Hiryu unplayable

[Sea_viper]

Go REbalance the Mahan and Sims

(Yea, craphappens)

[Sea_viper]

As for C , thats not really true. If you dont "fxxk" the idiot, then suddenly he becomes an extremely valuable asset to his team. Thats the problem - because sometimes they get left alone and get great results which makes them play like this more. If you dont kill this lonely BB, he will just pepper your fleet broadsides while they engage enemy main force. Remember - going alone is bad BECAUSE you die quickly to focus fire and CVs. But if enemy ignores you, it actually becomes extremely powerful. 

 

No, let me clarify. Sailing alone donesn't make that player idiot. What I am saying is don't waste time on Idiots that sail alone. Solo capping DD? Go x drop her. BB sitting at your fleets flank? Feel free to hit her and save you cruisers. CV with no more planes? leave her alone. Nagato sitting at map edge while action is happening at centre? pleases help your team at the centre rather than farming damage.

Of course a Nagato can be dangerous later, but she is out of position at this moment, so it is better to deal with things that are time critical first.

[ZAMRAM]

Guys wanted to say I read everything from start to till here and found lots of helpful info on the Hiryu!

 

I must be one of the worst Hiryu players as I'm clearly doing something wrong in the Hiryu!

 

Curious wether WG is planning any changes on this Tier 7 CV which seems plagued with so much complaints by the community, especially her lower tier fragile torpedo planes seem to make her less fun.

 

Boy that epic screenshot post (#64) from Trigger_Happy_Dad with 10 games won (in a row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) really silenced that Muppeteer (#60) who kept saying its an unusable and broken CV...

 

So I guesse it all depends on the ability of the captain playing this ship then!

 

Evidence is always better than complaint, but I do agree that there is something missing on the Hiryu.... Who knows one day WG might give us that something...

 

My only two CVs at the moment, I like the 2,2,2 loadout.

 

HIRYU

 

MIDWAY

 

 

[El2aZeR]

[Sargento_YO]

3 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Now be glad there aren't AS Rangers and Lexingtons. Actually Shokaku it's quite good vs others tier 8 carriers.

[Redcap375]

A good CV player can make ANY of them work. Ranger, Lex, Saipan, it doesn't matter. 

 

Some CV's are better than others in their tier and a good player in a better CV can do alot more with it.  Its about the player captain skills regarding CV play.  If 2 are equal in skill then it boils down to the actual CV to give them the edge and IMHO CV's like the Kaga and Sapian give them that edge at tier 7.  You Also gotta factor in the AA of the teams too and the tier its placed into.

 

I have owned a Sapain in a Ranger countless times (pre patches).  2 ships that are polls apart but swap it around and you can do even more owning 

 

Its all about the other players skill.  THEN you can factor in the CV.

 

 

[Uberjava]

Well, I was officially the worst player on EU in the Hiryu! My win rate was 18% or so and that put me bottom on wows-numbers.. Obviously, I wasn't a very good player and even if I did have a good game, I lost anyway. It was quite a while ago but if goes to prove that if you don't play CVs well then the Hiryu can really suck. 

 

Nowadays? My last 30 or so games runs at 76% win rate and I've managed to pull my overall Hiryu win rate to about 58%. My win rate across all CVs since beta is now about 65%. 

 

I love playing the Hiryu now, I prefer it to Kaga as it's a little more versatile and resistant to Saipans. Sure, T6 bombers could be better but as long as you choose sensible targets and you approach from angles so you don't have to circle around whilst in AA bubbles, then it's no biggy. 

 

You just need to understand the game to be successful in this ship, and then it can be mighty.