Leo_Apollo11 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Hi all, New Commonwealth Cruisers - what is your experience thus far? In event I got ships up to Tier V "Delhi" and I played her only in CoOp to gain XP to reach Tier VI "Hobart". I played Tier VI "Hobart" in new "Ranked Bronze" and had more than OK experience - I finished grind in just 7 games with over 79% WInRate. 🙂 I am now playing Tier VII "Uganda" also in new "Ranked Bronze" but I have absolutely terribad experience with her... dreadful ship... 😞 What is your experience thus far? Leo "Apollo11" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yedwy Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 35 minutes ago, Leo_Apollo11 said: Hi all, New Commonwealth Cruisers - what is your experience thus far? In event I got ships up to Tier V "Delhi" and I played her only in CoOp to gain XP to reach Tier VI "Hobart". I played Tier VI "Hobart" in new "Ranked Bronze" and had more than OK experience - I finished grind in just 7 games with over 79% WInRate. 🙂 I am now playing Tier VII "Uganda" also in new "Ranked Bronze" but I have absolutely terribad experience with her... dreadful ship... 😞 What is your experience thus far? Leo "Apollo11" ignoring them for the most part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleksi111 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) Yeah I have Delhi Elited, and that'll as far as I care to progress with the line Don't care about them They don't seem to bring anything new High tier ones look bit eye-sore Cerberus is good example what I find jarring with last few lines: Very obviously interwar (Late 20's/Early 30's hull and superstructure) >1945 design date T10 Existing assets re-gurgutated Edited May 17 by aleksi111 Expanding on train of thought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efros Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I had accrued the XP necessary on the Auckland to get Encounter as soon as she came out of early access. I've only had a couple of battles in Encounter so hard to say what I think of her, not as playable as Auckland so far but we shall see over the course of the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project45_Opytny Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Working on Hobart, taking advantage of the current Ranked Season that may help save the Free XP to reach Auckland (as T7 6-inch CLs with HE have been rendered invalid in Randoms thanks to the IFHE rework), and leveling up the commander, intended for Delhi and Perth eventually after the Hobart and Uganda grind, for SE skill (I have been bugged by any T5 cruiser that has lower HP than T4 Kuma) in this process. I have been genuinely interested in them despite some unpleasant events in the community regarding representation of Commonwealth and Pan-Asian factions in game last year, and I have a pool of Commonwealth commanders to staff the entire line: Matilda Kelly from the Brisbane event (intended to drop on Auckland once she is reached), historical commander Leonard Murray from the Early Access and his... doppelganger, Lionel Morrow (Allied Heroes collection reward), and two passers-by from Perth (now the one on Hobart) and Yukon acquired earlier (4th Anniversary prize and KotS collection reward respectively). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfswetpaws Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) 2 hours ago, Leo_Apollo11 said: Hi all, New Commonwealth Cruisers - what is your experience thus far? In event I got ships up to Tier V "Delhi" and I played her only in CoOp to gain XP to reach Tier VI "Hobart". I played Tier VI "Hobart" in new "Ranked Bronze" and had more than OK experience - I finished grind in just 7 games with over 79% WInRate. 🙂 I am now playing Tier VII "Uganda" also in new "Ranked Bronze" but I have absolutely terribad experience with her... dreadful ship... 😞 What is your experience thus far? Leo "Apollo11" I'm glad they're in-game. Like the other early-access cruiser events, I've still got some grinding to do, in order to research and welcome ships above Tier-6 or Tier-7. Now that they're here, and the early access event is over (and other current tasks beg for my attention), I'm not in a rush to grind-up the line. I'll get there, someday, eventually. Just as I have with the Italian and the British cruisers. Edited to add: I am looking forward to including them in my creative-writing endeavors. https://www.devstrike.net/topic/40-if-our-captains-could-talk-again/?do=findComment&comment=3782 https://www.devstrike.net/topic/40-if-our-captains-could-talk-again/?do=findComment&comment=3792 https://www.devstrike.net/topic/40-if-our-captains-could-talk-again/?do=findComment&comment=3798 Edited May 17 by Wolfswetpaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MashedPotatoSalad Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Don't own the Perth so having the Hobart as a free tech tree ship is pretty nice lol. Gonna go for the Auckland after finishing more dockyard missions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor3006 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I have Hobart, FXP'd up to it. I love cruisers and cruiser play and Hobart is ok, nothing to write home about. Right now pondering if I just want to FXP my way to the tier 8 and just ignore playing them but ended up with some premium time so will just play them a bit and see what happens. The biggest reason I find them "meh" is the slow turret traverse so it can be a struggle to get the guns pointed at the bots. Everything else is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verblonde Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 4 hours ago, Leo_Apollo11 said: What is your experience thus far? I got most of them in EA (because I'm an idiot), although not the T10 (not *that much* of an idiot - even I have limits). As usual (as a blithering incompetent in cruisers) mine have been living in PvE; I moderately like them so far, although they're unlikely to displace my existing favourites. My impression - for PvE - is that they're serviceable but don't sparkle. Liking that the lower tier ones are historical. I suspect the higher tier ones will get periodic use, and will be helpful for the inevitable missions. Not regretting getting hold of them. All that said, I wouldn't put them high on a new player's list to work through; there are several better lines to do first (unless you have an emotional connection of some sort to the ships). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstrem Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 They are excellent at keeping subs out of matches. I've only had two matches using them in which a sub was present. Subs are almost always present, often in multiples as high as three be side, when I use other ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takedashin Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 so ppl use ranked to grind lines now one more reason to stop playing ranked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a252 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Its tolerable, but not too enjoyable. Delhi: 7 games with 57% WR Hobert: 4 games with 75% WR Speeding through with blue xp bonus in random, If you ask me if I want to touch it after finish off the grind... No I won't. I wish there is free early access upto T7... Save me a bit of time and blue xp bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbow Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I'll grind to Tier IX in Operations and if the experience is decent enough, I'll grind Tier IX → Tier X in Random Battles; if not, I'll do it in Co-op. But not now. Maybe a month before the game's anniversary I'll try to finish the grind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yedwy Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, takedashin said: so ppl use ranked to grind lines now one more reason to stop playing ranked People do that since Ranked exists 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollingonit Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Only played a handful of games in the T10 Cerberus. Decent-good guns. Low concealment. Has utility. Weakish armor. Slow turner. Can be a good dmg farmer with the smoke and utility present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlooky Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, takedashin said: so ppl use ranked to grind lines now one more reason to stop playing ranked It's always been like that People take ranked seriously? Bronze teams are literally the rejects from randoms. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verblonde Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, takedashin said: so ppl use ranked to grind lines now one more reason to stop playing ranked It's always been a useful mode for that, although I only used to do so if I had a ship that needed grinding that was also a decent pick for the mode. These days, it's not remotely surprising: if you dislike submarines, it's the about the only decent consistently available PvP mode left (not because it's sub-free entirely, but you do get fewer of them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethervox Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I got the 2 commonwealth Cpts before these Cruisers went free access. As a Cdn & as a player who doesn't care too much about fantasy ships I will only obtain the Caradoc & the Uganda. I will play them as they dice roll up on my lists of ship to play in randoms (I do not play kindergarten mode). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 3 hours ago, Unlooky said: It's always been like that People take ranked seriously? Bronze teams are literally the rejects from randoms. I play bronze ranked to relax...I'm usually the best player on either team...and that's not saying much. I'm definitely just good, not great or unicum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Got to Dunedin with the early access... ...so my tech tree grind is still against bots mostly. No smoke yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majmac Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 14 hours ago, Rollingonit said: Only played a handful of games in the T10 Cerberus. Decent-good guns. Low concealment. Has utility. Weakish armor. Slow turner. Can be a good dmg farmer with the smoke and utility present. Trenlass has been playing it on his Twitch channel and says it is a strong boat and he recommends it. Of course the armour is a trade-off for its strong HE; smoke; and, strong anti-sub capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewbassg Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) Playing the Auckland. In ops. Well......its a mixed bag. Kinda good HE but abysmal reload and sometimes quite wonky disp. Irian has 8 s reload !! also much better guns. And WHAT is that conceal ..... not really a fav so far.... Was kinda lookin; for em, even got the BP but kinda disappointed .. Edited May 18 by Andrewbassg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project45_Opytny Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 14 hours ago, Unlooky said: It's always been like that People take ranked seriously? Bronze teams are literally the rejects from randoms. I play Ranked primarily for steel, and thanks to the related reworks, now steel ships are largely available to any player with average performance who is willing to play ranked and pay for Dockyard events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo_Apollo11 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 Hi all, Auckland is very very fragile but crawling smoke (albeit at 1/4 speed) is somehow useful for farmimg... Leo "Apollo11" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itwastuesday Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Auckland feels ok. I even got to bomb a sub with it. Wish it had armor instead of goofysmoke, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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