265 Whiskey_Rebel Members 472 posts 2,840 battles Report post #1 Posted January 30 (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 by Whiskey_Rebel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,688 [SGSS] jags_domain Members 5,523 posts Report post #2 Posted January 30 (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 by jags_domain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
49 [DMGS] Firewalk Members 108 posts 6,450 battles Report post #3 Posted January 30 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
764 [-BCO-] Bandi73 Members 1,669 posts 2,898 battles Report post #4 Posted January 30 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
663 [-TRM-] xHeavy [-TRM-] Members 2,218 posts Report post #5 Posted January 30 (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 by xHeavy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,899 [WOLF9] iDuckman Wiki Lead 15,514 posts 4,771 battles Report post #6 Posted January 30 (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 by iDuckman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
392 [HMCSH] SgtSpud Beta Testers 1,647 posts 21,624 battles Report post #7 Posted January 30 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
208 [ARC] hanesco Members 1,065 posts 11,408 battles Report post #8 Posted January 30 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