peacemaker1911

I think DoY could still be alright with 28 second reload. And give healpacks improved healing capabilities(between that of current one and high tier ones)

Well personally giving DoY 28 second reload(1.5 sec buff) and 0.02 -ish(which is between that of RN BB and the others) would be fine. Making DoY's heal packs perform between current one and Nelson's could work too.

I'm expecting she'll be a somewhat a combination of Richelieu and Gascogne. Having all forward mounted main batteries of Richelieu but having similar secondary firepower of Gascogne. This could be a good replacement of Gascogne as T8 Premium BB on premium shop

Oh well. We'll have to wait n see...

It's about $44 on premium shop, which is the the most expensive T7 Premium. Hmm.... Looks like Warspite and Nelson are on the top, followed by Duke of York and Hood. And looks like most agree on waiting a bit more on Vanguard. I think I should hold my beer till Black Friday. Anyways, thanks for your words everyone! BTW guys is Battle of North Cape Campaign gonna return this year? If so, DoY could be a free ship on my port, saving some bucks and be a part of collection

Recently I have been eyeing on buying a premium RN BB as a captain trainer mainly and to get used to learn how to play in RN BBs. For quite a while, Vanguard was a very likely candidate, but even with recent buffs, the miserable turret arcs made me look for alternatives. So, I have 5 options: 1. Warspite 2. Hood 3. Duke of York 4. Nelson 5. Wait for Vanguard to be on sale Which one will be a good buy for me..?

Oh well... So interested in and looking forward to buying Vanguard... But the terrible firing arcs sealed the deal for me. :( So... which Prem RN BB should I buy? Nelson? Hood? DoY? Warspite?? I'm thinking the ship to be RN BB captain trainer main and credit printer being secondary as I have the Trump Wagon and few T8 prem ships. (Also trying to grind the way to RN BB line

It's been on my mind since Vanguard's 2nd stats came out. But... I can't help but feel giving Vanguard short AP fuse time like tech tree RN BBs isn't a good idea. Vanguard is using the old 15 inch(381mm)/42 caliber guns and with supercharge AP has initial velocity of 804m/s while Monarch is using 45 caliber guns with 836m/s initial velocity. This means when comparing gun performance with Vanguard and Monarch(in the mindset that both have short AP fuse), Vanguard have NO advantage what so ever. And with lighter and slower shell, it'll get lower penetration value than that of Mornarch's 15 inch guns. What's the point of this? I really don't get WG's decision to give Vanguard short AP fuse time. And also, we already have enough of Premium RN BBs with short AP fuse time(Hood, DoY and Nelson). Why don't WG make Vanguard's guns be that of upgraded version of Warspite 2.0?(I meant current Warspite's gun stats) Anyways, the 7.10 is right around the corner and Vanguard will be tested live with CCs. Hope Vanguard get some feedbacks and get better than current ones. I really don't want Vanguard to be a mere decoration in my port, but a much useful and joyful one to play with while grinding through RN BB lines.

Definitely. It'll take extreme 'Gimmicks' to make her 'somewhat' useful as T8

Well personally, I'd favor the odd of facing 'just' Musashi than facing both Yamato and Musashi when bottom tiered(BTH both are still bad enough). But who knows, WG might give the Rebuilt West Virginia 'extreme gimmicks' to make her fit T8. I"ll just watch the situation. Still, I'm leaning towards to the opinion that West Virginia in 44 will be UP in T8.

Can't WG just make Vanguard perform like super-buffed Warspite(current)?? Come on, no more short fuses on RN BBs please WG... We have already 3 RN Prem BBs with short AP fuses :(