What is a Yubari?

[Pennsy59]

I came across a ship I hadn't seen before tonight.

 

Its a tire IV ship called a Yubari. I went searching for it on the tech tree and couldn't find it.

Id be interested in learning what it is

[Jinxed_Katajainen]

It's a preorder ship.  Currently unavailable.

IJN Tier 4 cruiser, late war AA refit version.

Basically it was an attempt to fit the most amount of armament on the smallest displacement cruiser hull possible while keeping speed and seaworthiness high.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Y%C5%ABbari

[TheLetterR]

Pre-Order Japanese light cruiser/destroyer. It has probably the best AA at Tier IV.

[Strike_Witch_Tomoko]

I came across a ship I hadn't seen before tonight.

 

Its a tire IV ship called a Yubari. I went searching for it on the tech tree and couldn't find it.

Id be interested in learning what it is

 

its one of the worst tier 4 cruisers due to a mixmatch

 

it has the best AA at tier 4.  but its all close range(so not helpful for team. just itself)

its got horrible armor.  essentially a DD except it still has a big citadel(and gets citadel hit a ton..with HE)

 

its guns are accurate...but u have 2 turrets of 2 guns each. so if you lsoe 1.  you are down 2 guns......and the other turret is on rear of the ship.  so you have to drive backwards.

compared to Iwaki, Kuma, and phoenix.    all of these have FAR mroe guns and turrets than Yubari.  and more survivability.

 

 

Yubari does have fast torps, but troublesome arc and short range.

 

its also got good detection rating.  but doesnt help as much as you think for an AA cruiser.

 

 

over all......it needs a buff

[redblurr]

....and Yubari should be on sale again come next summer, if I remember correctly there is a one year exclusive for all pre-order ships, then they can be sold again.

[DoomStomper]

It's about to be the only tier 4 ship with the defensive fire ability after 4.1 goes into effect.  Unfortunately it only gets one use per match (2 with the Superintendent skill).

[G0lfSierra1]

Its the most OP tier 4 in the game if you have a skipper with the right skills. It can shoot as far as a battleship and take out any planes that get near it. My skipper of choice for mine gives me over 15k on the main guns and makes planes fall from the sky as soon as they get near me.

[Goose21891]

Speaking of the pre-order ships, anyone know what the new torpedoes on the Sims do?

[Yuubari_Melon]

The best ship ever! <3

 

An AA beast that uses its maneuverability and high gun arc to harass anyone from around 12-15 km away. If the enemy gets too close, then out go the 14.6k max-damage torps!

 

It was available as a pre-order bundle ship during the Closed Beta, along with the Sims and Gremyashchy (Both of which are DDs).

 

Who needs a Saint Louis?

[kmanweiss]

It's a bad idea.

It's a cruiser, but lacks the armor of a cruiser, the guns of a cruiser, and the gun durability of a cruiser.

In return it gains a modest complement of nearly worthless AA due to it's short range, the speed and mobility leaning more towards a destroyer, and some ok torpedoes.

It's really kind of the worse elements of cruisers and destroyers rolled into 1 ship.

 

Destroyer hull, cruiser size.  Cruiser AA, but destroy effectiveness.  Cruiser torps but destroyer guns.  Faster than a cruiser, but not as fast as a destroyer.  Not stealthy enough to really use the torps.

 

Don't get me wrong, it's an ok ship, and since it's a premium, your results aren't half bad, but it's a still kind of lackluster as it excels at nothing.

[Mizzerys_Fate]

It's a fickle ship. Against players unskilled it can do some damage. Against players that know what a citadel is....bad ship.

 

Other pre-order ships:

US tier 7 Sims DD.

RU tier 5 Murmansk - an Omaha with better everything pre 4.1.

[Yuubari_Melon]

It's a fickle ship. Against players unskilled it can do some damage. Against players that know what a citadel is....bad ship.

 

Other pre-order ships:

US tier 7 Sims DD.

RU tier 5 Murmansk - an Omaha with better everything pre 4.1.

 

Murmansk wasn't the pre-order ship. Gremy was. Murmansk was "Given away" on humblebundle for $1 among with some other stuff during E3. It's still available for purchase in the gift shop or the in-game store.

[PPH402]

It's a great way to earn Demolition flags.

 

I am looking forward to the buff. I want to like my Yubari. I'd like to win occasionally in it. Right now though I'd much rather sail in the Taco. 

[DoomStomper]

Speaking of the pre-order ships, anyone know what the new torpedoes on the Sims do?

 

I don't remember their exact stats, but their range is like a kilometer more than the Sims' own detection rating.  This comes at the expense of being much slower and less damaging than the stock ones.  Learned this from watching Ichase streaming yesterday.  Seems only Supertesters like him can access premiums on the test server.

 

[Nitemare111]

It's a target.  In the hands of an excellent player, it can be surprisingly lethal.  Then again, in the hands of an excellent player, a rowboat with a shotgun would be viable.

 

In the hands of everyone else, it's free XP for the enemy team.

 

It's crap.