There is a BB guide stickied at the top.

Torpedomen and seaman? No... You should have a pair of AA gunners instead of the torpedomen (remember to class them as AA gunners at high levels, until then, keep them as armament sailors), and a SCOUT instead of the seaman. Never forget the SCOUT. I can't stress this enough. You can just ignore my suggestion about the AA gunners, it's your choice. But never ever ever forget the SCOUT.

Actually don't ignore his suggestion about AA.

as the guy before me mentione YOU NEED A SCOUT AND AA GUNS. One of the biggest advantage of IJN is the long range aa guns they use. But you will need to be carefull with classing the gunners. Make the armament sailors and turn them into dp guns at lvl 90+ (when you get your yamato would be good enough).

Another point the b65 is one of the worse pbbs in game currently. If not the worse of all. but since as you mention you prefer linefighting than rushing then it would. However i would suggest you to go for fuso (than ise since ise becomes into a hybrid cv and if you dont have the pilots its useless also fuso has better gun placement.) The fuso is not a bad bb2 but you will have to recognize your opportunity and take it. If you are a little late rushing or if they see you coming you will end up as fish food. However the firepower of the ship once in range is awesome.

Btw linefighting would be very difficult at those lvls (bb1-bb3) as most ships out there will outrange you by a lot and also dont forget the ihgh angles of your guns which will lead in lower range when you rush. However is usefull when you get chased as you "gain" some range.

Regarding armor: FORGET about it!!!! IJN armor is bad. Just add some belt and bulge (for torps - the 2nd and 3rd one dont remember the exact names) until you loose a knot and then remove some to gain the knot back.

Thats about it. Happy hunting. Dont get frustrate its a long loooong grind till the yamato. Once you get to it though you will love it.

Thanks everyone :) And just for clarification I will not be leveling the torpedomen with the BB crew obviously. I'll add the two AA gunners as well, and I do have a scout, forgot to mention it.

if you going down the bb line make sure your armenant sailors are not classed early instead class them at yamato lvl or lvl 92 for best AA ability

your gunners should be 3-5 lvls ahead then your bo

support wise hmm its discus able but personaly go with 4 reps and 4 engines

scout is a must there is no excuse for not having one

dont use b65 project as it sux as a pbb but if you are going to use it lvl  your bo up to 68 and use the fuso bb2 as that one is quite awesome :)

0.2 belt 20-40 bulge  face it ijn armor sux

Just looking around in the IJN section, but you people seems to fail to acknowledge the fact that the B65 has 7 support slot, the same as a BB4, which will come in handy when grinding a full crew to the Yamato.

Yes, the B65 may not be the most awesome PBB ever, but it will still be a hell lot more convenient than juggling the support crew in BB123s.

The B65 gets a bad rep. Sure it's not the KM AD or anything but it's a fine ship with decent speed for leveling crew. I had my crew on it for events up to Nagato and I'll still pull it out of harbor every once in a while to goof around.   for no other ereason than I look different than everybody else out there.