Uh hello its from 2005? Obvioisly the Z99 is not as superior anymore because they
removed the ability for them to carry 6.75 doubles.

"The Z99 is far better than many CL1's, certainly better than the Dido, Koenisberg, Agano."
>LOL
"Clearly, the Z99 is a far superior ship."
>Not so superior than you think.

Awesome necro!

From what I have seen of the other forums
Z99 is the best DD in game..... However the
DDX and L class are not far behind..... the L class
can hold guns that do a LOT of damage plus
lots of armer.... I have beat DDXs and Z99s in my
Lclass.

L class is good for playing like a cl,with dual 6.

Now I am playing with single 6 which are very light.
I have only Bo and 2 gunners on board,so I have huge
Dp left. I armour it as I can,total AW,so DDs cant penetrate my armour,
I play at mid range ,so my belt armour protects me .

Its fun when z99 cant penetrate your armour and you are slowly killing him :)

L class, I didn't know it was inferior when I got it. I thought I was uber, so I went
out and took on big ships.

You are British, you don't need to be subtle. Put three 7.5" guns, use heavy ammo,
and mess some stuff up

You can even take on CLs and CAs! They run parallell to you, and they think you are
stupid for lining up parallell to them.

'Pfft, a destroyer, what does he think he's doing?'

Then, at max range, they try to hit you. Their shells land all around you, and maybe
on you, but do little damage (because of all your armour!).

And then you shoot at them. Bang, 3x75." fly out, hit them for 400 damage. They
wonder WTF was that? They wait for their reload, and fire, and miss you again. BAM
you hit them again (they are big, it's easy to hit).

They say 'duck this' and turn towards you to get real close so they can't miss.

You turn away, and run away from them. And you fire again. They thought you could
only fire with the rear guns when you run away, but they were wrong. You are firing
almost straight backwards with all 3 guns!

'wtf??'

Then they get tired of chasing you, so you use your speed to get back into max
range on them, and shoot some more.

Then they run away, and you chase, And while you chase you can fire almost
straight forward with all 3 guns!


Don't use the L class like a DD, use it like a CL! With 7.5" guns you have lots of room
for armour. And armour works best when you are far away. And you can stay far
away because you are faster than any CL.

I'd say get hvyDD engine, put equal #" armour on belt and deck, 4 on bulkhead, and
only 1 or 2 on bulge. You should never get hit by torpedos, you should never get
into torpedo range. You don't need anything in your T slot, save the weight. Also,
get 7.5"L guns when you get the chance, and use both light and heavy ammo.
When stuff charges, use heavy, and when you are far away (where you should stay)
use light.

You will miss a lot, you might wish you have double 6" guns, but don't be fooled. The
damage from a 6" hit is pretty small, and armour and soft defence makes it smaller.
To get good hits you will have to be close so all guns hit. With 7.5" guns you get 1
hit out of 6 shots fired, and you are happy! It's a BIG hit, and you get more EXP for
long-range hits, and you get more EXP for large-calibre guns.

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The Z99 and the L class are from the same tier of destroyers, but I don't think that
anyone would ever call them equal =) From my own experience (having both a Z99 and an L),
the Z99 can fit larger guns and has four R slots as opposed to the 3 on the L, it has far
more usable displacement than the L (more room for armor and crew), and it has a second
T-slot, which many germans use for torps. Basically, the Z99 is far better than many
CL1's, certainly better than the Dido, Koenisberg, Agano, and questionably better than the
Atlanta. Also, the L class really doesn't come into its own until level 33 when we
English can mount the dual 6" guns, a full 8 levels after the Germans can start
effectively using the Z99, and only one level before our first decent CL, the Sirius.

Clearly, the Z99 is a far superior ship. That being said, most Germans are stuck in the
Z99 until level 39 (or at least 37), whereas English usually stay in the DD world until
level 34. The choice is yours...the one thing I know is that the only destroyer that I
really fear is a Z99 =) Hope that was helpful, good luck!

yeah the L class is roughly the same as the z99, but the z99 is much better

i think that z99 is better than L class... but its only my opinion.