Is Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya worth to buy?

[Curesto]

Hi, new player here. I really like playing with battleships.

All battleships i have: 

1) T7 Gneisenau

2) T6 Bayern

3) T6 Fuso

4) T6 Warspite

5) T5 Texas

 

And, i want to buy Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya.

 

Is it worth to buy? It have 12 main guns, and i really liked it. 

 

[DFens_666]

The russian techtree T5 BB Pyotr is imo better than Okto.

[ColonelPete]

36 minutes ago, Curesto said:

Hi, new player here. I really like playing with battleships.

All battleships i have: 

1) T7 Gneisenau

2) T6 Bayern

3) T6 Fuso

4) T6 Warspite

5) T5 Texas

 

And, i want to buy Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya.

 

Is it worth to buy? It have 12 main guns, and i really liked it.

Since you already have a Tier VI premium, you do not need her for credits.

When you need a RU BB for captain training, then yes, she is ok for that.

[Pururut]

October Revolution is an uptiered Gangut. They are identical if not for the formers upgraded anti-aircraft suite and that is exactly the problem. Whereas Gangut can see tier 5 ships at most October Revolution can regularly go up against tier 7 ships and against those it has next to no chance.

 

Lets start with armor. The 38mm deck coupled with very little superstructure and numerous turrets with very thick turret roof armor are a god send. Anyone willing to HE or rocket plane spam will find their shells shatter with the exception of heavy cruisers, battleships and HE bombers from US carriers. The narrow citadel and abundance of turrets also make it difficult for AP bombers to score a hit against the citadel. With that said, the armor profile for this ship is atrocious. Its belt armor covers the entire ship from aft to stern. Citadel has zero protection and the belt protecting is weak even for a battlecruiser. No matter how poor the oppositions dispersion, expect frequent penetrations and even citadels if the ship is poorly angled. Even angling doesnt help while kiting which I will talk about in a minute. Another bad aspect about the ship is lack of torpedo protection.

 

Artillery... 12 305mm guns made in your honory. They take half an era to turn, break easily, have poor firing arcs unless you are willing to expose that belt and poor penetration over distance but they also come with ridiculous low to mid range Russian accuracy. Combined with good range and low shell velocity, this ship can perform decently against enemy battleships and heavy cruisers if kept within 10-13 km range. Of course it is still effective against light cruisers, destroyers and carriers beyond that range but some practice might be necessary to get used to leading targets.

 

Last but not least is the anti-air. This is a funny ship in that regard; its aa-suit is pure improvisation; they literally slapped everything ranging from heavy machine gun to destroyer caliber guns onto the ship. This means two things; it has no flak clouds as there aint any high caliber aa-mounts. In exchange, it has insane continous damage at its tier, easily comparable to tier 7-8 cruisers. The catch is; it activates at 3.5 km and reaches full potential at 1.5km so unless the enemy CV is stupid enough to rush his attack and draw circles on top of your ship, it wont help much. Also from experience AA modules tend to break easily under focused HE fire so your best bet is to use that tight turning circle to your advantage to dodge CV torps and HE bombers. Any CV with half a brain wouldnt bother with AP bombs or rockets against October Revolution.

 

I suppose I said something about kiting prior. The ship is very good when angled and vice versa. However, the part concerning angling only applies when you are pushing as the belt armor extends to the aft meaning most of the shots, long range or not will be absorbed by the deck, bounce off the heavily angled belt or get absorbed by turrets. It is a different tale when kiting or retreating. Again the belt extends to the stern but unlike upper aft, the upper stern is only 19mm thick. What does this mean? It means that any battleship at any range will penetrate the upper stern, overmatch it, slam against the flat case mate behind and get a penetration. It is the Achilles heel of the ships armor scheme.

 

Unless you want October Revolution for historical purposes, I wouldnt advise spending coal, doubloons or cash for it. Keep Gangut if you like its play style. 

[PeteEarthling]

That thing looks like it was built by W40k orcs, and I do not play her often. But as it is the most modern historical RU BB in this game... collectors buy her.

[peoplescavalry]

14 minutes ago, PeteEarthling said:

That thing looks like it was built by W40k orcs, and I do not play her often. But as it is the most modern historical RU BB in this game... collectors buy her.

Burn

[PeteEarthling]

2 minutes ago, peoplescavalry said:

Burn

No, I'm not flammable. I am a denizen of hell.

[invicta2012]

Hello. The answer is no. Okt. Revol. is an early version of the RU BB line and isn't much fun. The Tier VI silver ship,  Izmail,  offers a more enjoyable, fully developed version of the same playstyle. 

[Jvd2000]

Buy it with money, no not really. It’s not the greatest ship and as T5 it cannot go into scenarios which it might still do well.
 

For coal it might be nice. It’s the only low level bb you can get for coal and it’s not that expensive. Looking at you current available ships a high tier mightnot be what you are looking for yet.

[DirtyHeddy]

As You are fond of Battleships, she might perhaps be worth the money ...

 

I have won her, so I did not have to pay. I play her in COOP occasionally with mixed results.

She is not a very convincing ship, neither is she a bad one.

 

 

[BlackYeti]

12 hours ago, Pururut said:

 

Artillery... 12 305mm guns made in your honory. They take half an era to turn, break easily, have poor firing arcs unless you are willing to expose that belt and poor penetration over distance but they also come with ridiculous low to mid range Russian accuracy. 

OR has standard battleship dispersion, she was introduced before the RU bb line so she doesnt share their accuracy gimmick

[Karasu_Browarszky]

I think we call it 'Putsh' nowadays...

[Mad_Dog_Dante]

Yeah sure, absolutely ^^

Spoiler

NO

 

[Ronchabale]

Okt Rev is in no way a weak ship but it has weaknesses

If you can work around the issues (stay angled) it aint bad

Actually it has a load of armour just about everywhere

I would say that the Okt Rev is way more fun to play than Texas (but that is me)

Alternatives:

Giulio Cesare (unobtainable)

Arp ships: (unobtainable)

Viribus Unitis:  Rubbish, I mean there is more action in watching paint dry (lets see who gets offended  )

 

[invicta2012]

48 minutes ago, Ronchabale said:

Viribus Unitis:  Rubbish, I mean there is more action in watching paint dry (lets see who gets offended  )

It's great practice for the Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont, let's put it that way. 

[Ronchabale]

2 minutes ago, invicta2012 said:

It's great practice for the Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont, let's put it that way. 

Yeah them mobile coastal batteries (that can sink) are next level

[Karasu_Browarszky]

13 minutes ago, Ronchabale said:

Yeah them mobile coastal batteries (that can sink) are next level

 

As if the maps didn't have enough islands already...

[HaachamaShipping]

Per se, ship is ok. Not bad, not great. Would consider it actually among the better T5 BBs. It's not Pyotr or GC, but it certainly beats crap like Bretagne and it has a good armour scheme if you know how to use it (and unlike the VU it isn't that bad in hp pool and speed). Question is, why the hell would you get a T5 premium BB? If you got leftover coal and are a collector, sure, go get it. But paying money?

[Karasu_Browarszky]

1 hour ago, HaachamaShipping said:

Per se, ship is ok. Not bad, not great. Would consider it actually among the better T5 BBs. It's not Pyotr or GC, but it certainly beats crap like Bretagne and it has a good armour scheme if you know how to use it (and unlike the VU it isn't that bad in hp pool and speed). Question is, why the hell would you get a T5 premium BB? If you got leftover coal and are a collector, sure, go get it. But paying money?

 

Personally, I like tier 5. The mid tiers often have better play and you can still do most missions on tier 5. This one is also the highest tier Russian built BB that actually existed for real, though Izmail is also reasonably close to that status, a tech tree ship and plays on higher tiers, so it is also a good choice in this sense.

[Herbstnebel1975]

18 hours ago, DFens_666 said:

The russian techtree T5 BB Pyotr is imo better than Okto.

Nope, Okto is better cause it's a smaller ship that is harder to hit. Okto has good AA and armor when not showing broadside. Overal, it's a good ship and I prefer it above the Pyotr.

[Herbstnebel1975]

8 hours ago, invicta2012 said:

Hello. The answer is no. Okt. Revol. is an early version of the RU BB line and isn't much fun. The Tier VI silver ship,  Izmail,  offers a more enjoyable, fully developed version of the same playstyle. 

But it's a lot bigger and easy target from a large distance. I realy like to play Okto and it's the only russian BB I keep in my port.

[Verblonde]

18 hours ago, Curesto said:

Is it worth to buy?

For money? Probably not, but the same is true of most of the T5 BBs, at least from a pure performance point of view: you are going to be uptiered regularly (because of the protective MM up to T4), making it harder to get consistently good results. Something similar is also true of the T6 premiums too, but at least they can be used in Ops.

 

On the other hand, Okt Rev (as @PeteEarthling points out) is one of very few actually historical BBs that Russia had, so she's worthwhile for the history enthusiasts (that's why I have her, essentially). Since you can get her for coal, I'd suggest using that when you have a suitable amount spare and aren't saving for something better...

 

BTW if you want a T5 premium BB, I would suggest getting the freebie at the end of the current mission chain...

[Curesto]

22 dakika önce, Verblonde dedi:

For money? Probably not, but the same is true of most of the T5 BBs, at least from a pure performance point of view: you are going to be uptiered regularly (because of the protective MM up to T4), making it harder to get consistently good results. Something similar is also true of the T6 premiums too, but at least they can be used in Ops.

 

On the other hand, Okt Rev (as @PeteEarthling points out) is one of very few actually historical BBs that Russia had, so she's worthwhile for the history enthusiasts (that's why I have her, essentially). Since you can get her for coal, I'd suggest using that when you have a suitable amount spare and aren't saving for something better...

 

BTW if you want a T5 premium BB, I would suggest getting the freebie at the end of the current mission chain...

I'm planning to get her with coals.

[Adm_Andre]

I think Okt Rev was aviable for free atleast 2 times, dont know if it such a good idea to spend money or rare resources on it with a chance to get in during chrismas or so...

[Karasu_Browarszky]

1 minute ago, Adm_Andre said:

I think Okt Rev was aviable for free atleast 2 times, dont know if it such a good idea to spend money or rare resources on it with a chance to get in during chrismas or so...

 

During christmas?