I just got the Thunderer

[sneakybass]

I took out the Thunderer In coop for about eight games did about 125,000+ every game. Let me start off by saying the shells are -slow as hell- leading Is much more difficult. The accuracy of the main guns look like crap good luck trying to do damage ships coming strait towards you,You have to almost have to learn how to shoot all over again. Comparing the accuracy to to the Yamoto Is like night and day what a joke. I am running the extra 7% better despersion still not worth a dam . Right now I would keep your coal for something better. Or Is there some thing to improve the accuracy of this ship that I have missed. Disgusted so far going to use It tonight see how it does. I will get back to you people on the results....

[sneakybass]

I saw some of the worst grouping of shells with this ship..........Right now I wish I could get my coal back.......Gees Montana ,Yammy, Kemlin are way better and a boat load of other ships are way better.........Like I say we will see how It does In Random battles tonight...............

[casualsailor]

That's the problem with Premium ships. You are buying a "pig in a poke." Just because it looks good in a "how to" video does not mean you will enjoy playing it.

[Banzai]

So I have played it and can recommend single fire the turrets rather than volley unless brawling late game. Possible to set multiple fires on multiple targets at range. It lacks the super heal of the Conq and you should avoid showing side too much (as with any ship) though I seem to remember it can turn pretty fast when needed.

[imrahil2]

Lol, umm Thunderer is one of the most accurate BBs in the game. You need to work on better aiming though as due to only 8 barrels and such low dispersion, you will be punished for bad aim more than other BBs.

[Banzai]

imrahil2님이 먼저 게시:

Lol, umm Thunderer is one of the most accurate BBs in the game. You need to work on better aiming though as due to only 8 barrels and such low dispersion, you will be punished for bad aim more than other BBs.

Yep. This was always the problem with Conq with the 457s - you sort of lose the shotgun element due to less barrels. As you say, accurate but requires practice.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Thats British BB for ya. If you dont like that never go down the tech tree line, its same story. I dont have conq yet but i have Lion and its terrible accuracy, weak hull, does have that zombie heal though which i love, but it feels kinda useless because ok you can heal a lot, but they can knock your hp down so quick it really needs it.

American BB were much easier to play for me, better range, better accuracy, more tanky. Brits can do well but you have to play more like a heavy cruiser and be carefull :)

[Banzai]

Its got really good AA mate, but u have to focus sector and use def AA at correct time. One of very few bbs with def aa consumable and ignore the people who say AA doesnt work. If you have focussed correct side when enemy bombers come into range and pop def AA you will wipe whole squads before they can attack at times.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Yeah i gotta give brit BB's that, you always feel strong in the AA department :)

[HoLeeKow]

I haven’t read all replies above but if you say Thunderer is bad , then that’s totally your skill level and not the ship. This ship is one of the best there is

[OBXandos]

You Die0244님이 먼저 게시:

I wish some players would come forth and tell It like It Is ....Im not the greatest player but let me tell you I have better ships than this one ..........Its a pig in a poke alright...

HoLeeKao님이 먼저 게시:

I haven’t read all replies above but if you say Thunderer is bad , then that’s totally your skill level and not the ship. This ship is one of the best there is

That is pretty much exactly right. When sorted by win rate and kills it is in the middle of the pack. Not the best but not the worst. When sorted by damage or average exp it is in the top 3. By pretty much every metric that matters it is an average to above average ship to the majority of the playerbase.

When you look at the top 5% of players the trends are the same. That shows that the skill floor and skill ceiling are relatively close together on that ship.

Some ships just don't click with some players and that's perfectly fine. There are plenty of good ships in the game that I just can't do well in. It takes a lot of practice and effort to be good at all ships.

[Banzai]

You Die0244님이 먼저 게시:

Well I took It out for a day played about 10 or 12 battles I had some fun with It It was ok did some adjustments on the ship Its doing ok getting used to the slow shells and not so good accuracy Its ok. I guess I hate two 2s in the front. the armor Is not worth a crap. This ship should be tier 9 like the Georgia. Captain Is only a 12 point. The shells do well on the Yamato.The cidels are few with this ship compared to other ships that i use thats my take on it so far.......

Amusingly you can citadel with HE on some targets. Glad to hear you are getting used to it - the lead takes some getting used to but sounds like you are doing better.

[Banzai]

You Die0244님이 먼저 게시:

OBXandos님이 먼저 게시:

That is pretty much exactly right. When sorted by win rate and kills it is in the middle of the pack. Not the best but not the worst. When sorted by damage or average exp it is in the top 3. By pretty much every metric that matters it is an average to above average ship to the majority of the playerbase.

When you look at the top 5% of players the trends are the same. That shows that the skill floor and skill ceiling are relatively close together on that ship.

Some ships just don't click with some players and that's perfectly fine. There are plenty of good ships in the game that I just can't do well in. It takes a lot of practice and effort to be good at all ships.

Your right In a lot of ways , what I do like Is the fact you cant buy a better ship than grinding one yet and my hats off to wow for not doing that so far. I know It takes weeks of play to really be a good player with one ship.......

Thank you for seeing it like that - people will try and help here but us giving you advice about how to play a particular ship doesnt translate to instantly applying this in game. Think it helps though.

Happy to give tips anyway, and seems some are working :)

[Banzai]

You know the shells have a high arc, so increase your lead a bit. Also means you can hit spotted people behind islands.

[Rocketrod]

You Die0244님이 먼저 게시:

If the shells were like a little faster and little more accuate ,I would give this ship a thumbs up. But helll whats really better right now In regards to buying a ship or battle ship with coal really nothing. I just hope when the Yamoto comes with the 510 shells I will be ready. But I feel It wont be some thing to get real easy, and you wont be able to buy It..there will be a price, If they say coal I'm going to die I don't have any more.

Lol. You hate the Thunderer for its lack of guns(8), poor accuracy(which is actually god tier accuracy) and slow shell velocity(≈760m/s) but want the Yashima with less guns (6), worse accuracy, and slower shells (720m/s) and slower reload.

Both overmatch Cruisers everywhere, with no extra thresholds me with Yashima(vs Yamato, thunder cant pen 32mm). Thunder is a great ship. God tier HE, God tier AP

You Die0244님이 먼저 게시:

Im looking forward to the next update a lot of changes coming.......

Buddy's out here complaining about DD torps but is excited for the new subs, with citadeling, steering torps.

[Lordcrafty]

looking back on stuff like this is a good laugh. Thanks for the comedy act OP!