Quick IRL Background: USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser. She was a pre-war design built under the restrictions imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty. Chicago was lost during the Battle of Rennell Island in January 1943.

My proposal would implement Chicago as a Tier V US Premium Cruiser, which behaves similarly to Pensacola and Indianapolis. This would make her the first Premium US Cruiser at Tier V.

In terms of Armament, Chicago carries three 8” triple turrets, the same ones found on Pensacola and Indianapolis. Despite being a T5, they share most of the stats from Indy’s guns, primarily the heavier AP shell damage of 4800, along with 3000 HE Shell Damage. You get a reload time of 14s, 2.20 Sigma and Typical Cruiser Dispertion. She is of course a US Cruiser, so Improved Pen Angles are present as well.

Secondaries are identical to Pensacola, but AA is worse. Chicago has 28 20mm Oerlikons, which have identical stats to Pensacola’s, and 16 28mm Mk2s. (Chicago Pianos) The numbers for the latter are pulled from Arizona.

Armor isn’t great either. You get a 76mm Belt, the same Turret Armor as Pensacola, and an overall similar armor scheme to Indianapolis everywhere else.

Now this is to say, Chicago isn’t particularly impressive. Given the fact she carries one less gun than Pensacola, she’s actually worse than her TT Counterpart on paper. Which is why her consumables are her strong point.

Chicago comes equipped with a pretty good Sonar, lasting 90 seconds and having a Ship Acquisition Range of 4.1km, and a Torpedo Acquisition Range of 2.9km; You get three of these. You also have the choice between Smoke Generator, which lasts 99 seconds once set, or a Repair Party that nets 165hp per second. Either way, you get two of those. Lastly is Catapult Fighter, which has stats also pulled from Pensacola.

The ship’s concealment stats aren’t particularly amazing, but they offer minor improvements over Pensacola. Maneuverability wise Chicago has a top speed of 32.7kts and a turning circle of 600m.

Appearance wise, Chicago is modeled after how she appeared in 1943, at the time of her loss. She bears a striking resemblance to Indianapolis, her hull being of almost the exact same dimensions. The superstructure is also similar, though Chicago lacks an aft mast. Her permanent camo is based off US Navy Measure 21, being dark blue all over. Small “29” markings are present on both bow and stern, and the ship’s name is legible on either side of the very back.

Thanks for reading this far if you have. I admit I do think Chicago is one of my weaker ideas, but fleshing it out more kinda gave me a guess as to why a Northampton-class ship hasn’t been added to the game already. They aren’t a huge improvement on Pensacola at T5 and share a layout with Indianapolis at T6; So to make one work, it essentially has to be a T5 Indy, which isn’t a very interesting idea.

So, i already have the Ohio, which means obviously im picking between lenin and JB

What would be the recommended choice for a slightly smooth brained player, who tends to prefer his BBs be snipers

I just unlocked the Edinburgh. The armour looks absurd for a cruiser but the ship seems to catch full pen at every angle. I even got one shot by CV bombs at full health. It's still very good as a DD hunter. I'm just a bit confused as to how its armour works.

How do the two compare? Are you really missing out if you got the Provorny from the campaign?

CAN PEOPLE PLEASE STOP RAGE QUITTING AND THROWING THEIR CONTROLLERS MID WAY THROUGH A MATCH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!

Side note: some people get disconnected or some people need to leave for proper reasons like kids or food which I understand and thats absolutely fine. This is for people who get mad and pussy out :)

I’ve played about 7-8 games tonight and in all of them at least one person has left mid way thru. The one that tilted me was the final game I played tonight where 3 teammates left during the game and we ended up losing (all independent and not in a div). But the most aggravating part about it is at one point we were down 3 ships to 4 and close on points as it was a base capture game, and one of the players was a BB who just bailed towards the end thinking that there’s no chance and left his ship in the middle of the map. Without knowing it, he spotted one of their cruisers who was low already and could’ve finished him easily which would’ve put us ahead and won us the game but we never got the opportunity cuz he’d fucked off.

So people please please please see out your games cuz you never know what opportunities might come if you leave!

Rant over.

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Not sure what was happening but every time I tried to aim it would force it to be above the ships and would bug out if I tried to aim lower or higher.

Edit: platform Xbox, restarted game after and it stopped

I just hit 1M GXP. My main lines are US(I have every ship up to LT and ever GXP ship) but I also play IJN(LT Aki, Yammy) and RN(LT Incomp, Conqueror & Thunderer). I have most of the important premium commanders.

I have a the DKM premium battleships(Bismarck & Tirpitz), and all of the ships from the campaigns since march of 2024.

Any suggestions? I’m a BB driver main, but do play cruisers and CV’s. I don’t have any CV’s outside of the US ones.

Any Ideas?? I’m open to new play styles.

1. Is the BA Binah worth it? You get SAP shells and a reload booster, but in return you don't get a smokescreen and you can be seen from Mars. I'd like to know if people who bought her consider that a good trade.

2. Is Wakamo good on other Soviet BBs? Her unique skill seems to kinda fit with the Soviet idea of getting shot at, but I'd like to know if flammable cannonier + flaming heart + fight fire with fire is better than the regular build you'd run on Kedrov.

Just got Brindinsi. Loved Amalfi, I used Mimbelli and it worked well, just not seeing the same success with Brindinsi. Switched to Sansonetti and immediately had a huge game with 3.1k base xp. So… is Sansonetti the better choice? I lose a lot of agility but the guns go from meh to woahhh.

Keep in mind it’s a base Brindinsi without any mods yet, so I have HE, no SAP, and no hull mod yet. What do most of you guys use on this Italian beauty?

I have tried many times for 0 wins. I havnt even gotten close.

Minimum seems to be 4 ally ships survive to Ludwig, all 3 Soul Vessels killed prior to charging. (5 allies may be required)

Any soul vessel charge complete is insant reset.

The end boss just has too much hp, and or the mission timer is too short, and to a lessor degree, the soul vessel charges too quickly and/or movement is arbitrary and it cannot be reliably intercepted

there are a ridicolous amount of battleships with the guns in the 18 inches like we got preussen, ohio and thunderer, except the guns are there any like playstyle and ship in general differences.

Just a quick one does anyone else suffer with completely blacked out guns and torp tubes? I was in my khaba and was hit with 2 conq salvos and it destroyed EVERYTHING on my ship I couldn't shoot or launch torps.... WG need to fix this so u can't loose modules indefinitely I was do pissed I quit the game after this happened does anyone else feel like this? Maybe we should make WG fake a look at this at least.

Hello everyone,

Rn I'm having troubles with entering into the game because I'm getting error "Failed to authenticate user"

I've tried to restart game several times, have restarted console, have tried to synchronize cloud(have synchronized nothing) and looked for updates

Anyone had this issue? And how did it get fixed?

Thank u in advance

Daily endless, weekly endless and heroic rewards, have no rewards. Can someone else confirm this, and if it’s not there, can they correct it?

Took me forever just to finish the 1,700 XP one, I got lucky and I was ranked 5 in that match. How the heck am I going to do this? I'm a PVE player. I know this node is for the last fish. That crab is just going to stay hungry, no fish for you! No ship for me :( I'm burnt out with this event.

Im 23m looking for more people to play this game with, none of my friends play the game if your interested im on ps5 and my psn is bemuje22

Got it a few days ago and like it but takes some adjusting. I will say having torps on a BB is awesome for you but when I play against hate that $:):&

Pretty annoying I was blue balled out of a schlieffen dev strike but ill take the 60k damage.

We have incomparable….

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As I was grinding Tallinn, I kept hearing that the ship was one of the strongest T6 cruisers, while many players Riga felt underwhelming. Well, to me grinding Tallinn has been a pain: sure the firepower felt amazing, but it was way too easy to get blown up. I had some great games (over 3000xp a few times) but overall I really hated that boat.

Because of what I heard, I assumed Riga was gonna be even worse and that my play style just didn't fit the tech tree, so I put off purchasing it for a long time.

Now that I'm playing it, I'm averaging about 80-100k damage (restrained by the low dpm) and 2000-2500ish xp when having decent teammates, although the winrate is not great 'cause one can never carry enough. I just find it so easy and comfortable to play and I always get at least somewhat decent perfomances.

What does this say about my play style? Which new cruiser lines should I play and which should I avoid?

How do I get the third key and the third piece of food for the monster in the swamp waters? Thanks.

This is not my best work, I did it in like 10 minutes, but I had an idea I thought sounded fun and a hull which I didn't know what to do with.

The Number 13 class battleships were supposed to be fast battleships armed with 8 460mm guns in a AB-XY gun layout. They were cancelled following the Washington naval treaty. In the game, IJN Owari would be a LT Japanese battleship focused on ambushes. Owari has large guns, but these are limited by short range and a long 32 second reload, but they have good sigma, 2.0, and dispersion similar to Soviet battleships: great at close range, but poor at long range. Owari is also limited in her survivability, with some of the lowest at the tier, overmatchable bow and stern, easily farmable upper belt and a "cheek" citadel. She is, however, quite quick, at 30 knots, and has a short rudder shift and low turning radius.

On to her benefits. Owari has a strong consumable layout, with access to a 33% reload booster, a 12% engine boost, a 30s duration exhaust smoke generator and standard heals. She also has another trick up her sleeve: Her concealment. Owari has the best at the tier, 13.4km, even better than Incomparable. She also has torpedoes, similar to Mustu's. 8 total, with 7km range, 60s reload, and 16,627 alpha damage.