For the Scharnhorst it has to be op because the Germans made their Battleships overpowered in WW2
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I dunno if you’re being ironic or not, German battleships were not overpowered in WW2, and also balance is a thing. If Scharnhorst wasn’t fighting mostly pre-WW1 ships I feel like could be very different.
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As of now, the issue isn’t so much Scharnhorst herself as it is other ships being utterly broken.
For example, 381mm guns having the disperssion of a funfair shotgun, shell rooms causing insta-death upon being hit rendering ALL American ships literally useless and reducing the survivability of every non-turtleback-armored ship, American BBs taking nearly a full minute to reload, etc.
And let’s not pretend like Mutsu and Amagi aren’t the new ACTUAL balance problems, with their 410mm guns that reload in 25 seconds while having more penetration and explosive power than anyone else.
Scharnhorst has great survivability, but at least its firepower is limited to 283mm light guns.
Mutsu is really an issue. Also for the own team. Mutsu racks up all damage and kills for herself. There’s little to do for all others.
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Something is up with the Scharnhorst turrets and barbette. Multiple times ive seen salvos of 14" AP hit the turrets for almost no result.
Usually then following up by Nevada blowing up.
Has anyone seen this issue in the inconsistency in regards to trying to hit Scharns turrets?
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Imho all turrets are more inert. I always used to aim for turrets, especially the barbette of B or C. I was playing most of the evening to get progress for the new iconic Derfflinger battlecruiser.
Turret shots used to give fatal detonations somewhat reliable for all BB targets. I guess they toned it down a bit. It was a bit to easy to get killes this way.
Scharn to op? This clip is from 1 year ago, and i have some others clips with Japanese 356mm exploding scharn’s the magazines (I need to find later), you are talking about the protection analysis that has a ton of issues and isn’t accurate, Scharn is a really good ship, great protection, speed, and decent guns but it isn’t that unkillable monster
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Scharnhorst’s magazine is directly below the barbettes and is vulnerable to shells penetrating the barbettes as the splinters rains down from above. It’s become an especially reliable way to kill Scharnhorst since the splinter buff in the 2.35 update.
Not to mention the bug that makes barbette armour no longer exist. Scharnhorst, along with US standard battleships, are the most suffering victims of this particular bug.
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Thats how I kill Scharnhorsts left and right. Even 305mm Naval guns of German WW1 ships onetap Scharnhorsts. I Always aim for the B turret and as soon as you hit there it explodes. It never has been diifferent. And yes, it works with alot other BBs as well. Always shot the turrets and you will get your kill…some are more vulnerable to this than others. At end most BBs always detonate. Exceptions are russian ones and US light cruisers like the Brooklyn etc. They always never detonate.