it's a big tank, that's for sure. But I feel like it's kinda balanced over the guns - slow reload, and the ballistics make them tricky to use against BBs. Given the prevalence of HE spam, it's nice to see another damage-over-time sponge aside from the USN line.

The guns suffer a bit, either from the ballistics or from the shell penetration (or both). The flat arcs make them deadly against cruisers, but they can feel average against battleships, since they mostly tend to hit the belt, as opposed to the deck on higher-flying shells. They work best at long ranges, where you get higher arcs, but still can be a bit frustrating. I like the placement of the line, although I feel like the IJN BB line is getting powercrept by this - tanks with good armour, good damage-over-time defence and excellent range precision. I'll have to play some higher-tier IJN ships to see how the guns compare.

Thanks, much appreciated. It's a tech tree ship, so you free to unlock once the line is out. T8 is a difficult tier for BBs, Richie, Roma - but I still love my Tirpitz as well :)

Thanks! I've only played up to Nagato, will need to compare her & Amagi in more detail.

Kremlin will be an interesting one. 457mm guns, if I remember correctly.

Yeah, I've got footage for all three ships recorded :) not sure which battle I ended up keeping.

Alright! It’s no problem if you don’t remember though, I got my own footage.

I’ll send you the photo if you wish!

No, that pretty much invalidated all previous builds. That's a bit of a problem with reviews, they do have a "best before" date, e.g. when ships get rebalanced, new information becomes available, the meta changes etc.

@@FunandGameswithTerry so just stick with fire and flood resistance for the captain skill if appropriate and for elite bonus and modules choose something else?

I haven't, but one of my biggest complaints at the time was the concealment, so that's definitely a good change. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the "supercruisers" - too easy to take down with battleships, not very useful against DDs - for a multirole ship I'd prefer a rapid-firing heavy cruiser.

I haven't checked on that specifically, but so far, they're fitting into the current long-range meta pretty well.

Based on my test games so far, I get better results at medium to long range, with higher arcs. At brawling distance, even when aiming at the superstructure, my shells tend to plonk right into the main belt, way below my aim. I'll experiment a bit with aiming actually above the target, but that's not an issue I have with e.g German BBs, which I commonly play at those ranges.

Hmm I'll have to test it myself I see...👀😂 I am very much interested by this line though.

I've actually been playing IJN BBs to see how they compare. Sad Nagato noises... although her base dispersion seems better. And the secondary angles on her are just way better than on the Soviets - not a problem I ever thought I'd have. Need to get myself an Amagi and see what she can do.

@@FunandGameswithTerry there is a chart depicting the dispersion of ships made by a retired CC Hiromi. I should be able to post it in discord.

Sinop is next on the list for me to review.

I have to do a review of the legendary commanders :) can't quite remember what Kuznetsov has for skills, but the Vladivostok is not a bad ship. Not Roma-level, but good at what she does.

@@FunandGameswithTerry BTW, you did a tier 7 cruiser review for me about a year ago(Patrick McLeod), but my LG phone went down not long after, and this is the KZfaq account I use most now. I lost my original WOWSB account when trying to login with my new phone, after entering the wrong login info and ending up starting over with a new account entirely in WOWSB! My old WR was 49.7%. My WR now is 66% with 1,700+ games, so I don't miss the old account! Anyway, I read that Kuznetzov has the -4% torp damage, 6th Sense, +20% repair kit boost, +20% turret traverse and 4% dispersion when above 75% health, etc. To be honest, I don't know how effective 6th sense is in WOWSB, because I literally forgot it existed with Beatty in the few games I've played with him in my Monarch!

I generally use gold only for ship slots, historical camos or bargains. If you're running low on slots, you can also sell ships you no longer need to free some space. With captains, I generally have one that progresses through the line, i.e. retrains when I unlock the next tier, and some secondary ones that train on ships I keep, like Cleveland, for example. You can move captains around freely between premiums and black ships, so these can work as trainers.

Yeah, that is a problem with some reviews already, e.g. Freddy - some ships have been changed quite a bit. I'll put this one on the list.

That's the Indomitable, tier 8 RN premium CV. They're carpet bombers, dropping 3 instead of 1 per plane I think, but no torps in return.

The review was pre-nerf, I think

@@FunandGameswithTerry Aw that sucks 😔. That vlad is my favourite ship. Btw, I really appreciate that you still reply to comments. Most youtubers dont do that.

yeah, the lower belt looks weird. This doesn't match 100% with the ship in-game, but is the closest I could find among the plans that match description and time period. The secondary layout is certainly not the same, she has two superfiring ones in the upper deck, whereas in-game, only one is on the upper, and two on the lower deck. I need to get my hands on some more literature on Russian & Soviet ship designs. Most of it is in Russian, which isn't easily searchable for me.

@@FunandGameswithTerry Right?? With the superstructure and guns grouped somewhat aft, it seems like theres a hint of Nelson influence...but then the belt runs 75ft(??) fwd of A turret...whaaa??? Bet its interesting unearthing Soviet info, especially being hidden behind the Curtain for so long...!!!

Lenin is the Nelson-inspired variant. They did consider that design. I'm surprised that the WG wiki doesn't have more information. I'm looking forward to the Soyuz, the real project 23 that actually got started.

Roma is special in T8. I'm struggling to get full pens with these guns, and usually end up around 70k dmg. She's interesting though in her role, and with the precise aim, absolutely deadly to cruisers at long range.

@@FunandGameswithTerry i think you hit it dead on. Keep it at range or stay behind a Terpitz or Bismarck (meat shield) and your golden. Good ship just not a brawler but thats fine as there are brawlers out there also if you want that. Keep ships to their nitches and play to their strengths and your good

It's a hard choice, since you have to weigh it against the extinguisher skill. I'd consider AR for German BBs, who can make full use of it, but I'm not sure how often you'd find yourself in auto-secondary range in a Soviet BB :) That said, the Germans pay a high price, because they burn so easily, whereas this thing has a bit more defence against fires naturally, but unless you're planning on a full brawler build, I probably wouldn't bother, and stick with extinguisher.

@@FunandGameswithTerry but again in close quarters where I find myself quite often, the ship who can shoot the salvo quicker wins generally And with long 22.3s reload its gonna suffer against Bismarck in CQC I think

Well, that usually goes on for a bit when a new line comes out. Just get into a destroyer and have fun :)

The Soviet battleships here are tech tree ships, so once the line comes out, you can unlock them for free by playing.

wait till I get to tier 6 :) I'll probably go backwards though, so T7 next.

@@FunandGameswithTerry sinop seems (sin)op

The angles are relatively flat, making it actually harder to pen BBs at close range. I wonder if the dispersion got carried over from PC, and doesn't work the same way here due to lack of angling mechanics - in PC, you want to hit the broadside, in Blitz, mostly the deck of enemy BBs.

The angles are relatively flat, making it actually harder to pen BBs at close range. I wonder if the dispersion got carried over from PC, and doesn't work the same way here due to lack of angling mechanics - in PC, you want to hit the broadside, in Blitz, mostly the deck of enemy BBs.

Thanks! Still working today, tomorrow we're off to the beach.

Ha, not sure she could do much against Monty :)

@@FunandGameswithTerry Just try :). And no, I'm not selling my Montana for Iowa again.

Good grief. Bounces or semi-pens for 800 :)