What ships do you guys have fun playing?

[Zulu]

I've been playing Cleveland and Baltimore recently, never thought I'd really dig into CL's but it's been very rewarding.

[Ace42]

TBH I like playing pretty much all the ship types - it's very satisfying when that moment when you go "Oooooh, I see how this is supposed to work" clicks and you can get peak performance out of any given ship / line.

But yeah, cruisers have a ton of variety to them (CLs like Cleveland can play a fair bit differently to even similar (island-camping) CAs like Baltimore; which both play very differently to superlight smoke-farmers like the Jinan line, or acceleration jukers like Colbert; which play differently again to superheavies like Agir / Alaska / whatever).

I've been playing a disproportionate amount of heavy cruisers recently, just because the combination of brutal AP and good DPM has been suiting the games I've been playing more than the extra tankiness of Battleships has been needed.

Subs, CVs, and DDs are the classes I play least (in that order):
CVs are in a weird place where there's a midpoint between them feeling unfair against people who can't really do much about them apart from get dunked on, but also feeling a bit frustrating to play if teammates are just throwing faster than you can counterplay the enemy.

The sub meta-game's a bit two-dimensional, which is kinda funny given that - even including CV squadrons - they're the one ship that actually plays at several different depths. Sub surveillance on a few cruisers helps evolve the match-ups out a bit though.

With both subs and CVs, the constant tinkering and prospect of reworks hasn't really sold me on wanting to hard-commit to them. Subs especially feel incomplete and like they're going to get changed as soon as WG can ship the CV rework.

DDs massive battle impact puts a ton of pressure on them to hard solo-carry, which - like with CVs - can involve a bit more frustration if teammates aren't making use of the advantages you generate, or even worse if they get salty because they don't understand just how heavily you're carrying their mistakes.

Really I tend to feel a bit uncomfortable playing powerful ships in general - my "most played ships" list is a menu of masochism. FDG (pre-buff for pretty much all of the battles, too!); Gascogne; Roma - and a fair few others that are considered to be a bit limp or that have subsequently been buffed.

[Tommygun]

As a no frills, nothing special, not premium I believe the Ipiranga is a beauty. Really fun, fast & manoeuvrable with a 21 point captain and full secondary build.

[OM Dim]

Lazo

[christof]

Of the newer ships, the Dutch CLs have actually surprised me in a positive way. Those guns are to be respected. And you can juke an amazing amount of shells even open water.

With older ships... It really depends on my mood a bit. But there's always time for a Bourgogne, for example.

[⭐T⭐D⭐]

Chikuma ||

[Elesh Norn]

Nottingham - as long as you don´t get into a T10 match with it, it´s quite fun.

I also enjoy the Cheshire and maybe soon the Gibraltar.

[Superczar]

Salem and Smaland, though I don't play them in randoms.

[Jaynoble55]

Originally posted by ~T~D~:

Chikuma ||

Man the two times I took out my Chikuma II I got blasted hard. Respect.

For me right now I think I am digging the chappy. Or the hoffman.

[いか]

Yeah I play em all. To the point of multiple accounts per nation.
The Yamato is my favorite period. I just like firing from so far away I barely go a spot on you before I lead the shot. I wasn't even a fan of Japanese ships and now I'm like talking to people on just how superior Japanese torpedo's were to everyone elses.

But that guy who mentioned when things click.

God that feels so good in WoW. When destroyers clicked for me it was an actual serotonin dump. 5 matches in a row of getting slugged then BAM Ooooo..

[ILikeBigBoats]

I just started playing, so I don't have that many, actually, only the starters and the one I unlocked during the tutorial, the Chester. I am still getting a feel for the game. I am coming from Eve Online, so it's not a huge learning curve. The combat has some similar elements. But it's still it's own animal. I have looked through the catalog of available vessels, and I can only go off of names that I recognize. I want to give the Worcester a go, because I grew up near there, and I want to try the Yorktown and Enterprise.

[Ace42]

Originally posted by ILikeBigBoats:

I want to give the Worcester a go, because I grew up near there, and I want to try the Yorktown and Enterprise.

Worcester's a solid island-camping light cruiser. Great HE DPM and fire chance; great AA; good radar.

Yorktown's solid, the tactical squadrons are a bit forgiving for inexperienced players; deploying the smokescreens in a way that helps rather than hurts teammates requires a bit of game knowledge - but will be a while before you get that far along. The fighters can't spot very well, though, so requires a bit more awareness of the vision-game - not that it'll matter if / when the class rework lands.

Enterprise is a super-rare premium. It's hidden behind Xmas lootbox gambling; and although there was fairly recently a limited time event to get it again, it's not likely that it'll come back again any time soon.

[ILikeBigBoats]

Originally posted by Ace42:

Originally posted by ILikeBigBoats:

I want to give the Worcester a go, because I grew up near there, and I want to try the Yorktown and Enterprise.

Worcester's a solid island-camping light cruiser. Great HE DPM and fire chance; great AA; good radar.

Yorktown's solid, the tactical squadrons are a bit forgiving for inexperienced players; deploying the smokescreens in a way that helps rather than hurts teammates requires a bit of game knowledge - but will be a while before you get that far along. The fighters can't spot very well, though, so requires a bit more awareness of the vision-game - not that it'll matter if / when the class rework lands.

Enterprise is a super-rare premium. It's hidden behind Xmas lootbox gambling; and although there was fairly recently a limited time event to get it again, it's not likely that it'll come back again any time soon.

Well, that's a bummer about Enterprise, but thanks for the tips about the other two. I am definitely going to experiment, but those are my targets for now.

[Stensson]

I like punchy guns, especially AP

my favourites so far are DM, vermont and marseille

[Elesh Norn]

Originally posted by Stensson:

I like punchy guns, especially AP

my favourites so far are DM, vermont and marseille

Recently got the Tulsa but lack the credits to build it...
A little detail I love: They have a small cage infront of the guns to catch the empty shells.

[sneakybass]

Zulu to many ships that I really enjoy but remember this try them certain ships you will enjoy some are really going to surprised you how fun they can be. Just a few I like for me Bourgogne I love this ship the most two salvos and your dead and geat rewards. And the Massachusetts amazing guns when they hit but you will get citadels where you never expected to get any amazing love this ship also. .Ohio,Wisconsin Is amazing I cant believe they gave this ship away doing a dockyard I love It,

FDR the bombs are amazing they can ruin any ship in no time I would tell you more but I'm afraid WG would nerf It, torps come in second Gato one of the best subs, I smile a lot using this ship second
Is Balao. Akizuki,kitakaze,haruggumo,they are all fun and easy to grind research points In operations. Zao fun ship super high torp damage amazing accuracy when they hit. Stalingrad and amazing ship and accurate guns thinks Its a bb.Petropavovsk Its fun also .Kremlin strikes fear and breaks everything you will be lucky to survive one on one, not a bb its a tank really. German ships Tirpitz fun ship I like It even more than Bismarck,


Mecklenburg one of the best and has great shooting guns at range amazing fire starter like no other,schliffen one of the best secondary ships It has everything ,right beside Libertad I hope they leave this ship alone Its a lot of fun,Jinan three lines of torps at you and they will hit you no gaps lol.Yueyang a bb that will surprise you at range and a great skin.Conqueror fire starter you will burn fun ship when you are using it,Republque ap Is nice both ships are very nice also and they can print up a new ship If It has too.


Thrasher fun sub can stay under water forever and great sub killer Its a lot of fun If your worried about air. St Vincent I really enjoy this ship has high damage torps great speed and very maneuverable And I like the thunderer It was a classic should not have been messed with I hate they messed with It, I wish WG would have left this ship alone nerfing after years In service and now we have stronger ships now, I still enjoy It but disappointed maybe some day It will be Its former self. Last ship to mention Is tier 9 Puolo Emilio Its a lot of fun using In certain modes ,I made over 525,000,000 million credits with this ship In a very short time no other ship has made me more credits like this In less than three weeks.