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Missouri doesn’t feel that great anymore. She and Alabama were left behind when the main line was buffed.

It's one of the better legendary modules but it's not the best option. I take reload and a spotter instead. I think most prefer range mod.

I can imagine the posts in a few weeks time: ” I was told the Belfast was overpowered, so I bought it. This ship is #%$>*##!!!, I want to money back Wargaming!”

Hi @dommo77, I'm not sure which game that was but I potatoed a lot in my Paolo this morning. My heart really isn't in the game today, possibly need a break.

If you really want a challenge maybe you should use the Omaha and division with a Kremlin.

Really? I found the opposite with the Bismarck: Under 7 km Bismarck secondaries were more effective against a stationary North Carolina without manual secondaries. I suppose, as you suggest, Bismarck secondaries are derpy enough to hit bow, stern and superstructure more.

I bought the Paolo Emilio while it was fairly new in the Research Bureau. Initially I managed to get at least one successful torp run on a battleship, getting dev strikes every game and occasionally twice. Now, these opportunities are few and far between. To allay my frustration, and take advantage of the very good shell speed, I have specced into AFT. With this I have 13.6km range with sub 10sec flight times and I think 14.6km range when Sansonetti is procced. The smoke and speed boost can be used defensively when cruisers start shooting at you. My favourite time is attacking a cruiser, watching as his guns turn toward you, then triggering smoke just before he fires giving you 40 seconds of free firing before making the choice to continue the engagement or going dark. Speed boost turns you into a french DD and makes the Paolo difficult to hit from range. How do other owners play their Paolo Emilio?

That's true but tier 10 ships should be superior to tier 9s so comparing them directly is not really a good idea.

Buy Alaska or Agir for freeXP, I prefer Agir but many prefer Alaska and it would probably disappear some time soon. I would leave the Yoshino. Pommern is nice or you could wait for whatever comes next.

Well I would t compare it to T10 destroyers in general. I had a gun battle with a Kita the other day at 10-12km my shell speed meant I could land on him while he struggled to hit me at all. I was also able to use speed boost to duke him and when his CV came to support him, I simply smoked up and finished him off while AA was killing planes that couldn’t spot me. As far as dpm goes, I do agree with you but shell flight times, speed and smoke that can be engaged at full speed combine to make it a formidable gun boat provided you give enough range to let the enemy struggle to land shells. Total damage will always be higher with torps as you will be targeting battleships whereas you’ll be targeting destroyers more when using guns. That said, I do agree with you that the aim should be to use those torps primarily.

Yes the reload is poor but a 5k salvo on a DD is a common occurrence. I hit two salvos on an later the other day and did nearly 14k damage. 4K salvos on a battleship showing any kind of broadside at 13km consistently is also very nice. I do think the Paolo is a hybrid. More gunboat when the enemy has a destroyer screening for you and a Yolo boat to any lone battleship you come across.

Wargaming told supertesters not to div up with Kitakami. Maybe this will be next.

Doing better today, getting a lot more torps off but using the SAP a lot as well

Warships Paolo Emilio IX 13 76.92% Super Unicum 2 374 Unicum 91 336 1.77 1.92

I don't agree. If you pay no doubloons you will still received the rewards I mentioned. Therefore, we cannot say the 7800 doubloons paid is partially paid off by Yudachi compensation as that compensation has already been received. Plenty of people will complete the objectives but not pay to get the Hizen. They will receive many rewards without paying anything. How can we assert a monetary value to that?

Most of the rewards are given without any need for a doubloon purchase. This includes the Yahagi. You are still paying 7800 doubloons for the Hizen.

7800? Really? Not for me then unless they buff Hizen.

That’s a good point. Also, no manual secs mean the secondaries will fire at multiple targets. Ive always though that coop is basically a race. In a slow battleship, everything is dead before you can brawl.

Alsace or Jean Bart put the most shells out but the Americans have the accuracy.

I find myself too often trying to cap in my Paolo while low detection destroyers hide. I really should hang back more but it often feels fruitless. Ive respecced into AFT so my 14km range and good shell speed give me other options. With Marceau I charge into caps and kill whatever’s there before taking their smoke. Friesland using smoke and hydro, I clear out the cap zone the same way. As others have said, I need to survive early on to take caps later and resist the urge to charge in when my team are not supporting.

A terrible morning. I've decided these teams no longer deserve me!

My first game in the Smolensk that everyone said was overpowered. Laid my smoke and started setting fires. This is so easy, I thought as I drifted out of my smoke to be one shot by a battleship. I left that game very quickly.

Due to RN short smokes, I don;t think Hydro would be that useful. I am wondering why I didn't buy it for my Friesland though! It's a perfect fit for ships with long smokes and hydro.

The only place I would agree with this is with French 4 barrel turrets as the turrets were divided into two tcompartments.

The easiest way is to liberalise and let people do whatever they want without censorship. Removing all prejudices, as is currently being attempted by some, only increases the influence of the prejudices of those with power.