Maya smells, and her Mum dresses her funny...?

[Viridem]

9 matches so far and I find her to be at the very least ok.

Just like with Hyuuga, MBRB is extremely powerful when you get in the perfect situation to use it (against a DD, when you face a broadside cruiser, to quickly reset fires that just got extinguished etc).

Thanks to the heal, you effectively have 50% more HP than a Myoukou (with the flag and superintendent), with a comparable armor. Already an extremely strong point.

I built her for AA (Did I ever mention I hate planes?) and it's relatively decent. Not strong, but it shoots down a nice number of planes. I don't really fear tier VI CVs, in general.

Torpedoes are very very nice. I'd say that they are an upgrade over Myoukou's, overall.

One noteworthy thing is that you don't have ASW planes, but regular depth charges (like DDs and CLs). You don't have the range, but they deal MUCH more damage, although I have yet to use them. Not sure that it's an upgrade.

Stealth is typical.

Hydro has longer range, too.

 

But the rudder shift is too long, making the ship rather uncomfortable to sail. Going from the Myoukou and her 7.1s rudder shift (second best of her tier, behind New Orleans' 6.9s) to Maya and her 10.1s (worst of her tier) is brutal. (Data as stock, without the rudder mod).

The guns have been over-nerfed, too. Having 4 turrets is no problem, but the combination of long reload AND an inferior HE alpha is too much.

 

I think she needs a slight buff to her rudder shift (by maybe a second or so) and have the regular HE alpha. That's pretty much it.

 

Fun fact: Myoukou has higher HE dpm than all the tier VIII Japanese cruisers (assuming you use 203s on Mogami, which would make you a weirdo), and almost as much as Ibuki (without the reload upgrade).

Aoba has a higher dpm than Maya, but also Tone.

[Shirakami_Kon]

24 minutes ago, Viridem said:

Fun fact: Myoukou has higher HE dpm than all the tier VIII Japanese cruisers (assuming you use 203s on Mogami, which would make you a weirdo), and almost as much as Ibuki (without the reload upgrade).

Aoba has a higher dpm than Maya, but also Tone.

Actually never checked that fact, but may explain why Myoko makes me feel weird about the ship, because I barely play it, but every time I do I fall in love with how she hits like an absolute truck and I never understood why. 

[Verblonde]

1 hour ago, Viridem said:

I find her to be at the very least ok.

I've been giving mine a bit of a thrashing in Coop, and she's actually really good for that - mainly due to the monstrous torps, and the heal allowing you to be pretty aggressive...

[Viridem]

Played a few other games. It's week end, so not the best moment to truly know how good a ship is.

However I can tell that, after dumping all my depth charges on a tier VIII subs, they are indeed very strong. Two presses of G on the right place and the thing was gone.

 

I use AA and ASW expert, by the way

[Shirakami_Kon]

4 minutes ago, Viridem said:

However I can tell that, after dumping all my depth charges on a tier VIII subs, they are indeed very strong. Two presses of G on the right place and the thing was gone.

I don't know why this sound like one of those cleaner spray like for grease and stuff like that commercials adds on TV in my head while reading it, but it was some time since I laughed my [edited]off so much.  Thank you.

[Viridem]

Yeah I think I can say I've been enjoying this ship, although I have been plagued by a horrible defeat streak this afternoon (like 3 victories out of 8 games. Urgh). And even this evening, wining required extra-clutch play.

 

 

Suzutsuki seems to like her too.

 

So, I can confirm that the torpedoes are definitively a very strong point. People who saw them as a downside are just plain wrong. Type F3s with a forward facing angle at tier VII is nothing to laugh at.

The heal and MBRB, both extremely good. AA works nicely too.

I think I can now safely affirm that the rudder shift is waaaaay too slow. It would be the first thing I buff. It wouldn't even make her that stronger, just less unpleasant to sail. It might be the only thing that might keep me from playing the ship someday.

They can keep the nerfed HE alpha after all. A better reload is what's needed.

 

I don't think I'll post any more here. Next step for me would be to write an actual review ;)

[Mikhail800]

15 hours ago, Viridem said:

Yeah I think I can say I've been enjoying this ship, although I have been plagued by a horrible defeat streak this afternoon (like 3 victories out of 8 games. Urgh). And even this evening, wining required extra-clutch play.

 

 

Suzutsuki seems to like her too.

 

So, I can confirm that the torpedoes are definitively a very strong point. People who saw them as a downside are just plain wrong. Type F3s with a forward facing angle at tier VII is nothing to laugh at.

The heal and MBRB, both extremely good. AA works nicely too.

I think I can now safely affirm that the rudder shift is waaaaay too slow. It would be the first thing I buff. It wouldn't even make her that stronger, just less unpleasant to sail. It might be the only thing that might keep me from playing the ship someday.

They can keep the nerfed HE alpha after all. A better reload is what's needed.

 

I don't think I'll post any more here. Next step for me would be to write an actual review ;)

After 15 battles I have 78 000 avg dmg :)