It depends in what state Warspite is going to be on release, and how long I’ll have to wait for the fixes lol I’m still waiting for Rodney improvements…
I was planning to play with Rodney for the second video of the last update, but I was so disappointed after I gave her a test drive in RB… I changed the plan.
How unexpected
Tbh after how long ive been asking for warspite to say im happy is the understatement of the decade
Well Rodney fixes soon™
Might be able to shove them in the same video
Maybe you know how soon?
Well only what was said by the TM above. At this point I think it is likely going to be with the major update. Worth looking at on the dev server when it comes out.
Well true. Most likely we gonna get improvements with the next update.
Looks at Challenger 2 Remodel
Assuming it then makes it to live afterwards
Is this new 15 inch shell mentioned in the devblog anything special?
It seems almost identical to the current MK. XIIa APC
A Tiny bit more pen, but its mostly extra explosive filler. So should do more damage when it pens
edit. Maybe not, I think im wrong
You have the exact same filler and 5mm more pen
They both have 22kg of filler, but i guess it depends on what the filler is made of, perhaps the TnT equiv is higher
just checked, same filler same amount of explosive, so I was wrong about that. Its just the extra 5mm of Pen
Truly revolutionary addition by gaijin
It might also be faster. If im right, that will make hitting moving targets easier as you need to lead less.
So might be a handy QoL upgrade if nothing else.
The 6crh shell is mostly identical to the 4crh but with a much longer windshield giving it better aerodynamic performance. Ofc it would have almost identical penetration to the 4crh at point blank, but that’s basically irrelevant to gameplay. At 10km to 15km the 6crh would penetrate about 50~70mm more than the 4crh and that’s what really matters in gameplay.
With correction to the broken ballistics parameters of other guns in the game, the 6crh will be closely matching Rodney’s 16", Japanese 41cm No.5 and US 14"/50 in terms of penetration plus more explosive fillers than the others.
I just had a match with Rodney in naval EC. I couldn’t get any kills. AP just don’t do the damage as it should… Despite poor dispersion, slow reload and “sinky hull” I feel like the damage per shell needs improvements. On stats the shell looks amazing - decent pen, 20kg+ bursting charge, and it’s a heavy shell… But it just doesn’t feel like you hit them with 400mm shell. Very underwhelming.
2 heavy cruisers almost sunk me, glad my teammate jumped it. I tried AP/HE, it just doesn’t do the damage. I would’ve had easier time with reserve cruiser. I couldn’t sink Hood at like 7km distance, he didn’t even cared about me.
It’s a shame because Rodney looks amazing, has great stats, it should be very powerful ship.
Will be great in Naval EC👍🏻
Ah ok that actually does sound like an improvement then
Not doing any damage seems like a widespread issue with all the british BBs and BCs since last update. Having taken a kronshtadt entire ammunition load out to just have it sit on 30% crew the wntire game was really infuriating.
Rodney would be very good if it wasnt flooded as soon as any ship with HE looked at it, and tge fact it always take out 2/3 turrets makes the entire experience awful since it means… you cannot angle today.