I personally love to level crew on my hyuga. If you have a good IJN BB crew you can get a good amount of exp. Now I could be wrong, but the hyuga should be the same level as the nagato which is something like 77/78/79 I forget. So the closer your crew is to that amount the better.

To get large amounts of exp use either set of the 16 inch  L Nagato guns and play aggresive targeting bb'5 and 4's. For me I go 39 knots while overheating so when I see isolated BB's I go and kill them. The hyuga is a small target and it is generally easy to dodge shells just by moving in close and manuevering. The only problem with it is it cant take shells very well (like it really cant take shells), but thats not too bad when you can two shot like every BB :).

Last thing, target H44's/super yamatos/h39s/yamatos because they're structurally weak and die easily. Lion 1's/richeliues are also really easy because their range is pretty close to the your 16's

Premium ships do not give more EXP. This is a very common misunderstanding.

The ships apprear to give more EXP due to they perform at a higher level than the ship's actual level.

For example a PBB is between BB1 and 2 in level (About 1.5), however perform between a BB2 and 3 (2.5). Thus resulting in what a BB1 would recieve as a very good game EXP wise. As you gain slightly more EXP attacking ships of higher level than your own, compared to shooting ships of lower level. If you score 10k attack in a BB1 and in a PBB against the same ship, both will get near identical EXP.

Where as in a BB1 with shorter range and performance, you are less likely to hit higher level BBs (3+) than a PBB can with more DP, more Submergence and more support slot(s) for more SD/Repair or Engineers.

All ships experiance an EXP curve based on how many levels ther sailors are from the ship's level. See Trainworld.us for more information on sailor EXP gain.


Sailors gain more EXP when they are on ships closes to their level.


BBs and Dive bombers award the most EXP per attack in the game due to Earned EXP over shared EXP (Torp and Plane Kills are shared EXP which awards less overall EXP hence why currently subs give low exp.)

As PBBs were just explained, I'll go into EBBs. The original EBBs (now EBB1) were intended as fun ships that often had very unusual attributes. Depending on the ship and your play style, you may or may not find it more rewarding than a PCA (both PCA and EBB1 are basically BB 0.5), but unless you're relying heavily on shared exp, it will give better rewards than a regular CA2. Compared to BB1s, EBB1s are better at high levels, and give that bonus for attacking higher level ships, but most will find the PBBs to be better than them.

EBB2s are basically BB1s or BB2s with more support slots and BB3 guns. As you might expect, the range advantage again makes them perform above level, but it's a combination on individual stats and preference (as in, depends on the nation and your play style) as to whether they're better than PBBs, which are similar level.

EBB3s are usually BB2s that are upgunned to BB3 level. The big deal here is that most of the chosen base BB2s have a high number of guns (or can at least be set up that way), usually resulting in firepower about 50% higher than the nation's EBB2. Most EBB3s also have more firepower than many BB4/5s, and Again, they have more support slots, allowing them to last long enough to use it. A well-played EBB3 is a huge threat to most ships, and therefore racks up a lot of exp.

However, by extension, some BB2s can be pretty impressive themselves. For example, my experience is that for IJN, the Fuso is the best ship for levelling crew until at least EBB3 levels (and BB4 if you don't have one). It has as many support slots as the Nagato, almost as many as the EBBs, has a smaller profile, holds more bulge (important!), has decent spread, and can consistently 2-3 shot BB5s if it gets in range, even withthe weaker guns. At that level, the experience bonus can be quite significant. It also has better gun setup than the EBB3.