rate of fire is king
The British lights do not have a particularly fast rate of fire compared to their counterparts
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Depends on the Light Cruisers. Southamtpon is probably better protected than London and 12x 6" SAPs slap hard. I think I have an easier time fighting Heavy Cruisers in Southamtpon or Belfast than I do London.
But there is a time and place for those 8" shells.
Though I do think a lot more cruisers (both light and heavy) could move up to 6.0
I don’t think the Strasbourg need to be 7.3, should be 7.0 with the Dunkerque if you want to move it up, but it doest not deserve +0.3
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Hidden to save space, see my Des Moines suggestion above
I agree friend, I am already hiding my posts behind spoilers to save space, added your reply from above behind a spoiler in my Des Moines suggestion post, and will hide this post too 👍
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My Des Moines Suggestion
Planned Naval Battle Ratings Decompression - #97 by SilentTracker
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Idk i dont think a cruiser that only has those guns should be a higher br than something that has 10 8 inch guns, with AP, as well as some of the best torpedoes in the entire game at its disposal
why is this thing even at 4.3?
Agree!
They already have a terrible rate of fire, so please at least fix the thing you have already accepted a bug report for!
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Fast firing guns that are quite punchy
Yeah… Maybe… its tricky.
Torps I consider such a small threat that I dont even factor them in. Its survivability vs firepower and I find that a Lot of heavies can die quickly to even light cruisers as often times, there isnt a huge amount of difference between lights and heavies in survivability. What sets them apart is firepower
Just raise an American flag, pretend to be an ally and then dump mines in their path : P
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Idk i dont think belfast or Southampton are in a position to be taking on capital ships on the regular personally no matter how good they are now
The big question is what will they actually be facing most often.
At the moment. If I play my 5.7 line-up. Im very rarely being uptiered to face much more than maybe 1 or 2 dreadnoughts. the last time I died to one was HMS Glorious which is a 5.7 (only if Belfast had torps…)
So it really comes down to how often you do actaully get uptiered and thats just an unknown. Either way. I hope they have a finger on the trigger for next BR Change to revert or make further adjustments
If anything should go up its the hippers, those things at 5.7 are genuinely insane
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USS Baltimore 5.7 - 6.0 - Naval Realistic
In the recent Planned BR changes - April 2025 USS Baltimore ( and USS Pittsburg) go from 6.0 to 5.7 which I think is completely fine.
Now you’re taking it one step higher than where it was before April BR changes.
I hope it’s an oversight.
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yeah, those probably should be 6.0
in a similar fashion, Atlanta is now going to be back at its old (relative) position
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Vehicle: Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen → 6.3
Reasoning: The hipper class outperforms all other heavy/light cruisers at 5.7 (now 6.0), even outperforming some at 6.0 (now 6.0/6.3), they should finally be moved to 6.3. If premium players need protecting from certain 7.3s then said 7.3 ships should go to 7.7 (more decompression!).
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Mode: Naval Arcade & Realistic Battles
Ship: RN Zara and RN Pola
Change: 6.0 → 5.7
Reasoning: One of the longest reload times for 203 mm guns among its counterparts, weak damage from their 203 mm shells, low accuracy of the same 203 mm guns, lack of torpedo armament, not the best armor.
UPD There is also no torpedo protection, unlike the same Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen which you leave at 5.7
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Right about the production dates and so on . . . it just doesn’t matter in this game really anymore. Historical accuracy went out the window a long time ago.
Also, I must apologize as I misread the air BR chart completely, I didn’t even noticed most of those were being moved UP in BR so as to keep them out of naval matches . . . my bad.
I just saw the planes and freaked out at the idea of any of those going into naval matches, even after the arrival of the bigger ships.
But I also realize . . . it’s just a matter of time before the HYPE fuelled FOMO modern vehicle crazed portion of the player base scream their fingers off and Gaijin caves(because there is money to be made!!) and adds all that guided weaponry and BVR crud to naval as well(the nukes will be even sillier in naval)
and we can all enjoy killing stuff on two maps over, completely out of anyone’s sight, but . . . . radar . . . . just a matter of time I am afraid . . . I was hoping naval didn’t fall into that pit, but I am sure that it will . . . eventually
Anyway, my bad . . . disregard . … I was in shock . . .
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