Conducting a freemium grind to tier eleven takes its time. Having racked up over 1500 matches so far it seems a bit far to go for the end result. But then again I'm not playing the game several hours per day like I could in times past.
Still it's a fun challenge and playing match after match against similar opponents while a little boring is actually good because I can learn what ships they have and how they prefer to fight. I am still able to mix things up myself by switching between my two primary battleships, the Bismarck (9) and Bayern (8).
The Bismarck is pretty accurate, but can get swamped easily if not paying attention, so I tend to keep it lightly armoured and favour speed over a heavily armoured setup. I find it better operating at the back of your team formation, able to advance and retreat with more freedom.
The Bayern on the other hand can be played somewhat more aggressively. Loading up 3 or 4 stacks of belt armour you can approach targets at medium/close range and hurl shells on them. With the high dps afforded it by the generous bank of secondary guns, this can be a lot of fun. But beware of torpedoes and high angle shots from supporting ships. If you are being ranged, it's best to retreat.
Alternating between the two ships offers a bit of freedom from one-ship-only stress, coupled with a high level officer crew 90+ makes both ships that much more potent and interesting to play. If I'm not enjoying it in the one ship, however, I can simply switch to the other when needed.
I will be interested to try and unlock the heavy cruiser line for KM at some point, as the tier nine and eleven for most nations ca's seem very agile and dangerous, even able to take on battleships given the right situation.
Once I obtain the H39 and it's upgrades I have the option to work on another km ship line expanding the officers I have to run them correctly. Initially I could switch to heavy cruisers, the class is similar to BB's in their officer requirements.
Then I always have the option of getting stuck into an entirely new nation. As I already have a USN Bogue, and IJN torp setup for light cruisers and submarines.
Carrier gameplay is very much about managing your squadrons of planes. It feels more like a real time strategy in the sky. Which is somewhat appealing having played many such games in the past.
There is still plenty of life in the game for me.
Then I always have the option of getting stuck into an entirely new nation. As I already have a USN Bogue, and IJN torp setup for light cruisers and submarines.
Carrier gameplay is very much about managing your squadrons of planes. It feels more like a real time strategy in the sky. Which is somewhat appealing having played many such games in the past.
There is still plenty of life in the game for me.
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