the extra support slot is nice .. and as mentioned - very useful for leveling crew ...
but there is also another perk that hasn't been mentioned yet regarding leveling crew .. the bo slot ..
it is a premium ship ... which means any ijn crewman of appropriate level (63+) can drive it as well ..
i LOVE my B65 ... used it to grind to my yamato ...
and since at-level spread sux on yamato .. plan to keep grinding B65 for a bit to level gunners up a little more
with that said ... the fuso has its 6 gun mounts ..
but then so does the ise .. i prefer the ise in this regards ..
since it allows you an option of converting to a CV and leveling pilots as well ...
yes the cv remod means you give up 2 gun mounts but also you gain 4 more T slots .. great for AA ...
(and if you mount torps on those t slots then you also have kita-tw reload ability if thats what you like to do)
i haven't done any math or stop watch timing .. but the B65 seems to reload faster as well .. could be 'feel' tho
while it may not stack up to a couple of teh other PBB's .. it is still a PBB = better than the normal BB2 and 3's
here are a couple of quotes from the other threads linked above ... sums it up ...
Originally Posted by MichaelWitt
P65 is the best until Nagato(cuz nice AA and +1 support slot).
ISE, when you are planning going CV(or have one already).
Fuso otherwise(if you dont have AA).
Originally Posted by codyfagerman
B65 is a very sucky PBB, but I found it easier to level, and has more sailors slots than fuso or nagato.
I actually used it all the way to the yamato. I played it speed whored,
and because my dp gunners are only still armament sailors i used HH on the t slots.
followed by my aa escort with sonar, I was a real mean sub hunter, which can give 50k+ attack,
without rushing out and getting one shot. best game so far was 204k attack with at level b65.
b65 is not a match for the pbb;'s but definitely easier to grind than the bb2 and 3's
note: .. you can use torps in the T slots instead of HH mentioned above ... if hh costs is an issue ..
(you might get called noob by many people .. but remeber .. they are ijn torps ... best range in the game)
as 'torpers' use your armament sailors being leveled up past 85+ before classing as DP for yamato AA duty
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