I have been playing Asama a lot lately. With the 14" default R mounted guns and 5"/50 3C D
duals for AA (levelling a new AA pair), I have been consistently getting 20k to 45k games
(plus some 2k AA).

I withdraw whatever bad things I said about Asama and apologize profusely.

(Granted, it ain't no Moltke, but the 14" are "phearsome")

Sold mine. The refund in ingame creds is ridiculous, though.

Asama used to be good before it was nerfed. I wouldn't use it ever again really, it's
still in my harbor to remind me of the good times I had with it though.

I forget how much they nerfed it though, not sure if they removed the ability to have 16"
guns all together or relegated it to the D's or something but I know that it was never the
same ship after that.

I've been gone for ages though so it may have been buffed recently but I doubt it is any
more worthwhile.

I aint got Mogami yet, my BO is at lvl 36 now so hes 3 lvls away. Wont be grinding that
crew for a bit since i got other crews to train too.

But at any rate, i will use Mogami (i had it before and know how it is) as AA whore to get
experts on my pilots, once my BO reaches lvl 52 i will use Asama.

Abuster, I highly recommend you try AA'ing in a Mog41 (which I prefer for level). Either
set up the R-slots with 5 x trip6.1a or I have seen others in game who mix the 4.7 and
6.1 on the R-slots to get ripple-fire.

Even better on the Mog, put HH on the t-slots.

Play 10 winning games in your Asama and 10 winning games in your Mog41. Compare
credits/xp but more importantly, measure how much fun you have.

It would be interesting to hear your feedback.

Actually Faller, u catalogue a ship on its overall performance. Not how many shells it
has. Yes Asama has a small ammount of Tslots and the R slots cant carry any good guns. But
thats where ppl start to think on a way on how to make Asama usefull. And the most usefull
it is in is AA asfar as i see it.

Personally i enjoy my Asama alot. Im AA whoring it and i can do pretty good in it. This
might sound a bit egocentric but i dont care what you guys say, Asama is NOT a bad PCA.
Period! For a lvl 52 ship its a great way to get experts on your sailors and get some
extra cash. At the same time you can have some fun AAing in it.

Im not saying Asama is superb, but it is a good ship.

mmm, I think I have a section on the asama on my guide.

Well my short guide to Asama usage would be:

1. load it with sailors you want to level
2. join GB2
3. after the battle starts press
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
4. land a few hits on BB4 or BB5
5. profit

Repeat steps 2 to 5 as long as you need :)

u guys are making a mistake when "cataloguing" a good or bad PCA

u cant say that "asama" is a good PCA just because it can do good as an AA ship, or as
ASW.... and same cant be used for moltke while cataloguing it as a good PCA for his AA....

Moltke is a good PCA, cuz for its class he surpasses any other CA at gunnering, while
being fast at the same time, and can aswell load a nice ammount of AA, that u cant find in
any other KM ship non-BB

Asama, on the other side, its guns are terrible, specially for only having 4 shells to
shoot with. Its AA, whatever u may say about the 4.7'', is that nothing special, mainly
because of only being able to shoot 4 of them at a time. Its not that it doesnt perform
good as AA, but mog CL does it better with trip 6'' (and yes, they do a significant more
dmg than the 4.7'', most of the time they 1 shot most planes), Mog CA, and even a tsukikei
will do better with the 4.7''!!

How can the triple 6,1" be better when they have the same reload speed, same
angles, and same turning rate? Damage output aint all that much more either. Ive
seen Asama`s take out whole squadrons of bombers in one go. So i dont know
where you get the problem "4,7" dont have enough firepower to take out whole
bomber squadrons". Yes with at lvl AA gunners your most likely not to do that but
same goes for Moltke. If you have high lvl gunners the spread will allow you to do
that.

Fact still remains were talking about IJN here not KM. And we all know IJN sailors
cant operate KM guns. So buying a Moltke instead of Asama for your IJN crew is
pointless.