in my opinion mn has its good sides and bad sides :)
okish AA but crappy range till Alsace i have mn bb5 mn cv4/pcv and mn ss2 i find them fun with the right sailors on board i like them thee my best fleet at times you will get mad with them but to be honest what nation doesn't?

disadv
its range
ugly spread on 13" and 13.5" quads

adv
its speed and aa (3.5" got range while the 5.1" got damage)
and 2nd best shell damage

well i decided to give it a shot xD
level 29 already , just need to roll 5 more engis now ._.
Thanks for the info guys ;)

I'm about to hit MN BB, and I'm really looking forward to it. So far, I've been running two BOs simultaneously and it has worked out pretty well for my gunners. (Level 56 while BOs are lvls 46 and 47) Hopefully I'll have some input soon on how fun MN bbs are, or perhaps you are even farther along than I am. I'm not expecting too much out of the Bretagne or Courbet, especially since my gunners will prevent me from playing Blitz with them...but I'm sure they will still be fun. And i can't wait to get to the Lyon and Normandie to see what they can do.

Thus far I've enjoyed the L'Adroit, and Algerie the best. The Suffren was decent, and the Reynaud has been obviously...what it is.

Hope you grind is going as good as you have wanted it to be.

Well yeah , im abit further than you for now , level 65 .

i wont cover the CL/CA cause u already said u have them , but still
Courbet - a super machine for blitz , basically a strongest BB in blitz levels , in GB1 it was kinda hard like any other bb1 , cause of low range and slowness.
Lyon - Its a shotgun , and its slow -still whenever u get into the range it hurts alot ;)
LeHavre - got it for the coins , an awesomeness its pretty much a lyon - but an improved version of it , since even with my lvl 60 engis it goes with 40knots , compared to bb1/2 on this line its very fast :)

So far - so good , much more fun than UK at low levels for me

Lyon - Its a very good ship, once you get into angle 30 (don't shoot yet at angle 35), its all over. Its fun to grind to Alsace using Lyon.

Le Harve - Its the faster, more agile version of the Lyon, kinda boring if you use it right though, very very easy to use and pwn gbs with, has 1 more slot than the Lyon, so slots are at BB4 Level.

oh I don't know. it would depend on the player in blitz with the Courbet. I took a Bretange and easily owned in blitz against other BBs better than I did with the Courbet. even if the spread is terrible at times. it's the player more than it is the ship. unless they've got it so AW'd they're bouncing everything....

yeah, I remember what having a BB1 is like once you get elevated out of Blitz into strictly GB games...

Yes.. in a word.

MN bb spread is a bit poor in general and range isnt brilliant, but i really enjoy the challenge of playing with them.. i love the AA also.

I think its worth grinding, its a fun grind so far