How do secondary weapons work?

[robotnikman]

As the title says. Do they automatically fire at any ships that come into range, or do they only fire at aircraft?

 

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[HerrCommandant]

AA is for AA that auto fire on planes in range, secondaries auto fire on ships in range.

Edit: almost forgot my ~Poi

[Jerkster]

They aim everywhere that your not trying to hit ie. Planes and friendly ships

[Yank59]

Some secondaries are dual purpose. Damned inaccurate though.

[RoninMcGinnis]

They are automatic and will fire at ships and planes that get into range/  However, you can focus them on a specific target by holding down the ctrl button and left clicking on the ship and or plane/squadron.  You can focus on one ship and one plane at the same time but no more than one of each.

[Numbah18]

They aim everywhere that your not trying to hit ie. Planes and friendly ships

 

Some aren't that bad they're just not super great either. 

 

They are automatic and will fire at ships and planes that get into range/  However, you can focus them on a specific target by holding down the ctrl button and left clicking on the ship and or plane/squadron.  You can focus on one ship and one plane at the same time but no more than one of each.

 

This is how they work. You get a bit of a bonus for focusing your guns to. I think secondaries get a damage bonus and AA shoots down planes faster. 

[mattking2010]

As the title says. Do they automatically fire at any ships that come into range, or do they only fire at aircraft?

 

They don't.. Secondaries seem broken right now.

[MikeLapTrap]

they fire...the Yamato is a beautiful sight when it brings itself up into a brawl and firing off both sides

[DavidBowie4Ever]

Don't forget you can also apply the Commander Skill "Basic Firing Training" (under Secondary Armament) to improve +10% AA efficiency.

[misanthrope0]

Poorly!

[iwillgetshot]

If there is an allied ship between you and an enemy, can your secondaries cause team damage?

[RoninMcGinnis]

If there is an allied ship between you and an enemy, can your secondaries cause team damage?

 

Yes but the fine is slight.  You can reduce chances by focus firing your secondaries so that they are not shooting at several enemy ships randomly but it's not guaranteed to prevent them from damaging allies since they may still sail into the cross fire.

[scruffycavetroll]

As the title says. Do they automatically fire at any ships that come into range, or do they only fire at aircraft?

 

they fire automatically as if manned by an army of Stevie Wonders with Ray Charles as the commanding officer, and helen keller as the nurse...or maybe even just an army of helen kellers since they just shoot the water. 

[Moksie]

 

They don't.. Secondaries seem broken right now.

 

Wrong.

[Red_Raven_168]

 

Wrong.

 

you are correct

 

and the secondaries are crack shots

 at allies

 

[James_lairanar]

Oh they fire automatically at friendlies.

[vak_]

This is how they work. You get a bit of a bonus for focusing your guns to. I think secondaries get a damage bonus and AA shoots down planes faster. 

 

For AA purposes concentrating the fire on one target increases the damage to the group of airplanes by x1.5.

 

Combine that with AA consumable (which increases the damage to the group of airplanes by x6), and you can get almost an order of magnitude damage increase against a single target.

[vak_]

 

They don't.. Secondaries seem broken right now.

 

How are they broken? Are you sure you understand how secondaries work, in particular AA secondaries?

[Francois424]

The only problem imho is Range.  Some ppl will talk about accuracy (and rightfully so, but since it's Secondary armament, it's okay).

Most ship have ranges under 5km.  Those very few that have 5km or more base range really shine !

 

It would be really fun if some (if not all ships) had their secondary ranges extended with current accuracy, it would feel like a naval battle with all the splashes  ! 

(Not talking about AA here tho)

[Arvanna_1]

As the title says. Do they automatically fire at any ships that come into range, or do they only fire at aircraft?

 

 

MY experience since OBT started is they don't work, as in they shoot everywhere but at that damned DD sailing along side of you inside of 3 kilometers with only a few hundred health as they reload their torpedo launchers. I have yet to have my secondaries on any of my BBs sink anything, all of my close range kills have been with my main battery and that comes down to 1 or two 12-14" shells are more likely to do far more damage then the damage the secondaries do on the rare times they manage to fire a shell into a spot where the enemy accidentally sails thru.

 

Now there are mods and skills you can take to buff them but honestly they come at the expense of your main guns and unless your in a IJN BB still require you to get into suicidal y, IE torp range, close where you have a hell of a time with slow traversing main guns.

[vak_]

MY experience since OBT started is they don't work

 

I had a recent game where my Ark Beta secondaries did 10k damage in one game. But yeah, they are wildly inaccurate. Which is fine -- I don't rely on them anyway, and view any surface damage that comes from secondaries as a nice bonus.

[Captain_Hindgrinder]

As the title says. Do they automatically fire at any ships that come into range, or do they only fire at aircraft?

 

They don't work. They are a complete joke. I've had my AA gunners ignore enemy planes even though I specifically told them to engage a squadron. Secondary batteries on ships that have them are operated by cross-eyes monkeys that seem more interested in shooting seagulls and dolphins instead of the huge enemy ship in front of them. Also, the range is laughably short. The secondary batteries on battleships were of similar caliber to many cruiser/destroyer guns yet have 1/3 or less of the range.

[Captain_Hindgrinder]

 

Really? My T4 *carrier* has killed DDs with the secondary guns, so they seem to be working to me.

 

Did it have 500 health left or something? I've only ever seen that happen ONCE in all the games I've played and it was because the DD had under 500 health.

[Captain_Hindgrinder]

Don't forget you can also apply the Commander Skill "Basic Firing Training" (under Secondary Armament) to improve +10% AA efficiency.

 

That's a wasted skill on most ships as their AA ratings are so horrible you gain almost no benefit. You'd need a huge AA rating to make this skill viable and if your AA is that high to begin with, why bother?

[flyingtaco]

They don't somehow the same guns when placed on a bb or ca lose half thrir. Range and sometimes do not fire at all