Which Hood?

[Webley_Mark]

 

Armament:

• 4 × 2 – BL 15-inch Mk I guns
• 12 × 1 – BL 5.5-inch Mk I guns
• 4 × 1 – QF 4-inch Mark V anti-aircraft guns
• 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

 

Armour:

• Belt: 12–6 in (305–152 mm)
• Deck: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)
• Barbettes: 12–5 in (305–127 mm)
• Turrets: 15–11 in (381–279 mm)
• Conning tower: 11–9 in (279–229 mm)

 

Speed: 32 knots

 

Fighter : None

 

 

 

Armament:

• 4 × 2 – BL 15-inch Mk I guns
• 12 × 1 – BL 5.5-inch Mk I guns
• 4 × 1 – QF 4-inch Mark V anti-aircraft guns
• 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

 

Armour:

• Belt: 12–6 in (305–152 mm)
• Deck: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)
• Barbettes: 12–5 in (305–127 mm)
• Turrets: 15–11 in (381–279 mm)
• Conning tower: 11–9 in (279–229 mm)

 

Speed: 32 knots

 

Fighter : One

 

 

Armement:

• 4 × 2 – 15-inch (381 mm) guns
• 7 × 2 – QF 4-inch Mk XVI AA guns
• 3 × 8 – QF 2-pdr "pom pom" AA guns
• 5 × 4 – 0.5-inch Vickers machine guns
• 5 × 20-barrel "Unrotated Projectile" mounts
• 2 × 2 – 21-inch above water torpedo tubes

 

Armour:

• Belt: 12–6 in (305–152 mm)
• Deck: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)
• Barbettes: 12–5 in (305–127 mm)
• Turrets: 15–11 in (381–279 mm)
• Conning tower: 11–9 in (279–229 mm)

 

Speed: 28 knots

 

Fighter : None

 

 

For more info see: 

• http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/870-hms-hood-1942-rebuild-premium/
• http://www.hmshood.com/history/construct/repair42.htm

 

So, here is all the Hood configuration I know, which one is your favourite, and wich one do you want to see in game?

[RUSSIANBlAS]

Maybe a small hypothetical WW2 "what if" upgrade so it can sit higher up in the tiers.

 

Although that might enrage the purists/history buffs.

[Trainspite]

I'll take 3 please, for one regular tier 7 British BC.

1920 - A hull

1941 - B hull

1942* - C hull (If it is not overpowered)

 

*= More likely to be 1943 or 1944 when she would have left the docks I think.

[VC381]

Seems nobody is a fan of the 1931 fit. Interestingly, she only had a spotter briefly around this time, so we might end up with a weird fit that keeps the catapult but is otherwise 1941 (unless they just make her spotter-less but give her a different unique consumable, more likely for premium). The 1941 fit is most likely for the premium option. The "what if" rebuild definitely has a place due to game balance and is actually pretty gorgeous (rebuild Renown looks good so why wouldn't Hood) and is in my opinion the most likely final hull for a normal tree version. I've also ticked the 1920s look as well because it has a certain thoroughbred purity to it without all the AA (and because Hood did a famous world cruise with Repulse in that decade). The secondaries on that hull are awesome but unfortunately I don't see it as ever being more than maybe a horrible A hull to grind through.

[SmartassNoob]

I'll take 3 please, for one regular tier 7 British BC.

1920 - A hull

1941 - B hull

1942* - C hull (If it is not overpowered)

 

*= More likely to be 1943 or 1944 when she would have left the docks I think.

 

That sounds about right, but why would it be over powered? Until then it didn't have any planes.

 

Maybe a small hypothetical WW2 "what if" upgrade so it can sit higher up in the tiers.

 

Although that might enrage the purists/history buffs.

Damn straight it would. The english had at least 3 technology tree columns worth of BBs and BCs. If a ship obviously belongs to a certain tier, it should stay there. There's no shortage of ships for the higher tiers.

 

[mtm78]

Webley_Mark if you want more people to comment you should add more details then the pictures, not everyone here knows the configuration of each refit ( this includes me, and I can be quite lazy not wanting to have to look them up myself ). 

[Webley_Mark]

Webley_Mark if you want more people to comment you should add more details then the pictures, not everyone here knows the configuration of each refit ( this includes me, and I can be quite lazy not wanting to have to look them up myself ). 

 

Oh... Yes, This is a very good idea. I'm on it.

[thestaggy]

As sunk, 1941 configuration. That will satisfy the purist in me.

[mtm78]

20 and 31 lack any substantial AAA, considering the tier Hood will be placed in based on armor and gun's I don't see those making it in the game without 'unhistorical changes'. If people want an historically correct early Hood refit, it would have to be tier 5 and even that is pushing it ( but hey, Arkansas Beta does fine on tier 4 without AAA at all ). 

 

41 refit looks like a solid tier 7. 

 

Also, were there speed changes in the refits ( I assume so but I don't know them )? Torpedo protection changes? 

[Webley_Mark]

Also, were there speed changes in the refits ( I assume so but I don't know them )? Torpedo protection changes? 

 

Speed in 1920: 32 knots.

Speed in 1941: 28knots.

 

I don't remember any change for the torpedo protection.

[Trainspite]

 

That sounds about right, but why would it be over powered? Until then it didn't have any planes.

 

 

Well, the ship would have about North Carolina levels of health, roughly equal armour, would be faster though not as good at turning, have pretty good AA and respectable secondaries. Her main guns are nothing to be sniffed at either. Maybe I am just paranoid, but it sounds like a big improvement over Colorado and Nagato. 

[Trainspite]

 

Speed in 1920: 32 knots.

Speed in 1941: 28knots.

 

I don't remember any change for the torpedo protection.

 

I don't think WG would use the 28kn speed unless Hood was a premium in her 1941 form, which I am vehemently against. Usually, even if the ship would be worn out, or on a full load, WG keep the speed the same as a regular load as built ship. (Sorry for the double post).

[Webley_Mark]

I don't think WG would use the 28kn speed unless Hood was a premium in her 1941 form, which I am vehemently against. Usually, even if the ship would be worn out, or on a full load, WG keep the speed the same as a regular load as built ship. (Sorry for the double post).

 

I really hope WG give her, at least, 30 knots.

[mtm78]

 

Well, the ship would have about North Carolina levels of health, roughly equal armour, would be faster though not as good at turning, have pretty good AA and respectable secondaries. Her main guns are nothing to be sniffed at either. Maybe I am just paranoid, but it sounds like a big improvement over Colorado and Nagato. 

 

41?

Armement:

 

• 4 × 2 – 15-inch (381 mm) guns
• 7 × 2 – QF 4-inch Mk XVI AA guns
• 3 × 8 – QF 2-pdr "pom pom" AA guns
• 5 × 4 – 0.5-inch Vickers machine guns
• 5 × 20-barrel "Unrotated Projectile" mounts
• 2 × 2 – 21-inch above water torpedo tubes

 

Which OP secondaries? *disclaimer: I got no friggin idea what the 'unrotated projectile' mounts are

 

I was actually thinking she would get shafted by a decent Nagato captain ( remember they are fixing the frontal magazine armor bug on Nagato! ), unless she was able to dictate engagements.

 

What is the height of the rangefinder of Hood in the 41 refit? Any idea of how well the concealment might be?

[Webley_Mark]

disclaimer: I got no friggin idea what the 'unrotated projectile' mounts are

 

Oh... That's just a kind of AAA mount.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_projectile

[mtm78]

I think WG has said in the past that rockets would not make it into the game, so those things are 'out' I guess.  

 

edit: that also means the 41 refit has no surface secondaries at all, since the unrotated projectiles was the only listed armament which I didn't know and the rest is AAA. 

[Trainspite]

 

41?

 

 

42/3/4. 41 is perfectly fine for tier 7, and I expect WG will have that as a base option, and maybe add a C hull later.

[mtm78]

 

42/3/4. 41 is perfectly fine for tier 7, and I expect WG will have that as a base option, and maybe add a C hull later.

 

But the 41 doesn't have any surface secondaries listed in the OP, all I can see is AAA mounts outside of the main armament?

 

/me is confuzelled 

[Webley_Mark]

I think WG has said in the past that rockets would not make it into the game, so those things are 'out' I guess.  

 

edit: that also means the 41 refit has no surface secondaries at all, since the unrotated projectiles was the only listed armament which I didn't know and the rest is AAA. 

 

The Hood still has her QF 4-inch Mk XVI AA guns as secondaries. Not a lot but that's already something.

 

[Trainspite]

 

But the 41 doesn't have any surface secondaries listed in the OP, all I can see is AAA mounts outside of the main armament?

 

/me is confuzelled 

 

She has the same secondaries as Warspite. (In terms of 4").

[mtm78]

Might help plebs like me to change the AAA description to DP then as I missed they were dual purpose guns due to the explicit mentioning of AAA designation 

 

If they perform close the German 102mm the 7x2 setup sounds actually really good ( trainspite, don't facepalm to hard plox ). 

[anonym_MfZ6T7iwWpUC]

I would keep it in its original launched condition, and put it in an appropriate tier. I know everybody will want a top notch Hood to compete with Bismarck etc, but I would prefer to see it in its original form competing against other BB/BC's of the time. Only then will we see the Hood as intended.

 

[Trainspite]

Might help plebs like me to change the AAA description to DP then as I missed they were dual purpose guns due to the explicit mentioning of AAA designation 

 

If they perform close the German 102mm the 7x2 setup sounds actually really good ( trainspite, don't facepalm to hard plox ). 

 

*calms self by drinking tea*

 

[mtm78]

 

 

[Grimsley]

I would like to see '41 as the premium Hood itself, and '42 as an imagined Admiral class in a regular battlecruiser BB line.