25/39 is a fine Iowa speed. And you'll love it more than you will Sodak or NorCal. Just
play. =)

hi
is 25/39 decent speed to use iowa thats with 6x +12 lvl 88 BVE Engs
or should i wait a few more lvls before even trying the iowa


thx

Gunners are trimable.
Scout also.

If you are able to optimize how much experts to burn and how much rookies to remove,
without altering reload speed/accuracy, then it might be your last hope with full crew.

norm, soon you'll drop down to 40, unfortunately :(

have fun while it lasts!

I run my Iowa full crew with quite a few 115-120 sailors on it... 25/42

You can run a not full crew (leave 1-2 slots empty) and go 42 if you wish. But mostly, 40
knot is efficient enough with the iowa slim profile. Only gets annoying if you have to
give chase to a SY.

@abla
thanks for bringing up this super old thread
and 41 knots (pre patch) does not necessarily mean the engies cant reach the speed cap yet

as i was leveling up, with just above-level crew, i was able to reach 42 knots with barely
any bulge, or 41 knots with a little more.
now my crew is just way too fat to even reach 42 knots if i wish to fill every sailor space

Iowa speed and turn rate are enough to just dodge torpedoes if you pay attention to your
ship (Which is stupid to do when fighting other BBs)

"As said before you'd have to strip BO and scout + hardly any bulge (who needs bulge
when you go 42 knts?) to make 25/42 knts."

More like who needs bulge when even with 255 a SS4 will make quick work of you. ;)

An Iowa going 41 knts is easy to explain: basespeed 25 knts and 1 knt away from
speedcapping.

ofcourse 25*1.7 = 42.5 ---> round down = 42 knt cap
24*1.7= 40.8 ---> round down = 40 knt cap
23.. = 39 knt cap

As said before you'd have to strip BO and scout + hardly any bulge (who needs bulge
when you go 42 knts?) to make 25/42 knts.
With maxed out fat crew and decent amount of bulge (70+) and AA you should easily
make 24 basespeed. Mounting bulge or not is a hard decision, you lose 2 knts but
atleast you're softdefence doesn't get eaten by a kita when you are in the midst of
fighting some bb. 9 bulge or 80 bulge... either way you die when a sub got you and you
survive when you meet some kitatorps.