361 Whiskey_Rebel Members 633 posts 3,962 battles Report post #1 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 1. Does anyone use this? 2. Which of the two abilities (the secondaries or the main battery) "can be activated"? - Never mind, this must be the main battery reload, as its the only one with a condition. 3. Which "standard detectability range" does the main battery reload buff refer to? Yours? Or the enemy's? Edited January 30, 2021 by Whiskey_Rebel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,811 [SGSS] jags_domain Members 6,816 posts Report post #2 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Whiskey_Rebel said: 1. Does anyone use this? 2. Which of the two abilities (the secondaries or the main battery) "can be activated"? - Never mind, this must be the main battery reload, as its the only one with a condition. 3. Which "standard detectability range" does the main battery reload buff refer to? Yours? Or the enemy's? Yes on everything. With range so short now you have to fire as fast as possible. My understanding of detecabilty is what ever the screen says your stealth is at in the port view. In the port your Balty has 12 km stealth that is when you get the buff. Some ships I am not even trying to hide. Going for reload and damage. US if stealth and reload. Edited January 30, 2021 by jags_domain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
287 [DMGS] Firewalk Members 633 posts 8,739 battles Report post #3 Posted January 30, 2021 I use this for IJN cruisers because I couldn’t decide on anything else. Their range isn’t the greatest so you occasionally get to use it and an AA build seems pointless with those atrocious base values on most of their ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,880 [-BCO-] Bandi73 Members 3,981 posts 8,575 battles Report post #4 Posted January 30, 2021 48 minutes ago, Whiskey_Rebel said: 1. Does anyone use this? 2. Which of the two abilities (the secondaries or the main battery) "can be activated"? - Never mind, this must be the main battery reload, as its the only one with a condition. 3. Which "standard detectability range" does the main battery reload buff refer to? Yours? Or the enemy's? 1. Well....yes, sort of, for ops it is....useful. I didn't play any PvP since rebork. 3 Yours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 [-TRM-] DeletedUser Members 0 posts Report post #5 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) I don't bother. Some ships like the Shima has very bad DPM output they get sunk outright. So... what do I do? Well if I knew a higher DPM enemy is local, I'll run off and grab a cruiser or another DD and run with that one for a bit until the problem is torped or eliminated. When you have tried all the skills in respec's since update day, you find that only a few works well. The rest are [edited]. Edited January 30, 2021 by xHeavy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,198 [WOLF9] iDuckman Wiki Lead, Privateers 17,976 posts 4,935 battles Report post #6 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:List_of_Commander_Skills Top Grade Gunner 4 If an enemy ship is spotted within the ship's standard detectability range,[1] this skill is activated. -10% reload time of secondary batteries.When activated: -8% reload time of the main battery. 1. The standard main battery firing range or standard detectability range are those values shown in port. They are not changed by in-battle effects such as gun bloom, spotting aircraft, smoke, or weather. 1 hour ago, Whiskey_Rebel said: Does anyone use this? You betcha. Edited January 30, 2021 by iDuckman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
443 [DCMA] SgtSpud Beta Testers 1,842 posts 25,422 battles Report post #7 Posted January 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Whiskey_Rebel said: 1. Does anyone use this? 2. Which of the two abilities (the secondaries or the main battery) "can be activated"? - Never mind, this must be the main battery reload, as its the only one with a condition. 3. Which "standard detectability range" does the main battery reload buff refer to? Yours? Or the enemy's? Check out this vid to see how it works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
221 [SUR-C] hanesco Members 1,098 posts 12,588 battles Report post #8 Posted January 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Whiskey_Rebel said: 1. Does anyone use this? 2. Which of the two abilities (the secondaries or the main battery) "can be activated"? - Never mind, this must be the main battery reload, as its the only one with a condition. 3. Which "standard detectability range" does the main battery reload buff refer to? Yours? Or the enemy's? Yes, I use it on almost every cruiser, good enough to kill DDs when detected. "Standard detectability range" is your detection range in the match without shooting. The name is fishy but in reality is good old detection range. The one without buffs is normally called "stock detectability range". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 [ARP] OriGummy Members 1 post 2,908 battles Report post #9 Posted May 10, 2021 I was wondering if Minotaur actually receives an activetable buff while not having any secondaries. It could be a massive waste of 4 points if it doesn't, and if it is activated by the whole range of main guns, it wouldn't be a significant buff because Minotaur's reload is so fast in the first palce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39 [AK] Klebs Beta Testers 37 posts 12,077 battles Report post #10 Posted May 10, 2021 I use this. Cruisers. Useful in end game, when any ship should consider itself a potential "brawler". Useful during entirety of game against screening/capping/torping destroyers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
