Just thought it might be fun to bring this up for discussion. I am posting this as stream of thought in a very "matter of fact" manner. My aim is to get your opinions of the current state of things. What follows is a bit of fact and a lot of MY OPINIONS. So feel free to post yours. :)
The overall question is, "Do you think the UK BB3's are properly balanced within nation, and within the game at present." The rest is just discussion. Oh, and i don't care if "its being worked on." I just want to hear the opinions of others. Get ready, I am going to write a novel.
This is to go over the balance of the Hood, POW, and Nelly the first portion here is strictly a description of the gunnery options of the ships
------------------------------------- the Most Used gun sets per ship are typed in beside the ships. Available gun sets are under.
Hood --> Mk3L Mk3N (BB2 range) Nelly 16" trip L Quads of all forms including Quad L's.
Nelly --> Nelly 16" trip L Mk3N Quads of all forms.
POW --> Quad N (shiver) Quad dual quad L Mk3N 2x nelly16" 1x dual 14" -------------------- Now, the ranges of these gun sets falls out roughly as follows if I am not mistaken
Dual Mk3L > Dual Mk3N > Nelly16 trips = 14" quad L >>>>>> 14" quad N
Worth mentioning here is that the Mk3L are the only UK BB3 guns with BB3 range. all the others are BB1-2 range. ---------------------
My personal comments:
-the Hood I think the Hood is the only true BB3 in the UK flock at this point in time. The other ships have too many negatives to be capable in BB3 style battles right now. I think the Hood has been balanced well, but I DO NOT think it should be able to mount the nelly trips or the POW long quads. Regardless of how useful some here think these set ups are, its more about having diversity in the ships. The reason to get the nelly is to have Huge power and armoring ability. To allow the Hood to hold the same (and more of the same) guns as the nelly violates this. While we are on that subject...
-The Nelly The Nelly is in decent shape at present. The Nelly 16"L are good guns. At lvl, their spread is quite random, but that's just the way it is in this type of ship. The Nelly is inherently a weak ship due to having an inability to mount scouts (the only BB in game with this handicap) Thus I personally believe the range of the nelly 16" should be increased to equal that of the Mk3N gun set. Further, I think this "L" variant of the nelly 16" should NOT be usable on the Hood or POW. If the nelly is going to be scoutless, it should have a Serious Serious Serious bite when it can see. Right now, the nelly hits a bit harder than the other BB3's, but due to the lack of range, this is negated. Extending the Nelly 16" range and making the guns off limits to other UK BB3's would be a win in my eyes.
-The POW. Ah the POW... At required Lvl 82, its the Highest level BB3 in game. Yet, barring the crowd of 14"N blocking quad lovers, its the worst BB3 in game. Post ONF2, the POW was supposed to use the quad dual quad 14"L gun set for BB3 style battles. The thing is, that set up is HEAVY, has less range than some BB2's in game, and hits with less force than a QE UK BB2. From my trials of this gun set, with full 120 crew, I also found the spread to be Far worse than the other BB3's.............. Here I was going on a rampage discussing the ship and how it works in battles vs other BB3's, but I am going to break this down and give an opinion.
In KM, you have two BB3's. they both use the same basic gun, but one has 4 dual gun turrets while the other has three trip turrets. why not do the same with POW and the Hood? In my UK loving mind, I would love to see POW mount a set of HEAVY triple Mk3L. Heavy enough guns that the ship would slow down to 42-45 knts max speed. This would be a special gunset for the POW that the Nelly and Hood could not use. Then, we could just get rid of the 14"L, as nobody uses them anyway. Further, the 14"blocking quad guys would still have their ship. I feel this would make the POW a viable option in the BB3 realm, and would make it worth of its lvl 82 requirement.
So, in closing, the Hood, Nelly, and POW would have their own individual gun sets that other BB would be unable to use. Further, each BB would play quite a bit differently, and people could choose which ship they want for individualized tastes and play styles.
Hope this was a fun work of fiction for all of you whom actually looked at it. :)
Hero
|