to those who are considering buying the thunderer

[kapnobathrac]

do it. great guns and versatility to switch to HE and do some damage. F all the stalingrads. Rudder is great and even though its considered kind of squishy it isnt. Id pick her any day over the Grosser Pinata.

 

i like it even more than kremlin now ,its more fun at least. Damage racking is quite easy,a mediocre meh game yelds 100,000. Just citadeled an alaska from 24km and it feels good to have guns that shoot where you aim.

 

and by doing so we all contribute to keeping the smolensks out of our games.

[Miscommunication_dept]

Can do everything the Yoshino does  except torp teammates from the back line!

 

Of course it’s AP is very good against T10 cruisers. Very good battleship.

[Beastofwar]

Dont underestimate the heavy anti-BB torpies of the Yoshi now......there are 2 broad salvo's of them per side and in a shell evading turn that will be 4 salvo's. Sunk many a lumbering BB - that thought they could have me as a snack - with that fact. Perhaps the torpedo less Azuma that looks like Yoshi or that Yoshi looks like a BB helps not expecting massive waves of incoming torps...

[Mad_Dog_Dante]

4 minutes ago, gopher31 said:

Can do everything the Yoshino does  except torp teammates from the back line

Yoshino it is then 

[IanH755]

Regardless of what actual stats and figures say, for me the Thunderer's guns "feel" fantastic to use compared to almost every other T10 BB - very accurate, very tight groups, very few RNG shotgun salvos and, when they hit, they hit bloody hard - easily my favourite T10 BB guns and even capable of 220k+ damage games in Co-Op!

[howardxu_23]

How about in comparison to Georgia?

[KillStealBoss]

26 minutes ago, howardxu_23 said:

How about in comparison to Georgia?

You have better reload and more shells per salvo.

[Fodder1978]

I just treated myself after racking up all that coal.

 

Love the Royal Navy, so the Thunderer it had to be ;) looking forward to kitting her out and sailing her soon.

[_HomTanks_]

1 hour ago, howardxu_23 said:

How about in comparison to Georgia?

Since it is a t10  we could compare it to Ohio instead. They both fire very precise salvos if the aim is accurate. Thunderer has a shorter reload but same amount of guns.

[pra3y]

I just played my first game in it. Truly great accuracy. 

[HystericalAccuracy]

Would someone share his build for this ship? And capt-spec would be great too.

I have all silver TX BBs but no premium variant so far - so this might be it.

[_Dunc_]

Thunderer is great, and waaay better than the Conq was with the same guns.

 

It can hold it's own against any other Tier X BB in game, except of course the Kremlin - which is can neither reliably pen nor burn down because reasons, whilst the short range brawler Kremlin is of course equipped with CHUBS(tm) - Citadel Homing Ultimate Blyat Shells - which can blap you from any given range/angle/RNG roll.

[Puffin_]

Is Thunderer not a long range bad armored spammer like Smolensk

I mean the armor is bad.

[kapnobathrac]

2 minutes ago, Puffin_ said:

Is Thunderer not a long range bad armored spammer like Smolensk

no,I just finished a game with 3,5 million "tanked damage" aka potential received. Dealt 150,000 damage so i guess thats a quarter of what smolensk players are used to.

[ThePurpleSmurf]

Or as Flamu said it on stream, if the Kremlin would not exist Thunderer would be the best tier 10 BB in the game. And i agree, this ship is really a lot of fun to play and i'm a DD/Cruiser main!

 

@Puffin_Not at all, it has absolutely amazing AP that can devastate even BBs. It's not like the Conquerer that you shoot only HE and call it a day. Thunderer is very squishy though (actually the squishiest BB at tier 10), so you have to position and angle smart.

[pfcremus]

3 hours ago, kapnobathrac said:

do it. great guns and versatility to switch to HE and do some damage. F all the stalingrads. Rudder is great and even though its considered kind of squishy it isnt. Id pick her any day over the Grosser Pinata.

 

i like it even more than kremlin now ,its more fun at least. Damage racking is quite easy,a mediocre meh game yelds 100,000. Just citadeled an alaska from 24km and it feels good to have guns that shoot where you aim.

 

and by doing so we all contribute to keeping the smolensks out of our games.

its not called Smolensk, is called Smolester now 

[Verblonde]

21 minutes ago, pfcremus said:

Smolester

<chuckle>

[Fodder1978]

1 hour ago, pfcremus said:

its not called Smolensk, is called Smolester now 

Lol shades of the Charlie Chester at lower tiers ;)

[bigdoguk]

I have coal ready for the Yoshino as I do like cruisers over bbs but reading about the thunder I'm in to minds now.

[howardxu_23]

2 hours ago, L8viathan said:

Since it is a t10  we could compare it to Ohio instead. They both fire very precise salvos if the aim is accurate. Thunderer has a shorter reload but same amount of guns.

I mean should I earn more money or find somewhere for jingles to stay?

[Rhineheart_Thor]

19 minutes ago, bigdoguk said:

I have coal ready for the Yoshino as I do like cruisers over bbs but reading about the thunder I'm in to minds now.

I too have the coal for one of them, I am a Battle Boat Main.

 

I am interested in the long range torpedoes on The Yashino, However I am not a lover of The IJN " Combat Efficiency " as I see it.

 

2 hours ago, ThePurpleSmurf said:

Or as Flamu said it on stream, if the Kremlin would not exist Thunderer would be the best tier 10 BB in the game. And i agree, this ship is really a lot of fun to play and i'm a DD/Cruiser main!

 

@Puffin_Not at all, it has absolutely amazing AP that can devastate even BBs. It's not like the Conquerer that you shoot only HE and call it a day. Thunderer is very squishy though (actually the squishiest BB at tier 10), so you have to position and angle smart.

I respect Flamu,s ability.

 

I own Kremlin and I do not think it is the best solo warrior Battleship, I also ran the 457 rifles on my Conqueror, a Ship with a good heal and My one has its legendary module.

 

Let me ask this question, What makes the best Battleship, to all Men / Women, I think there may be different answers, for me The ability to move, The ability to support ones team, with superior accurate firepower, and the ability to tank damage for ones team in support, allowing the cruisers to crush the enemy destroyers, taking there eyes away, and hopefully leading your own team to some sort of glorious victory.

 

Thunderer armour worries me, I think it may effect its " Combat Efficiency " tanking damage for your team is an important factor in securing the win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

[Breezewind]

51 minutes ago, bigdoguk said:

I have coal ready for the Yoshino as I do like cruisers over bbs but reading about the thunder I'm in to minds now.

You'll likely to be spamming HE from the back in both of them, so why not choose Thunderer and you can use AP too? 

[lovelacebeer]

I'm quite hopeful for the Thunderer, I have just about got the coal I need for her and I do enjoy fast battleships so fingers crossed. I'm a fan of the HMS Hood so I hope that the Thunderer is a similar kind of vessel.

[_HomTanks_]

28 minutes ago, howardxu_23 said:

I mean should I earn more money or find somewhere for jingles to stay?

I don’t care at all about jingles the cmdr since it has zero talent but shipwise i’d Get both Thunderer and Ohio.

[ThePurpleSmurf]

1 hour ago, Barracuda_111 said:

I own Kremlin and I do not think it is the best solo warrior Battleship, I also ran the 457 rifles on my Conqueror, a Ship with a good heal and My one has its legendary module.

 

Let me ask this question, What makes the best Battleship, to all Men / Women, I think there may be different answers, for me The ability to move, The ability to support ones team, with superior accurate firepower, and the ability to tank damage for ones team in support, allowing the cruisers to crush the enemy destroyers, taking there eyes away, and hopefully leading your own team to some sort of glorious victory.

 

Thunderer armour worries me, I think it may effect its " Combat Efficiency " tanking damage for your team is an important factor in securing the win.

 

Let me answer your last part with these screenshots of a recent game i had.

Spoiler

 

As you can see, the AP is very potent and with 2.2 milion potential damage is it not that much tanked, but it's decent. My most damage tanked is 3.3 million, average per battle is around 1.5 million.

In contrast to Conquerer the AP shells on Thunderer are MUCH, like read M U C H, better because they do not have this shitty short fuse that can not arm and deal no damage. The 457 on the Conq were trash, this is why they were removed. The Thunderer on the other hand is primarily an AP monster and only shoots HE at bow in BBs. With 65% fire chance the HE isn't too shabby either.

 

The reason why the Kremlin is not only strong but many consider it overpowered is the absurd tankiness it has. Deck armor that most DDs and Cruisers can not penetrate. Even BBs have trouble doing so. Then it has, in theory, a citadel when showing broadside but everyone who tried to hit it knows that this pretty much never happens. On top of this it has these extremely strong guns with a pen from another planet and are the by far most accurate up to 15km and even beyond that they are very precise. Not enough of this, but you can equip Kusnetzov on it while has these broken special abilities. First and foremost this free lifesaver that triggers in almost every game and gives the Kremlin a free DCP plus free heal PLUS make it almost immune for shells for 30 seconds because shell fired at the ship will get a 20% dispersion penalty, what makes is a pure lottery to hit the ship at all. The ship, especially with this commander, is beyond ridiculous.