Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-26091666-20160624120924/@comment-26574811-20160630105851

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. Not very long range, but GFCS allows even higher accuracy than the original Mk7

Remember USN BBs uses SHS (Super Heavy Shell, no, not their boobs), causing Iowa's max range slightly shorter than Nagato.

Just in: Taiwanese sources confirm all DD/CL with >=100 ASW stat (as shown in game, not the firepower cauculation formula) with sonars can trigger pre-emptive ASW attack.

With the usual Sonar x2, DC x1 config, this means a DD must have at least 72 ASW without equipments to trigger one.

Currently only Satsuki K2, Asashio K2D, Libeccio, Verniy, Ushio K2 and the Akizuki-class can achieve this.