDs and cruisers, BBs can get a solid work-over with sAP that leaves them reeling. So if you are comfortable in a fragile ship you will do well in the Fiji. But remember that the smoke nerf made aggressive plays risky. Myoko If not for the bad AA this ship would be perfect. It can take some damage when angled. Has 10x203mm guns with great fire chance. The torps are good too, if you can make the firing angles work. It has to show a bit side when firing all guns, but it's great training for when you progress further up the line. It also has two cool looking Dragon variants that can be used as premium ships. To me the overall winner is the Myoko, followed by Fiji. If the New Orleans is like the Indianapolis when downtiered, then it will take third place.

Since the ships have been sold now for money, asking WG to give them standard T6 premium camo bonuses is fair. Yes, the ARP ships also lack any bonuses AFAIK. That's why LWM put them together with the dragons in the review.

AFAIK Corgi captains on NA have access to a press account for the purpose of the event. They don't play under their own names but as " Corgi_Captain_??" where the ?? is a number. So instead of shooting at Lert or iChase people are shooting at Corgi_Captain_104 and Corgi_Captain_148.

I'd do it just for the flag.

Right now it's a game where Lesta tries to make the game dumb enough so that window lickers spend money on bloated bundles with P2W ships. Bingo. A game with a CV is less enjoyable than a game without one, because a CV can limit a player's ability to influence the game to almost 0. Getting perma spotted in a DD by airplanes or one shot killed as a CL/CA is fun only for the CV player and no one else. And it's not about adapting to CVs as often time you have no ability to counter one, especially when focused down.

Yes, but the fact that the ship isn't competitive should be communicated clearly to WG by as many people as possible. No one wants to see the GZ fiasco happen again, not that this case is similar. Releasing previews of underperforming premiums should be met with an appropriate reaction from the community members. T-61 has been shelved, if they release it, it will probably be in a different state than the previewed one.

Here's a premium ship review of both ships by @LittleWhiteMouse: http://shipcomrade.com/news/387/premium-ship-review-dragon-and-arpeggio-myoko-class-cruisers.html

But she doesn't look good either. If the ship offered an interesting difference to the silver counterpart, it would be great. But instead it offers a minimally better concealment and AA in return for one less gun, worse reload, and worse torp range. For DDs those are things that matter. 2.4km stealth torp window is vastly inferior to a 3.3km one. And losing a gun means a lot when you are in a knife fight. To me this ship offers not enough to be considered and I'm not comparing it to the T-61 which has been shelved according to the recent Q&A. When the silver ship looks better where it counts, there's something fishy going on.

They are shooting themselves in the foot. People who have doubloons are not likely to spend cash in the shop. They can't buy ships they want through the tech tree, they can only spend them on things covered with silver expenses (consumables) or small things like dismounting upgrades. Everyone is unhappy, but it will take them a year to realize that. Typical WG thinking.

The Dunk could do with a small buff, as it tends to overpen cruisers at close to mid range and not hit anything at long range. It is a very situational ship that is easily countered. The Normandie has a horrible time fighting CVs, almost no AA. It also has to show a lot of side to fire its guns. Haven't played the Lyon but have heard that it's very good.

I started playing mine regularly after I realized how fun the Myoko was (I'm using my Aoba captain on it). But they are pretty damn rare, with only 223 039 battles played since last year's event (Flint and ARP Nachi are even more rare for obvious reasons). Many people disable the skin in their client so they see a no-camo Myoko instead. PS: The eastern dragon doesn't look as cool as the southern dragon. But that's my personal opinion.

As the owner of a Southern Dragon I must say that the fact that the ships cannot mount a camo, and have no inherent camo bonuses, makes them inferior training ships. They are still fully researched Myoko's able to take any captain without retraining, but offer little value beyond the visual one. The price for the ships in store is 18€.

Which also means that the achievement has a relatively high priority. They don't announce stuff happening in the far future like this, especially since the patch number has been given. So yay?

Turned the enemy's triumph into a rout with a last second kill. We were losing most of the battle, and I had to check myself after I ate some penetrations with 64hp remaining.

I must say that if played conservatively the Aigle really shines. I just had a game where I was able to turn the certain loss into a victory by not being aggressive and waiting for the enemy to overextend. The torps are great for ambushes, when the enemy is rounding a corner or island. They hit very hard and most cruisers will be able to take only two, and if damaged only one. The guns are tricky, they do good work when knife fighting at close ranges with DDs, but they also easily citadel cruisers showing too much side at under 10km. Against BBs they are great only for setting fires, but with a 9% fire chance out of the box you can't complain. The only weakness I noticed is that the Aigle is incredibly weak against CVs, the overall clumsiness of the ship makes dodging torps and bombers very hard. In my not humble opinion Aigle really shines when fitted out with a dedicated captain with 15p skills, because having EM and SE makes all the difference in battle.

The 0.7.1.1 information screen about ongoing events is a great addition to the game.

I'm really happy that they are going to change it a bit. The new visuals, while nice, gave too much of an edge to captains that kited away and hid behind the splashes.

First CB of the day and the SCRUBs with @Aotearas and @robihr rolled over me and my clanmates. That was fun... We won most of the matches afterwards.