Carrier Guides?

[Grathew]

I was thinking about writing a intro to the carrier lines post as I have almost every carrier sitting in port atm. I was wondering if you guys could give me a direction. The only carrier I currently couldn't buy or play is Midway, simply because I as having too much fun in Taiho to play Essex as much as I should have. Now that I have Hakuryu I'm going to be playing Essex more. The goal would be to help foster better carrier captains and better carrier play over all. Also I wouldn't be focusing on the 'only' way to play the ship as often popularized. I would want to give as much information as I could and then break it down as clearly and simply as I can. Thus the guide would consist of a stat break down, comparing them to the other carriers at tier, talking about the problems or advantages I have found while playing them and then recommend a flight control and a captain build for 10 points.

Any thoughts? Or if someone has already done something like this point it out. Cause if there's already a good carrier guide out there for every carrier I might just skip it and do something else with my time. 

[gbgentry]

You can find a lot of those either on YouTube or the Japan/US threads.

There's really nothing yet for the GZ, however.

 

[Grathew]

Most of them seem really out of date, at least the ones I have found. As for Graf I'd wait for the final version before putting anything forward. 

[anonym_Hf93Jbjm9WjT]

Basic but it has the essentials 

 

[Grathew]

I've read that and it's a good starting guide. I was thinking something more higher level.

[Estimated_Prophet]

16 minutes ago, Grathew said:

I've read that and it's a good starting guide. I was thinking something more higher level.

 

You want Fara then;

 

 

[Grathew]

Well than I guess it's been done already. Good to know

[theamazingtoby]

Are you thinking of video guides or written? Also, while Fara does have a couple of videos where he goes through each nation's carriers and the recommended captain build, ship build and loadouts, something more in depth for each ship might be useful. I'm not sure what you were thinking about with your guides, but maybe a half hour or so on each ship, like the other ship (BB, DD, CA/CL) reviews CCs are doing, with the stats, builds and maybe a game or two (assuming it's in video format).

 

Given how similar the ships in a line play, outside of premiums, that might not be enough unique content to warrant 18 videos/posts, though. Maybe by tier, like you mentioned, would be better. Maybe a Tier 6 guide to CVs showing how the Ryujo and Independence match up, what loadouts are best for certain game types (PvE, PvP, Ranked, Ops) and how to counter the other captain based on their loadout. Tier 7 would be the money tier with four carriers that have such diverse play styles and win rates. You could help the poor Ranger captain who's trying to grind the USN line and has to deal with Saipan's Tier 9 fighters and Kaga's 12 TBs. 

 

One or two existing, good guides shouldn't deter you from adding your experience and point of view. If it's a passion of yours, then make them. I'll definitely watch/read them when they come out as more information on CVs is always welcome. 

[Grathew]

I was thinking written. If you have seen QuickyBaby do a tank review/preview effectively use that script layout where I go over the advantages, go over the disadvantages and then compare it to its opposite number. Also the way they 'play' honestly comes down to the captain. I'e seen AS Lexingtons timidly chase after aircraft, wasting the potential. Likewise I've used bombers as fighter bait when running Strike to help my team sweep the skies. 

Yah 22 may be a bit many. But my hope is that sometime soon we will see a Royal Navy carrier branch, or if you watch the french cruiser update video they talk about a french carrier line which would be interesting, as I don't know of anyone who has talked about them. Either way if they come after the carrier balancing update there could be enough variance between carriers at that point to make all of them play very differently. Kinda like how the battleships are all similar but yet not at the same time.