Fiji got nerfed?

[AlexTypeR 狼]

I love this ship and I've always made great games, but after a long break for personal reasons, I came back playing today and now seems like a different ship: now it's extremely slow (goes as fast as a Gneinesau wtf) and almost impossible to manouver. I usually used to support my teammates by peaking forward and back behind islands, but now is nearly impossible because it takes forever to stop and change moving forward/backward :T

[Sidian]

It wasn't changed. You are probably just not used to the Fiji anymore.

[Ryuu]

No changes that i remember
British DDs/CLs have improved acceleration/deceleration (and can't install Engine Mod 2) but ONLY in forward direction! Gaining backward speed takes long time.
I haven't played British cruisers though, only judge from what i know and from DDs, like Daring. Going backwards is not feasible with her like i used to do with other DD branches (with Engine Mod 2 installed though).

Maybe you had speed signal flag installed? It changes ship's handling quite noticeably!

About maneuverability — maybe you had Rudder modification installed before?

I hope British CL experts can share more light on this.

[AlexTypeR 狼]

Originally posted by Sidian:

It wasn't changed. You are probably just not used to the Fiji anymore.

Idk about that, but it feels bad...

[Rabidnid]

Only change is slightly worse detection from the CE change.

[StormhawkV]

British CLs got 'nerfed' quite hard by the current carrier meta but the ships themselves weren't changed. You need to be aware that you're the primary target for rocketplanes when the DDs are already dead or there were no DDs in the match to begin with which isn't uncommon these days.

[Maj.Tryhard]

I was in a match last night with 6 DD's on each team. As somebody who prefers cruisers and battleships, I think I'd prefer 3 CV's per team.

[chaosbringer42]

Originally posted by Maj.Tryhard:

I was in a match last night with 6 DD's on each team. As somebody who prefers cruisers and battleships, I think I'd prefer 3 CV's per team.

I have to fully agree with this. Id rather be nibbled to death by CVs (while getting tons of xp/credits for plane damage) than have 3-4 torp walls coming at me every minute or so, with each one having a chance to gank me.

[Donegali]

Originally posted by Ale LGB 狼:

Originally posted by Sidian:

It wasn't changed. You are probably just not used to the Fiji anymore.

Idk about that, but it feels bad...

Definitely not changed, it was always bad at slowing down and slow to get into reverse, acceleration from a standstill is still good. As Sidian said, I think it's a case of not being used to it after the break. It's still one of my go to ships if I'm having a few bad games.