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  • The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    12. 07. 2009 13:07

bperl1
I for one love my Emerald... a true jack of all trades/master of none ship. I've spent the
better part of the 26-40 (spread over two BOs mind you) driving an Emerald. And since the
NCLs have been fixed the Emerald has proven to be a very versitile ship.

The upside:

Relatively fast w/ at level crew.
Variety of gun/play configs (6/45 for blasting in blitz, RP10 for AAW fun in GB)
Best looking NCL (IMHO)
4 scouts = I can actually be useful in GB even w/o AAW setup
Generally a low profile ship -- meaning you aren't going to be targeted as quickly as say
an Edin


The downside:

Still somewhat low on usable displacement. As my crew creeps into the high 30s/low 40s all
that unused displacement is quickly going away.... as such so is my speed advantage.
Low DP (expected in a CL0)
No ability to mount useful armor
Its goodness as a ship doesn't come at level



In a GB the other day I ran into a goldbar (gunners presumably) Emerald that just machine
gunned me w/ his RP10s. Quite impressive really.... couldn't get out of the way fast
enough and couldn't deal enough damage back to avoid sinking.

I've also wondered if using one of the later 6"/50 duals would be an alternate way of
playing. Sacrifice reload vs. 6"/45Ds to sit back and snipe.

Post up your Emerald love stories.
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  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    01. 22. 2010 14:29

gimppuffs
Blitz: use the triple 4" on all 5 front guns keep the last 2 guns empty load on belt. (9-
10.5") and own anything with lower then 6" guns. On my UK BO i have 120CL kills and
92DD kills and it's level 49. a good part of the lvl 34-49 was AA too

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    01. 22. 2010 04:27

smoker82
I love the emerald for asw. I loaded it up with 9 HH so I can kill most subs in 1 or 2
runs (can make for a bad day for a dd to).

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    01. 21. 2010 14:23

slyv
Very fun little AA/ASW escort boat with RP10's, HHs, and/or DCs

It's the only ship I have on the NY server and to this day I'll log in over there once or
twice a week just to fool around in it.

Fun ride to play says it all ;-)

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    01. 21. 2010 11:09

gonefishin
Im drivin an L1 right now about to go to L2, But the emmy is my altime favorite ship.
I have it tricked out for flak right now with the rp10a,stalk about machine
gunning.and dont you just love these guys with their flak ships with NO anti ship
capability LMAO. in blitz I loved playing it with the 7.5s, supprise the hell out of the
cas when you have almost as much punch as they do. then you run in and dump 16
torps on ther fat butts lol

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    01. 20. 2010 12:40

bperl1
I would disagree with the trip 4s on an Emerald. Not enough range, not enough punch, and
not enough of a reduction in reload time vs. the dual 6"/45s in my opinion.

Now that my County line BO and company are getting into the high 40s/low 50s I find it
pretty easy to be a top earner in Blitz rooms. Don't play stupid and play to the ship's
advantages... plus the Emerald is seen as a low threat target making easier to get into
position, unlike say an Edinburgh which has a giant "shoot me" sign on it.

One of these days I'll go back into GBs armed with RP10s to get more practice AAWing.

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    01. 02. 2010 13:56

cambsguy
i forget who posted about the 4" tripp but ive tryed it and DD's just melt away, CL's
dont know why your getting so close and are worried about torps and i have taken
down big CA and alaskas on my own with them. what a great idea!

puts the fun back into playing when ever i want to break up the SS and CV grind iam
working on!!

thanks again

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    12. 14. 2009 19:07

sara1412
Emerald is quite a ship. It can support a decent AA and even equip ASWs.

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    12. 12. 2009 06:49

Michaelius
For blitz and low level games especially when server is fresh and you don't get zylions of
uber cas with bve crew one funny setup is to get Emerald pack it with triple 4" guns and
load on belt as much as you can :)

And then watch all the noob dds and aganos who tried to rush you disappearing.

Sad thing is it makes Sirius obsolete more or less when Emerald is cheaper, faster,
better aa and gunship platform.

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    12. 11. 2009 20:27

Ziro820
I can't exactly recall how fast mine was but I believe it went 52knts... ;D

  • Re : The Emerald Appreciation Thread

    12. 11. 2009 10:31

straswa
I agree with all of you. Emerald is truely one of my favorite UK ships. It brought up
my two BB BOs, and my SS BO.

With the RP10 guns, I could AA, and still defend myself and my team from ships.
Something the Emden can't do. With DCs on the T slots, I can take on subs as well.

If you can live with the much slower reload, the Emerald outpowers the Emden.

Of course the downside to the Emerald is its quite slow with limited displacement.
Best I could do with a higher leveled crew was 30/40.
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