Talk:Hibiki/@comment-180.183.250.221-20150420015132/@comment-26107364-20150421093122

If you look at her stats, Verniy's actually about on par with a number of other Kai2 DDs - perhaps a minor increase to ASW (Asashimo does probably deserve to outdo Bep-chan, though), HP and Armor (like 2~3 points) and luck (doesn't even have to be equal to Ushio's). Her war record isn't all that special, she was just lucky enough to survive in well enough condition to be handed over to someone and still be useable. (as an aside, most of these bonuses can be gotten from marrying her, though that might mean a small RL monetary investment)

It would be nice for them to add Kai2 gear for Verniy (I like the quest idea - it could be like "make a fleet of Verniy and another survivor ship") from a little digging, the Skoryy-class (which it seems Verniy was a part of) was outfitted with new ASW gear, including the RBU-2500 ASW rockets (which look similar to the tubes at her hip) - but the game seems only to be using technologies from WWII, Verniy's existance in her Soviet form is already stretching things. (if she were to get her initial load-out from the Soviet's it wouldn't be very different from our extant gear, nor would it be ASW or HP/Armor related)