Disclaimer: This is not a "ZOMG MONTANA SUXXORZ" post. I am legitimately trying to find some answers...
I finally made it into a Montana last week after about a year of semi-casual playing and about three months spent in an Iowa. It's my first BB5. But so far, I am finding the experience underwhelming. From what I read ahead of time and experienced in combat, it seemed to me that the Montana was basically an Iowa with one extra turret and an improved range. My experience has been exactly that with the addition that my engineers can push my Montana a few knots faster than my Iowa.
However, I have run into a bit of a wall. In my Iowa I could regularly get 80 to 100K attack. It seemed as though I could range fight with about any other BB4 and come out of it in pretty good shape. The Iowa was a big jump from the SoDak that I spent so long in. It wasn't as fast and had a much bigger uh.... back end, than the SoDak. But the range and firepower more than made up for it.
But after making the jump to a Montana, even though my range is longer, and I can push the ship faster than my Iowa, I seem to be stuck in battles where I am sunk time and time again with little or no attack. Despite having 900 SD, I seem to have a major glass chin, something my Iowa didn't have. I can be at full DP, get hit by a few shells from a SY, and be down into "red bar" territory. Not only that, but it seems like I'm out ranged by every other BB5 I run into.
I am pretty sure I have the tactics for this, they served me well in my Iowa. But I'm at a loss as to why I'm having so much more trouble in my Montana vs my Iowa. I would appreciate any suggestions or comments from the more experienced US players.
EDIT: My sailors and ship config are listed below: BO: level 104, +15 Gunners: 2 x level 105 +12acc/+11rld - BVE AA Gunners: 2 x level 96 +10acc/+12rld - BVE Engineers: 3 x level 94 +12eng & 1 x level 94 +11eng - BVE Repair: 3 x level 96 +12rep - BVE Scout: level 96 +11air
Ship: 4 x level 100 16"/50 cal mark 7 Mod 1 main guns 10 x level 30 5"/54 cal mark 16L AA guns USN BB Engine VIII(Heavy) Speed is 23 knots normal with 35 knot OH
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