I am struggling to understand what are Japanese BBs good for. Here is my experience (Im at Nagato T7 now):
All the ships in the line are the same so far, they just get slower and slightly better/more main guns with each tier.
No armor - you are a favourite target of anything within the range
no AA - you are target number one for CVs
no concealment - you are basically spotted for the whole duration of the match
good range - at T7 I have 20km range + 3km with a spotter, thats nice
shotgun accuracy - the accuracy is starting at "ok" on long range and quicky goes down to "shotgun" at ranges of <8km
very low damage output - BBs of other nations that you face usually do at least twice the damage per salvo
I play as I think I should be with these - keep distance >15km so the CAs cant hit (=sink) me - use AP for heavy targets and HE for soft targets/long range.
I got used to zero survivability, but I really struggle with dealing extremely low damage - yesterday at the end of the match I got into one on one broadside with a french T7 BB on 6km range - I recieved 37k damage, he recieved 13k and half of my shells missed. The accuracy is also laughable to me, with Nagato I shot a full salvo at a stationary battleship 14km away - got one hit for 1100 damage ?!
In general the single hit (AP or HE) does usually around 1000-1500 damage and it really doesnt matter, if its AP or HE and soft or hard target.
How am I supposed to make it to Yamato, which is supposed to be the good one ? Its suffering...
Any suggestions ? or are the Jap BBs just thing that is in the game historically and doesnt match the current game anymore ?
