York

[oddeyes1]

I don't get the 210mm guns on the York, it is incapable of penetrating same or lower tier ships, does only min to no damage. Is the

York only good for HE spam?

Did they just copy the Pensacola and put German flag on it ?

[Sirus_Patton]

HE unless the target is broadside and inside of 10km.  The gun itself is a copy/paste of a WWI armored cruiser's gun (Blutcher class IIRC), which where used during WWII as coastal defense guns with a new improved HE round (thus the increase in velocity of HE over AP).  Even the original turret rotation speed of 51.4 seconds was copied from it's WWI gun mount.  Basically, they're trying to make this thing's guns work at tier 7 with the WWII HE round instead of the WWI HE round (no AP round was developed in WWII as it wasn't needed for a coastal battery).

[Sir_Godz]

The velocity of the AP rounds are a fair bit slower on the higher bosch boats. Some people go with the HE spam just for better hits overall and save the AP for shorter ranges. Different leading times for the same boat are tough to play.

From what I know the AP does work well when it works...... games will be a love hate thing.

[SourHammer]

Its one of those ships where using the correct ammo for the correct situation really pays off.      HE at long range for better accuracy and damage, AP up close will citadel even a BB of the same tier.    And AP up close to a cruiser can net multiple citadels per salvo.    HE up close devastates any DD