Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-26091666-20160624120924/@comment-95.238.0.102-20160630181952

Dreddz wrote: Kancollefreak wrote: New equips incoming

first six stars equips I'll ask here if the 16 inch built-in fire control will be VLR (very long range) or not. Other than that, anyone guessing the identity of the other fairy beside the Iowa fairy? (my guess is New Jersey)

If it's not VLR, wow. Devs must be selfish much to nerf Iowa's stats relative to the others (lower than expected eva, armor, luck; lower stats to the Catalina and the Kingfisher; inability to equip seaplane fighters and 51 cm when it settled on "BB > or = to Nagato-class displacement only" and Iowa weighed more than Nagato). I personally wanted Iowa to have true-to-life stats, regardless.

In my opinion though, the new 16 inch is a recompense, but not enough. Iowa didn't suffer much nerfing in comparison to other FBB like Bismarck Drei (same armor of Hiei Kai Ni) and Roma Kai/Italia (just +1/+3 armor than Kongou Kai). Also, it was clear that they don't want to make a FBB capable to equip the 51cm, since the Vittorio Veneto class can't equip the 51cm gun even though the triple 381mm turret weighted more than Nagato's twin 41cm turret.