The best engine for Suffren, imo, should actually be the BC engine - much higher OH
ratio means a 50knt OH with full crew at-level despite having a lower regular speed.

That is because the Jeanne D Arc can only fit the 6.1 doubles. The trips are for the Emile Bertin and larger.

Jeanne darc cannot use the triple 6.1
I have level 55 gunners and dont see them as choice

Good info and appreciated, however I would like to add that in the nelson server we
have found the pluto ineffective in combat with the 5" singles.

general consensus is to AW it with belt (6-7" depending on crew) and run the 2x3.5
lvl 18s on it. You give up range but when using belt who stays out?

Average scores went from 5-7k a game to 10-20k

Thanks for the time to create this guide, Rehor.

I don't want to be an @$$ here but I would suggest that players take these with one grain
of salt. These are suggestions after all, not a list with all possible setups.

One short example: Bertin for instance should use triples (preferably 6/6,1 inch guns)
with her 3 gun slots as opposed to Jeanne D'Arc with her 4 slots for the doubles.

Take a look at the available guns when you get your ships, guys. Then mount only one gun
per type and look at how many binds you can fit before buying all the guns. You sell guns
at a loss of creds.

Note:
careful when testing different guns (range, reload in the test mission) on a single ship
cause the french nation is buggy. 6 and 6,1 inch triples on the Bertin would make your
game dc from the server for instance (for now).

Holy crap rehor... i just ran into the level 49 surprise.

x2 3.9" Heavy guns.

You need to add these monsters to the final guns for the La Fantasque and mogador, because
they have superior range, damage, and reload, than the other gun options you mentioned.

Surprise for me was Tourville's inability to carry AA.

at level 47, the spread on the 6" becomes somewhat controlled. unfortunately, the spread
on the 8" is just horrific.

if its not too much trouble, could you post the number
of crew slots per ship?
thanks

Looking forward to your post on the level 49 surprise.