Friesland vs. Alaska (vs. Azuma?)

[PPKinguin]

I'll have 1 million free xp soon and have yet to decide what ship to get.

Alaska seems amazing, Friesland seems fun and Azuma... yeah not a fan of the squishiness.

 

What does the community think?

[HaachamaShipping]

Alaska

[DFens_666]

Alaska - this was a trick question right?

[wot_2016_gunner]

Alaska. I've passed 1 milion Free XP recently too and i'm planning of getting it but right now i'm grinding a bit more Free XP so that i would have some leftover. I've been waiting to get Alaska basically since she was annnounced back in July 2018 (which was even before i started playing, just took a while for that ship to get in the game), but right now i'll wait.

[Animalul2012]

Depend on your play style.

If you are familiar with US heavy cruisers(especially the likes of baltimore) and you enjoy them,like to be close to the combat area then chose Alaska.

Friesland is a tricky one: a destroyer with no torpedoes and quite meh concealment(6.4km minimum) but gets american smoke,5km ship detection hydro and has respectable AA(defensive fire included in a separate spot) If you probably enjoy gunboat/hybrid destroyers then get it.

Azuma: If you like to sit most of the time in the back and farm enemies with your potent HE and look for opportunities to shot AP then get it. However i advise to opt out for the tier 10 YOSHINO, which gets better protection,rate of fire and has torpedoes. And to be honest Azuma is not that unique of a ship compared to the other two mentioned above.

But hey you decide which one to get, however I advise you to watch different  reviews of each ship/replays,hear other people opinions/experience with them before you take a decision. 

Cause otherwise you will get disappointed and in the end all that free xp would have been wasted on nothing but a port queen...much like like I did myself with kroshtadt which brought me nothing but endless frustration while playing it! 

[GulvkluderGuld]

Forget Azuma.

Forget it even exists and if you want it, get the tier X Yoshino instead (comes with improved armor and torpedoes).

 

Personally i hate Alaska with a passion, but it's probably due to small sample size.

Guns have been very inaccurate and trolly in the few games i played compared to Stalingrad or Des Moines.

Thus i play those instead. And Jean Bart, which can spank Alaska any day of the week.

 

Friesland is fun if you enjoy spammy ships, but not the best for actual carrying due to poor concealment.

However in CV games, it is so very satisfying to play, blasting entire squadrons out of the sky in seconds 

[Flavio1997]

alaska for sure

 

 

but I don't really get all the hate that azuma gets, his HE hits hard but what i'm finding more and more spectacular are his AP that coupled with fast and accurate shells can deal 12-14k salvoes at bbs even at 18 km and devstrike basically every cruise it encounters when they give you broadside, now it got buffed with the 27mm centre plating and as it is tier 9 it is 80% of the time top tier; and when this happen and you encounter tier 7 cruisers you get one of the most disgusting shows of this game as you overmatch them.

Tier for tier is way more powerful than yoshino, that right now get thrown into mono tier 10 battles and thanks to his 30mm plating has basically the same armour of the yoshino, actually worse because azuma has more chances to find bbs that can't overmatch her, and azuma earn you more  credits too

[BruceRKF]

Objectively, Alaska is probably the strongest of the three. Personally, I still prefer Azuma. I just love those guns that can delete DDs with HE, cruisers with AP and wittle down BBs with fires. However, she can't carry as well as Alaska. Alaska is far more versatile and can deal with more situations. Azuma excels at long distance (fantastic ballistics), Alaska is great at medium distances and is not completely hopeless in a brawl, unlike Azuma. I don't have Friesland, so I can't comment on her.

[Miscommunication_dept]

Friesland is great fun but go for Alaska first!

[Jvd2000]

Well Alaska is the better ship of the current 3 available ships ( I hope you did take Nelson, for its FXP price it’s the best) but that’s because Azuma is really meh ( got it free from a crate and thus saved from spending 1 m FXP as a collectionist). 

Friesland is still ok if you can make her work. I enjoy Friesland because it helps me with the current missions but Alaska is the safer choice.

 

Maybe you want to hold on to your xp and wait for the maybe German battlecruiser? Especially if you take Alaska as the lesser bad option and only look at the 2 other canndidates. Because while Alaska is ok, it’s not on the level of Missouri, Musashi or even Krohnstad.

 

So basically:

 

1. buy Nelson

2. wait for as long as you can for the German bc 

3. If impatient or not interested in the potential German bc buy Alaska

[PPKinguin]

Nice insight everyone..

1 hour ago, Jvd2000 said:

Well Alaska is the better ship of the current 3 available ships ( I hope you did take Nelson, for its FXP price it’s the best) but that’s because Azuma is really meh ( got it free from a crate and thus saved from spending 1 m FXP as a collectionist). 

Friesland is still ok if you can make her work. I enjoy Friesland because it helps me with the current missions but Alaska is the safer choice.

 

Maybe you want to hold on to your xp and wait for the maybe German battlecruiser? Especially if you take Alaska as the lesser bad option and only look at the 2 other canndidates. Because while Alaska is ok, it’s not on the level of Missouri, Musashi or even Krohnstad.

 

So basically:

 

1. buy Nelson

2. wait for as long as you can for the German bc 

3. If impatient or not interested in the potential German bc buy Alaska

 

What about the Nelson? Never considered her much.

[Flavio1997]

23 minutes ago, PPKinguin said:

Nice insight everyone..

 

What about the Nelson? Never considered her much.

stupidly fun ship

[PPKinguin]

18 minutes ago, Flavio1997 said:

stupidly fun ship

I have Belfast and Scharnhorst at T7, I don't need a Nelson.

[DFens_666]

1 hour ago, Jvd2000 said:

 Because while Alaska is ok, it’s not on the level of Missouri, Musashi or even Krohnstad.

 

I wouldnt put it like that. Sure, there is personal preference, but the only one standing above the others is Musashi.

Alaska, Kron and Missouri are more closer together, thats why i think its more about what one personaly likes.

Atleast for me that is

 

Kronshtadt might be a bit better these days thanks to the armor buff it received, but overall it might be the most "annoying" to play out of those 3.

[GulvkluderGuld]

15 minutes ago, PPKinguin said:

Also someone said, get Yoshino instead of Azuma. Where do you even get Yoshino?

Armory, for coal. And there is a lot of competition too. Its basically a long range HE spammer. 

[PPKinguin]

1 minute ago, GulvkluderGuld said:

Armory, for coal. And there is a lot of competition too. Its basically a long range HE spammer. 

Found it, thanks.

[Jvd2000]

8 hours ago, PPKinguin said:

I have Belfast and Scharnhorst at T7, I don't need a Nelson.

They are all t7 and thats all about they have in common. Nelson is a real fun boat and for only 375 fxp a steal. 

[Miscommunication_dept]

8 hours ago, PPKinguin said:

I have Belfast and Scharnhorst at T7, I don't need a Nelson.

You do!

 

Great ship for that price.

Feels OP when top tier but fragile when bottom tier.

[Cambera_1]

I have the Alaska but not the others, so I might have a little bias. 

I like it, it isn't stunning, but it is a ship that has multiple strengths and be useful in multiple ways. 

I don't regret getting her. 

 

Friesland fun? Maybe if you like a destroyer with the visibility of a light cruiser and no torpedoes to back up your pop guns. 

 

Azuma, didn't get a great press, like the Yoshino but she is not as useful, or fun, as Alaska. 

 

Just my tuppence worth.

 

(Oh, Nelson is fun, great at blowing the citadels out of CAs & BBs taking major hits in return and then healing back from next to nothing. Good for giggles, but a competitive vessel? I think not. But worth the FXP? I think so.)

[OldschoolGaming_YouTube]

15 hours ago, PPKinguin said:

I'll have 1 million free xp soon and have yet to decide what ship to get.

Alaska seems amazing, Friesland seems fun and Azuma... yeah not a fan of the squishiness.

 

What does the community think?

Im in the same spot and even tho im a DD main who hate CVs I will go for Alaska first, just to strong of a battlecruiser to pass up.

[Mad_Dog_Dante]

I have Alaska and Friesland, the Alaska is a great ship, but I have way more fun in my Friesland because she is very different, a unique ship with a high alert play style for which you have to work. The Alaska is more relaxing and forgiving. If I could have just one, I'd pick the Friesland. If you plan to get both, go for the Alaska first.

[Mad_Dog_Dante]

3 hours ago, gopher31 said:

You do!

 

Great ship for that price.

Feels OP when top tier but fragile when bottom tier.

I agree, the Nelson is just too Hilarious to pass up on :D

[CptBarney]

Alaska due to her huge flexibility and utility that she offers on a regular basis. Plus shes almost like a tier 10 as well at tier 9.

[Hopeless_Guppy]

14 hours ago, Jvd2000 said:

Because while Alaska is ok, it’s not on the level of Missouri, Musashi or even Krohnstad.

This just goes to show the poor offering for a hell of a lot of FXP, Idhave the Alaska although have no idea how to really play her,the Azuma holds no interest for me and the Friesland,well, no torps,no go,we need more ships for FXP, decent hard hitting ships,they could have made the USS Enterprise an FXP ship rather than just remove it but hey its WG, who cars what we think?

[DFens_666]

1 hour ago, Inappropriate_noob said:

This just goes to show the poor offering for a hell of a lot of FXP, Idhave the Alaska although have no idea how to really play her,the Azuma holds no interest for me and the Friesland,well, no torps,no go,we need more ships for FXP, decent hard hitting ships,they could have made the USS Enterprise an FXP ship rather than just remove it but hey its WG, who cars what we think?

 

Probably its gotten a bit worse over time, yes.

But for me, Nelson, Missouri, Musashi and Alaska are all excellent. Kronshtadt is not really weak either, but it felt really frustatrating due to the bad dispersion.

Azuma was the first i didnt get, and wont get. Its not unique enough imo. Got Friesland, but didnt really enjoy it. It lacks torps. As i play only division, i want ships to excel with teamplay, friesland doesnt feel like that (same as Benham btw).

Hayate and Smaland are totaly overpriced and really offer nothing special imo. I decided against them aswell, and put 1 million of my 1,5 million FreeXP into a couple of TX ships instead.