Is the Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya BB any fun in randoms?

[Sir_Sinksalot]

Hi guys.

 

So this T5 Russian BB available for 53.5k coal which seems a bit pricey for just a T5 ship! but, maybe there's a reason for that, aka, fun, aka, stronk for it's tier?

 

I think T5 is the first of the 3 tier MM tiers so sadly this will see T7 fights I guess and certainly T6 CV's so, how is it? 

 

Btw I'm more than happy just playing my T8 BB collection so I don't mind if it's not worth getting.

 

Thanks

[ColonelPete]

She is a good ship, but one has to accept that she is slow.

While that is not unusual on that Tier, many ships are faster.

[ghostbuster_]

if you want to suffer in double CV games. sure go for it. btw. you might have double CV and couple of subs. its literally the worst gaming experience that someone can ever have. and I mean not only in wows.

[Jvd2000]

27 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

Hi guys.

 

So this T5 Russian BB available for 53.5k coal which seems a bit pricey for just a T5 ship! but, maybe there's a reason for that, aka, fun, aka, stronk for it's tier?

 

I think T5 is the first of the 3 tier MM tiers so sadly this will see T7 fights I guess and certainly T6 CV's so, how is it? 

 

Btw I'm more than happy just playing my T8 BB collection so I don't mind if it's not worth getting.

 

Thanks

It’s expensive for its tier due being a BB vs the cruisers and DD’s. Although all T9 coal ships are priced equal ( except former steel) at the lower tiers there is prize difference.  The T6 coal DD’s are not that much more expensive. And Lazo is a mere 20k more.

 

As a ship its not that bad, there are slower BB’s, and angled it’s tanky but with the increased 15” + guns found in its matchmaking overmatch is a thing. On the plus size its a real ship ( one of the few non fake Soviet BB’s. Actually its the modernized  Imperial T4 Gangut under new communist management. A bit extra range and some additional AA that cv’s will still laugh about.

 

plus size of buying low tier coal ships is that you eliminate them from the droppool so CT containers and SC will have a higher drop of better ships/ ships that cannot be earned for free.

[SodaBubbles]

44 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

Hi guys.

 

So this T5 Russian BB available for 53.5k coal which seems a bit pricey for just a T5 ship! but, maybe there's a reason for that, aka, fun, aka, stronk for it's tier?

 

I think T5 is the first of the 3 tier MM tiers so sadly this will see T7 fights I guess and certainly T6 CV's so, how is it? 

 

Btw I'm more than happy just playing my T8 BB collection so I don't mind if it's not worth getting.

 

Thanks

Okt R is way underrated. If Guilio did not exist, people would be complaining that the Okt R is OP. 

 

The AP is merciless and her fire chance is good. Just guard your broadside and you're fine.

[Estaca_de_Bares]

I haven't touched mine in ages but she's a very capable ship for her tier. Downside is that she's slow in every conceivable way: hull speed, turret rotation, reload (not by that much though, more like the feeling of it)... OTOH, vertical dispersion is minimal, so broadsides are guaranteed to be punished heavily and, provided that your aim is good, you can even make broadsiding DDs suffer via ripple fire, for almost one shell per turret is a hit. Not really a ship for the middle of the map or any location where you're cross-fired from both sides, but wiggling at places where shells and torpedoes can only come from a single direction.

 

Salute.

[Nov_A]

tbh fam ngl it mostly depends on the MM.

 

Okto can be really tanky if you keep angling and she is quite resilient against HE. The biggest issue is the combination of bad things, especially CVs, subs and HE spam. They all drain your DCP and while T4 CVs cant dab on you how they please, T6 CVs will eat you alive. If you get toptier non-CV games, Okto is very powerful, but this power shrinks with every tier above you and every CV or submarine added.

[tocqueville8]

Okt Rev gudbote! She used to have my Tier 5 dmg record, barely surpassed by the much more recent Agincourt...

 

Pros:

• the AP smashes mid-tier cruisers
• the fire chance is nuts

Cons:

• slow turret traverse
• ugliest ship in the game, no debate

[Matt_FSR]

Octy Rev is powerful at tier 5 beacuse she's a premium and so can run your highest tier RU captain, and seeing as the RU ships have been out for quite a long time now, a lot of people will have a high tier or even a 21pt RU captain, so you can have Fire Prevention and the additional repair party skill so you're SIGNIFICANTLY tankier than a tech tree equivalent battleship with a 7-10pt captain.

 

Her fast reloading Dam Con gives you the ability to be more resistant to HE spam for longer, while the light cruisers you're facing tend to pop often under 12 gun broadsides.  I find having more guns at T5 is usually more useful than larger guns, because so few citadels are required to delete ships anyway that 12 guns on Octy is better than 8 guns on Pyotr Veliky. 

 

She is sluggish in everything she does, and AA may as well not be there but at least its better than poor ol' HMS Dreadnought.   This is ideal for the kind of player  who prefers a more relaxed, leisurely gameplay pace rather than say...  the FR DD experience of going everywhere at 55kts shooting anything that movess!

 

My crowning glory for Octy Rev was getting a Kraken Unleashed award, along with 27 planes shot down.  That in itself isn't super spectacular, but my division mate ALSO GOT A KRAKEN UNLEASHED!     

[Sir_Sinksalot]

Because you guys outlined that the this ship is very similar to the T4 tech tree Gangbanger, I played that for a bit yesterday to get a feel for that type of ship. Although I only played it in Co-op for a couple of battles and although I only used a 3 skill cappy with the fast turret skill selected, I must say it was rather fun... actually I might be better off with the T4 since it has pref MM and doesn't see T6 CV's as such. 

 

Of course, it's not got that premium ship convenience to apply a highly trained captain to which I do have from the Sinop or Vlad but, I need to test how that T4 goes in PvP mode first before risking the purchase. 

[Karasu_Browarszky]

16 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

Because you guys outlined that the this ship is very similar to the T4 tech tree Gangbanger, I played that for a bit yesterday to get a feel for that type of ship. Although I only played it in Co-op for a couple of battles and although I only used a 3 skill cappy with the fast turret skill selected, I must say it was rather fun... actually I might be better off with the T4 since it has pref MM and doesn't see T6 CV's as such. 

 

Of course, it's not got that premium ship convenience to apply a highly trained captain to which I do have from the Sinop or Vlad but, I need to test how that T4 goes in PvP mode first before risking the purchase. 

 

Well, one drawback of T4 which sort of kills it for me is that you can't do any of the missions on below T5 ships. Otherwise, (and queue times permitting), I'd bep laying much more on those tiers.

[Andrewbassg]

My very first one shot was performed in her ( didn't decided yet to be a cruiser main) A Leander desperately smoked up around 12-14 km but still broadside-ish to me.

She did vanished, all right....  

Still i would recommend to get ships which are playable in ops first, given the upcoming changes.....

[Sir_Sinksalot]

5 minutes ago, Andrewbassg said:

 

Still i would recommend to get ships which are playable in ops first, given the upcoming changes.....

 

Upcoming changes to Ops? I must have missed that. What sort of changes?

[Andrewbassg]

2 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

 

Upcoming changes to Ops? I must have missed that. What sort of changes?

Ii meant the economic changes.... not specifically to ops...

[Ocsimano18]

On 6/13/2022 at 3:30 PM, tocqueville8 said:

• ugliest ship in the game, no debate

It depends on her dress:

 

[Sir_Sinksalot]

Ah ok. Ops used to be amazing for everything like that. Credits, XP, but then it was gimped to shhhht. Still pretty good though, more of a case of just being way too generous lol.

 

I remember farming a million credits per battle with a standard account and the few missions were really playable over and over again since could just pick a different ship and go about the same mission differently.

 

Also, I don't even play CV's but there was something therapeutic, relaxing and extremely satisfying about spamming CV's in Operation Killer Whale. Still is actually, I just got hooked on and side-tracked with PvP modes instead. 

[Karasu_Browarszky]

8 minutes ago, Ocsimano18 said:

It depends on her dress:

 

 

Isn't there also the really pretty candy wrapper like camo option?

 

Which I don't have. I only have the boring option.

 

 

[Panocek]

18 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

 

Upcoming changes to Ops? I must have missed that. What sort of changes?

Returning old operations, enabling multiple tiers to be played on them, 6-8 as early run. When? Soon(tm).

[Sir_Sinksalot]

2 minutes ago, Panocek said:

Returning old operations, enabling multiple tiers to be played on them, 6-8 as early run. When? Soon(tm).

That would be amazing. 

 

In fact, with subs and superdooper ships making PvP modes somewhat questionable for genuine fun there might be a mass exodus to Scenario's lol... and thus why such a change will not happen any time soon lol.  

[Sir_Sinksalot]

8 minutes ago, Ocsimano18 said:

It depends on her dress:

 

 

What's so ugly about that ship? Look at those sleek 4XTriple gun turrets and minimalistic superstructure and chimney ethics at play for maximum gun angles, and that cut-back shaped bow. Fine looking ship. There's certainly some boring and ugly ships by comparison.

[Panocek]

5 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

That would be amazing. 

 

In fact, with subs and superdooper ships making PvP modes somewhat questionable for genuine fun there might be a mass exodus to Scenario's lol... and thus why such a change will not happen any time soon lol.  

Take from that what you will

[Ocsimano18]

16 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

 

Isn't there also the really pretty candy wrapper like camo option?

 

Which I don't have. I only have the boring option.

 

 

This is her ugly premium camo:

[Karasu_Browarszky]

2 minutes ago, Ocsimano18 said:

This is her ugly premium camo:

 

Yea! The candy wrapper one! Brings back some sweet memories.

[Maris_Piper]

2 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

Yea! The candy wrapper one! Brings back some sweet memories.

OMG  

[Andrewbassg]

27 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

That would be amazing. 

 

In fact, with subs and superdooper ships making PvP modes somewhat questionable for genuine fun there might be a mass exodus to Scenario's lol... and thus why such a change will not happen any time soon lol.  

Aaactually.....there is a noticeable uptick in players quality, even in Newport.....