Franz von Jutland

[Torchfire]

There's a new 4-part combat mission called "Franz von Jutland" with the final rewards of the titular Franz (a 10-point Kraut), a port slot and 4 commander slots.
I'm only at the second part right now, but I think I might need a couple of tips for the fourth part, which consists of hitting enemy ships 500 times with the secondary battery guns.

I haven't managed that many secondary hits in all the time I played this game...

So, does anyone have any tips how to do it?
My best BB is the Normandie, which I already modified for secondary gun effectivenes.

[Valentin]

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[Ryuu]

Well, install upgrades and captain perks if you can for secondary guns. But i don't think taking Manual secondary fire is good.
Try running close to ships that don't have torpedoes, like other battleships.
Also mind that secondary guns don't work as AA aura, they actually have their area of fire, so know where your secondary guns are, turn somewhat to let them reach target, Ctrl+click the main target. If you've been under HE fire - you might turn another side which still has more secondary guns left.

What eligible for that task ships do you have?

[Torchfire]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ryuu:

Well, install upgrades and captain perks if you can for secondary guns. But i don't think taking Manual secondary fire is good.
Try running close to ships that don't have torpedoes, like other battleships.
Also mind that secondary guns don't work as AA aura, they actually have their area of fire, so know where your secondary guns are, turn somewhat to let them reach target, Ctrl+click the main target. If you've been under HE fire - you might turn another side which still has more secondary guns left.

What eligible for that task ships do you have?

As far as I can tell, anything with secondaries and at least tier 5 can be used...

I never favoured my BBs much, so the only tier 5 and above BBs I have are the Texas, Bretagne and Normandie.

And my normandie captain only has 8 points.

[Ryuu]

Well, forget about Texas, it has virtually no secondary guns :) If you had Warspite - it would be a great candidate.
Well, seems you would have to play somewhat recklessly with your French BBs, they have decent secondaries too, with nice base range - 4.5-5 kms. Take range perk when you can and use battle signals for secondaries if you have enough.
It's a tough task My server don't have it yet.

[Torchfire]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ryuu:

Well, forget about Texas, it has virtually no secondary guns :) If you had Warspite - it would be a great candidate.
Well, seems you would have to play somewhat recklessly with your French BBs, they have decent secondaries too, with nice base range - 4.5-5 kms. Take range perk when you can and use battle signals for secondaries if you have enough.
It's a tough task :ooh: My server don't have it yet.

With the signal and the secondary boosting system installed, my Normandie has a 6.3 km secondary range.

At least the deadline is on the 28th.

[Ryuu]

Oh, shouldn't be too hard. Just try to survive long and then run into no-torpedo target without shooting :) Yeah, dumb, but some tasks are over the board.
If you're really lucky - you can find AFK target :o

[Torchfire]

It turns out the requirement is actually a tier 6 ship, not 5...

Won't affect my Normandie plan, though.

[Ryuu]

Seems tier 5, i have that mission on asian server.

[Torchfire]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ryuu:

Seems tier 5, i have that mission on asian server.

Or maybe the first part was tier 5..

Damn. It says part 3 is "tier 7".
Fortunately, part 4 is allowed to be completed in a scenarion, and as there are no tier 8 scenarios, I'm guessing it's not going to need a tier 8 ship...

So, should I use free EXP for the Lyon?

[Ryuu]

Oh damn, last part even requires tier 8 ship :(
https://worldofwarships.eu/en/news/premshop/never-going-to-get-to-franz/

[Torchfire]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ryuu:

Oh damn, last part even requires tier 8 ship :(
https://worldofwarships.eu/en/news/premshop/never-going-to-get-to-franz/

ARGH...
So, it's either no extra slots for me, or I'll have to use up almost all of my credits and free EXP to get the Richelieu...

[Ryuu]

Well, try doing what you can, you still get at least something for each stage.

[Parthin]

But if you buy Tirpitz, you would have the perfect captain her in Fritz.

[bwf1975]

Bismark or Tirpitz, Done in few matches.

[Torchfire]

I already completed it... I spent over 90% of my free EXP on a Richelieu, and then a day of grinding to get the upgraded hull and a 10-point captain (space camo and lots of flags helped)...
It then took me just 5 or 6 (I don't remember exactly) co-op battles to gather up the 500 secondary hits... A lot easier than I thought...