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  • Noob DD Gun Guide

    11. 05. 2010 17:28

XXerxes611
Okay so I have been reading these forums for three days and learned
alot. I have been searching everywhere for what guns to use. You guys
gave great tips but as a noon it was still in a foreign language to me. So
here are my lessons learned from the first couple days.

Don't be a torp whore. This is the USN not the IJN but If you must go
the Somers route.

Get three gunners going and get the single 5"/51 guns as soon as you
can. Then move up to 5"/54s until you can use dual 5"/54s on the
gearing. Speaking of gearing as soon as your first BO can use a Gearing
switch to your second BO. Speaking of that. Figure out which stats work
best for what sailor class and don't experiment with sailor or gunsearly
on. It's a waste.
So when u get those dual 5"/54s use them on your gearing with the goal
of getting a timmerman.

Sorry I wrote this on my iPhone so it's written poorly. Any corrections
will be appreciated.
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  • Re : Noob DD Gun Guide

    11. 18. 2010 00:21

KingCong
my 2 cents: you should have an even number of gunners, not 3. 2 is fine for basic
shooting, but 2 more on AA will be beneficial later on. All the later ships require 2 for
secondary guns.

Also playing asw in a somners in GB can get a noob from 18 to lvl 38 really quickly if
you want to avoid the ddx/atlanta grind. Also if you get tired of shooting all day,
playing a few games ASW is a nice relaxing break, even.

Without main guns, 3 depth charge launchers, an ss fcs1, minimal recruits on the BO
and non essential crew, and 0.2 belt, you can go 66 OH and very easily. Since 2
second reload on dc is fast anyway, you might as well take off most the recruits on
the torpmen.

As for sonar escort an FF1 will do nicely, but an FF2-M3 (lvl 4) can cruise at 50 at the
cost of 12 credits a game. Again minimal crew makes for faster speeds.

Thats the setup, as for technique, read the asw guide. It literally took me less than a
week to get to the big ship tree fork and going back helps me deal with my blitz rage
sometimes. Also i didnt waste credits on ddx and atlanta.

  • Re : Noob DD Gun Guide

    11. 05. 2010 17:32

XXerxes611
Oh...I Forgot. Keep your guns the same kind. I believe 5"/51s come when ur gunners hit lvl 13-14 and 5"/54s
come when they hit 17-18 and duals come at 20. Oh the "R" and "T" keys switch between those weapons.
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