52,856 [MAUS] LittleWhiteMouse Members 13,835 posts Report post #1 Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) The following is a PREVIEW of some of the upcoming American cruisers which Wargaming very kindly provided me. The statistics discussed here are still being evaluated by Wargaming's developers and do not necessarily represent how the ship will appear when released. What the heck is an Angry Youtuber Review, you ask? It's a quick and dirty evaluation -- a tongue in cheek review of the apparent power level of the new ships in jpeg or gif form. They're usually tempered with small dose of irony. To compose these, I play a handful of games in the ship and then rate them upon the following scale: GARBAGE- The boat is unbalanced, not fun to play and weak. The ship desperately needs some buffs or some quality of life changes. Mehbote - An average ship. Has strengths and weaknesses. Doesn't need buffs to be viable however she's not going to be considered optimal. Gudbote - A powerful ship, often one of the best ships at a given role within its tier. Usually considered optimal for a given task .OVERPOWERED - The boat is unbalanced and powerful. Typically she's either horrible to play against or she redefines the meta entirely. Sometimes I ignore the rating entirely and just have fun with it. Case in point: Enjoy! The Heavy Cruisers The reshuffle of the heavy cruiser line is interesting despite how straight-forward it was. Pensacola, New Orleans and Baltimore each dropped a tier. These brought some surprising winners and losers with the reshuffling. Buffalo is the only truly new ship added to this line and she's a very exciting addition, IMO. I know it's hard to believe, but Pensacola feels so much better down at tier 6. She's still fragile as all get out with her exposed citadel, but her ten 203mm guns at tier 6 feel wonderful. Do note their traverse is on the real sluggish side, so Expert Marksman is almost a must. Her surface detection also ballooned back up to bad levels, though, so be careful. Meet the new Pensacola. She has marginally better DPM than the old Pensacola and slightly improved range and concealment. It's not enough to make her feel especially comfortable though. Pass. Baltimore was never anyone's darling, even after receiving almost as many buffs as Pensacola over the years. Buffalo feels like an American heavy cruiser should. She's got some great punch in her twelve 203mm guns. Her AA power is great. Her concealment isn't terrible. Overall, replacing Baltimore with Buffalo is a nice buff for the line as a whole. The Light Cruisers This is the line worth getting excited about. For fans of light cruisers, you're in for a treat. For everyone else: hold onto your butts. These are not easy ships to use, especially as you climb in tiers. You have no monster-alpha strike from torpedoes to bail you out if you end up in a brawl. You're incredibly squishy and you're not so stealthy that you can ninja-vanish at will. What you can do, however, is make islands your waifu and lob shells and set fires like a boss. Inertial Fuse for HE Shells should be considered a must for this line. This really wasn't a surprise. Cleveland was a great ship at tier 6 and she had several historical aspects nerfed to shoe horn into this tier. Her replacement, Dallas, is stealthier with marginally better handling, but is otherwise a pale shadow of her predecessor. Dallas isn't terrible, but Cleveland she is not. Even with all of these nerfs, she's still a better ten 152mm gun boat, tier for tier, than Duca degli Abruzzi. Yeah, I went there. Helena is a big upgrade in firepower over Dallas with 50% more guns. The firing arcs are very favourable too. I fell in love with this ship right out of the gate and the amount of abuse she can dispense against enemies that leave themselves exposed is glorious. Do be careful though, she has only a 14.6km range which means you must get very snuggly with islands or risk getting yourself delorted by return fire. Cleveland is where the light cruiser line gets some range and their radar finally, so lobbing shells over islands becomes much easier and nothing with smoke wants to be near you. Unfortunately, the big guns you face also get much more plentiful, so it's really feast or famine from this point forward. Each of the cruisers from here on out is very powerful in the right environment ... or an XP pinata just waiting to be hoovered up. Seattle is a direct upgrade over Cleveland grace of her consumable and upgrade options. You now have a Repair Party on top of everything else and you get access to that coveted sixth upgrade slot. This makes running Seattle (potentially) hella expensive. If you load up on premium consumables, good luck on turning a profit . This ship is designed to make you either spend doubloons on her permanent camouflage AND make you invest in a premium account just to break even. You could forgo using premium consumables, of course, but then you're not as playing up to her versatile toolkit. I apologize for nothing. Thanks for Reading! If you enjoy my work and want to help me continue producing content, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon. Even a dollar helps me eat food, which I think is a generally a good thing. My next article coming up will be my 100th Premium Ship Review featuring HMS Thunderer! Stay tuned! Edited May 21, 2018 by LittleWhiteMouse 104 24 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
766 [SPTR] khaenn35 Members 20,155 posts 6,159 battles Report post #2 Posted May 21, 2018 Sweet! +1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,103 [KNMSU] Battlecruiser_Siegfried Members 7,086 posts Report post #3 Posted May 21, 2018 Hmm. Nothing about this split appeals to me, but I recognize that I was never the target audience. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
169 [XXXXX] Kaa1elWoWS Members 411 posts Report post #4 Posted May 21, 2018 Oh my, one of the first to the thread? What do I do, what do I say? I LOVE YOU LWM!- .... Nailed it. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
456 bubbleboy264 Members 455 posts 8,072 battles Report post #5 Posted May 21, 2018 Wonderful as always, I hope my cleaveland is good at tier 8, although I wish they could have given it’s old shell arcs back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,023 [HINON] Fog_Repair_Ship_Akashi Alpha Tester 3,666 posts 8,087 battles Report post #6 Posted May 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: I apologize for nothing. Thanks for Reading! If you enjoy my work and want to help me continue producing content, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon. Even a dollar helps me eat food, which I think is a generally a good thing. My next article coming up will be my 100th Premium Ship Review featuring HMS Thunderer! Stay tuned! Best Part of the whole preview. Great as always LWM! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318 [LEGIT] Nagato_Kai__Ni Members 1,024 posts 8,904 battles Report post #7 Posted May 21, 2018 I am really anticipating the C**kbote, I mean Worcester... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,207 Sovereigndawg Members 12,079 posts 21,321 battles Report post #8 Posted May 21, 2018 You really are fantastic Miss Mouse. +1 of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,023 [HINON] Fog_Repair_Ship_Akashi Alpha Tester 3,666 posts 8,087 battles Report post #9 Posted May 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: My next article coming up will be my 100th Premium Ship Review featuring HMS Thunderer! So which one is it? The Orion-class? The planned Lion-class? Or are we being played an it is a port? Take your bets! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,471 [SWFSH] Fast_Battleship_Iowa Volunteer Moderator 2,629 posts 7,642 battles Report post #10 Posted May 21, 2018 St. Louis III Helena. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,023 [HINON] Fog_Repair_Ship_Akashi Alpha Tester 3,666 posts 8,087 battles Report post #11 Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, KAGA_kaini said: I am really anticipating the C**kbote, I mean Worcester... Me too. Love the sig BTW. It is so cute! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318 [LEGIT] Nagato_Kai__Ni Members 1,024 posts 8,904 battles Report post #12 Posted May 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: I apologize for nothing. This part is a BIT Lewd LWM. Dont you think? Cause you know what I mean when I say cockbote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
191 [VVV] yamato6945 Members 822 posts 17,720 battles Report post #13 Posted May 21, 2018 Another fantastic preview mouse +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
52,856 [MAUS] LittleWhiteMouse Members 13,835 posts Report post #14 Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, KAGA_kaini said: This part is a BIT Lewd LWM. Dont you think? Cause you know what I mean when I say cockbote. Poultry? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,862 [HINON] tcbaker777 Members 9,987 posts 21,168 battles Report post #15 Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: i know i said i was looking forward to your Angry Youtuber review, but i did NOT expect swimsuit chibi Mouse, i dont think anyone did Edited May 21, 2018 by tcbaker777 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,889 [HINON] Phoenix_jz Members 7,797 posts 2,144 battles Report post #16 Posted May 21, 2018 Upbote for more MAYR! 9 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: Even with all of these nerfs, she's still a better ten 152mm gun boat, tier for tier, than Duca degli Abruzzi. Yeah, I went there. Example number six-hundred and sixty-six of how much of a massive c*ck-up WG's attempt at representing Duca degli Abruzzi in-game... 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318 [LEGIT] Nagato_Kai__Ni Members 1,024 posts 8,904 battles Report post #17 Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: Poultry? I cant say what really comes to my mind( cause ill get banned if I say it here) when you phrase the ship as a cockbote and that picture of Worcester goin in and out. That part I phrased as lewd. And of course I think you meant it that way when you posted it. Edited May 21, 2018 by KAGA_kaini 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
130 [DARTH] Korval_BB55 Members 555 posts 16,243 battles Report post #18 Posted May 21, 2018 Saw a Dallas in a battle last night. Sadly, she didn't last long. I don't get why WG's designers thought the USN might repeat the mistake of the Pensacola's triple over double gun configuration. It just looks silly in this context, but I suppose that what's done is done. I probably won't be keeping her unless she's just amazing in scenarios (which I somehow doubt). On the other hand, I'm sure that I (and many other fanboys) are looking forward to getting our hands on a new machine-gun gal Helena in the near future, though. Wheeeeeee! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318 [LEGIT] Nagato_Kai__Ni Members 1,024 posts 8,904 battles Report post #19 Posted May 21, 2018 But atleast thankgod I got up to balti. Wont need to play the T6 and 7 ships and feel pain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,815 [-KIA-] ValkyrWarframe Members 5,245 posts 17,410 battles Report post #20 Posted May 21, 2018 Oh geez, Pensacola with that broadside weight at T6 is gonna be scary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,026 [JWB] CrazyHorse_Denver Members 1,912 posts 21,809 battles Report post #21 Posted May 21, 2018 Another excellent presentation... what made it extra special for me was seeing LWM in that polka dot bikini. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
18,429 [WOLF5] HazeGrayUnderway Members 40,037 posts 31,881 battles Report post #22 Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: This really wasn't a surprise. Cleveland was a great ship at tier 6 and she had several historical aspects nerfed to shoe horn into this tier. Her replacement, Dallas, is stealthier with marginally better handling, but is otherwise a pale shadow of her predecessor. Dallas isn't terrible, but Cleveland she is not. Even with all of these nerfs, she's still a better ten 152mm gun boat, tier for tier, than Duca degli Abruzzi. Yeah, I went there. Thanks for the short version takes on the ships. Helena looks surprising but everything else is turning out like I pretty much thought it would. Dallas < Tier VI Cleveland Exactly what I thought as soon as we saw pictures of her. 3 minutes ago, ValkyrWarframe said: Oh geez, Pensacola with that broadside weight at T6 is gonna be scary. Not really, IMO. Even as a Tier VI, she is still going to face most of the ships that smashed her as a Tier VII. She is still squishy, has worse concealment than before, and they nerfed her turret traverse. Edited May 21, 2018 by HazeGrayUnderway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,581 Admiral_Thrawn_1 Members 12,709 posts 14,320 battles Report post #23 Posted May 21, 2018 Nice job Mouse +1 on reviews. But after seeing this Lert like this I am fearful of going on Vacation, going to the beach, or going to sleep tonight... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
946 [NUWES] Tzarevitch Members 3,856 posts 16,807 battles Report post #24 Posted May 21, 2018 Wait, what? Thunderer is coming in as a premium? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,212 GhostSwordsman Members 6,650 posts 8,955 battles Report post #25 Posted May 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, LittleWhiteMouse said: Pass. Baltimore was never anyone's darling, even after receiving almost as many buffs as Pensacola over the years. Uh, are those codes hidden in the image? Or just something random and meaningless? Also, I love my Baltimore... Losing the heal will be a big hit and make her tougher to play, but I think she'll do alright at T8, though it'll be hard to live up to her capabilities as of right now at T9 with the heal and all her buffs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
