Olds im not questioning ur BB experience. Spread IS a little iffy on the Strass... i
myself managed to counter and play with the bad spread on it.

There are however way worse ships than Strass.... look at the Alaska/Guam. Yes
their BB1s but their spread is anything but good.

As said the MN BB1 and 2 are overpowered. The Lyon has more broadside power
than a Monty.

@ Asbuster - I have no problem in the play style of this ship and i have used this setup
before with the Dunkerque & The Nelly so i know how to use these types of ships BUT the
problem is mostly the shell spread, grinding hard leveling up and I was looking foward in
playing the Strasburg hoping to be MUCH better than the Dunkerque but to my disapointment
the playabilty of the ship was bad i have done some test with lvl 90 - 100+ gunners and
there is not much in it. Just to let you know i know how to play in a BB and been playing for
over 5 years way back in Beta days and have every BB6 for every nation except French
nation so i know how to adapt in playing with different ships and i have to say this is one of
the worse BB i have played in BUT hopefully when they get round in looking at the French
nation i hope they sort out the shell spread

The Strasbourg is not that bad.

The probleme is that MN BB1,BB2, EBB and remodels are overpowered.

For me, the Nagato is way harder to play than the Stras (for example). Now, it just depend
on your play style.

a ship sux when nobody's using it.

Olds, i understand that but the fact is that whenever someone doesnt like a certain
ship, THE SHIP sucks.... This is a wrong way of thinking and in my opinion should
stop. Yes its weird that the Strass has less support slots than the BB2. And it isnt
exactly the best BB3 out there but to say "it is soooo CRAP!!!" just shows that YOU
dont like the ship.

If most of the community agrees with you, good for you. But it doesnt change the
fact that it means that most of the community doesnt like the ship and thus say it
sucks. After that they go on the forums putting up topics saying "DONT GET THIS OR
THAT SHIP, IT SUCKS!". IMO people shouldnt listen to these people and try the ships
themselves.

All im saying is that if your not able to play a ship it means you and the ship arent
compatible. People were screaming about this on the H44, B65, Strass, Richelieu,
Furious, and a couple of more ships. I have the named ships and i love them. Thus
the ships dont suck.... it means most of the people just dont like it.

@ Wingmann - How is that going to help with anything IF you just swap them over you will
still have the Shell spread problem and also how about the Lorainne BB what would you do
with that?? All what they need to do is either get rid of the Dunkerque and replace it with the
Strasburg and make a new BB like the French EBB as the new BB3 or JUST make the shell
spread a little better and put 1 extra support slot on the Strasburg like the Lorainne, Paris
and Dunkerque has how had is that.....

Swap Stras and Paris levels. No more support slots problem, no more "higher ship is
worse" problem.

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Opinions on how to "fix" MN would also be nice. (my current opinion is to first get the
BB1/2
remods to be US styled remods, then adjust the scouts and planes to NFNA standards,
and
some minor spread buffs here and there.)
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Ammo and spread should be crucial factors when rebalancing of MN occurs.

If you guys can give me some solid tests with the Strasburg for speed (~at level crew, speed
capped and 120 crew speed capped), damage (all deck hits at max angle, no crits), spread
images (at level, acc capped, 120 ac capped), and durability (As in AP full cap. See ONF
forums http://opennavyfield.com/forums/index.php ). I can try and save those for MN
balance once the closed testing team is finished with SN balance.

Opinions on how to "fix" MN would also be nice. (my current opinion is to first get the BB1/2
remods to be US styled remods, then adjust the scouts and planes to NFNA standards, and
some minor spread buffs here and there.)

Yup, this ship was no fun. I used my EBB2 LeHavre to skip over it. I got better EXP and
way more attack with the EBB. Also they run the same lvl guns, so of course 4 quads are
better than 2. The real shame is that there is 1 fewer support slot on Stras than the
Paris or EBB so it really fails.
PS: I am happy with the Rich(BB4). Some say it sux too, but you just have to adjust to
the play style. It can be a good ship with a good driver at the helm.