I’m going to also ask the RN Ghibli go from an RB BR of 4.0 down. I recommend 4.0 >>> 3.0.
Gaijin. if you truly use stats to determine BR there is no way the Ghibli rates a BR higher than 3.3 and, when compared to similar vessels, and probably rates a 3.0 BR.
Let us look at the comparable vessels.
Karl Marx (Germany) BR 4.0
Displacement: 1186 t
Crew: 168
Max Speed: 55 kph
Main Armament: 3 X 100mm
RoF: 15 rounds/min
Secondary: 4 X 37mm automatic cannon
Torpedos: 3 X 533mm center mount, 317 kg TnT explosive mass, max range 10 km.
HMS Spey (Great Britain) BR 3.3
Displacement: 2050 t
Crew: 107
Max Speed: 38 kph
Main Armament: 2 X 4in
RoF: First Stage 20 rounds/min. Rest 15 rounds/min.
Secondary: 2 X 40mm autocannon
Groza (Russia) 3.0
Displacement: 633 t
Crew: 114
Max Speed: 39 kph
Main Armament: 2 X 102mm
RoF: 12 rounds/min
Secondary: 3 X 37mm
Torpedoes: 3 X 450mm center mount, 200 kg TnT explosive mass, Max Range 7 km.
And for the Rn Ghibli we have:
Displacement: 1800 t
Crew: 177
Max Speed: 48 kph
Main Armament: 2 X 100 mm
RoF: 9.6 rounds/min
Secondary: 10 X 20mm autocannon
Torpedoes: 4 X 450mm, 200 kg TnT explosive mass, Max Range 8 km.
Okay. The numbers are fairly self-explanatory. The only advantage the ship has is crew size. It’s primary armament is by far the worst, with the slowest RoF and only two of them. It’s secondary armament is also vastly inferior without the 37-40mm autocannons to shred incoming small craft or deal with aircraft at range. Sure it has more torpedoes but they are sidemounted in pairs and with the short range these torpedoes are all fairly useless as an equalizer against destroyers for all of these vessels.
Whilst the Spey is at 3.3 and, in many ways, the most direct comparison, the terrible primary and secondary armament of the Ghibli makes it significantly worse. It will be much more survivable than the Groza, but that means it’s going to take longer to die. It’s certainly isn’t going to do as much damage.
Naval BR’s have been plagued with horrible imbalance since Naval was filled with bots. Bot ships got spectacularly low BR’s (Ships like American Premium Destroyers) and ships that were not played by bots were artificially high in BR (Ships like the RN Aviere). This has lead to inflated BR’s for minor nations like Italy. The RN Ghibli, while new, suffers it’s preliminary BR as it is an Italian Vessel. (Can I just add thet the 4.0 RN Aviere is a poor 4.0 ship and still far better than the RN Ghibli). There is no reason, at all to play the RN Ghibli unless it is a 3.0 BR. The Reserve RN Turbine at 3.3 is a much better ship then the RN Ghibli. I know Ghibli is coastal, but it gets destroyer spawn. Ergo, I’d put the RN Turbine in my lineup every time over the Ghibli making the ship pointless and useless at any BR 3.3 or above. A waste of money on Gaijin’s part.