About to BANG MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALL...

[Wolfens]

LOL, the 3 ships I am currently trying to grind, Yorck, Lexington and Hatsuharu. Should I free xp or suffer purgatory now?

 

I am barely average and these ships are killing me...alot..

[aAkula]

Just buy the Atago and enjoy the game like everyone else.

No need for other lines. ^_^

[goldeagle1123]

I am currently grinding the Hatsuharu and Yorck myself. I find the Yorck is a very fun and capable ship, I love her to the death. As for the Hatsuharu... she's sub-par and just weak. If you're going to free xp over one of the two, i'd do the Hatsuharu. But at the same time, the Kagero and Shimakaze are absolute trash right now thanks to be being hit by massive nerfs. Really all just depends on what you want.

[Xannari]

Yorck

 

Eh...

 

Lexington

 

Fair enough

 

Hatsuharu

 

Oh god you poor soul... No one should be subjected to that, not even the worst prison inmates

[collisionSpace]

Unless you really want the Fubuki, put the Hatsuharu in dry dock until WG make the high tier IJN destroyers a better match for other nations. I'm looking forward to the Yorck as something of a challenge and also because it'll get me to the Hipper and beyond, which I hear are excellent. So there you have it, free xp the Yorck, get the Hipper and be happy.

 

Disclaimer - my view on the IJN DDs is based on what seems to be the forum consensus. I've had the Hatsuharu unlocked for a long time, but just can't bring myself to play it, there's just no fun compared to the previous ships (yes, even the much-suki).

 

 

[SireneRacker]

Unless you really want the Fubuki, put the Hatsuharu in dry dock until WG make the high tier IJN destroyers a better match for other nations.

 

You mean like.... never?

[The_GoDDfather]

Oh god you poor soul... No one should be subjected to that, not even the worst prison inmates

 

Look up Andrea Yates.

 

Now, Yorck is alright, Lex is also alright, but Hatsuharu has almost no improvements over Mutsuki. So Hats is gonna be a pain. (These are all long term assessments, as you can learn the play styles and such. Pain is the grind after that point.)

[collisionSpace]

 

You mean like.... never?

 

Positive thoughts Comrade.. It may happen one day.

[MidnightShamalan]

Yorck is a great cruiser. use HE at long range, AP at short range, and don't show broadside.

yesterday in my Yorck i brawled with a BB and 2 DDs. at the same time. and won.

 

Hatsuharu on the other hand..

yeah. she's been sitting in my port for months, while i've tried to work up the courage to grind through to the Fub. but it's so bad for it's tier...

[Blutbad]

 

Look up Andrea Yates.

 

Lol that was the crazy mom that taught her kids how NOT to swim.

[SireneRacker]

 

Positive thoughts Comrade.. It may happen one day.

 

We know that WG favors the BB community. Carriers got nerfed, DDs got nerfed. Most likely they are going for HE next...

And how high are the chances that they reverse the Nerfs they did?

[Dapper1]

 

We know that WG favors the BB community. Carriers got nerfed, DDs got nerfed. Most likely they are going for HE next...

And how high are the chances that they reverse the Nerfs they did?

 

And yet BBs still get absolutely trashed by both of those classes.  

[1Sherman]

LOL, the 3 ships I am currently trying to grind, Yorck, Lexington and Hatsuharu. Should I free xp or suffer purgatory now?

 

I am barely average and these ships are killing me...alot..

 

Sell the Lexington. USN CVs are useless. The rest I don't care about.

[HazardDrake]

York is a fantastic ship. Great HE, one of the best armored Tier 7 Cruisers.

[Herr_Reitz]

Surprisingly... the Hatsu, at the very end of her grind up - and I mean GRIND - started working for me. I'd say xp through her if you have nothing better to do with the xp towards or on the other two ships you are grinding. 

[SireneRacker]

 

And yet BBs still get absolutely trashed by both of those classes.  

 

No not really. Only when they are alone. But when a Colorado has a Pensacola by it's side you will see that your aircraft will just fall out of the sky. Have you ever seen a Montana tearing apart entire attack waves within seconds? The only ship which has a higher AA barrel damage is the Midway and not by much. And the only Battleships that get torpedoed a) are too close to islands and/or went around a corner carelessly b) though that they could sail in a straight line for a few minutes without consequences c) were unable to react to a smokescreen within 6km d) met a DD captain which could predict how they would turn or e) were chased down and took point blank Torps. In which of these cases was it the Battleships fault? a, b and of course c. d is something that you will rarely see as it is almost impossible to predict how a ship would turn after two minutes and e is a consequence of your team being dead or you charging too carelessly.

[RogueFlameHaze]

 

No not really. Only when they are alone. But when a Colorado has a Pensacola by it's side you will see that your aircraft will just fall out of the sky. Have you ever seen a Montana tearing apart entire attack waves within seconds? The only ship which has a higher AA barrel damage is the Midway and not by much. And the only Battleships that get torpedoed a) are too close to islands and/or went around a corner carelessly b) though that they could sail in a straight line for a few minutes without consequences c) were unable to react to a smokescreen within 6km d) met a DD captain which could predict how they would turn or e) were chased down and took point blank Torps. In which of these cases was it the Battleships fault? a, b and of course c. d is something that you will rarely see as it is almost impossible to predict how a ship would turn after two minutes and e is a consequence of your team being dead or you charging too carelessly.

 

^ I do enjoy dd hunting in my high tier battleships XD it takes those WASD hacks that most players cant find though

[PTX_007_03C]

I think the Yorck is great (as a cruiser in general, not as a german one). As long as you don't try to snipe people with AP you should be fine, and it's pretty durable as well.

[khaenn35]

DO IT!

*looks around*

JUST. DO IT!

[IronWolfV]

LOL, the 3 ships I am currently trying to grind, Yorck, Lexington and Hatsuharu. Should I free xp or suffer purgatory now?

 

I am barely average and these ships are killing me...alot..

 

CVs I cannot speak to. I stopped at the Independence till WG gets their act together on carriers. Far as Yorck.  She's the oddball out of the line with superior HE but horrible AP, but learning to angle and sail her will help you out down the line with Hipper and beyond.  Hatsuharu, well the entire IJN line is borked beyond minekaze except for what I hear Fubuki so like someone else said, just dry dock till WG unscrews the IJN DD line.

[D_I_P_Scout]

Got to Hatusharu, and I was done with the IJN DD line.  I sold it soon after and the only two IJN DD I kept were Isokaze, and Minekaze.  Yorck was a painful grind for me.  I sold it as soon as I unlocked the Hipper.  It was not a complete horror show, by the Myoko is head and shoulders above it and much more playable in my mind.  I even kept the Pensacola as I think it is a fun ship.    I never play CV's so do not know on that.  Id step away from the INJ DD line slowly and then run and do not look back.  Yorck is a bit painful but doable.  It plays a lot different than the Tier 5 and 6 German CA, and a lot differently than Hipper as well.  Now thank god I have the ROON and....WOW!

[4bRbyHSSzZ6pk]

Lexington's strike load-out seems quite capable of dishing out high amounts of damage from what I've seen a friend playing it.

 

Hatsuharu is below par, but can yield good games. I found that my guns and starting fires were more important in the Hatsu than trying to use torpedoes too much, but that's only viable for real if you have numerical advantage against your target and no other gunboats to chase you. Too circumstantial to be fun...

 

Yorck? When I had to play this, it had the bad turret traverses, so I just Free EXPed past it and never touched the ship again. I don't know how it is post-buff but many people say it's a capable ship.

 

If you're finding the Hatsuharu bad though, make sure you stop at the Fubuki for that line when you're done with it. The Kagero is currently in such a sad state that it's just not worth playing at all.

[IronWolfV]

Lexington's strike load-out seems quite capable of dishing out high amounts of damage from what I've seen a friend playing it.

 

Hatsuharu is below par, but can yield good games. I found that my guns and starting fires were more important in the Hatsu than trying to use torpedoes too much, but that's only viable for real if you have numerical advantage against your target and no other gunboats to chase you. Too circumstantial to be fun...

 

Yorck? When I had to play this, it had the bad turret traverses, so I just Free EXPed past it and never touched the ship again. I don't know how it is post-buff but many people say it's a capable ship.

 

If you're finding the Hatsuharu bad though, make sure you stop at the Fubuki for that line when you're done with it. The Kagero is currently in such a sad state that it's just not worth playing at all.

 

Cause it is a capable ship. Just have to build it correctly.

[Reymu]

Lexington is a very capable strike CV if the opposing Lex or Shokaku doesn't make s serious effort to stop you.

 

I don't have a high opinion of Yorck, but she's capable if you play as a support ship and use cover. Those AP rounds are painful to use beyond 11km, her citadel is exposed, and her AA is laughable. She is effective at torturing enemy DDs with those HE and good at dodging BB rounds farther than 12km out, in my experience. Plus those torps are handy if ambushing a careless BB or DD.

 

Wouldn't bother with IJN DDs, their torps' nerfs kinda hurt their main selling point until scouting and spotting gets rewarded.