What should i research/buy The USS portland or USS Atlanta

[Salt Lord]

My likings are Big guns

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

(Disclaimer) I have neither, and I don't remember facing them much. I'm just gonna glance the vehicles and make assumptions based on playing other countries or around that BR for US.

I would say maybe the Atlanta first. Bigger doesn't always mean better in naval, just look at a certain British ship that is a pain to spade. You'll eventually get both and I think they would make a great lineup for grinding/SL, but the main factor for me when looking at the Atlanta is just how many guns it has.

In my experience with naval, I would personally prefer to have more guns that can consistently fire, rather than the bigger guns. Especially when stock. At this BR and above, you will be mainly fighting at long ranges, so you really do not want to have to wait longer to reload the larger guns when you can be doing more damage across a vehicle with the smaller guns. Especially considering that in naval, you do not want to be shooting the same spot repeatedly, unless it is an ammo rack.

[Salt Lord]

Although i prefer the portland due to the turrets have SOME amount of armor unlike atlanta which i can HE the turrets then disabling it and the Atlanta could be my choice but the Portland just wins to me

[Salt Lord]

Originally posted by 『Sinner』:

(Disclaimer) I have neither, and I don't remember facing them much. I'm just gonna glance the vehicles and make assumptions based on playing other countries or around that BR for US.

I would say maybe the Atlanta first. Bigger doesn't always mean better in naval, just look at a certain British ship that is a pain to spade. You'll eventually get both and I think they would make a great lineup for grinding/SL, but the main factor for me when looking at the Atlanta is just how many guns it has.

In my experience with naval, I would personally prefer to have more guns that can consistently fire, rather than the bigger guns. Especially when stock. At this BR and above, you will be mainly fighting at long ranges, so you really do not want to have to wait longer to reload the larger guns when you can be doing more damage across a vehicle with the smaller guns. Especially considering that in naval, you do not want to be shooting the same spot repeatedly, unless it is an ammo rack.

I need someone that has portland and atlanta which to choose

[mogami_99]

Get them both. One is a Cl with lot of rapid firing guns. Good for other cl and DD the other is a heavy cruiser good for countering things like Prinz Eugen and Adm Hipper (basically the same ship) They are the same BR. Whichever you take first take the other next. I think you will like them both

[Kunic]

The Atlanta is one of the best ships in the game used right - chews through destroyers like nothing else in the game if you can get first salvo hits reliable you can send out 3-4 salvos before the first shell hits the water.
(it does not work as well against 6.3 battleships but uptiers are rare at 5.3 )

The Portland and all ships of that style usually die very very fast no matter what you face - they only work if you have something in front of you which soaks up the hate as soon as somebody decides to fire on you you´ll die, usually spawn - die (Portland, Northampton and Pensacola all have that problem, I would´nt even put a crew on them and use Trenton and Raleigh instead, despite those being bad as well)

The Portland will work better against the German heavy cruisers unless they decide to fire back which they usually do - 1:1 I usually do not have big problems using my Atlanta against a Prinz Eugen - just takes a bit longer.

It might be also due to what you prefer as a playstyle: Atlanta is overwhelming firepower and overall much more forgiving. Think of it as 2 1/2 moffets welded together with some additional armor and probably the power plant of just one of them

[Mark]

+ for both.
Just look at reload rate.

[256_Swerve]

They pair up nicely in my opinion

Good thing about the Atlanta is that you're ready to score good points straight out of the box with the fire rate. Just stand off from circa 10km and fire and manoeuvre, the stock HE shells can light little fires everywhere.

[Mephisto]

Originally posted by Kunicross:

The Atlanta is one of the best ships in the game used right - chews through destroyers like nothing else in the game if you can get first salvo hits reliable you can send out 3-4 salvos before the first shell hits the water.
(it does not work as well against 6.3 battleships but uptiers are rare at 5.3 )

The Portland and all ships of that style usually die very very fast no matter what you face - they only work if you have something in front of you which soaks up the hate as soon as somebody decides to fire on you you´ll die, usually spawn - die (Portland, Northampton and Pensacola all have that problem, I would´nt even put a crew on them and use Trenton and Raleigh instead, despite those being bad as well)

The Portland will work better against the German heavy cruisers unless they decide to fire back which they usually do - 1:1 I usually do not have big problems using my Atlanta against a Prinz Eugen - just takes a bit longer.

It might be also due to what you prefer as a playstyle: Atlanta is overwhelming firepower and overall much more forgiving. Think of it as 2 1/2 moffets welded together with some additional armor and probably the power plant of just one of them

this sounds that you asume there are real players they are mostly not - as there are 80% bots, you just need to adapt to their mode of play.

@OP while the Portland probably fits your preferences better, the Atlanta is the overall better ship considered the state of the game. Just use your teammates as meat shield and burn down the enemy fleet with superior the rate of fire

[Salt Lord]

My playstyle is kind of mix of sniping and brawling