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    12. 21. 2010 05:32

mikester
Hi there
I currently have a KGV nearing PoW and I wanted to level another BO on the reknown line,
mainly because when the time comes i won't be able to decide between L1 and Vanguard so I
may as well attempt both but also because I want to see what the other line is like
(bearing in mind this is for after i get to lvl 89).

At the moment I have a BO that can use the surrey yet at max range on both surrey and york
the shells are a long long long way out of the sight range (they become that weird dust
stuff about 1mm past the end of the guidelines).

If the range on the york.surrey is great enough that what I'm experiencing is normal,
please say and i'll carry on with him, however if it isn't, which i presume it isn't,
what's the best way to quickly level a BO to reknown level and have him be able to see
shells at max range?

Thanks

Mike
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  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 23. 2010 10:21

Blazer4show
Remember also the xp Percentage for a sailor higher than the ship level is less than for a
sailor below the ship level. IIRC you are within 10% between -14 levels to +20. Take
into account as well that there is an xp bonus on attack against ships 1-15 levels higher
than you and a larger bonus on ships 16-30 levels above you. If your hitting the same
ship in a QE as a Pow you may recieve more exp from the attack done in the QE.

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 23. 2010 04:00

Megadone
yeah a lil less exp...but it's doable....I lvled in QE for a long time(last 2 supports
where to low for BB4) and I skipped KGV and lvled right up to PoW....

so as long as your playing lets say...2h per day you'll get there SOON...on other
hand you can w8 for this weekend ny just do it on the fly with exp boost :D


cheers
Megadone

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 23. 2010 01:13

mikester
Mmmm see that's the thing, on the KGV I can only use the 14"Ns and the QE guns but I such
terrible spread with the QE guns and less turrets than on a QE that I never hit
anything...I assume that if i go back to QE i'll get less XP due to it being a lower level
ship...

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 22. 2010 15:18

Megadone
you can boost your BO and have 100 vets and you CAN adjust your guidelines at
later lvl's...so don't worry about that...just don't put more then 100 vets...

FYI all sailors add to repair/SD...thus veting BO isen't bad....but keep it standard
wich is 100.

all so if you having low dmg games...prolly means your not a *ninja* type of player
but more of a run and gun or line fighting...in wich case you should try out using 15''
guns(QE) and Nelly's 16'' Mk I L's

all so no matter what kinde of gunners you have...as long as ther 10/10...you should
be blocking 14''.....if your not...your prolly using the 14'' L version wich doesn't
block....try the N's.

cheers
Megadone

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 22. 2010 09:45

mikester
Hmmm. Ok i'll take that into account.

On another note, I'm having loads of trouble with my BO on my KGV grind, I'm getting like
7-11kxp a game max now :/ I've since been experimenting with loads of setups, and i mean I
get loads of damage from the forward only 14"Ns but no range yet when i have range with
the 15" M3N's i have no damage because the spread is so bad.

Any recommendations?

Occasionally on the forward only 14"s i get like 60k attack per game but usually i only
manage to get 1 salvos hit so between 10 and 25k attack :/

*edited I just realised I missed something-15" for bad spread, I am currently blocking the
14N's, thanks Mega :)"

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 22. 2010 09:39

danita
Above advice should be amended to "don't spend too much cash to vet a BO".
Since at higher vet levels it becomes very easy to burn off experts ( and usually not
get veterans in return) it's easy to trim back your guidelines even if you have a lot of
vets on your BO.

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 22. 2010 09:23

captcrazy
BTW
dont vet to much your bo !!!

at higher lvl if you whant to set your guide line at your exact max range you will
have to much vet and you cant reduce your guide line.

put expert but dont vet him to much, cause you cant burn vet.

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 21. 2010 07:45

mikester
Well when I was in the Revenge and QE the last few angles did disappear but this is much
worse...I have just realised and seen that actually this BO has no vets and about 15
experts so i guess i'll be working on that :) So i'll see how this BO does after some aa
work :)

I did burn lots of experts with my support/gunners/BO on the KGV line but i made them all
back in the summer so... :)

And thanks :)

  • Re : Best BO levelling tactics for UK

    12. 21. 2010 07:22

Blazer4show
It is not uncommon to struggle to see shells land on any line. Even with a +15 Pot BO, at
level CA-BB2/3 most likely will not have guidelines to spot the shells land (or at least
mark the shells properly). Vets/Experts on a BO will help to spot them, however at lower
levels, the Potential Ability on a BO does not allow for much. If you already have decent
gunners from your other line, you can jump in an emerald and AA for experts, and try for
vets on the BO. Personally I have always found when running a second line, I spend more
time in AA boats than in the at level ships for the BO for the sheer sake that I burn a
lot of experts on my supports and try to reexpert them on the second line while trying to
level them further.

I imagine you ran into the same problem with your original KGV BO.
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