FUSO the the worst boat of the game

[DuxSkylux]

It's impossible to play with fuso when you don't have upgrade and you are the limit to 13 KM for you cannon !

 

You have a detected rang of quite 17 KM so your live in a game it's quite ridiculous !

 

Change it or eliminate this boat.

 

Bye

[Admiral_Noif]

It is bad at begin, but when you get upgrade... the story will be another . At begin of Fuso with all 1st stuffs, do some brawler stuffs until you get upgrades for long shots.

 

Fuso is one of the great ship, when you get full upgraded, so don't throw your axe away if you don't know how to handle it.

[triumphgt6]

Once upgraded, it is a long range shot gun - great fun!

 

[LetsRockAndRoll]

It's impossible to play with fuso when you don't have upgrade and you are the limit to 13 KM for you cannon !

 

You have a detected rang of quite 17 KM so your live in a game it's quite ridiculous !

 

Change it or eliminate this boat.

 

Bye

 

Don't use free xp to unlock ships!

Grind the normal xp out and use free xp to unlock upgraded hulls etc.

Then you will never have the misery of playing a stock ship again.

 

[AgarwaenME]

It's impossible to play with fuso when you don't have upgrade and you are the limit to 13 KM for you cannon !

 

You have a detected rang of quite 17 KM so your live in a game it's quite ridiculous !

 

Change it or eliminate this boat.

 

Bye

 

If you think the fuso should be played at max range, please eliminate yourself from this game.

[DuxSkylux]

ok, many thanks for you replies

[Ictogan]

Upgrade to B hull and you will notice some slight improvements.

[triumphgt6]

It is a good brawler as you can easily kill destroyers as you have so many guns!

[ShuggieHamster]

at some point can people stop these whining post along the lines of "its too hard, I want it to be easy all the time".

seriously ... thousands have people have looked at the fuso, went ok, the stock hull sucks but a little bit of work, play a bit cunning and it will be great yet the snowflakes keep whining.

man up for petes sake, you are embarrassing yourself.

[ColonelPete]

The funny thing is, my first games in the Fuso with stock hull were a blast.

I played it as a tank. Always bow on to the enemy BBs. They must have been extremly frustrated with their salvos.

 

Youl will not not be the hero of the game, but you get good results.

[AgarwaenME]

The funny thing is, my first games in the Fuso with stock hull were a blast.

I played it as a tank. Always bow on to the enemy BBs. They must have been extremly frustrated with their salvos.

 

Youl will not not be the hero of the game, but you get good results.

 

That's the thing. The largest advantage the fuso has is its humongous damage potential, not its rage. Getting close enough, and reducing damage as much as you can by angling etc, lets you really put the hurt on. Sitting beyond 15km just means you're ignored until you're the last to die.

[duoinvasion]

It's impossible to play with fuso when you don't have upgrade and you are the limit to 13 KM for you cannon !

 

You have a detected rang of quite 17 KM so your live in a game it's quite ridiculous !

 

Change it or eliminate this boat.

 

Bye

 

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[Aotearas]

10/clickbait, would bang, would not shoot out a torpedotube.

 

Came in here with torches, pitchforks and Fusou fanboy banners flying only to see that you're talking about the stock hull ... well played sir!

 

Stock Fusou is indeed meh. Probably the biggest meh where stock hulls are concerned in the current version of the game. But as others have said, either free XP that B hull or take the pain for some games (I don't even know how much XP it is to B hull, but at tier VI it can't be too much). Once you get that Pagoda-style tower on the B hull with its elevated rangefinders and your neat 19,6km range (without GFCS upgrade!) you'll love it.

[robihr]

one of the most OP t6 ships gets called worst boat of the game...

 

[BL00DHOUND187]

Played this ship in the CBT and was really nice to play. Even though it maybe stock with 13km range it should not stop you from having a good game in it.

[eliastion]

one of the most OP t6 ships gets called worst boat of the game...

 

Well, it's just that OP has his hed stuck too deep down his... you know.

If the topic was titled properly: "Stock Fuso is a nightmare", "Stoc Fuso is so bad I want to cry" or something like that, I'd kinda second that. My Fuso gathers seagull poop in port but I know I'll get back to grinding it some time after Rankeds end - if, however, I didn't have free XP lying around I'd probably just say "screw that" and sell the damned thing for scrap.

Lacking in mobility to close the range and concealment to get close unspotted AND range is a painful combination.

[AnotherDuck]

First game I had I nuked two cruisers in my first three salvos. And the first salvo just hit a mountain anyway, due to how targetting worked. You see, there are these things called "islands" you can use to sneak a little closer without taking a lot of fire meanwhile (which Fuso handles reasonably well anyway, being a BB). And with only stock Fuso range, you're going to hit what you aim at if you're even remotely competent at aiming.

 

It's still not comparable to the upgraded hull. I went a long time before I even bought the range upgrade, since it's not really needed for anything other than the first salvo of the game, and when you relocate after having sunk all ships on your half of the map. Or if you want to shoot the enemy carrier if it happens to be spotted by adventurous DDs or carrier snipers.

[Syrchalis]

at some point can people stop these whining post along the lines of "its too hard, I want it to be easy all the time".

 

 

 

Ah, that's why there is so many who want carriers removed. They only want easy-to-play ships.

[Djansolo]

I know where OP is comming from.

If you only know the Fuso as opponent, you are used to see it shooting from 20 km away.

So when you upgrade from Kongo to Fuso, you think "YES, my turn for the long guns. Sure it starts stock, but what is stock? 10% = 2 km shorter = 18 or 19 or so?."

 

And then you see 13......

 

[AnotherDuck]

If you only know the Fuso as opponent, you are used to see it shooting from 20 km away.

So when you upgrade from Kongo to Fuso, you think "YES, my turn for the long guns. Sure it starts stock, but what is stock? 10% = 2 km shorter = 18 or 19 or so?."

 

 

You're saying that as if Fuso has significantly longer range than Kongo... If I end up in a low-tier map with Kongo (especially Big Race), I can pretty much choose any visible target on the whole map, unless there's a high mountain in the way (like on Solomon). There's pretty much always at least one delicious broadside to bite into when you have that many targets.

 

[Djansolo]

 

 

You're saying that as if Fuso has significantly longer range than Kongo... If I end up in a low-tier map with Kongo (especially Big Race), I can pretty much choose any visible target on the whole map, unless there's a high mountain in the way (like on Solomon). There's pretty much always at least one delicious broadside to bite into when you have that many targets.

 

 

yeah, that came out a bit wrong.

And thanks for reminding me of the Kongos xcellent range, I think it was adding to the shock of the stock Fuso for me.

 

I got over it, had some great times in Fuso, although she teaches you bad broadside habits. And Im currently having fun in Nagato.

[YukiEiriKun]

I did not play a single game with the stock Fuso because everyone said it would be horrible. So freeXP'd it to the max from the start.

 

Stock Kongo though, had many fun battles with her.

[Sub_Eleven]

@ OP:

 

as my fellow forumites pointed out, save free xp to get past horrible stock ships and you will have a much much better game experience. I can undersdtand your disappointment while suffering through a stock fuso, but she turns out to be a great ship when upgraded. Some ships are worse then others in their stock configuration and it takes experience to know which ones to look out and plan ahead for. Unfortunatly this isn't very obvious when people are fairly new to the game.

 

So, good thing you came to the forum and ask for some input. No reason to re-invent the wheel when there are so many great players lurking about here who can share their experience with you. You can learn from the mistakes people made before you, so you can enjoy playing the game more. Be honest and an adult and you will find 99% of the people here willing to help anyone with questions or issues.

 

Anyway, hope this helped a bit and I'm sure you'll have a much better time once you get the fuso upgraded a bit

[AnotherDuck]

Some ships are worse then others in their stock configuration and it takes experience to know which ones to look out and plan ahead for. Unfortunatly this isn't very obvious when people are fairly new to the game.

 

The Japanese battleships stand out as generally not being nearly as good in stock as with their B (and C) hulls. It's often a step down from the previous fully upgraded ship.

 

For cruisers you just have to check what the upgrades do, but there isn't such a clear pattern. One thing to watch out for is that some of them get additional consumables on the B hull.

 

For destroyers it's pretty much only about if they get significant torpedo upgrades or not. A few of them get stealth torps only after upgrading, which is a huge boon, as it allows for more options. Higher tier Japanese destroyers also have different choices for what torpedoes to pick, depending on playstyle and captain skills. Other than that, the upgrades can certainly be noticeable, but not as game-changing, even for the gunboats.

[allufewig]

 

Ah, that's why there is so many who want carriers removed. They only want easy-to-play ships.

 

 

Have you ever managed to write a posting without the word "carriers" in it?