It is this reliability to hit and cause damage that makes them equally adept in dealing with Destroyers as they do Cruisers and even Battleships. They may not have the most powerful of guns for Cruisers, but they reliably land hits. But put them in a supportive role or any capacity involving long ranged gunnery, they excel the best out of all the Cruiser lines. Almost all of them are poor "Brawlers." They tend to have sluggish rudder shift times, mediocre or bad armor. There is also a recurring theme for RU Cruisers: They are Pure Ranged Fighters. Useful only in the direst of situations or greatest of opportunities. In addition most RU torpedoes are 4km range. Tier X Battleship Moskva has 200-something mm guns. The exceptions, Tier V Kirov, Tier VI Premium Molotov, Tier IX Dmitri Donskoi having 180mm. The tech tree ships rely on 152mm, CL grade weapons going into Tier VIII. They also have HE+AP capability, so you actually have the full spectrum of optimal shells for any given situation, unlike RN CL guns. What they do have are excellent performing guns that can reliably hit at range due to low shell arcs (RN CLs suck here) and high velocity shells (RN CLs suck here also). Only a very select few of them can take punishment. They don't take to heavy gunfire very well. What about the RU Cruisers? Most of them are poorly protected. The saving graces of the line? Excellent handling, atypical consumables access, decent concealment for Cruisers. These things make Atlanta and Pensacola look like Yamato. Destroyers and small caliber weapons firing HE will citadel these things. Your most powerful weapons are typically 6km torps but an ill-advised, badly timed torp run will get you sunk first. You don't get smoke until Tier V and even then, isn't as useful as smoke in DDs or even Kutuzov's. You get repair party starting at Tier III. You have no HE for reliable damage against armored targets. ![]() AP-only guns is extremely limiting and so far, the gun handling isn't any special. It's very unforgiving and to get anything done, IMO, you got to work hard for it. If you're experienced you can wring some water out of the rocks called RN Cruisers. My background? I've attained Tier X with all Cruiser lines and am working my way up the RN CL line, currently Tier V with them. OP, if choosing between going down RU or UK Cruiser lines.
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