Talk:World 3/@comment-114.184.224.180-20141013053443/@comment-175.156.173.134-20141022175959

"Line abreast for overall survivability" is complete bullshit, and has been refuted with a mountain of statistical data. There is NO increase to evasion or armour from line abreast, proven by the tens of thousands of submissions of logs to the Japanese wiki and pages. And any admiral worth his salt has seen times where chip damage is enough to make a difference between getting brought down to red by a crit, and borderline yellow to red. The only possible way abreast is more survivable is if you have a paper flagship, because abreast increases flagship shielding rate, but if that's your aim then ring is better at shielding. Don't be a superstitious hillbilly, the data doesn't lie. Go for the line ahead. Abreast is for ASW.