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I do quite well in it but can't really explain why. It feels like a much larger des moines with two thirds the dpm, pretty useless smoke and no radar. It blaps DDs beautifully but is quite limited in both it's dpm and armour

Moving steel ships to coal is a bit poor for those who paid steel. Plymouth is surely better than Austin? I have neither but just from what I’ve seen.

Yes it has armour more like Kronstadt. Don't get me wrong, I don’t think this is like a new OG Stalingrad but it is starting to look strong.It still has far worse dpm and as you rightly say, against many ships the extra size has no benefit. It is more agile than Stalingrad and can have detection as low as 11km. this plus it’s heal makes it far less susceptible to fires. I do hope it stays balanced but I will say I’m quite excited about the proposition.

Now it can blap as well!

I've been waiting for it!

Italian made a bit more viable? 9.8km range at tier 10? Sevestapol got it's dose of soviet bias. Superheal(sort of), improved fuse times and ricochet angles and now cruiser accuracy! Delny looks poor now, worse concealment, dpm, fire starting and consumables then Grozovoi. For what? A touch more speed, hp and range. Not sure why you'd want it but then most of us are getting is free so.....

Just got cruiser dispersion! Now it looks very nice indeed!

Doesn’t look brilliant right now. Possibly balanced though.

I already have the XP on the Tashkent so I’ll stick with my usual line. The most important consideration is which line has tier 8 and 9 ships you most enjoy. For me that’s the Harugumo line. Both my Akizuki and Kitakaze have 21 point captains on them too so it’s very easy to enjoy the grind. just so happens that it’s also the cheapest line to freeXP through so it also works well for stacking research points.

I agree with bronze T6-7, Silver T8-9 and Gold T10. Makes it more interesting.

Mainz is one of the best premium light cruisers due to excellent HE pen and range. It's AP dpm is huge but pen is not great. Bayard has much better concealment and a reload booster so it's great for going in with your DD and destroying the enemy one quickly. It has less range and floatier shells so is worse at range but it's speed boost makes it better at duking shells. Irian is very good at long range spam and can also spam deepwater torpedos that make it an excellent ship when the enemy pushes. If your are happy spending more and waiting perhaps another month, the Dalian looks pretty good though not stellar right now. DPM might be a little low, Smolensk has the same guns one tier higher and nearly twice the DPM. However, it could easily change before release.

I keep fighting the urge to buy Colbert, it looks so fun. Then I think of the closest ship i have in terms of gun arcs and fragility, my mino. I struggle with that ship. Smolensk is far easier to use due to low citadel and gun arcs.

Ragnar is a beast and is as much a light cruiser as a DD. You can do well with it just farming ships from 15km as it’s dpm combined with fire starting and accuracy make it one of the finest HE spammers. It murders almost all destroyers as it’s armour is 25mm. Druid is amazing fun but has no answer if the enemy pushes. The new German line has made that weakness very obvious. one on one at close ranges it murders all DDs, even the Ragnar.

Congrats. I got a Salem in a random super container which is the only time I’ve heard of a tier ten in a super container. Benham is probably a better win as it’s very unique and very strong if you like torps. enjoy your new car!

I agree. However, the public test is a server and it is live.

The misunderstandings occur with English speakers also. To be honest, the pubic test server could easily be described as a ‘live server’.

WG offer meagre rewards for the public test. They then wonder why not enough players participate….

They will always give plenty of warning. I expect Marceau will be next to go as it’s rather strong and been around for a while. Hoping Forrest Sherman comes first though. Very keen on that ship.

Try a JB acceleration with and without. The difference is very noticeable.

I really like Gibraltar but I don’t think it’s really a good ship. I dont recommend it but I don’t regret buying it.

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It's guns are very accurate and great for punishing even high tier cruisers at all ranges. Low pen means aiming for battleship upper belts unless close. It's citadel is high but it has a 37mm deck so it's armour when angled is actually better than a KGV for example. 25mm bow makes next to no difference to the standard tier 7 26mm. It suits firing AP at range utilising it's accuracy and concealment. High citadel and weak broadside armour makes it a poor brawler.

The majority of battleship players perhaps? The majority of bad players perhaps?

Easily the best dockyard ship. This destroyer is an hilarious mix of improved AP, reload booster and decent torps. It also out spots the vast majority of it's opposition.

Strongest is probably Ohio. Siegfried is also very strong due to its cruiser accuracy. Slava is strong in randoms also as you can citadel battleships from across the map. Ships like Druid and Paolo are really fun but have limitations. Gibraltar is fun and unique but it just does not have enough threat, it’s needs better AP dpm or penetration. Otherwise it’s a smoke Desmoines with far less AP dpm and no HE. I don’t have Colbert but might purchase it next. Looks very fun but fragile.