IJN SS4 has 8 tubes in front which is good but no tube rear. . . ? Not good. What will you
do if all your 8 torp duds of the DDs ? Your can't have another shot at the DD from behind
and you just let him DC/HH you to death. But I would still give it a try. I only have SS3
but already got SS4 crew on board. There is no use on IJN SS if a lot of the torp are
duds. You just need to rely on the torp splash more than a direct hit. KM SS on the other
hand, they have the proxy torp which makes it easy. Any ship near the torp will get hit.
It's like 2~8 percent that the torp will duds. I play KM SS and IJN SS, through my
experience I fire KM torp only 2 are duds. Starting from my KM SS1 to KM SS3. Only 2.
While IJN . . . I'm just too shy to say it. ( A LOT ).

Saving those torp up, you can even make a full Kitakami loaded with torp. Or 1 and a half
of Kita. =X

Regards,
soulseeker4

because ijn has duds, its best to have the ship your shooting at, at that golden range
where the explode right on its belt.
normally you hear a boom, and enemy ship sunk, and NOOB,

:-D good thing I have a lvl 91 uk cv crew to boot! They need to make a new sailor class
for ss5, cruise missile operator :-P

You should trade that torper for a fighter pilot since SS5 will have local fighters. It is
not clear yet what type of sailor you'll need to launch the nuclear missiles in SS6.

<sense of humor please>

I just got my ss4 a few hours ago ( only planes 1 game tho had to go to school >.>) and in
that 1 game i got 128K attack and 25K exp from a L2, nelly, repulse, and other random
ships. I'll break out the fraps and take a vid of me 1 shotting some bb5/6. So far it is
deff worth the grind for it. Oh and who wants to buy a 70 ijn torpman i don't need 2 now :-P

You're not done, you just got to force the ship to your front. Then he's a goner.

as far as the whole drunken elephant with an eye patch (luv it) ur exactly right on
that. But the HEI is not ment for dog fighting. U must use decipline and not rush. If u
keep any target in front of u whether ss, asw, bb/cv your golden. And with 8 tubes
and reload
times of less than 10 secs ull keep any foe at least at bay. But i find that everyone
just rushes anyways trying to avoid the torps, get past u by either sinking u or
getting away to go after the bb. If u turn that against the rushers, hold back, and
just lay down 1-2 torps every 3-5 secs they dont stand a chance.

If anything gets behind this ship your done. Best hope there is to CD and hope the
player forgets where u were at in hopes of getting behind them.

Question: How many full Monty broadsides would it take to sink an SS4?

There is only one good thing about SS4 and that is my hedgehog Kita gets 24k damage
from sinking one.

Do you use the GUN or do you put 1 Repair there,
and have 3 Engines?

If you keep the GUNNER does it need to be AA Gunner
to use the best DP AA Gun?

Only 1 Torpedoman needed?

Can someone tell me how many sailor slots there are in total? I know there are 5
supports, but what about R and T slots? 1 each for a total of 8 slots??? I just wanted to
know if I need to level more 1 more crew from SS4