[Rodo]

The Kawachi is a pos, and I started haiting the Myogi. But then, as the grind progressed I started to like it a little, now I've sold it for the Kongo and I'm missing it.

Not that the Kongo is a bad ship, I just need to grind all the modules up again and that's kind of a pain in a tier 5 bb.

[NGTM-1R]

Kawachi is actually the battleship I've been most likely to survive destroyers in. It has a quick rudder response and the hexagon turret layout lets you unmask a decent number of turrets without turning so hard you expose yourself to torpedo fire before you can turn back. It's pretty easy to keep your stern on them, weave to avoid incoming, and get hits as they close within 5km or less.

Never killed another BB, and only a few cruisers, but it was very effective as a torpedo sump. I was killing three or four enemy destroyers in some matches, despite they fact they closed within 3km.

[Scourge of Ages]

Promo code for a free ship and slot:

Spoiler:

ALBANY

It's a tier 2 American Cruiser.

[NGTM-1R]

It's also pretty bad, so think of it as a free port slot and 375000 silver if you want.

[Spoon]

I don't know why you think its bad, it has blazing speed, amazing gun coverage, endless range, armored beyond believe. Truely an epoch of american naval engineering


(I sold it after)

[Gray]

Started playing this yesterday, and it's a quite entertaining timesink.

The St. Luis is my favourite ship so far, the upgrades make it a drive by killer with 2-4 kills per game.
Slowly getting used to the first Battleship, requires different kind of playstyle, but still fun.

[Hades]

To be honest, my big issues with the game so far are battleship gun RNG (for god's sake, normalize it so it's more fun for both parties - potentially getting oneshotted by a battleship isn't fun but missing most of your aimed shots isn't either), how overloaded torpedoes or destroyers seem to be, not entirely sure which, and HE spamming on cruisers and how often it sets fires (but maybe that's just a low tier thing?)

[Gray]

I kinda like it that way.

At first, i felt kinda annoyed be the fact, that Battleships unlike Cruisers can only fire twice a minute but once i adjusted my playstyle, it was actually quite fun.

Either circle the enemy and pound them from afar ( requires leading the Target cursor) or, if only one or two ships are nearby, get to point blank range and say hello with a broadside or two. 

I have to admit that Destroyers are quite annoying with their Torpedos, but unless they perform a close range driveby, you can get away in a cruiser that has decent maneuverability.
Either by hiding behind an Island, Team member ( they love that) or by turning your ship towards the Torpedos.
In case of the latter, chances are that the Torps miss, worst case Scenario is that you get hit by a single one which will not sink the ship unless your hitpoints are really low.

Sofar, i've been sunk 4 times by Torps, and only half of them were launched by Enemys, the other half by Teammates who think the shortest way to the enemy is right through my hull...
I don't mind providing cover for smaller/ weaker ships, or ships that have been shot to hell, but it certainly wont be any Torpedo carrying ships anymore.

[The E]

HE spamming on cruisers and how often it sets fires (but maybe that's just a low tier thing?)

It's also a high-tier thing.

[NGTM-1R]

Actually destroyers and torps have undergone nearly a dozen rounds of nerfing since Alpha and at the moment have the lowest win rate of ships by class. Torpedo damage is very high, yes, but on the other hand you sink ships by making holes that let water in, not by making holes that let air in; they ought to be.

Part of the issue with people's perceptions of them being ridiculously powerful is the things that normally protected the heavies from getting torpedoed, like a screen, simply do not exist with this level of teamwork. We're recreating a confused melee off Guadalcanal more than we are the Battle of Jutland; and unlike Laffey, our torpedoes run hot, straight, and normal every time. This is part of the much shorter games' need to have things be more lethal for the time limit.

Accuracy has actually been significantly buffed from realistic dispersion and ships are significantly larger than they should be; North Carolina, for example, is nearly 700m long ingame. This is to allow more than occasional hits.

[ssmit132]

ships are significantly larger than they should be; North Carolina, for example, is nearly 700m long ingame. This is to allow more than occasional hits.

Length: 728.8 ft (222.1 m)

Wait, really?

[StarSlayer]

Really Really.

[Deathsnake]

Take this!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2dE1LkrkPM

Cannot wait for the german tree

Maybe the Odin too? Battleshipcarrier ;D

[The E]

Those ships were bad ideas when the Japanese tried to make them work (look up Hyūga), and I don't quite see how they'd fit into the paradigm that has been established for Carriers in WoWS.

[Melon]

Personally, I can't wait for the Royal Navy - it might even get me to play more than 3 or 4 matches every few days again.

[crizza]

People seem not be able to simply write "GG"...
Quote of the guy I killed with torps: "Retarded lucker"... but if a ship goes straight ahead towards an island... it is pretty obvious that torps fired along the coastline might hit

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[StarSlayer]

Those ships were bad ideas when the Japanese tried to make them work (look up Hyūga), and I don't quite see how they'd fit into the paradigm that has been established for Carriers in WoWS.

There is a lot of demand for the Hyūga/Ise conversions, as well as Mogami and Tone.  I don't know how they will implement them, but supposedly they are on WG's todo list.  Tone aught to be fun, from what I've read the concentrated nature of her guns forward approach allowed for the best protection of the IJN CAs.  One less 203 turret might be an okay trade for a tough compact Citadel.

[Gray]

I like the Japanese Cruisers.



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[Scourge of Ages]

Two Minekazes and my Omaha launched all our torpedoes at a single New York, all at once. That makes 18 fish in the water, by my count.
He couldn't do anything but sink.

I typed in all-chat, "Torpedoggeddon". He swore at us. It was a good day.

[SpardaSon21]

I've gotten both the Sampson, then the Wickes today.  I acknowledge Bliss-Leavitt as my lord and savior already.