8.3 is the max you can bring on the dev server at the moment, even though I thought they said 8.7 which should mean both Sea Vixen and Buc S1 can be brought, but alas, you cant at the moment.
but im really interested in seeing how the new ship hold up to direct hits from the Buc S1s 8x 1000lb bombs or the Canberras 2x 4k bombs
The armour model of Vanguard in game is based on original blueprints. Public sources have many errors
Some minor mistakes had been acknowledged
Is it based on the “as fitted” drawings or the design drawings?
I’m aware that public sources may be inaccurate, i’m using R A Burt’s book HMS Vanguard
As completed GA plans and armour protection arrangement plan
See, I was going to bring the scimitar for the bullpups. Might bring the sea hawk as a fighter.
EDIT: Alternatively, sea venom, just for how fucking cool it looks and for having a radar.
Bullpups would probably do no damage.
To a battleship? Probably not, but to destroyers & even light cruisers? Bullpups can certainly remove a good chunk of crew.
How does everyone think the Vanguard is performing vs the other ships on dev?
so it might be me seeing things but at least with the sap the dispersion feels better it would have to be confirmed in the files but it feels better
when aiming at the heavy cruiser in the test drive i would get 6 out of 8 hitting most of the time but was getting like 2 out of 8 with hood on the same target @Morvran what are your thoughts if you have test driven it
Vanguard?
Its fine so far. Definetly unfinished in areas but Ive been having issues with aiming in general on the dev server
the accuracy of the guns feels much nicer in the test drive to me at least and the better pen is nice but we will see if it is worth the 8.0 on the live server as 7.7 might get some down tiers and make bringing the 7.3’s less painful or if it is ever worth playing it as you have a 7.3 lineup that will get nice down tiers and it may not be worth taking vanguard till the kgv’s and lion get added and even a g3 or n3 if we are lucky
Yeah, definetly going to have 2 BB line-ups now instead of just the one. (We need more line-up slots)
well i think you will see very little use of vanguard and the other non 8.7 BB’s in regular battles and you will see them more in EC
It is possible.
KGV class my beloved
do you think a kgv would be 7.7,8.0,8.3 as i am not to familier with the RPM and penetration of the 14" guns
I’d guess 7.3-8.0, but it’s difficult to tell as they haven’t really decompressed much yet
Haven’t seen the decompression from the dev server. wouldn’t be higher than Vanguard though, probably a br step below her even with better armour its more or less irrelevant as module layout imo matters more and they’re essentially the same but with more machinery for Vanguard, but the armour very much is better on KGV.
Penetration is ~670mm at point blank irl, in-game idk i’ve lost the pen calculator, but it would be better than the Japanese 14" guns on Fuso etc., RPM is 2-2.1/2.2 rpm same as the British 15" really. Yes there were issues early on with the autoloader, but that was hotfixed (literally in combat) and was primarily down to the gun crews never having used the guns before, let alone having used something as complex as the quad turret.
Based on all of this probably like what 7.7?
