A brief LOL moment I had in Blitz with Suffern.

Ditto on the L'Adroit observations.... seems to be lacking usable displacement.

Now is the MN supposed to be the nation of inadequate gun space?

After playing through a few of the MN ships, it seems that MN basically fits the
description and intended design of the devs.

Jaguar: the feel of this ship is very similar to that of Z1 or Fletcher.

Le Fantasque: rather average DD2. Nothing about it makes it stand out. It feels like a
higher level version of the Jaguar. Again, it is mediocre in comparison to the other
nation ships. It doesn't particularly stand out as either a torp ship or a gun ship. One
downside to this ship is its lack of a remodel.

Mogador: this ship lands smack-dab in the middle. While it does have quite a few guns,
the shells are extremely weak in comparison to other DD3s, its spread is bad, and the
range is rather minimal. Against the average Blitz player, this ship is sufficient, but
when you face off against someone who has a strong crew and/or knows how to use
range--with such ships as DDX or Z99--then Mogador will surely lose.

Pluton: it's bad reputation already precedes it. Again, the only practical use for this
ship is to engage in ASW.

Jeanne D'Arc: simply put, this ship just doesn't live up to its name. The rough
equivalents of the Jeanne are: IJN Agano; KM K-Berg/M Pro; US Atlanta/Oakland; UK
Sirius/Edin. Any one of these CLs would fare better than Jeanne. Yes, sadly enough, even
the Agano. One upside to Jeanne is the fast reload speed of the 5" duals. However, the
shells hurt less than pebbles. The second upside to Jeanne might be its torp capacity.
However, if you don't have any crew to man the torp slots, then this benefit is lost to you.

Suffren: unlike the other nations, this ship has no characteristic that makes it
particularly stand out. As a CA, I honestly think it is closer to one of the worst. If
pit against a player who knows how to use M Pro, Mogami, Brooklyn, Edin or York, then this
ship will most likely lose the fight. The only ship more likely to fail is the North
Hampton. However, Suffren does have a rather impressive OH, but other than that, nothing
about this CA makes it particularly useful at level. Perhaps once I get the dual 8" or--I
hope--when the 6" trips block, then it might become a much more competitive ship.

On a side note, with slightly better spread now, HAing with the 6" trips can be rather
interesting. It was especially worthwhile when an AW Pensa said, after I sunk him, "Well
it would be nice if I could hide in the shadows too."

Yes, the pluton is not a CL1. Pluton is a CL -1.

Emile is big, sure, but the mogador's not small, either! personally I can't wait to get
the Emile, I'm sick of the pluton.

Anyone else think the reason they nerfed the Pluton is because Pluto was reclassified as
a planetoid?

Think of it as a CL1. >_>

F-bomb, F-bomb!

Emile Bertin... wtf

Ok, I know its fast. But you seriously expect me to use a CL2 with six six inch barrels?
The range is fucking pathetic, hardly more than I mount on my Mogador, and the ship itself
is fucking huge, so I'm sticking with M'dor until level 40; something to me seems broken
when I have to spend 16 levels in a destroyer :/

Every other nation gets trip 6in at-level for their CL2. Why not France?

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The nation has the best AA in the game. Why even suggest using torps?
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was thinking the same

no idea where that torp affinity comes from

Added the following edit to my review of the ships...

After playing L'Adroit, i'm finding that it does not have enough displacement to hold both
torpedoes and a 20th level crew. I'm running zero armor and having to carve 50 recruits
off my supports and BO just to stay under max weight. Thing needs a displacement buff.

hmm.... 37 knots for 4 more bullets, im drooling just thinking of the 16shell broadside,
if I get into range^^