So I was puttering around in Public Test 5.12 and I notice...

[Hurlbut]

That while in my bismarck and Grober Kurfurst, other peoples in same ships and the T9 as well doesn't seem to be using their secondaries at all? I was secondary specced (with 5th tier skill the Manual Secondary Control) on both ships and lemme tell you it is truly glorious. Racked up over 152k damage on Bismarck brawling with 2 Kurfurst and a Bismarck more or less alone and 248 secondary hits. (took Bismarck with me and mauled both Kurfurst). 

 

I mean I know you want to try them out and also test out the bow armor changes....but those german ships' shtick among the battleships are excellent secondaries beside their brawling armor!

[Ghostdog1355]

How hard is it to train your secondary guns? I haven't tried it yet.

[_ENO_]

What do you mean by "train?" To get them to point at something? 

 

Hold the left cntrl key and then click LMB over the desired target. The secondaries take care of the rest. 

 

To get manual fire training you need to get to your 5th level captain skill- which is a grind but much less so with the dragon flags. 

[Hurlbut]

How hard is it to train your secondary guns? I haven't tried it yet.

 

For Bismarck, just have the targets be offset from your bow for a good firing angle on your secondaries. If you get Manual Secondary Control skill, you have to prioritize a target like ENO75 said. Be warn though you will need to do this every time because the secondaries will not fire on their own.

For lulz you could put the points from Manual Secondary skill into DE and the set fires can rack up when you have targets within 10km.

 

By taking the Manual Secondary Control skill, you get -60% to dispersion for them in exchange for needing to prioritize a target within range to make them fire at all.

 

Grober Kurfurst's secondaries are pretty sweet. Very good arc, improved fire chance. I took the secondary fire rate improve module in the last slot. That is pretty evil. Around 5.4 second for the 150mm and 3.8? second for the 128mm.

 

All at 10km. So much dakka. 

[SergeantHop]

 

For Bismarck, just have the targets be offset from your bow for a good firing angle on your secondaries. If you get Manual Secondary Control skill, you have to prioritize a target like ENO75 said. Be warn though you will need to do this every time because the secondaries will not fire on their own.

For lulz you could put the points from Manual Secondary skill into DE and the set fires can rack up when you have targets within 10km.

 

By taking the Manual Secondary Control skill, you get -60% to dispersion for them in exchange for needing to prioritize a target within range to make them fire at all.

 

Grober Kurfurst's secondaries are pretty sweet. Very good arc, improved fire chance. I took the secondary fire rate improve module in the last slot. That is pretty evil. Around 5.4 second for the 150mm and 3.8? second for the 128mm.

 

All at 10km. So much dakka. 

 

Demo Expert only applies to main battery.

[DanielLeary]

For lulz you could put the points from Manual Secondary skill into DE and the set fires can rack up when you have targets within 10km.

This has no effect as Demolition Expert is +3% chance of fire for a Main Battery or bomb hit.  DE doesn't affect secondaries.

[Kapitan_Wuff]

 

Demo Expert only applies to main battery.

 

Are you sure about that? That would be a disappointment. 

[Questlove]

 

Are you sure about that? That would be a disappointment. 

 

yes. it is known.

[awiggin]

 

Are you sure about that? That would be a disappointment. 

 

It's clearly stated in the description.

[Hurlbut]

Oh it does specifically say that. Glad I didn't pick it up on my german captains specced for secondary >.>

[Fog_Cruiser_Chikuma]

I burned down a N.C at 1.2km from full hps on my grobe.

 

Was hilarious, clicked him and engaged the iowa.

[YamatoA150]

Why bother using secondaries now when you'll be punished for using it?

 

No, the new meta on PT is Bismarck with DE, Dispersion reduction, and firespamming HE all day, while FdG and GK choose Dispersion + RoF or Range and spam 16" or 16.5" shells at the bows of battleships all day and farm easy damage while only taking some 33% damage while still able to shrug off being citadeled through the bow.

[Hurlbut]

Seriously? Going for range? When your turtleback armor is reduced in effectiveness at range? I tested out the Kurfurst she has terrific turret movement that suit a brawling battleship along with an excellent secondary suite to supplement her main guns.

[Show_Me_Your_Cits]

You need the situational awareness to select targets... A lot aren't used to having to tell the secondaries to kill something. 

[Hurlbut]

That's if you get Manual Secondary Control skill. I do since it is important having good situational awareness than going tunnel vision on one thing and forgot all others.