Beloved Izumo

[Burnacide]

The Izumo. What was the idea? like, is it supposed to snipe? Brawl? People say it's a brawler and you need to angle it, but even then, are you supposed to ram the enemy? Cause it takes about 3-4mins to lose 2 turrets, not just have them incapasitated but to lose them entirely. i skipped the first hull cause people said it becomes better at hull B, but even then the armor is so crap..

 

i've had less than 10 matches with the ship(don't even bother commenting saying that's the problem, i've lost 2 of the turrets in pretty much all the matches i've played) and i've come to the point where i don't even bother playing it anymore, the Yamato just can't be worth the suffering you have to go trough with the Izumo, is the reason why it hasn't been buffed cause you want people to pay to skip it? cause i'm sure about 50% of the players with Yamato have, so if it's an income machine, why fix it?

 

 i'll just stick to my Amagi from now on until you decide to do something about it.

[Batwingsix]

[pmgaudio]

played it on the test server to try the Yamato and see what all the hyoe was about it....AMAZING

IZUMO, I just did NOT get it... don't have any idea how to lay those turrets efficiently... I mean WTH... all three in front and almost difficult to figure out what to use it for...
I am SURE there are many who know the best ways, but I just did not understand one bit

BUT THAT YAMATO....
SO WORTH getting to it in any case

[Burnacide]

Well, only way i'll bother to get it is to keep getting free exp trough other ships, no matter how long it'll take, [edited]playing that ship. 

 

I just don't get it, the main point of having all the guns at front would be so that you can fire them at as little angle as possible, right? But when you show your guns, they get blown the [edited]out. I really just want an answer what the idea behind the ship was, Maybe the trick is to show your rear at all times, reverse everywhere?

[Royeaux]

Well, only way i'll bother to get it is to keep getting free exp trough other ships, no matter how long it'll take, [edited]playing that ship. 

 

I just don't get it, the main point of having all the guns at front would be so that you can fire them at as little angle as possible, right? But when you show your guns, they get blown the [edited]out. I really just want an answer what the idea behind the ship was, Maybe the trick is to show your rear at all times, reverse everywhere?

 

The back turret is facing the conning tower so that the captain can commit suicide the moment he realizes he's the captain of a Izumo.  Seriously though, I've heard that WG made the back turret face backwards to distinguish it from the Nelson class, at the cost of ruining whatever this ship had going for it.

[Burnacide]

 

The back turret is facing the conning tower so that the captain can commit suicide the moment he realizes he's the captain of a Izumo.  Seriously though, I've heard that WG made the back turret face backwards to distinguish it from the Nelson class, at the cost of ruining whatever this ship had going for it.

 

Unfortunatly, it wouldn't let you fire then..

 

Atleast they could have made it so that the turrets can take more than 2 shells before they get taken out of action, like, make it so that it can take 4. Even that would be a major improvement. The ship just isn't made to take any damage, they might aswell just have made so that it has 30k HP, cause then you wouldn't be left with 50k hp where you can't do crapother than take more damage.

[Royeaux]

 

Unfortunatly, it wouldn't let you fire then..

 

Atleast they could have made it so that the turrets can take more than 2 shells before they get taken out of action, like, make it so that it can take 4. Even that would be a major improvement. The ship just isn't made to take any damage, they might aswell just have made so that it has 30k HP, cause then you wouldn't be left with 50k hp where you can't do crapother than take more damage.

 

Yeah, at least the French battleship Richelieu, using the all forward guns arrangement, not only added extra armor to the turrets, but even added a bulkhead in the middle so that only half the turret would be disable in the event of penetration.  The French understood that if their ships were to charge at the enemy, that the armor in the front be extra thick.  I can only hope WG will model that ship correctly.

[Burnacide]

So i tried to give it another go and ended up in a gunfight against an Amagi, turns out that the Amagi has better armor,better guns, more guns, can take a hit without losing guns, so again, WG please answer what the point of this ship was..

[Magic_Fighting_Tuna]

I just park my Izumo when enemy ships get in range and snipe them. If you keep your enemies in front of you this ship is a beast. 2/3 of your firepower can be directed towards the front so you don't need to go broadside to kill things(this will also hide your flat juicey love handles) I only use the 3rd turret as a deterant for attempted flanks.