There is a new ship, called the Asama. It used to suck. It still does suck but now it
sucks just a little bit less (if you have a higher-level crew).

When they announced in the patch that they were buffing the Auto FCS for dd/cl/ca
they didn't say how much. When I logged in I found that the buff was:
AccuracyAutoFCS = AccuracyAimingFCS

That is correct, you have zero Accuracy Penalty for Auto.

Which makes this new Asama configuration actually fun and useful to play:

Rslots = 14"N guns
Tslots = hedgehogs (good way to level those armament sailors you are levelling up
to DP gunner)

recommended: put your sonar sailor on a yubari or akitsuki-kai and take as an escort
with the 3"single guns and 1 bind of ammo. Yubari has the longest sonar range of
any CL of any navy (because of the large FCS space) BUT it is long and crosses your
ship a lot so this is not so good. Aki-Kai has a large FCS space for a DD and is teeny
and fast.

So first job, kill subs. When subs are satisfyingly dead, then look for stragglers to
sink at long range. Your food = bb1's. Bb1 have a large hitbox and you will land
shots from front and back turrets.

You will not earn big credits or xp from this setup, but it is fun and makes you a very
useful ship.

I would imagine the Dhonburi must be a lot of fun now with the trip6 turrets and a
highlevel gunner, machine blockshotting.

With the autoaim you can own any SS4