UrPeaceKeeper's How to Play IJN Cruisers Videos

[UrPeaceKeeper]

Hey guys, it's UPK and I'm about three weeks (four weeks?) late to making this thread now, but here it is anyway!  For those who don't know my YT channel, I do a lot of How to Play videos for ships, starting with the lowest tiers and working up.  I generally start off with a Captain Skills build video and then work my way up to the T10.  As of this post, we are up to the T3 Tenryuu (which just posted today).  I will be releasing future IJN Cruiser videos on every Monday of every week until we hit Zao at T10 so follow along, toss in your comments and suggestions and hopefully we all learn something new!

On to the videos!  Captain Skills Video First:

 

Followed by Hashidate:  A note, this is NOT a How to Play video on the T1 ship, we will spend the battle portion talking about the IJN Cruiser line as a whole, not Hashidate:

 

Chikuma!

 

 

And now up to date on Tenryuu:

 

 

OK, so now that this thread is started, feel free to leave comments here or on YT and hopefully these videos are helpful to you!

[Chaos_EN2]

Cool thanks UrPeaceKeeper I have something to watch when I get home.

[UrPeaceKeeper]

2 minutes ago, Chaos_EN2 said:

Cool thanks UrPeaceKeeper I have something to watch when I get home.

 

:)  Hopefully you find them helpful, and if not these videos, feel free to check out the other videos... I have USN BB's, Cruisers, and DD's, IJN BB's and DD's (working on Cruisers, obviously :P), German BB's and German Cruisers and Royal Navy Cruisers!  All of them post 0.6.0.0 Patch, but some of them are starting to show some age again due to recent changes to the line (Like the USN BB's and German BB's are old enough to be effected, same with USN DD's).

[Chaos_EN2]

Just now, UrPeaceKeeper said:

 

:)  Hopefully you find them helpful, and if not these videos, feel free to check out the other videos... I have USN BB's, Cruisers, and DD's, IJN BB's and DD's (working on Cruisers, obviously :P), German BB's and German Cruisers and Royal Navy Cruisers!  All of them post 0.6.0.0 Patch, but some of them are starting to show some age again due to recent changes to the line (Like the USN BB's and German BB's are old enough to be effected, same with USN DD's).

Yup I know I subscribed to your channel shortly after starting WoWs. You have help me a lot in the game, even (along with LWM) deciding what premium ships to buy/use.    

[UrPeaceKeeper]

1 minute ago, Chaos_EN2 said:

Yup I know I subscribed to your channel shortly after starting WoWs. You have help me a lot in the game, even (along with LWM) deciding what premium ships to buy/use.    

 

Awesome!  :)  Glad they are helping!

[GhostSwordsman]

This should be interesting. The IJN cruisers are my favorite class type to play, and likely some of my most played ships. I look forward to hearing your opinions on the mid and high tier cruisers. And I look forward to your pointers for Zao, as I'm only at Ibuki right now.

[UrPeaceKeeper]

KuuuuuuumAAAAAA!!!!

 

Kuma is a T4 powerhouse that has good guns, good torpedo arcs, and is reasonably maneuverable!  She is only let down by her relatively soft armor and having a pretty high detection range relative to her gun range.

 

Also Tama is not a cat.... nyaaa!

 

Just sayin! :P

[UrPeaceKeeper]

And Furutaka's Video is here!
 

 

The Furry Taco definitely has some interesting abilities at T5 and can be a bit hit or miss in how successful you are with her.  That said, when she puts together a game for you she is a real winner.... when she doesn't, it really stinks! :P  She has the largest cruiser guns at T5 and good torpedo's to offset her relative squishyness.  Her ability to torpedo beat is pretty impressive too but then again... so is her detection range.... and not in a good way...  =\

[Sabot_100]

Good to see a new video for the Furrytaco that deals with the new ships and new MM.

 

[UrPeaceKeeper]

14 hours ago, Sabot_100 said:

Good to see a new video for the Furrytaco that deals with the new ships and new MM.

 

 

Definitely!  It's never easy to produce WoWs content like this because it becomes outdated quite easily.  Changes to stealth fire have made a healthy number of my DD videos irrelevant.  Changes to other game mechanics have made my USN and DEBB videos mostly irrelevant, but, for the most part, little has actually changed in the play styles of these ships from my perspective so this video should hold up pretty well unless they radically change the game from here.

 

That said, Furu is just as capable of producing fantastic games as she is at producing awful games.  It depends on what ships are on the enemy team and how well you place yourself to not get shot at by them!  Some days you get lucky, other days, not so much. =\

[UrPeaceKeeper]

Sorry for the delay in posting these but here they are! Aoba and Myoukou!  Aoba mirrors Furutaka's game play with slightly better maneuverability.  Overall, not a bad T6 cruiser.

 

And the T7 Myoukou.  While this ship is far from bad, it isn't the best either.  I found her to be overly soft and frustrating to play as a result.

 

 

How has your grind been through these two ships?

[GhostSwordsman]

1 hour ago, UrPeaceKeeper said:

And the T7 Myoukou.  While this ship is far from bad, it isn't the best either.  I found her to be overly soft and frustrating to play as a result.

Now that Pensacola and Indianapolis have received buffs, particularly to their concealment, I honestly think it's time WG made another pass at Myoko. I also find her somewhat frustrating to play and I'm fairly certain at this point that it's due to her rather large detection radius(in the range of KM cruisers, heck Hipper and Eugen are stealthier with a full stealth build!) in combination with poor turret traverse and really bad firing angles. The softness can generally be worked around and is something a captain of IJN cruisers must learn to deal with in order to be effective with them, since they're all soft outside of Zao and Atago(Ibuki's armor is actually pretty good too, quite an improvement over Mogami, but still not as good as Atago).

I think WG could do with lowering Myoko's detection a little bit, like they did with Indianapolis, and either improving her turret firing angles or improving her traverse rate, but not both.

[UrPeaceKeeper]

Mogami video is here!

 

Overall, a capable ship when played within the confines of her limitations.  IE:  Island camping, but not my favorite play style by a long shot.  Of the choice between 203's and 155's, I think the 155's are a bit more versatile even though the 203's have better firing arcs (less broadside exposed when firing all of them).  

 

What did you guys think of her?

[Sabot_100]

UrPeaceKeeper. Appreciate your videos. I note you do not want to take the mod to improve turret rotation at the expense of rate of fire but then spend the whole Myoko video complaining about the turret traverse. Seems like you would actually get more shots off in a game with faster turrets than with the faster ROF. You lose lots of opportunities waiting for the turrets to lock on. Since you have to keep wiggling, having turrets that could better keep up would seem valuable as you lose ROF waiting for those turrets. Of course you completely give up the benefits of the mod you take so there is always a trade-off. Its not like the turrets become Atlanta fast.

How do the ARP ships compare to the Myoko?

[UrPeaceKeeper]

I may have to try that out Sabot, but for right now, I think I'll just skip playing Myoukou ever again! :P  T7 is such an awkward tier for cruisers, and Myoukou is no different!  Sadly, the IJN line kind of flat lines at T7 until T10 where it jumps up again.

Speaking of T9, here is the Ibuki video!

 

It's Mogami V2, BUT, before you write her off as being complete garbage, understand that she has some distinct advantages over her T8 mirror.  The most notable is the range module upgrade and the heal!  Both make the ship far more comfortable to play!

[UrPeaceKeeper]

And the last video in our how to play series on IJN Cruisers is here!

Behold, ZAO, burner of all the things!

 

 

How has your world burner been treating you?! :)

[knice_destroyer]

Spam HE at range just like any other tier ten CA unless anything shows broadside switch to AP, focus dds when you can rinse repeat.