272 Hurlbut ∞ Members 3,067 posts 2,554 battles Report post #1 Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) Now that IJN commanders can be used on ARP ships, what builds would you have on hand at same time? For Kongo alone, if you include the tree ship you would have 5 ships plus 4 ARP commanders from the ARP Kongo sister ships. Are there enough builds in that case to have all 5 Kongous(?) active? edited: *ahem* viable commander builds that is. Edited August 11, 2017 by Hurlbut Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
621 [KIA] thegamefilmguruman Members 2,378 posts 17,003 battles Report post #2 Posted August 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Hurlbut said: edited: *ahem* viable commander builds that is. But my dogfighting expert+torpedo acceleration+torp armament expert+IFHE build! XD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,448 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,823 posts 26,907 battles Report post #3 Posted August 11, 2017 8 minutes ago, thegamefilmguruman said: But my dogfighting expert+torpedo acceleration+torp armament expert+IFHE build! XD I use that on my Yamato. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,112 [WOLF1] paradat Beta Testers 16,665 posts 24,321 battles Report post #4 Posted August 11, 2017 Are the ARP ships treated like premium ships for commander training? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,380 [NG-NL] Reymu Members 7,182 posts 12,779 battles Report post #5 Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) 45 minutes ago, paradat said: Are the ARP ships treated like premium ships for commander training? You're correct that IJN captains can be assigned to ARP ships for commander training, but they're reward ships, not premium ships, so no XP bonus that I know of. Plus, I checked assigning ARP captains to regular IJN ships. They require retraining to that ship. ARP and IJN captains can be swapped on any IJN premium like Katori without retrain as usual. Edited August 11, 2017 by Reymu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,848 Wulfgarn Members 5,597 posts 7,121 battles Report post #6 Posted August 11, 2017 I have all the ARP ships, but never used them. I like the option to run camo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
272 [-AGW-] NashW8 Members 1,159 posts 24,666 battles Report post #7 Posted August 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Wulfgarn said: I like the option to run camo. There is? Or you would like the option? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,728 [ABDA] crzyhawk Beta Testers 17,538 posts 12,810 battles Report post #8 Posted August 12, 2017 20 minutes ago, Wulfgarn said: I have all the ARP ships, but never used them. I like the option to run camo. Camo doesn't make enough difference for any of those ships to worry about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,848 Wulfgarn Members 5,597 posts 7,121 battles Report post #9 Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) I don't run them because you can't use camo, unless somethings changed. More xp, etc.. Edited August 12, 2017 by Wulfgarn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
554 [ONE38] MrKilmister Members 3,782 posts 14,818 battles Report post #10 Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) All of sudden, in addition to a bunch of lower skill point IJN captains, I have 20 that have 10 or more skill points - more than I can see possibly ever utilizing. Overall, my interests in IJN ships is generally quite limited. Edited August 12, 2017 by lemekillmister Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
272 [-AGW-] NashW8 Members 1,159 posts 24,666 battles Report post #11 Posted August 12, 2017 50 minutes ago, Wulfgarn said: I don't run them because you can't use camo, unless somethings changed. More xp, etc.. Even without camo (which is what most see if the disable the ARP visibility) they are just fine ships. My naked Takao does just fine thank you :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,848 Wulfgarn Members 5,597 posts 7,121 battles Report post #12 Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, NashW8 said: Even without camo (which is what most see if the disable the ARP visibility) they are just fine ships. My naked Takao does just fine thank you :) Oh yeah, I don't have a problem with them at all, it's just personal preference. I've always like the look of them. Heck, I even watched the series to see what all the hype was about. When I play, I'm generally covering more than one base. For example, while I was running the VMF missions, I was also working on another Commander for my Lenin and Gremy. I changed things recently working on the UK Battle Mission. Not only am I running a 19pt Commander with everything above (another ship), I'm gaining Free Commander XP. At the same time working on the Yamamoto campaign. I'm covering three bases. If I were to do that in an ARP, I would be leaving 250% Commander XP on the table. My time is limited so I gotta cover everything as much as I can within the allotted time that I have to play. If you look at the Restless Fire Camo above, that's 6375 XP I'd be without. Edited August 12, 2017 by Wulfgarn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7,759 [PVE] Taylor3006 [PVE] Members 11,945 posts 30,793 battles Report post #13 Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Wulfgarn said: I have all the ARP ships, but never used them. I like the option to run camo. I agree with you Wulf, one of the reasons I never bothered with them. However in light of the changes, you can farm first win bonuses to grind up the ARP captain. That is a herd of ships to get +50% each time with. That is assuming you retrain an ARP captain for an IJN ship. Not a fan of ARP and really not much of fan of the IJN ships but may have to put this into practice. Ahh sorry didn't see your second post btw. I got where you are coming from now. Yeah if your time is limited, what you are doing is best. Edited August 12, 2017 by Taylor3006 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,112 [WOLF1] paradat Beta Testers 16,665 posts 24,321 battles Report post #14 Posted August 14, 2017 On 8/11/2017 at 4:07 PM, Reymu said: You're correct that IJN captains can be assigned to ARP ships for commander training, but they're reward ships, not premium ships, so no XP bonus that I know of. Plus, I checked assigning ARP captains to regular IJN ships. They require retraining to that ship. ARP and IJN captains can be swapped on any IJN premium like Katori without retrain as usual. Sweet! Well even with out the prem bonus you could use all the Arp ships to train a single IJN captain to leverage the first win of the day bonus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
