Syrchalis Players 1,401 posts 3,820 battles Report post #1 Posted January 30, 2017 Everyone has favorite ships, most don't have one single favorite ship, but several. It depends on what exactly you ask for when people pick their favorites. I want to focus on the most useful categories here - if you have a new one, explain it and I might add it. I considered giving each category the four classes, but I deliberately decided against it, because I want you to pick ONE for each. You might surprise yourself. Rules: Only use ships you own and play, so yeah the Missouri makes the most credits, but if you don't have it, don't name it as your personal favorite for making credits (doesn't count for the last category) One ship per category You can edit your post any time if you want to, favorites change and the game does too Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) <optional explanation> Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) <optional explanation> Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) <optional explanation> Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) <optional explanation> Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) <optional explanation> Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) <optional explanation> I'll do it myself, so you have an example. Favorite ship by enjoyment: Moskva Powerful and versatile, it's not boring to play or stressful or rage-incuding. Whenever I die I feel like it was my fault in this ship. Favorite ship by carry potential: Saipan It's a CV and it crushes it's tier, plus you are rarely up-tiered and often high tier. Favorite ship by economic potential: Tirpitz I don't play it much anymore, but it makes a ton of credits easily. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Moskva Easy high caliber, arsonist, witherer, confederate, first blood and dreadnought earner. All useful flags. Personal favorite: Moskva Right now at least, I enjoy playing this a lot - I'm a rather logical person so seeing this turn up here after being my favorite in two other categories isn't surprising. Least favorite ship to face: Kurfürst Disgustingly overloaded with strengths and too few weaknesses it's just a nightmare to fight. Would help if it would actually have crappy dispersion at 15+km. Also no way for my Moskva to outplay it. It just destroys me when I'm bow on and I can't citadel it like a Yamato, Montana or lower tier BBs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TORAZ] El2aZeR Beta Tester 15,786 posts 26,801 battles Report post #2 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Favorite ship by enjoyment: Fletcher She can torp, she can knife, she can AA and she can torp beat all day long. The ultimate jack of all trades, what's there not to like? Favorite ship by carry potential: Bogue (1/1/0) Barely any AA at her tier, ludicrously strong fighters and her torp bombers can kill anything in one run that is not a BB. AS Bogues are a pain but easily dealt with, Zuiho doesn't even count as competition. The ultimate seal-clubber Favorite ship by economic potential: Shinonome One of 3 true premiums I currently have, all of them I got for free. Seems to earn me more cash than my Graf Spee or Kamikaze R. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Taiho (2/3/2) First blood, arsonist, witherer, high caliber, confederate, kraken unleashed are all fairly common with the occasional clear sky, double strike and liquidator. Die hard, close quarters expert and solo warrior are extremely rare but not impossible. Personal favorite: Gearing I enjoy knifing other DDs and this is the best knife fighter in the game. Logical, no? Least favorite ship to face: Belfast Even more annoying than Kutuzov. Total consumable overload and ludicrous AA makes this ship a nightmare to deal with regardless of what class you're playing. Edited January 30, 2017 by El2aZeR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comodoro_Allande Players 2,240 posts 8,469 battles Report post #3 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Favorite ship by enjoyment: V-25 Definition of fun, that frontal torps... Favorite ship by carry potential: Kamikaze R Very easy to carry on, and if not, to manage to get the top score of the team or even of the battle Favorite ship by economic potential: Graf Spee I don´t know, but I feel that the AGS makes more credits that the Dunkerque, my other tier VI premium. Very easy to make big profits Favorite ship by achievement potential: König Albert Confederate, high calliber, dreadnought, fire proof, close quarters expert, devastating stikes, some krakens... Personal favorite: Amagi Good speed, massive fire power, accurate and troll armor. For me, even better than Yamato Least favorite ship to face: Kürfurst (again...) A nightmare to fight, some times you get huuuge salvoes and other its bounce party. And some call me crazy for shooting them HE with my Yamato... Edited January 30, 2017 by Comodoro_Allande Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SovietFury43 Beta Tester 665 posts 7,033 battles Report post #4 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Enjoyment: This is a tough one. Atlanta, Spee, Aoba, Sims (DD hunter). There is a few ships that i enjoy playing, mostly ships that are unique in playstyle in some way. Carry potential: Fletcher. I run my Fletcher with Torpedo Acceleration and CE, IFHE and DE, and Defensive AA. With this setup i have a tool for every situation at my disposal. I can launch a devastating battage of fast torps from stealth, i can HE spam from stealth, i can scatter enemy planes if they go for me or a nearby ally, i can scout and cap. No matter the situation my Fletcher can influence it somehow. Economic potential: Atago. I i realize there are premium ships that make more money then the Atago, but the Atago combines the classic IJN Heavy Cruiser playstile which is my specialty with a ship that earns pretty well. It is the perfect premium ship for me. I dont farm achievements/flags, i already have so many flags i could shoot them at the enemy so i dont really need to farm them. Personal favorite: I am a IJN Heavy Cruiser lover so all the IJN Heavy Cruisers from the Furutaka up to the Atago/Mogami. I do not like the Ibuki and Zao thought because they never really existed. Least favorite to face: Bismarck. Even with the Hydrophones nerf that abomination is still one of the most OP ships in the game. It has many strengths and pretty much no weakness. Good guns, excellent armor, secondaries that rival the Yamato, Hydrophones (which no BB should have to begin with), excellent speed and manouverability for a BB, good AA. Its only real weakness is crappy torpedo protection, but the speed, manouverability, hydrophones and good AA pretty much negate that weakness. Edited January 30, 2017 by SovietFury43 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cro_pwr Players 2,735 posts 10,310 battles Report post #5 Posted January 30, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) Can't really name one... It all depends on what I feel like playing at the moment, thats why I have numerous ships from all classes... Sometimes I enjoy brawling with a BB, sometimes I enjoy taking Chapayev and burning down everything from 17km away, sometimes I enjoy jumping into CV and playing a game of chess against enemy CV... Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) Des Moines hands down... One of the few ships in game that I think are actually able to carry the game... Most of other ships are good against this or that, but Des Moines has a lot of tools at her disposal. Quite situational ship, you don't want to get focused down, you don't want to enter a long range fights with other ships, but has radar (insanely powerful tool for winning the caps and games), has insane AA, has FREAKING INSANE DPM... There is no ship in the game that wants to meet DM in a close fight. Not even Yamato, because, if you get 2 troll salvos, DM will eat your heart out by the time you shoot your third one... (2nd carry on my list would be Moskva, but don't own her yet ) Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) Des Moines / Blyskawica - Before the economy changes, while everyone was talking about insane economy on t10, I was earning quite a lot of creds in DM. Yes, you had some fail games when you would loose 100-200k creds, but more often then not I've had games with 300k+ gain even without premium... And Des Moines was my first ship that I've earned more then 1 mil creds in one game with, so that stuck in my memory Blyskavica on the other hand is pretty self explanatory... t7 DD with low (negligable) service cost, insane firepower for DD, great fire chance, can stealthfire, can wreck even cruisers... And it has nice MM since she is t7... Its quite hard to have BAD game in Blyska, so you usually can rely on steady income of credits whenever you press battle. That is after the economy changes ofcourse. Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) Eh, this one is a bit harder, since there is a lot of flags in the game, and the game changed quite a lately... But for Arsonist / Witherer flags, I'd go for Chapayev / D.Donskoi ... Stronk Russian Vodka infused shells that burn everything that you can see, and all that while they cannot see you High caliber / Confederate I'd say good old Fuso / Nagato still work wonders, even with the addition of ze balanced German BBs... Both are mid tier ships with good MM, both can wreck pretty much anything you place in front of them... And especially if you are in a cruiser, you don't want that Fusos guns turning your way, because 12 shells usually means devastating strike if you aren't careful Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) Amagi Might sound strange, because Des moines is my most played ship, and I don't think Amagi is even my 2nd, I belive that Yamato is... But Amagi is simply my favourite ship in the game... The only reason I don't play him more is the +2-2 MM, and since I have Yamato, every time I bring out Amagi and end up in t10 battle, I just say to myself, why the F didn't you take Yamato... A lot of people don't like her, and have a lot against her, but I enjoy every aspect of her. Her whole gameplay fits me from the start, and things I've been able to pull of with her are amazing... Yes, her armor is a bit weaker, yes you don't want to show your broadside, yes you can get wrecked by a lot of things, but man... She is so fast, and so nimble, that you feel like you are playing a cruiser. Heck, I think some cruisers are more sluggish then Amagi. Bow on you are tanky, and you don't even need to be bow on, because your speed and overall agility lets you dodge most of the shells comming your way... And then there are the guns... 10 accurate big strong mofo guns. Same story as with Fuso. You don't want to see that 10 guns aimed your way, and if you saw them too late, I have a bad news for you Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) Zao - Do I even need to elaborate this Every salvo deals 5k damage, and 2 fires... If you are lucky... And most of the times you don't even see her, so you can't shoot the bugger back... Whole German BB line - Why did WG even do this... Every time I see some noob sailing full broadside to me in his German BB, I loose a bit of will to play... Why? Because I know that if he was sailing any other ship (yes, even a DD) he would get in 1-2 salvos. But not ze Germans. The most broken line in the game, with the most trolling damage numbers you can witness while playing. Full broadside will sometimes deal 30k to them, sometimes 3 k, and you have no idea why... I even tested shooting them in the training room, and the numbers you are getting by shooting at the same place are just mind boggling... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[ST-EU] Lightbaron Supertest Coordinator, Alpha Tester 1,807 posts 13,100 battles Report post #6 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Old (Tier 9) Kagerou (Does that still count, as I had her for a really long time and was forced to give her up?) I played her with F3 torpedoes and naturally all concealment upgrades for 5.4km detectability and ability to stealthfire from 9.2/9.3km away. The torpedoes were deadly and her guns had the highest HE alpha damage and for a DD good chance of fire allowing you to be quite effective against capital ships even with her low rof. Also she didn't have those once around the moon arcs the USN DDs have to deal with. She was also good at surprising USN or RU DDs with high damage salvos when peaking through between islands where they can't make their dpm work. Even though many hated her she was my most fun to play ship in the hybrid style I used on her with a 18pt captain. Right now Yuugumo is also fun but the alpha and chance of fire nerf for higher rof are making her slightly less enjoyable than her predecessor for me, even though she is still a great ship and even better than Kagerou if you're going by stats alone. Before her it was Amagi and Senjou I liked the most but at some point I switched to being a DD player rather than a BB or CA player in higher tiers. I still play everything I like to play though. I also really enjoy Fiji, Gneißenau, Shiratsuyu and a few others but they all can't beat the old Kagerou with F3s for me. Favorite ship by carry potential: Fiji A stealthy cruiser and the 2nd ship of the RNCLs I played after getting her through the Christmas Convoy mission. Her range isn't the best but she is really capable at carrying where needed with tons of damage through support fire, torps or hydro and my average damage in her is far above that of the other t7 Cruisers. She only has problems to carry if the team is dying before you can start carrying. Favorite ship by economic potential: Kutuzov As long as you aren't playing horrible you will go out of a battle with tons of credits. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Gneißenau Yeah, she has a low number of barrels but for Confederate, CQE and Dreadnought with some High Calibers mixed in she is my go to ship. Only shame is that CVs know by now to avoid me and I couldn't yet get a Clear Sky with her. Personal favorite: Right now it's Gneißenau. Before her it was the old tier 9 Kagerou for the same reasons as above and before that one it was Senjou, but right now I'm really enjoying this fast t7 BB with strong AA, troll torpedoes and bouncy armour. Least favorite ship to face: Minotaur This is only superstition on my side but it feels like my teams are horribly passive whenever I face one of those resulting in lots of cap loss games where my team creaps on 1 map boarder/around 1 cap while the enemy has map control. Unless I'm all alone I usually don't have many problems dealing with them but more often than not it feels like I'm all alone while trying to force those things out of their comfy smoke clouds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EmilyFara Players 1,091 posts 2,423 battles Report post #7 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Fletcher I love all us dd's, but this stays my favourite. it's really the pinnacle of the line in my opinion. the gearing is also strong but I feel it's more alien because of the gun placement and her torps. The Fletcher has all without sacrificing anything. Favorite ship by carry potential: Fletcher I play her quite a lot and became quite good with her. even near death she can be devastating. Favorite ship by economic potential: Gearing (with premium camo) While I have multiple premiums, I'm nowhere as effective with them as I am with the Gearing. The premium camo makes it possible to get 600k credits per game. I have no other ship that can do that. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Fletcher Just a guess since I don't check what achievements I get. But my guess is the ship I do best with. might be wrong, I don't know. Personal favorite: Fletcher Not really a surprise I guess. I am one who likes to specialise. I'd rather be really good with 1 thing that a little bit good in everything. As for why, I really enjoy all US destroyers. I even like the gun arcs. The reason why the gearing is not in this place is because I don't like the torpedoes on it. The range is to long, too much chance for an accidental teamkill. 10km torps are best. Honorably mention, Atlanta. I would really love to like this ship. She basically have all the things I like, but lacks survivability and concealment. When I take her into co-op I absolutely love her. But in ransoms everybody focuses on the easy kill. Least favorite ship to face: minotaur The complete counter package. Rate of fire comparable to the gearing while having more guns and higher caliber. Certain death in seconds. To make it worse, because of their smoke and repair they don't really have to fear my big brother bbs like the radar cruisers have to. Honorable mention, German BB from the Bismarck and onwards. A BB countering dds... My opinion is quite biased. I like to be really good in a few ships rather than being moderate with all. And I am inclined to use sneaky bartard ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[UNICS] Nechrom Beta Tester 4,870 posts 10,112 battles Report post #8 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Favorite ship by enjoyment: Scharnhorst It has the most fun potential coupled with the least chance of misery and it doesn't hurt that it's really pretty either. Fast, tanky, good in close quarters and at a good tier. Favorite ship by carry potential: Scharnhorst Good flagship with the speed and survivability to lead from the front. Good power projection to halt or slow down enemy advances. Favorite ship by economic potential: Missouri Tier 9 premium and a BB at that. Probably the best combination for a XP/credit grind ship as long as we don't have tier 10 premiums. The only thing I could think of that could be better is a tier 9 premium German BB. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Imperator Nikolai Feed me ESCL-signals! *Omnomnom* Personal favorite: Tenryu She was my first favorite ship and still holds a special place in my heart. Small, nimble, fast, sneaky and with a powerful torpedo punch. Always loved the destroyer leader role of a small nimble cruiser perfect for following behind destroyer advances to provide support. Most hybrid DD/CL we've had since are a different flavor of ship, often very slow turning. Least favorite ship to face: Khabarovsk The combination of a really fast tanky destroyer with great ballistics and fire chance just makes me really at a loss for what to do. Hitting a really fast destroyer size target at the ranges the Khaba likes to work at is a feat in itself, and when you do hit it tends to not affect it much. Meanwhile the Khaba can keep accurate fire at any range and with insane fire chance. That's not even talking about when it sits in smoke... Edited January 31, 2017 by Nechrom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilJumpa Beta Tester 4,603 posts 7,488 battles Report post #9 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) Khabarovsk: When you know that the enemy DDs are praying at the countdown that you will spawn on the other flank.... But all in all the ability to quickly roam around the map and pop up at the most inconvinient locations for the enemy. Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) Zao: Has the toolset and the damage potential. Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) Atago: Pretty hard to do really bad in her Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) Zao: Witherer obv. High Calibers, Confederates Scharnhorst: Will just steamroll T7 games. Tough as nails and the toolset to both brawl BBs or delete Cruisers. Good for the BB achievements like Dreadnought, Fireproof, Close Quarters and the occasional double strike. Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) Best looks award goes to Scharnhorst I guess. But other than that no real favorite. Budyonny looks good too. Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) Depends on what I am sitting in myself. But I would have to say Hakuryu/Midway Good players in those ships have the capability to ruin my game in the first 3 - 5 mins and I can do very little about that. They either force me to retreat from an aggressive position by spotting or, if they decide to dump their whole load on whatever ship I am in, they will either do an substantial amount of damage or at the very least occupy my attention on their planes for a longer period of time. Edited January 31, 2017 by LilJumpa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[HALON] Amon_ITA Players 708 posts 13,072 battles Report post #10 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Leningrad <Good matchmaking, it ican be useful in any situation, has the speed to relolcate quickly, so you are always in the action> Favorite ship by carry potential: Belfast <If you find yourself on the weak flank with this ship your team will usually win the game. It can hold it against all odds with minimal support> Favorite ship by economic potential: Scharnhost Favorite ship by achievement potential: Bismarck Personal favorite: Tirpitz <Aggressive Batlleship as its best. Nothing beats late game engagements when aboard this ships> Least favorite ship to face: Zao when on a BB, Belfast when on a DD, Any German BB when on a Cruiser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RenamedUser_92906789 Players 5,828 posts Report post #11 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Enjoyment: Clemson Yes I know, I know ... but the fun of jumping on enemy DDs in smoke in this little boat is so fun. The zigzagging and spamming the torps and watching enemy flee when you start PEW PEW on them is just hilarious. When I am done with enemy DDs I pop smoke and lay constant fire on any enemy ship in range and watch them panic. Carry potential: Kamikaze R. The amount of games where I carried the team with 4+ kills is higher than in any ship. Economic potential: Any premium + premium account + signals I cant really choose ... too dependent of the game I am playing. Achievement potential: Kamikaze R Need I say more? Personal favorite: Blyskawica I just like the ship. The guns, the way they sound, the invisifire ... its all there. I like harassing and this is a perfect bully to do so. Least favorite to face: Good CV. As a DD player a good CV can wreck your day. I dont fear any of the ships as much as I fear a good CV player that has targeted me. Edited January 31, 2017 by nambr9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panocek Players 13,176 posts 13,617 battles Report post #12 Posted January 31, 2017 I guess mine doesn't count, as I have multiple favourites in multiple categories. Favorite ship by enjoyment: Tough case, as flavours change. Błyskawica, North Carolina, Udaloi, Gearing, Des Moines, Moskva North Carolina with max concealment is hilarious, otherwise solid dakka department is all I need Favorite ship by carry potential: Błyskawica, Chapayev, Benson/Fletcher/Gearing, Moskva Gunboats win cap fights, Chapayev has considerable stealth firing, Moskva has the range to pick up sniping contest with battleboats, armor to get close and guns to citadel them Favorite ship by economic potential: with premium account, tier 10 print credits like mad. Otherwise Błyskawica gets the job done Favorite ship by achievement potential: Most versatile for that would be Moskva, but I don't farm achievements. They just happen Personal favorite: visual: Hipper, Iowa, Des Moines, Khabarovsk. Historical/"I've been there" - Błyskawica. Least favorite ship to face: Anything that shoots me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venom_Too ∞ Players 5,189 posts 7,044 battles Report post #13 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Blyskawica <Good All-Around Ship, with really good balance between her strengths and her weaknesses> Favorite ship by carry potential: Any right played CV will ruin your gameplay experience. <Even with their UI issues or their crappy economy it is THE CLASS with the highest potential to carry a game> Favorite ship by economic potential: USS-Missouri the Mighty Mo.... <Together with "Seagull", no Questions asked the BEST Cashcow> Favorite ship by achievement potential: RU DD at Tier 8 and above. <Witherer, Arsonist, etc. everything possible> Personal favorite: Bismarck & Tirpitz and Gneisenau & Scharnhorst. <History check, beauties check and last but not least everyone is diffrent to play> Least favorite ship to face: CV at Tier 9 and Tier 10 <If they are skilled captains, you are just for fun in the game. Simply by the fact that the game will be decided by the better cv. They won't win every game, but the most > Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BOTS] deadly_if_swallowed Players 1,678 posts 13,867 battles Report post #14 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Scharnhorst great handling, tricky armor, countless guns, torps, cool looks.. what's not to love? Favorite ship by carry potential: Fiji my latest addition to port, yet I already carried quite a few games. Kraken, Kraken everywhere Favorite ship by economic potential: Yamato with perma camo Favorite ship by achievement potential: Scharnhorst While other ships also give flags for Witherer and Arsonist, Scharnhorst frequently gives me the flags I want. Personal favorite: Admiral Hipper / Prinz Eugen overall balanced ships, rich history, cool looks (especially with Wehraboo skins) Least favorite ship to face: Izumo I have no idea where to hit that damn thing to deal any damage at all... (except full broadside of course) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Great_SCH Players 374 posts 3,672 battles Report post #15 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Kamikaze It is a stronk ship, especially if you end up in a T4 game. Favorite ship by carry potential: Benson With RL you can really turn games around late-game. Favorite ship by economic potential: Blyskawica Premium, what else there is to say? Favorite ship by achievement potential: Gearing Stong ship, can potentially get alot of achievements. (yes repeating myself) Personal favorite: Kutuzov Bought it recently, used to suck at cruisers, now i feel more strong, confident and manage to get more damage out of every cruiser i play. Least favorite ship to face: Saipan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TEPES] VeteranGamer84 Players 1,314 posts 52,321 battles Report post #16 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Favorite ship by enjoyment: (( Bismarck - Kamikaze R - Leningrad - Myoko - Takao (Atago) - Shiratsuyu )) Favorite ship by carry potential: (( Bismarck - Kamikaze R - Leningrad - Shiratsuyu )) Favorite ship by economic potential: (( Kamikaze R - Leningrad )) Favorite ship by achievement potential: (( Bismarck )) Personal favorite: (( Bismarck )) Least favorite ship to face: (( Aircraft Carriers - Atlanta - Belfast )) when playing DDs. Edited January 31, 2017 by ABED1984 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raziel_Walker Players 463 posts 8,787 battles Report post #17 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Kamikaze R Favorite ship by carry potential: Kamikaze R Favorite ship by economic potential: Missouri Favorite ship by achievement potential: Kamikaze R Personal favorite: Kamikaze R Least favorite ship to face: skilled CV's that actually keep you spotted until you are dead. Sorry Shiratsuyu, Takao and Bismarck, Love you but Kamikaze is just OP. Old Fubuki I loved you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[FIFO] ilhilh [FIFO] Beta Tester 2,451 posts 7,514 battles Report post #18 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: Fletcher This is a toughy. I often get caught up in grinds so sometimes it can be an age before I return to a ship but I don't know that I have any clear cut favourites then. Sometimes it depends on my mood and often I have 1-many favourites per tier. Favorite ship by carry potential: Gremyaschy or Taiho Gremy is a kraken machine and as such oozes carry potential but the Taiho is also up there - as long as my team can stay alive long enough, I can recover the game. Favorite ship by economic potential: Missouri No arguments there as it is a simple fact but Scharnhorst/Belfast are more fun. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Gremyaschy, Bismarck As I said above gremy is a kraken machine but it is kinda low tier. Bismarck spits out CQEs and dreadnoughts on top of the others. Personal favorite: Belfast Hard choices again as I have 50+ ships in my port because I like the vast majority of them. but, this ship has so much power and is a joy to play in many roles. Least favorite ship to face: Khabarovsk Again tough because it depends on tier and what you sailing in. But, getting caught alone against an invisi firing kebab is one of the most frustrating experiences I have had. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[PST] Celandri [PST] Alpha Tester 483 posts 7,814 battles Report post #19 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) At the moment Sharnhorst, you get a multitool multipass ship that can do brawling, ok aa. ok secoundaries and hard to citadel. Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) Amagi, good guns, fast to the point needed Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) Atago, the heals,, the heals makes it easier to get lots of credits if you dont get shotdown by yamato from max range Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) Amagi again, can usualy twoshot any ship if they play like donkeys, something most on random do. Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) Personal favorite,, i got two, but if i chould choose i guess Amagi Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) Saipan, the amount of bombers it can use per group is ridiculus. and can easy oneshot any dd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[ALA] Bismarck_chan Players 392 posts 5,330 battles Report post #20 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) Formerly Minekaze, now shifting more and more towards Scharnhorst Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) König, I have even carried higher matches with her. (Was Minekaze) Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) Blyskawica, there are rarely games where there is nothing for me to do. Formerly Atago, but now the heal only means the BB have to get lucky twice instead of once. Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) I don't really farm flags, they just trickle in over time, couldn't name a ship for that. Any ship I need a lot of XP though and try to do first of the day seems to be great at farming detonation flags. Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) This one is hard, but think I'll give it to my Myoukou. She rarely disappoints unless I totally screw up, looks great and can rack up quite the damage. Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) Anything Russian past Tier III and CVs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] CptMinia Moderator, Players, Privateer 1,427 posts 11,709 battles Report post #21 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) Zao, Yamato is a very close second place. Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) Yamato Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) Missouri Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) Zao Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) Yamato Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) Hakuryu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VC381 Players 2,928 posts 6,549 battles Report post #22 Posted January 31, 2017 Firstly, just want to say, great idea for a thread. Nice to read everyone's opinions with no arguments or pointless attempts at defining what is "best". I also had to think really hard about some of these as I play a lot of different ships, but it was a nice exercise! I have a category suggestion: favorite ship to relax in. I think this is different to enjoyment because some people enjoy ships that are hard to play but relax would really be what you pick when you're tired or know you might not be playing your best and want to take something out that just looks cool and is a bit easy-mode or at least lazy-mode. Anyway, my picks: Favorite ship by enjoyment: New Orleans This ship is one where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. It's a beautiful class with a lot of history. In game, it's a compact, very agile, punchy and versatile package. It's hard work, and doesn't always work, but when it does it's a seat-of-your-pants adrenaline ride. Plus there's the added "underdog" satisfaction since its a widely disliked ship. Favorite ship by carry potential: Kongo Another seal-clubber but it's one of my highest win rates despite being my first T5 in the game (and therefore most games played while I was still a big noob). One of the ARP variants effortlessly blew me through the T5 stage of ranked two seasons ago and it will be my go-to if it starts at T5 next time as well. Favorite ship by economic potential: Kutuzov I basically wish for T10 games in this ship. Find a good smoke spot and farm damage on higher tier ships, prints Credits and/or Free XP depending on camouflage used (still have Christmas ones and a few Gamescons). Favorite ship by achievement potential: Kutozov (hit or fire farming) and Amagi (damage or kill farming) I don't farm flags but when certain missions are on and I want the reward I pick the ships to do it quickest. I broke the rules to pick two but those are the most common things to farm while also requiring different ships to do them. Also mission farmers often need to be T8+. Personal favorite: Amagi I wasn't sure to pick this because I don't actually take it out that much, but I am a battlecruiser captain and fanboy at heart so in the end here it is. Does it look drop-dead gorgeous? Check! Does it go where I need it to react to the situation and affect the game? Like the wind! Does it punch nice big holes in things I don't like? *Click*... BOOM!!! He he. The reason I picked it for example over Kongo that ticks the same boxes (and is real) is because I don't really like low tier play and I feel the maps don't allow a BC to stretch her legs like you can at T8. Also Amagi is one ship I can use very effectively to deal with... Least favorite ship to face: Bismarck I don't think it's super OP but it annoys me because it just drains so many team resources to bring it down. The two above it are not as bad because they are bigger targets and people are smarter in T9-10 games but a good top tier Bismarck on the enemy team is guaranteed to ruin your game no matter the class you are. Even if you're playing something that can deal with it you need to dedicate to just that and you don't always come out good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[RAIN] Blizzard____ Community Contributor 1,514 posts Report post #23 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) shokaku Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) saipan Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) kutuzov Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) bismarck Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) essex Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) minotaur Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jss78 Players 1,292 posts 12,874 battles Report post #24 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Favorite ship by enjoyment: Kaiser In general Tier IV is my "happy place", it's just fun and comfortable. (Runner-up: Izyaslav. Also Tier IV, and a crazy fun ship to run.) Favorite ship by carry potential: Bogue (1/1/0) Explained well above by another poster. Very strong and reliable CV for its tier. Comfortable tier for CV's in general, and opposing CV captains are often unexperienced. Overall I think the early CV's have unparalleled carry potential. Runner-up: Storochevoi -- IMO the low-tier DD's are another place with an unusually large carry potential. Favorite ship by economic potential: New York. In general, a mid-tier BB with a premium camo. Consistent damage, non-crippling rearmament costs. For me this happens to be New York, could be many others. Favorite ship by achievement potential: Nassau I use this to farm Close Quarters Experts, Confederates, High Calibers, Dreadnoughts. Runner-up: Bogue (for Clear Sky -- you don't even need to run AS for it, 1/1/0 achieves this fine). Personal favorite: North Carolina Very nicely balanced, somewhat brawl-flavoured BB, I like it. The AA rating of 100 makes life less stressful. You get to be a total alpha dog in Tier VI-VIII matches, but even in VIII-X it's surprisingly OK. Least favorite ship to face: Gneisehorst I commonly face these in Tier V-VII American BB's, and I find it very difficult. I'd generally like to brawl, but they have torps. So I'd want to stay in a narrow mid-range bracker, but they are much quicker, so I have difficulty dictating the engagement distance. Yikes. Edited January 31, 2017 by jss78 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] Loran_Battle Beta Tester 1,245 posts Report post #25 Posted January 31, 2017 Favorite ship by enjoyment: (The ship you feel like is the most fun to play) Very difficult to choose this one. If I would have to pick one it would be the Tirpitz or the Dunkerque (don't ask...) Favorite ship by carry potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to carry your team to victory with - in random battles) Gremmy or Yamato. Feel like the Gremmy carry potential is party because it is tier 5. Yamato seems obvious, always top tier and in a division with other classes very strong. Favorite ship by economic potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to gain credits with) Missouri. If you have one, there is no other option IMHO. 100+k average damage = gib me all the credits. Favorite ship by achievement potential: (The ship you feel like is the best to farm achievements/flags with (focus on the ones you need/are useful to you)) This one really depends on whatever you want to get. It also depends on what I'm feeling like. But to be honest I have never specifically hunted achievements before. Personal favorite: (Simply the ship you like the most, maybe because you like it's history, it's looks, it's feels, it's power, you were on it in real life, a combination of these, etc.) As someone who keeps all ships, this is even more difficult. I guess the Tirpitz and the Fuso, because those are my top ships? But generally I like so many ships... Least favorite ship to face: (The ship you hate playing against the most) German BBs. So damn tough and at high tiers hydro makes them near OP IMHO. I do love shooting them when they are broadside to my RN CLs though.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
