That’s why on Cleveland I actually take Spotter plane instead of radar so I can fire long range when facing tier X ships. The BB can burn and May Fire back and your location, but if you are onnthe move and have gone dark they often will miss you entirely. But especially if your CA has good Concealment, range, and fire chances you can fire off a few shells light fires, then go dark.

Now in general you don’t want to go full on brawl with a BB if it’s a contest of how much armor both of you have and how big the guns are, you can imagine how that goes down. There are some Cruisers that can easily trick you into thinking they are Battleships thanks to their relatively heavy guns and decent armor, while other cruisers will never let you forget they are cruisers.

They range from setting tons of fires, hinting CAs, hunting DDs, being AA escorts, and some like IJN I often feel are like oversized Gunboat DDs. And you learn how to citadel CAs so that you can avoid the same fate, and DDs teach you about rapid fire guns and torpedoes.Īs for the roles CAs fill they vary depending on the CA.

To play Cruisers I have found it’s good to have logged in some good practice with BBs and DDs, since CAs are the in between class.

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