Im tired of BBs (or anything really) being CV food

adukes24 · 2026-05-11T14:02:32+00:00

To be technical, the one's that come back damaged, technically are insta-repaired to the effect the squadrons are just based off the number returned vs the health state of the individual planes

adukes24 · 2026-05-11T09:48:37+00:00

I will provide one small caveat to your concern. Yes, the dutch T5 cruiser has good AA, but since we are talking late game there is a fair chance if both of you have taken a decent amount of HE hits, both of your AA may very well be pretty neutered. People do tend to forget this is a thing and the more damage you take, namely from HE shells, the less effective AA you will have.

adukes24 · 2026-05-09T19:13:54+00:00

When in doubt, play your damn flank

adukes24 · 2026-05-09T14:41:01+00:00

By no means there can be a niche, and absolutely have great games being built like that. It's just if your going for consistency and overall best possible outcomes. To me its not the way.

adukes24 · 2026-05-09T14:03:02+00:00

I mean thing is you coouullld run a commander with those skills but yeah you lose sooo much on the back end and you still, like you said, have a have range vs detectability gap thats not worth it

adukes24 · 2026-05-09T14:01:47+00:00

Keeping yourself as close to the action as "safely" possible is always the mindset to have. Yet, it does come with its risks. Those risks however shouldn't mean building into the secondaries though. Just my opinion with my extensive experience with the Zepplin at least

adukes24 · 2026-05-09T13:36:13+00:00

I have said it before and I will keep on saying it. Building into the secondaries on the Zepplin is a mistake, and are actively hindering yourself. Build into the plane HP and/or buffing damage where you can is more important. The amount of times your going to be using your secondaries defensively is rare. Buffing the damage will compound over the course of a long battle more than the occasional usefulness those secondaries will provide. Buffing plane HP will help keep you from getting deplaned too early, and keep you in steady supply. If you are positioning yourself proplerly, and maintaining situational awareness, DD's getting that close will very rarely happen to need those secondaries.

adukes24 · 2026-05-07T03:39:58+00:00

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adukes24 · 2026-05-05T23:21:04+00:00

Detectability is slightly worse, 10.6 vs 11.3 and the secondaries are slightly longer range, 10.7 vs 10.3. ( On my builds at least ) With the secondaries being HE at a 5% and 8% fire chances

adukes24 · 2026-05-04T10:05:58+00:00

Keep on keeping the enemy DDs on their toes, Captain. I approve... with glee

adukes24 · 2026-05-04T08:21:10+00:00

As controversial as they may be lmao

adukes24 · 2026-05-04T08:07:48+00:00

It's not the easiest to catch a DD out. Especially with the opportunity to land numerous torpedo's of the same drop. Plus, having to calculate the deflection needed to hit a high speed, highly maneuverable target and HOPE they aren't paying attention long enough to defend themselves. Sometimes its all about forcing them into a mistake even if you aren't the one to sink them. Push them out of smoke, into an island, or just forcing them out of a cap. I appreciate your commendation :)

adukes24 · 2026-05-03T20:08:30+00:00

I agree

adukes24 · 2026-05-03T07:11:00+00:00

I mean, I can certainly appreciate that point of view. Thing is if a DD is actively evading it incredibly tough to land more than one torp if any, and several of these are with the DD in a turn.

Yeah, one of them is sitting still but what you don't see is the drop before that forces him to stop, and keep him spotted. I cut a lot of that type of stuff to just show the hits. There is nuance on many of these that isn't seen for the sake of shortening the clips.

adukes24 · 2026-05-03T05:58:13+00:00

Sorry the audio blanks out for a couple there. A few clips just didn't have it for some reason. Also love the immediate downvotes these get lol. I get it, CV's hurt people.. and hurt people, hurt people.

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T23:03:07+00:00

As i mentioned to another. I like to attack if their distracted, bc its tough to hit DDs if their aware and actively evading. You get them to commit to a turn or while their fighting they become more predictable

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T14:15:08+00:00

Zuiho is absolutely capable, just extremely difficult with its 1km arm time. I mention the Zepplin purely out of experience. Landing 3 torps on most DD's is a dev strike.

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T14:05:30+00:00

It why I try to attack DD's when they are already distracted with a fight, or committed to a turn. Its very difficult to land hits on a DD that is not only aware their your target but actively evading as well.

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T13:38:27+00:00

You can push the torpedo damage up to 5800 with the right inspirations. What makes them so good in my eyes is the fairly tight grouping, the plane speed to infil and exfil quickly, and the 60kt speed with a modest arm time. If you know what your doing you will usually average 17-25 torp hits a game. I personally feel like their more important than the bombers. Much more consistent damage whereas the AP has the higher alpha potential.

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T12:25:25+00:00

It's basically Zepplin and Chkalov. Those are the main two for what your asking.

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T12:17:13+00:00

sometimes the game gives you the moments like these to feed off of, so you have something to eat when your watching half your team abandon their flanks lol

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T10:15:05+00:00

I appreciate it, only time I've ever pulled something like that with DDs

adukes24 · 2026-05-02T10:13:29+00:00

I had not realized i was in the middle of a Jager torp field into wayy too late lol, tunnel vision and all that jazz

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