320 [AARG] Adm_Nate_Ellis937 Beta Testers 1,249 posts Report post #1 Posted July 28, 2016 Hey all, I FINALLY finished the IJN CA line and got Zao this afternoon . My biggest regret was skipping Ibuki, and apart from Mogami...well...she plays differently (like driving a different brand of vehicle). Anyhow, I'm looking for advice on what to mount on her, to make her as "hybrid" as possible. No shame in saying, but I will not be taking her into PVP for a while until I get to know her more. I have 10 million silver that I could use towards her mod upgrades, but I'm leaning towards not yet for now. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
24 [SEGGS] KingJacko Members 176 posts 10,198 battles Report post #2 Posted July 28, 2016 Hey all, I FINALLY finished the IJN CA line and got Zao this afternoon . My biggest regret was skipping Ibuki, and apart from Mogami...well...she plays differently (like driving a different brand of vehicle). Anyhow, I'm looking for advice on what to mount on her, to make her as "hybrid" as possible. No shame in saying, but I will not be taking her into PVP for a while until I get to know her more. I have 10 million silver that I could use towards her mod upgrades, but I'm leaning towards not yet for now. Thanks "I FINALLY finished the IJN CA line... skipping Ibuki..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,850 [AXANR] poeticmotion Members 3,650 posts 23,502 battles Report post #3 Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) You say 'finally', but you skipped the Ibuki and you only played 4 games in the Mogami (not sure how you make a comparison with Mogami based on 4 games), 2 games in Myoko, 0 in Aoba, 7 in Furutaka and 13 in Kuma. You basically free-XPed up the whole line. Which is fine, live your life, but odd to say you 'FINALLY' did it like you grinded it out. You have less than 50 games in IJN cruisers (not counting your 30ish games in Atago which isn't tech tree) even if you count co-op. Edited July 28, 2016 by poeticmotion 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
293 QJW Alpha Tester 1,150 posts 5,747 battles Report post #4 Posted July 28, 2016 TBH, you should have worked your way up the line, and that way you would have learned the play style of each ship along the way and that would have taught you how to play the Zao. It's not an easy ship to play, get used to dying, even experienced players know it, just sometimes, *plop* and all HP is gone and you're dead. I'm going to be very blunt here and say that if you wanted to enjoy and/or be good in the Zao, you should have grinded up, not free exped your way through. It's hard to teach someone who doesn't take the time to learn. I can't help anyways lol, I don't own a Zao myself. But I won't stop you from playing the way you please, it is a free to play game after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
839 Show_Me_Your_Cits Beta Testers 2,589 posts 8,799 battles Report post #5 Posted July 28, 2016 Zao: Camp invisible at max range. Load HE. Spew fire. Spew more fire. Continue spamming fire. See where I'm going with this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
31 [DTM] MeekANTIFUN Members 32 posts 8,124 battles Report post #6 Posted July 28, 2016 Zao: Camp invisible at max range. Load HE. Spew fire. Spew more fire. Continue spamming fire. See where I'm going with this? At what point do I accidentally launch torps at a friendly ship Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
43 Dapider Members 233 posts 828 battles Report post #7 Posted July 28, 2016 You say 'finally', but you skipped the Ibuki and you only played 4 games in the Mogami (not sure how you make a comparison with Mogami based on 4 games), 2 games in Myoko, 0 in Aoba, 7 in Furutaka and 13 in Kuma. You basically free-XPed up the whole line. Which is fine, live your life, but odd to say you 'FINALLY' did it like you grinded it out. You have less than 50 games in IJN cruisers (not counting your 30ish games in Atago which isn't tech tree) even if you count co-op. Welp, there is your problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
207 Aeries1 Members 636 posts 7,729 battles Report post #8 Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) You say 'finally', but you skipped the Ibuki and you only played 4 games in the Mogami (not sure how you make a comparison with Mogami based on 4 games), 2 games in Myoko, 0 in Aoba, 7 in Furutaka and 13 in Kuma. You basically free-XPed up the whole line. Which is fine, live your life, but odd to say you 'FINALLY' did it like you grinded it out. You have less than 50 games in IJN cruisers (not counting your 30ish games in Atago which isn't tech tree) even if you count co-op. Game.............set ...............match. This is reasons why my high tier games are lets say less than enjoyable a lot of the times. It wasn't just this line you bought your way to the top, it's all of them. You are just a liability to your team that has to carry you. You either have more money than you do sense or your parents are going to be mighty pissed at their next credit card statement. That being said, in my own self interest when I have to team with you. Equip for range, increase fire chance and stealth. Honestly you need to play lower tiers and get a better grasp of the game before you even think about high tiers. Those of us that ground hundreds of games up the tree will thank you for it. Edited July 29, 2016 by Aeries1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,140 [MCWF] K1ra_Yoshikage Beta Testers, In AlfaTesters 7,026 posts 29,155 battles Report post #9 Posted July 29, 2016 My advice? Play the Myoko, Mogami and Ibuki. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3 [GATO] Dimensional_Drift Members 56 posts 506 battles Report post #10 Posted July 29, 2016 Uhh... from a guy who currently is at Furutaka, try to stay stealthy, stealth firing would be your best friend, and the best solution to ur problem is to play the Mogami and the Ibuki to get a feeling of high tier IJN CAs. BTW your torps have something like 8km range so use those only if someone gets too close to u. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,596 [-KIA-] TenguBlade Banned 9,382 posts 29,095 battles Report post #11 Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Aren't you the Zao I snap-shotted for 18k without even trying to hit you, OP? Edited July 29, 2016 by TenguBlade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
