Cleveland Citadel Nerfs?

[NeutralState]

Cleveland used to be notorious for hard to citadel. But now it seems they die like flies. Did it get nerfed?

[The_first_harbinger]

quite a few patches ago, yes.

Now it has a regular boiler room waterline citadel scheme similar to Leander.

[Lert]

If any nerf has taken place it's a very old one.

[dmckay]

IMO it's still a tough ship to kill. I do draw lots of attention when I play it....lotta focus fire quite often. 

[Stampz]

This nerf happened a long while ago.

[Dr_Venture]

It's hard to hit that citadel because most people using the Cleveland are in it seal clubbing....IE they know how to kite to prevent that broadside hit. 

[MrDeaf]

There is such a thing as ideal ranges for AP shells to citadel a cleveland.

the shell needs to hit the waterline at just the right angle and have enough range to not over penetrate

[Stampz]

7 minutes ago, Dr_Venture said:

It's hard to hit that citadel because most people using the Cleveland are in it seal clubbing....IE they know how to kite to prevent that broadside hit. 

I don island armor.  The best armor in game.

[NCC81701]

37 minutes ago, NeutralState said:

Cleveland used to be notorious for hard to citadel. But now it seems they die like flies. Did it get nerfed?

It use to be hard to hit because before armor viewer, everyone only have guesses as to its shape where it was exactly. Now you can see for yourself where it is and it's not hard to aim to hit it; just need to aim a bit lower than other cruiser as its citadel is slightly below the waterline. 

[DerKrampus]

47 minutes ago, NCC81701 said:

It use to be hard to hit because before armor viewer, everyone only have guesses as to its shape where it was exactly. Now you can see for yourself where it is and it's not hard to aim to hit it; just need to aim a bit lower than other cruiser as its citadel is slightly below the waterline. 

This.  It didn't get nerfed.  It got power-creeped.

Power-creeped by knowledge