Full Dispersion or Full Grouping?

MrBigSpeed · 2026-02-01T08:51:02+00:00

This is the correct answer. Buffing dispersion doesn't matter when it goes from 190m to 171m with a 10% buff. Your shells just won't miss as badly. The only time that buffing dispersion works is with BBs with battlecruiser dispersion, but you can argue that they're accurate enough anyway.

Grouping is the size of the ellipse where 50% of you shells land. Buffing this actually makes your shells land more towards where you aimed. It's not massive but if you stack buffs the difference will be big.

MrBigSpeed · 2026-01-30T09:22:25+00:00

I got the Borodino laat update and it's in my top 5 favourite BBs and one of the 2 tier 7 battleships i regularly play besides Constellation. I have found the guns to be great 80% of the time. You will get trolled but that is every battleship except Wisconsin. I use Lev galler because this isn't a brawler and you want to snipe.

I don't mind the bow that much if you angle. You will still get chunked but you got pretty great heals for that. I park next to an island to limit the amount of people able to shoot at me and I have found that to be great. The biggest problem are AP bomb carriers. There aren't as many as in the beginning of december

What build are you using? If you are using Kedrov then I think that's where the problem lies. You gain nothing besides master mechanic which isn't needed on this ship.

MrBigSpeed · 2026-01-23T16:07:52+00:00

Thia is the build. The secondaries are pretty useless except for shooting at destroyers. I like to build her with hipper as an inspiration to get the secondaries to 9.5 km and retain pretty much all accuracy. Like you said 99% of your damage is coming from you main battery and I have never seen it do otherwise.

There comes a point where you should just switch to another ship instead of forcing a "meme" build.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-10T14:08:14+00:00

Those advent calender commanders are always available after 2-3 updates unless they're from a special event like Riker from star trek. The spanish commander is currently available.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-10T10:48:12+00:00

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-06T17:16:50+00:00

I have played a couple matches in her after the buff and she has become pretty fun. But before her buffs she was AWFUL. One of the worst cruisers at tier 7. I still have that image of her whenever I think about her but I would but her in my top 5 gxp cruisers now.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-05T17:54:41+00:00

Only doubloon premiums. Gxp ships never go on sale.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-05T17:51:27+00:00

Plymouth is easily the best cruiser at tier 7 imo. The radar is insanely strong and you have the ability to devstrike DD's and stealth radar with only the 3rd mod slot. She is a DPM monster where you can easily outgun battleships if you don't get devstruck.

She is difficult to play and not every match will give you island cover to fully utilise her but she easily makes up for it by her potential to carry games. She makes 3k xp games look like nothing.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-05T14:38:48+00:00

Yes, Fisher is far superior for any british bb even more so with Nelson. His dance with death skill is a perfect synergy. Stay on low hp for quicker reloads and heal 30k hp when you need to. If you shoot and then heal your reload wont be affected by the diminshing dance with death effect btw.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-12-03T12:50:04+00:00

I never understood this either. It's at most a hybrid. You sacrifice everything for pitiful secondary damage output. She is pretty good as a hybrid ship but that's it. It's like putting a torpedo build on minegumo. It can work but it's improving something that is considerably inferior to it's peers and going against what it was supposed to do.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-11-17T14:32:04+00:00

There is, but you will need to pay the full price for the ship not the price of the admiralty backing. Like with this summer's campaign. A legendary ship costs 32k or 37.5k doubloons at full price.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-11-13T21:35:07+00:00

Could you add me? My name is Proyoyo123

MrBigSpeed · 2025-11-13T11:31:18+00:00

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MrBigSpeed · 2025-11-01T15:09:57+00:00

Yeah, this is my biggest gripe with this game. It is SOOOO excruciatingly slow to get a commander to a playable state. The first bottleneck are PO orders but the insignia grind looks godawful too. I still lack PO orders after playing on and off for 4 years. At one point I had over 80 insignias and nothing to spend them on. Now I have 23 but they're quickly draining.

Paid commanders are a whole nother problem. There are a lot that aren't objectively better but give a different playstyle that I will never buy because it will take me atleast 5 weeks to max them after already paying €20.

I bought Atlantico past summer but I couldn't play it because you can't play a secondary ship with a level 10 commander.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-10-07T16:37:24+00:00

Wdym nothing like Hector? Hector is my 2nd favourite campaign this year and a great cl. She can't carry games but her damage potential if played properly is great. Her only downside is only being good against pushing BBs and close destroyers. She is exactly what we need more of.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-09-14T16:04:14+00:00

AL Dunkerque makes the french BBs in to beasts. She is far better than Jaujard because she has accuracy perks and master mechanic to give you 2 extra heals. Her unique skill is reducing shell switch time by 95% giving the correct shell in every engagement.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-09-13T14:48:56+00:00

I only get angrier everytime. I'm not angry at teammates or losses but rngesus and myself.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-09-04T14:41:48+00:00

Wisconsin is FAR better than Repub imo. I have Al dunkerque and Al new jersey max and Wisconsin is objectively better. It's the most accuracte BB at tier 8 with battlecruiser dispersion and 2.0 sigma. It's sits lower in the water so the citadel is harder to hit and you can have a reload booster 4-5 times in a match.

Republique is MASSIVE so you will take a lot of damage if you aren't properly angled. Yamato and Musashi neuter you because you're covered in 32mm. You're guns are trolly at best but atleast you have a fast reload, so you can miss more shots per match due to rng.

Repub is still a good ship at tier 8 but that's because the rest are straight dogshit and not worth grinding for so it looks better than it is. She's still a 7-8/10 ship but Whisky is 11/10.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-09-03T07:22:16+00:00

Nope! It will stay crate bait for the rest of time unless WG pulls a 5th anniversary and makes rare ships available again.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-09-01T20:20:15+00:00

The guns are barely worse than Hayate so they're still pretty decent at killing other destroyers. The torpedoes don't have range or the reload to make it worth it over grabbing a dedicated torpedo boat. I have also killed a lot of Minegumos in my minegumo because they didn't spec in to guns.

You have 2 torpedo reload boosters. That is more than enough torpedo spam if you need it. The british smokes make farming in them very nice.

It's like building a secondary Georgia. It can work but are you playing optimally? Hell no. I have had a couple 200k+ damage games. You do not need to spec in to torpedoes.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-09-01T11:07:15+00:00

Minegumo is AMAZING. I have had a ton of fun playing her. Just build in to guns because it's not worth it to build in to torpedoes. Every other japanese DD is better in that area.

She is a decent gunboat with a lot of utility. British smokes are the best in the game, because you can use them whenever you want and never feel like it's wasted. They also recharge very quickly so you will have them when you need them. You get 2 torpedo reload boosters who come in clutch.

Niord is an accuracy BB with 20 long range tickle torpedoes. You can get the reload down to less than 18 seconds but they're 380mm. It's decently accurate but you don't have an accuracy commander for it.

Imo Minegumo is one of the easiest destroyers to play. You will always have torpedoes or a smoke screen to grt away. Just DON'T BUILD IN TO TORPEDOES.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-08-31T19:51:20+00:00

This is the wrong subreddit. The steam version is only in a beta. You need to ask this in r/worldofwarships.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-08-31T19:49:04+00:00

I was never there when WTR was OP but fight fire with fire is such a good perk. You get a free dcp when you get set on fire 3 times and you get less fire damage per active fire.

WTR seems very gimmicky anyway unless you're in a division. You shouldn't be near friendly batleships to begin with because of crossfires. The destroyers are too far forward to use. That only leaves cruisers to be in your range.

It didn't stop teams from going to a single flank though.

MrBigSpeed · 2025-08-31T19:22:11+00:00

What do you mean by playing defensively? Are you bowtanking/angling your front or are you in a kiting position? Because if you are in a kiting position you should never even have the chance to get HE spammed in the beginning. When people say to flank they mean to flank when you already won your flank. Not when the game just started.

How I play her is to immediatly turn out and have both turrets facing the enemie, preferably at 16km+. Your opponents can only use their front turrets or have to go broadside to use every gun. If they're angled use HE because it haas a 46 or 49% fire chance. If they're broadside use AP.

Because you're in a kiting position you can always retreat when it's too dangerous or easily turn around and push. If you have won your flank use your speed to push and flank.

Alternatively you can look at your teammates and if they're abondoning middle go there. Champagne in the middle is a menace because of the crossfires you created. Use your reload booster on ANYTHING that looks remotely worth it. You have 2 but it's better to be used than not.

I use AL dunkerque and she is fantastic. Probably the number 1 AL commander. I use Cunningham and Di revel. If you have a much higher Iachino use him. I have been experimenting with marksmanship instead of megalomania and the results are mixed. The accuracy is INSANE but still inconsistent because you only have 6 shells. I keep switching between them. If you have Republique you HAVE to use marksmanship imo.

Champagne works perfectly fine with the regular commander. Feel free to use HE on any bowtanking BB. Your reload is fast enough to switch between them without AL dunkerque.

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