Talk:Line of Sight/@comment-72.190.48.141-20160104025759/@comment-232062-20160104064345

A couple people today have been talking about Bm7..

this and this. You should also read a few pages of world 2 comments, there's been a good bit of talk about Bm7 over the past few months with several fleet examples.

High base LoS ships can help if you are lacking the proper gear but are not necessary if you've got enough 33's and Obs. A four slot CL (Not CT) is important, without one you'll end up having to cripple a three slot CL with double planes or even two DDs with extra radar sacrificing double attack. Also, it seems people either forget or don't know that Aircraft Proficiency adds to LoS and it's currently unclear how much that extra bump is, and current formula does not take the LoS from proficiency into account. I've passed the check atleast sixty times with 65-66ish displayed LoS, I'd be willing to bet you could go a few points lower depending on how many max ranked planes you are using and still make it, but haven't put any real effort into trying it. Proficiency aside if you look at the formula you'll see that an Obs (6) will give more LoS than a T32 (10) because of the 2x mod for seaplanes vs. the 1x/.99x for radar. Even before proficiency bonuses 2 Obs on the CA and the 4 slot CL will provide more LoS than double radar.