French DDs?

[Torchfire]

I saw a French DD with "SOON" stats.

Does that indicate that the French will get a DD line?

[Da'Nutz]

It is probably the new premium tier 8 french destroyer "Le Baguette" or something like that. It is the british that gets a new dd line.

[chaosbringer42]

Messaggio originale di Da'Nuty:

It is probably the new premium tier 8 french destroyer "Le Baguette" or something like that. It is the british that gets a new dd line.

A loaf of bread would be about on par with a french dd wouldnt it? :/

[The Tinman]

I don't think there are enough Marine Nationale destroyers to warrant an entire line, but ya never know.

I beleive the dd in question would be the Le Terrible(although from what I've seen it should be ok :P).

[mystikmind2005]

Messaggio originale di The Tinman:

I don't think there are enough Marine Nationale destroyers to warrant an entire line, but ya never know.

I beleive the dd in question would be the Le Terrible(although from what I've seen it should be ok :P).

Le Terrible? Hahahaha, oh and i got just the right captain for this ship;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU8BcCbbJfo

[TentacleMayor]

The leaked roadmap didn't include French DDs. They want to do Russian BBs first, yes really. Also Italian cruisers and some Brit stuff.

[chaosbringer42]

Messaggio originale di TentacleMayor:

The leaked roadmap didn't include French DDs. They want to do Russian BBs first, yes really. Also Italian cruisers and some Brit stuff.

The Russian school of battleship design : Take a cruiser an ally gave to us and give it bigger guns and more armor. Then call it a battleship. Because we gave it bigger guns the guns dont work right, and more armor makes it so heavy it barely floats. But its still our battleship!....Sigh

[Ryuu]

Messaggio originale di Torchfire:

I saw a French DD with "SOON" stats.

Does that indicate that the French will get a DD line?

Nah, that's premium Le Terrible[wiki.wargaming.net] of Le Fantasque class with 43 knots speed . For now only British DDs are coming.

[s u p e r g r a m p s]

Messaggio originale di The Tinman:

I don't think there are enough Marine Nationale destroyers to warrant an entire line, but ya never know.

Oh there is. I'm perdicting something like:

1. N/A
   
2. Roux (With Gabolde representing the Hull B?)
   
3. Bourrasque
   
4. L'Adroit
   
5. Chacal
   
6. Guepard
   
7. Vauquelin
   
8. Le Fantasque
   
9. Hardi
   
10. Mogador

Although, the French Navy used both Large DLs and regular DDs so it could be possible to see something like the Russian DD line that splits between DLs and DDs at some point in the line.

[Ryuu]

And what would be their distinguished features? :) Even bigger engine boost or main guns reload booster?

[s u p e r g r a m p s]

Messaggio originale di Ryuu:

And what would be their distinguished features? :) Even bigger engine boost or main guns reload booster?

Hard to say, wikipedia only tells me so much X)

I would say by Tier VII you'd have access to Engine Boost+ (10% increase compared to the usual 8%) since the Aigle was basically the Guepard with high-pressure boilers and Vauquelin was an improved Aigle.

By tier IX you get Main Battery Reload Booster since the Hardi and Mogador mounted advanced versions of the 139mm gun?

I would have to dig deeper to get a better idea, especailly since I don't exactly know how the line would split between DL and DD.

I guess to sum them up: Play a lot like Russian DDs but with better torpedoes and no repair party on higher tier DLs?

EDIT: Did a little bit of digging, and it seems that some DDs are actually Large Torpedo boats and not actually destroyers, so I was mistaken as thinking there was enough different DLs and DDs for a line split to occur. For the most part, France built mostly DLs or "large destroyers", of which none of them had Dual Purpose AA batteries besides the Surcouf class, which is a post war 1950's destroyer that I doubt would be relevant. This means that besides US refits that gave 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikon, French AA was pretty bland.

[Ryuu]

Sounds good :) Maybe next year.