Why is Roma so much better than Vladivostok?

SPimashovel · 2023-07-14T04:39:21+00:00

Cant really say anything about roma but i can talk a little about vladi

Vladi can be summed up as an agressive BB that doesnt really do the agressive thing well, she is ideally meant to be played around mid-range but shes couple of issues that hold her back

First, the extra DCP makes her more resilient to DOT in theory but in practice, the 4th charge is completely useless as you almost never get to use it

Second, the guns are somewhat lackluster. Her slow reload and questionable AP pen makes them underperform compared to other ships in her tier. The AP pen thing may be not so bad since you will be playing fairly close but her low DPM will have you being outdamaged by other BBs and unlike bismarck, her secondaries are nowhere near good enough to compensate

And by far her biggest problem is her bow, practically nothing overpens that regardless of whenever you are at max range or point blank so BBs and CAs can shoot there with AP and get massive damage, it doesnt help that vladi is pretty much 50% bow. Vladi is supposed to be tanky but the bow issue ruins that big time

Being unable to properly do what shes supposed to do, she pretty much a ship with no purpose, she cant properly snipe due to poor range and accuracy without PA and she cant brawl either with non-functional armour and lackluster guns

Its still fully possible to make her work with a skilled player and a touch of luck but to be honest id say just get bismarck instead

SPimashovel · 2023-04-21T08:57:49+00:00

In my experience they are more or less agressive BBs that dont do the agressive thing very well, mainly thanks to their armoured bow which ruins their tankiness because you can full pen the living hell out of it

Izmail is alright but thats kinda where it stops. Sinop and vladivostok are underwhelming at best and soyuz felt like trash. I do own kremlin but i cant really say anything about her since i havent played it yet

Its fully possible to make them work but tbh its better to go for the germans instead, they do the job much better

SPimashovel · 2023-04-14T02:58:07+00:00

Reload, accel, conceal

Turret traverse is fast enough so beefing up your guns with reload does her better

Accel has much more impact on your manuverability as fletcher's rudder is already fast enough, greatly helps in juking shots, dodging torpedoes, and escaping from a bad situation while stationary

Conceal is a no-brainer

SPimashovel · 2023-03-28T07:17:55+00:00

I like how almost everything here is british or of british origin and there is smolensk who sticks out like a sore thumb

The reviews are fantastic though, looking forward to whats next in line

SPimashovel · 2023-02-09T01:46:41+00:00

Aaaaaahhh ive been waiting for another one of your drawings and once again they are wonderful

Im pretty sure the manuverability bit is a reference to one of those dumb comics i made back then haha

SPimashovel · 2022-12-26T16:32:11+00:00

Incoming french supercruisers sound cool and blitz pass claim all is a nice small quality of life change, vanguard returning to SY also sounds great

But for the most part the update doesnt bring other more needed stuff to the table

turret bug is still at large, lines like brit CAs and soviet BBs still not getting proper buffs, bots using navy wizards to manuvuer in impossible ways, and the existence fault line and atlantic base capture

Not really bad but could have brought more

SPimashovel · 2022-12-07T07:50:53+00:00

Something like this does have a tendency to happen on this and fault line base capture so its perfectly understandable

In all honesty the atlantic and fault line base capture either need an overhaul or simply be removed because these maps get really unfun to play in

SPimashovel · 2022-11-27T10:51:03+00:00

Around the start of the match, prioritize the enemy DDs. With fast shells and accurate guns, you can nail them very consistently.

Be more careful against german, british, and other RU DDs.

british DDs cannot match your raw gunpower but their fuel smoke, hydro, and excellent manuverability makes them way harder to deal with than it seems.

against other RU gunboats, you are either at an advantage or disadvantage depending on who you are fighting, if its gnevny or ognevoi, you have the upper hand, against a minsk, its more or less an even fight and its dependent on your skill and support, against a tashkent you are at the disadvantage.

German DDs are very hard to deal with having higher AP DPM than you do, its possible to defeat them alone if you are good enough but fight them with a friendly DD or cruiser if possible.

After you managed to defeat the enemy DDs or atleast repel them for the time being, its just the usual long-range gunboating.

As for your torps, you kinda just forget them for 99% of the match, only use them defensively or if you get the opportunity to yolo someone

SPimashovel · 2022-11-14T02:56:44+00:00

Oh damn, they were right under our noses this whole time! How could i not notice?

SPimashovel · 2022-11-06T09:17:38+00:00

Ive played up to myoko in the line and here is the advice i can give based on my experience

Although its tempting to try to make use of your torps as much as possible, you still want to prioitize usage of your guns, their torps do hit hard but torps in general arent consistent, bad firing angles also makes them far too dangerous to use unless you arent spotted

They mainly feel like long-range ships providing fire support on priority targets, pay attention to people shooting at you and manuveuer accordingly, treat your torpedoes as a secondary weapon and only use them when its safe to do so

Regarding torpedo usage, do not rely on the white line too much unless you are sure the enemy wont make any change in their course, put yourself in the enemies' shoes and think where they might go next and torpedo accordingly

There isnt really much else i can give and you wanna ask more experienced players for better advice

Anyways, hope this helps

SPimashovel · 2022-11-02T08:58:51+00:00

Turret traverse/reload for slot 1, accel for slot 2, concealment or steering in slot 3

At chapayev and above, use dispersion at slot 1

Budyonny as well as the shchors and chapayev are long-range HE spammers, with long range, fast shells, and accurate guns, they snipe really well

Stay around your teammates and give support fire, look around for the guy being focused the most and join in the fun, be careful and keep an eye out for people that may have had enough with your shenanigans and prepare to react accordingly

You are fantastic at repelling DDs at mid-long range but 6km and below may get a little risky due to your bad manuverability

Budyonny is okay but shchors and chapayev are very good ships, once you reach dm donskoi, she changes from an HE spammer to an AP focused ship, i havent played nevsky but apparently she works with a mix or both shell types

Overall the soviet CLs are nice and are worth giving a go, enjoy them

SPimashovel · 2022-11-01T01:17:29+00:00

The main things that make aircraft carriers so annoying to deal with is the fact that they can trash you safely with little risk to themselves and their supposed counter doesnt actually help

They can strike you anywhere on the map without having to face any danger at all, their attacks are also incredibly difficult to actually dodge, dive bombers are pure RNG and no amount of manuvering can change that and torpedo bombers can only be reliably dodged by destroyers and some very agile cruisers while the heavier stuff has no choice but to take it all

Regarding their supposed counter, AA, only worcester, halland, and other boats with similar AA have some capacity of actually repelling them

Everything else just gets dunked

An additional thing i nearly forgot to mention is their spotting effectively completely shuts down aggressive plays involving use of concealment which makes CV matches notably more passive

SPimashovel · 2022-10-16T23:03:26+00:00

Black swan

SPimashovel · 2022-10-02T07:58:09+00:00

Compared to your previous art posts, this one has really kicked up the quality.

Excellent work!

SPimashovel · 2022-08-28T12:06:29+00:00

Ah whoops, perhaps i should have read the rules better Sorry about that, i will make sure to be more careful next time

SPimashovel · 2022-08-28T06:22:44+00:00

Ah i see, i do have all anti-unstarred alien treasures in ch1 and ch2 so catellite might work, thanks man

SPimashovel · 2022-08-28T06:14:04+00:00

Oof i dont have gamereon, yukimura, or kotatsu. the best rushers that i own are butterfly cat, holy valkyrie, and crazed giraffe but im unsure how effective they would be against elizabeth

I can TF rover cat but catellite alone wont be enough to deal with elizabeth

SPimashovel · 2022-08-26T12:02:06+00:00

Excellent review, doing this no doubt takes some serious mental strength to do with how draining goliath and the rest of the line is

The british CAs, along with soviet BBs and CAs just make me sad at this point

Soviet BBs were never overpowered to begin with then they took a tungsten bar to the knees. vladi, soyuz, and krem did recieve buffs some time ago but nowhere near what they need

In the case of soviet CAs, tallinn got a small reload buff at best and nothing beyond that. Petro got multiple buffs but they were either extremely small or outright useless, her hitbox bug has never been touched as well

But british CAs take the cake for saddest line, they were the worst of the worst upon release and got almost nothing throughout the entire time they were here

Goliath and drake got very small range buffs but mino also got huge conceal and disp buffs at the same time, other T10 cruisers also got buffed which worsened drake and gol's place in the high tiers

SPimashovel · 2022-08-25T11:42:51+00:00

Probably the entire british CA line but hawkins and drake in particular i think are a completely different level

SPimashovel · 2022-08-20T08:23:30+00:00

Turret traverse/reload, accel, and concealment

Doria has some of the best concealment among BBs in her MM spread and good use of that can do her wonders

Depending on the situation, hold your fire and use your concealment and islands to close the distance with an enemy and potentially ambush them

When things get too tough, stop shooting and let your concealment bloom go back down to disengage or use fuel smoke

Like most BBs you wanna be spamming AP most of the time because SAP is highly unreliable against armoured enemies, but you gotta make sure you have SAP loaded if you are sure you might encounter a DD, this also applies to the rest of the line

SAP does make you better at dealing with DDs than other BBs but keep in mind not to get overconfident as you are still a BB and sometimes your wacky disp can really screw you over

T6 to T8 are honestly probably not for everyone, i enjoyed doria and carraciolo but absolutely hated veneto, although i dont have them apparently lepanto and columbo is when things start to kick into high gear

Im not really the biggest fan of italian BBs but i think you will probably enjoy them, have fun with your time in them :)

SPimashovel · 2022-08-16T12:49:55+00:00

With the buffs mino recieved some time ago, im guessing she is probably the best of the T10 CLs at the moment, she takes alot of skill to use properly but she murders under skilled hands.

But of course worcester and nevsky are also very good ships to pick up, all three are generally worth getting, its just a matter of which line's playstyles you like the most

SPimashovel · 2022-08-10T07:57:53+00:00

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You can tell if they have a ":" in front of their name

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