991 [HELLS] GrandAdmiral_2016 Members 2,971 posts 40,589 battles Report post #1 Posted September 17, 2017 Done! In my port! Test drive successful! One down, two to go... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,862 RedSeaBear Members 5,454 posts 21,236 battles Report post #2 Posted September 17, 2017 Ah the Fletcher, my favorite Destroyer. All the good points of the Benson but better with Defensive AA included. Sadly the Gearing can be a bit of a let down after this awesome little boat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,894 [HINON] Doomlock [HINON] Wiki Lead, Beta Testers, Privateers 6,801 posts 5,248 battles Report post #3 Posted September 17, 2017 Well done! Congrats on the Fletcher! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
846 [LOU1] ExploratorOne Members 4,369 posts 15,197 battles Report post #4 Posted September 17, 2017 Nice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,293 [GGWP] Destroyer_KuroshioKai Members 3,530 posts 14,309 battles Report post #5 Posted September 17, 2017 Fletcher is a nice boat, but Gearing I believe is even better. It is a different play style so you have to adjust. Both are damn good DDs, and I kept both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
991 [HELLS] GrandAdmiral_2016 Members 2,971 posts 40,589 battles Report post #6 Posted September 17, 2017 Gonna top the line eventually. Another grind in view! Right now I am grinding towards a third 19-point captain (for my Iowa) using all the flags WG/WoWs gave us for the Birthday Party! Priority after that is Des Moines, then another RN 19-pointer. As I have said elsewhere, I prefer real ships, not paper ones, so I grind the lines that have a real ship at T10 first. I did the RN CL line just to prove to myself that I could get there eventually. Now I set goals I know I can reach. Thank you all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12,531 [SALVO] Crucis Members 28,152 posts 42,578 battles Report post #7 Posted September 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, GrandAdmiral_2016 said: Gonna top the line eventually. Another grind in view! Right now I am grinding towards a third 19-point captain (for my Iowa) using all the flags WG/WoWs gave us for the Birthday Party! Priority after that is Des Moines, then another RN 19-pointer. As I have said elsewhere, I prefer real ships, not paper ones, so I grind the lines that have a real ship at T10 first. I did the RN CL line just to prove to myself that I could get there eventually. Now I set goals I know I can reach. Thank you all! Depends on what you consider a "real ship". I view any ship that was ordered to be "real". Obviously, if construction started, I also consider those real. I don't really think of ships like the Tillman "Maximum Battleships" BB's to be "real" since they were little more than a design study, not an actual attempt to design a ship that was meant to be ordered, contracted, and built. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
348 [5IN] bassmasta76 Members 2,109 posts 10,709 battles Report post #8 Posted September 17, 2017 Congratz mate! Fletcher is one of my favorite DDs... certainly in my top 3. B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,114 [FOXEH] Umikami Banned 14,364 posts 23,359 battles Report post #9 Posted September 21, 2017 On 9/17/2017 at 1:29 PM, RedSeaBear said: Gearing can be a bit of a let down after this awesome little boat. Almost everything is a let down after Fletcher; she's just a really great boat. The two high end German DD's are in the fight though, both Z-46 and Z-52 can hold their own against Fletcher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
426 [GLF] AnimaL21 Members 1,384 posts 24,712 battles Report post #10 Posted September 22, 2017 So i decided I want to get to fletcher relatively quickly. I have enough freexp to finish mahan, but I dont particularily mind grinding it out to freexp through benson instead. Are there things to learn grinding benson that I'll need for success in fletcher or do they all kindof play the same from t5-9? I play a lot of nicholas and sims currently and I can handle myself in USNDD. Just seems easier on the surface to grind T7, than to grind T8 with the MM what it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
991 [HELLS] GrandAdmiral_2016 Members 2,971 posts 40,589 battles Report post #11 Posted September 26, 2017 On 2017-09-17 at 3:08 PM, GrandAdmiral_2016 said: Done! In my port! Test drive successful! One down, two to go... And another one bites the dust...Des Moines in my port. Montana next, halfway there, although I am not fussy about ships never built-I may go for Gearing first. I need T10s for Clan battles when they start so one of each gunship type is a must. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
991 [HELLS] GrandAdmiral_2016 Members 2,971 posts 40,589 battles Report post #12 Posted September 28, 2017 On 2017-09-26 at 7:46 PM, GrandAdmiral_2016 said: And another one bites the dust...Des Moines in my port. Montana next, halfway there, although I am not fussy about ships never built-I may go for Gearing first. I need T10s for Clan battles when they start so one of each gunship type is a must. ..and this was today's T8 booby prize from the RN BB line...still grinding... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
