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[Harvin87]

Hello,

Just wondering, if you have any recommendations for a  good premium ship? (you can see my stats to see more or less how I can manage).

I was thinking of just waiting until black friday to get Alaska but if maybe you have a good DD recommendation or anything else, I would love to look into it. 

 

Thank you very much for your thoughts. 

[MementoMori_6030]

Vor 6 Minuten, Harvin87 sagte:

Just wondering, if you have any recommendations for a  good premium ship?

Well, Dreadnought must be super OP because this T3 ship is more expensive than T5 ships.

 

[RenamedUser_92906789]

Hmmm...

 

I would probably pick up Cossack.

You seem to be interested in DDs... and its a spicy little devil.

 

Check out Flamus 2021 recommendations

https://youtu.be/d0AUnC7sCIg

[Harvin87]

1 minuto antes, nambr9 dijo:

Hmmm...

 

I would probably pick up Cossack.

You seem to be interested in DDs... and its a spicy little devil.

I already have the Cossack :)

[bEtHeNs]

Warspite is a good BB, tier VI.

Ashitaka, powerful artillery, bland armour, Tier VII.

Sharnhorst, if you like the german style, artillery devoted to kill cruisers, has torps, before secondaries were meaninful, not so much now. Tier VII.

 

 

 

[RenamedUser_92906789]

5 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

I already have the Cossack :)

 

I see :)

 

Well apart from that, Mainz is also pretty strong and Lenin is about to get removed.

 

Check the vid I posted before.

[Northern_Nightowl]

You said that somebody may look on your stats, OK.

 

Could you tell us what a premium ship should do for you and what about your current fleet doesn't suit you? With this kind of information, recommendations may be easier.

 

Regards, Nightowl

 

Reference:

[Beastofwar]

24 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

Hello,

Just wondering, if you have any recommendations for a  good premium ship? (you can see my stats to see more or less how I can manage).

I was thinking of just waiting until black friday to get Alaska but if maybe you have a good DD recommendation or anything else, I would love to look into it. 

 

Thank you very much for your thoughts. 

 

Impossible to say if we dont know what you intend to do with them ( randoms, ranked, coop, operations or even CB i guess ) and what classes you like to play and what tactics you prefer they should do well.

[Harvin87]

7 minutos antes, Northern_Nightowl dijo:

You said that somebody may look on your stats, OK.

 

Could you tell us what a premium ship should do for you and what about your current fleet doesn't suit you? With this kind of information, recommendations may be easier.

 

Regards, Nightowl

 

Reference:

Well, that's the thing, I do well on DDs, on cruisers OK and BBs more or less (except for Scharni, in which I love to play). I intend to get better all the time, so what ship could help me to improve in CCs? or in BBs? For example, right now I have played 9 battles on the Cleveland with 100% WR, but then 16 battles in Belfast 43 and "achieving" an unspeakable 12.5% WR. What could helmp me improve in that regard? 

 

 

1 minuto antes, Beastofwar dijo:

 

Impossible to say if we dont know what you intend to do with them ( randoms, ranked, coop, operations or even CB i guess ) and what classes you like to play.

Randoms and Ranked 100% 

[Wulf_Ace]

30 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

Hello,

Just wondering, if you have any recommendations for a  good premium ship? (you can see my stats to see more or less how I can manage).

I was thinking of just waiting until black friday to get Alaska but if maybe you have a good DD recommendation or anything else, I would love to look into it. 

 

Thank you very much for your thoughts. 

easy.

Massachusetts.

[Verblonde]

33 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

maybe you have a good DD recommendation or anything else

You appear not to have Haida yet - she's a good pick (and about to be removed).

 

Copes better than most with T7 MM (good for Bronze Ranked too, if you're into that). BTW it's a good idea to fit her with coal upgrades for both smoke and hydro.

 

The key thing to be aware of is that (obvs) Haida is a Commonwealth ship, so there isn't a silver line to nab a captain from; since you want *at least* a ten point captain on her, you'll need to factor in cost/resource spend to get one, if you don't have one (from something like Perth, say) already.

[Northern_Nightowl]

You may want to take a look at the Neustrashimy, Tier 9. The players I've seen so far that used this ship did well, be it as teammate or as opponent (I do not own it for myself).

The description as a good gunboat with good torpedoes and healing ability may suit your preference for DD and cruiser gameplay; it's also in a tier where I'd expect that future Ranking seasons may take place in.

 

Regards, Nightowl

[Harvin87]

9 minutos antes, Verblonde dijo:

You appear not to have Haida yet - she's a good pick (and about to be removed).

 

Copes better than most with T7 MM (good for Bronze Ranked too, if you're into that). BTW it's a good idea to fit her with coal upgrades for both smoke and hydro.

 

The key thing to be aware of is that (obvs) Haida is a Commonwealth ship, so there isn't a silver line to nab a captain from; since you want *at least* a ten point captain on her, you'll need to factor in cost/resource spend to get one, if you don't have one (from something like Perth, say) already.

Yea, that seems like a blocker. I don't have any commonwealth captain so it will mean spend or more money or a lot of free xp. Thing is, right now there does not seem to be any interesting going on in the commonwealth ships so maybe it would be too costy. I know Haida is a good ship, btw.

8 minutos antes, Northern_Nightowl dijo:

You may want to take a look at the Neustrashimy, Tier 9. The players I've seen so far that used this ship did well, be it as teammate or as opponent (I do not own it for myself).

The description as a good gunboat with good torpedoes and healing ability may suit your preference for DD and cruiser gameplay; it's also in a tier where I'd expect that future Ranking seasons may take place in.

 

Regards, Nightowl

It's a coal boat right? My first thought was Marceau, as I do very well in smokeless DDs, and after watching videos of Kleber or Marceau, they seem like pretty powerful ships but, maybe I'll just try to grind to kleber to get a taste.

[Pururut]

You already have Scharnhorst and T61. Get Okhotnik I guess for the sake of a unique DD experience. More premiums wont help with improving and frankly I dont understand the point of wasting money on Belfast 43 or Prinz Eugen when near tech tree equivalents like Edinburgh and Admiral Hipper exist. 

[Harvin87]

To be honest, Belfast 43 was a mistake, I admit it. I got careless and got it.

Prinz Eugen on the other hand, is an historical ship that I wanted to have, and I actually enjoy it hehe. 

[Procrastes]

57 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

I was thinking of just waiting until black friday to get Alaska but if maybe you have a good DD recommendation or anything else, I would love to look into it. 

 

Thank you very much for your thoughts. 

Captain Verblonde already adviced you to get the Haida before she is removed, which is a recommendation I can heartily endorse. On the same note, I would urge you to also get the T-61, since she is easily the best all-rounder DD at her tier and also - from what I've heard - about to be removed.

 

For what it's worth, the teenage son of a friend of mine is thinking about getting into WoWs, and I am planning to get him the Haida and the T-61 to wreck his summer fitness scheme help him make up his mind.  

 

...what do you mean, "Seduction of the innocent"...?! I'll have you know, Sir, that what you are referring to has been a traditional pastime for middle-aged men since the trial of Socrates! Even so, I might feel bad about it if I didn't know that his father spends much of his free time conquering and reconquering the World in Europa Universalis. This way, the youngster will at least get the opportunity to also train his social skills and his hand-to-eye coordination...!

 

[Harvin87]

1 minuto antes, Procrastes dijo:

Captain Verblonde already adviced you to get the Haida before she is removed, which is a recommendation I can heartily endorse. On the same note, I would urge you to also get the T-61, since she is easily the best all-rounder DD at her tier and also - from what I've heard - about to be removed.

 

For what it's worth, the teenage son of a friend of mine is thinking about getting into WoWs, and I am planning to get him the Haida and the T-61 to wreck his summer fitness scheme help him make up his mind.  

 

What do you mean, "Seduction of the innocent"...?! What you are referring to, Sir, has been a traditional pastime for middle-aged men since the trial of Socrates! Even so, I might feel bad about it if I didn't know that his father spends much of his free time conquering and reconquering the World in Europa Universalis. This way, the youngster will at least get the opportunity to also train his social skills and his hand-to-eye coordination...!

 

I already have the T-61 and is probably my best ship. I absolutely love that little devil and until a recent bad luck string, I had like 70% wr, now im on 60shh. The Haida looks nice buuuut, I would have to invest a lot in the captain, resource wise or even more real money but great suggestion.

[Procrastes]

8 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

I already have the T-61 and is probably my best ship. I absolutely love that little devil and until a recent bad luck string, I had like 70% wr, now im on 60shh. The Haida looks nice buuuut, I would have to invest a lot in the captain, resource wise or even more real money but great suggestion.

Then, and seeing that you evidently also have the Scharnhorst (?), I can only compliment you on your good taste in ships.

 

Your reservations against committing such a huge load of resources - in the form of money and commander skills - into a line with not even a handful of ships, are entirely reasonable. No one but you yourself can decide if it is worthwhile or not. For my part, I can only say that my Haida captain was the second one I leveled up to max rank, and I've never regretted it. She is not my most played ship - that honour goes to the T-61 - but she's an enduring favourite.

[Matty814]

39 minutes ago, Wulf_Ace said:

easy.

Massachusetts.

I thought Mass had been removed?

[FixCVs_Nautical_Metaphor]

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[Harvin87]

25 minutos antes, Matty814 dijo:

I thought Mass had been removed?

It was, I think it is only possible to get on its Black version on black friday sales.

 

So, suggestions so far:

 

Neustrashimy    

Haida

Okhotnik 

Massa

 

BTW, I'm saving free xp (i'm currently sitting on 500k already) for Ägir, since I don't see any other alternative? Smaland is no more, Alaska is no more, Hayate doesn't seem that special... what other ships are interesting with free xp?

 

 

 

Thanks for the help, if anyone has more ideas, cool, I'd love your input.

[Verblonde]

41 minutes ago, Harvin87 said:

The Haida looks nice buuuut, I would have to invest a lot in the captain, resource wise or even more real money but great suggestion.

There are worse things to blow 1,500 doubloons on, but...

 

If Haida were not about to be removed, my original advice would probably have been to wait (or at least consider waiting): we don't know yet how much damage submarines will do to the game, and they're - unfortunately - getting quite close now it seems.

 

Returning to the matter of the Haida captain, it can be useful to have one decent Commonwealth captain: Perth is worth picking up if you get the chance, and - longer term - Vampire II is pretty decent (based on a fairly low number of battles, admittedly) too, and you can run them both with the same captain as Haida...

[tocqueville8]

HOOD

 

Pros:

- excellent gun handling, for quality-of-life

- excellent mobility, allowing you to quickly correct positional mistakes

- strong armor when angled (the orangy bits in the image below) 

- decent AA

- improved AP penetration angles

- unique look (no tech-tree equivalent)

- famous, if tragic, history 

 

Cons:

- only 4 guns at the front: not good for bow-tanking, which is a bad idea in most cases, anyway

- a bit expensive, I guess

 

 

Compared to the likes of Nagato, Colorado and KGV, her mobility and armor allow her to perform much better against T8-9 opponents, in my experience.

 

Also, MONAGHAN is good value for money, imho, because you can either play her as a typical mid-tier USN DD (good guns and agility, but slow-range torps) or you can go for the meme build, 2 guns only but Benson (tier 8) torpedoes. 

 

Gunboat Monaghan is competent and fun, but torpedoboat Monaghan is the queen of Dev Strikes and really powerful if you run RPF and keep your cool, use your smokes/reload boosts at the right time, etc.

 

The ASASHIO is also really nice, as the concealment should allow you to outspot and sometimes outfight (with support) higher-tier DDs like Gearing and Halland, while the long range of the torpedoes should allow you to strike BBs in the background without having to get close to those nasty radar cruisers in between. 

 

The OKHOTNIK is also nice, especially with both the concealment and the gun range skills.

[Fatal_Ramses]

Haida

+ Unique

+ Extremely good

 

- rare nation, rare captain.

[Wulf_Ace]

4 hours ago, Matty814 said:

I thought Mass had been removed?

Alabama, same sh.t.