If you can afford to get the premium hedgehogs for the it's small T slots and use 4.7"As
the Yubari can be a fun little escort ship with decent DP gunners,a sonarman and a
scout..........

In Real Estate when you get an appraisal, you get an appraisal for HIGHEST and BEST USE.

The Yubari is one of the most valuable Japanese Ships during the creation of your Perfect
IJN Crews.

The BO will first be your BO for you BB, and allows you not to use the Agano.
The Agano is the 2nd worst ship in the IJN after the Tatsuda, which is the worst
(the Tatsuda does nothing better than the Fubari, before you get your Simakaze).

The Agano might be the worst because it is SHOT at by enemy BBs twice as often as the Yubari.

*Where should your first major goal be, if you are playing the IJN?*
The Level 39 CL Mogami - which is Epic and arguably the best, (in the top 3) CL in the game.

Here is the HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE YUBARI

Leveling 3 BOs
Leveling a set of Main Gunners and Gunners who will become DP AA Gunners at Level 65 or later.
4 Leveling SLOTS - 2 on shore - 2 at the TT positions.

5.5 guns or later 6.0 guns - 1 Bind Light - 1 Bind Heavy so you begin to learn longer
range gunnery. No Scout.

What do you put in those 4 Leveling slots? How about 4 Engines, or 4 Pilots ?

The DD Tsukikei is the best most enjoyable DD in the game (in the top 3 again).
I love to play it so much I an leveling a second set of DD only DP AA gunners for it, for fun.

The DD Tsukikei - in 10 battles will get 65% of the experience points of the CL Yubari,
AND after all that work you will have 3 Leveled Sailors not 4. So for every 10 Battles of
leveling in the Yubari, you will need 26 battles to bring 4 sailors up.

The Yubari Rocks as the Chrysler Mini Van of the game. Of course we want to be driving a
Sports Car, but when we are taking a 7 hour trip to Grandma's with 4 kids, it's the right
choice.

"No... it's a pretty garbage ship, only thing useful is it can launch scouts, that's
about it. So.... "

COUGH!

play smart, play well and any ship can be good. some people dont take the time to learn
the quirks of these ships.

they play them in a couple battles and if they dont sink something straight away it must
be a bad ship... according to them anyway.

decent gunning ability + IJN torps + scout planes = a solid performer if used properly.

lets face it a Super Yammy can be a pretty garbage ship if played wrong :S

But... why play "smart" when rushing like a no0b and getting "omg, pwned ...!!!" by
the nearest BB (or CA in blitz') is sooooo much easier - 'specially on the brain... ?

But... why play "smart" when rushing like a no0b and getting "omg, pwned ...!!!" by
the nearest BB (or CA in blitz') is sooooo much easier - 'specially on the brain... ?

I find the Yubari to be quite fun in blitz. Loaded with 5.5's, torps, and scouts you can
be a welcome addition to your team. It is by no means uber, but you can easily do 20k
damage per game. Remember to play at your range, many times you outrange other small CL's.
Putting on 2 good engies gives you good speed to keep your distance and get out of
trouble. Don't close unless forced to and dart in to torp the larger ships when you see a
chance. I think the key to playing Yubari, is you have to play smart.

Perhaps in the current game-climate... Yubari serves best as a well-gunned sub-
hunter. You'll need a sonarman, as sonar capability isn't default to CL, but Yubari's
smaller size (compared to other nation's ECL) should make it better able to drop
charges and escape self-damage (and, it's heavier guns will make it more able to
force subs under). Personally, I wouldn't bother hunting subs in any ECL "but" the
Yubari (the others make far too big/easy a target).

I enjoyed the Yubari with 5.5"s. Its basicly a DD that can carry scouts and if you play it
right its a decent ship. Maybe not dominating but if you play at max range is a good
learning ship.

yubari ends up being a 2nd variant DD that can send scouts. we got the tatsuda, which is
basicly crap on T slots to be a TW, and doesnt have decent integrity to be a gunning DD.
Tsukikei is a pure ownage as a gunning DD, but it lacks the T slots that could help
killing easily CLs and CAs, as other nation-late DDs have. Yubari basicly IS more like the
other nation DDs, with decent gunnery (not better than tsukikei, unless u carry the 6''
duals, but still....) and aswell the ability to carry torps, to kill more efficiently the
CAs, and you can scout!

so YES, yubari is a decent DD, ermm CL, as some1 said you only have to know how to use it.
of course, if you're not gonna carry torps in your yubari, it might be better to be using
the tsukikei

"its only a bad ship according to those who dont know how to use it."

No... it's a pretty garbage ship, only thing useful is it can launch scouts, that's
about it. So....