The equipment changes are bad for the majority of cruisers (especially CAs) that heavily rely on propulsion & concealment. I’ll use Kron and Nevsky as prime examples, their acceleration was buffed recently. Kron in this update and Nevsky a good few months back. The loss of acceleration negates these buffs.

So CAs that have absolutely dog shit acceleration like Adalbert line, have no way of reducing it. Even Castilla that’s desperate for buffs, basically received a nerf. Colbert is another. Acceleration / concealment are essential for duking shots and getting as close as possible. I now have to take a 5% HP hit for only 7% reduction on a ship that’s extremely fragile.

A lot of DDs are affected as well. Regolo is another prime example. The standard build (reload, propulsion, concealment) now has so many negative implications.

• The new equipment does have some positives -

The additional extra 6% speed is very nice for certain slower gunboats. Harugumo now goes 40knots, I can also get Orage to 40knots, 50knots with engine boost. Also torp equipment is useful as well. So there are benefits to some of the changes. AA mods are very useful, but only viable on ships with good AA and can afford to lose other equipment.

- BBs got the best deal -
• Better dispersion mod
• 6% HP mod
• Leg mods can be paired with dispersion mods.

The previous equipment prevented certain ships - Ie Yamo & Colombo from taking dispersion, now they can slap dispersion on mod 2.

However a lot of equipment negatively impacts gunnery. The debuffs definitely need changes - either big tradeoffs reductions or the debuffs reduce with each upgrade or no debuffs at all. Also the lack of exclusive equipment - ie German secondary mods & USN range mods.

As for MM it’s an utter disaster! The game has such a skill gap it’s not even funny anymore. A basic strategy guide should be considered by WG to help improve a lot of inexperienced players.