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
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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.
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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.
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Will be great in Naval EC👍🏻
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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.
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Hood has great survivability, with the news shells she will likely remain the best ship in the tree.
Honestly, Im huffing the copium that these shells will be useful and not just 5mm more pen like the devblog said.
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Not only in the EC but even realistic it would be much better…
Though because of ballistic mess HK_Reporter mention, current 4crh APC performs much better than it should(Don’t worry, not only British 4crh APC, but all AP except French and Rodney’s one are overperforming for now)
You should completely ignore any pen stat on a large battleship AP shell under the 7500m mark. Prior to that distance any 14” or larger gun is more or less guaranteed to penetrate any ship in game without a strong turtleback. Point blank pen is worthless, what matters is the distance at which armor starts to become effective against a shell, and the new shell will give in game armor schemes much worse immune zones.
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Yeah ik, that is just the stat they used which I find funny, it should have increasingly better pen over the current shells at longer ranges
They definitely neglect a lot of important information, probably under the idea that bigger numbers means more hype or something. I wish they’d quantify firepower in shots/min and pen at range rather than caliber, barrel number, and point blank pen. Much more informative but not much we can do about it unfortunately
i forgot how fun the 15inch BC’s are after playing Rodney in EC they are so much better in every aspect especially the secondarys for killing light ships
Yeah. Rodney in EC is a no go right now
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I think it goes across all top tier BB’s.
I feel it would be nice to get an increase for shell shrapnel damage and penetration. So shell weight would mean more , not just tnt.
Because right now I don’t think there much difference between 500kg shell and 1000kg shell (if they would have the same amount of tnt)
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