i havent tried the IM but the Kronstadt is a great ship if you got high llvl support this will be fun i think you can go 45 knots with enough engys the 45 degree guns it gets have like semi blockshot and it dose 4k per shell at max angle

Follow this link:

http://www.vets-fleet.com/BNF/CSNG_V118A.png

There you should find all the info you need ;)

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Image above, will become jack squat next week.

Have read Angus' guide, but still could not make a conclusive decision on which line to go. Just wanna ask those more experienced BB players of SN which line did they choose.

If you're new, or don't plan to lvl SN sailors on other nations ships, do both lines.

Go with the one that has the hack boat IM in it. Bingo! =.=

Picking between the two can be difficult, alot of players have gone for the IM because it can be alot easier to use, good range and firepower aswell as such a small frame makes it turn out quite overpowered in experienced hands, being able to use AA is unlikely.

The Kronstadt can also be a very good ship, slightly higher range but lower damage and easier to hit, it can be unkind if you make mistake, but it follows a design much closer to the BBs that follow it so you might learn a bit more from it, is perfectly viable, just a more defensive play style. AA gunners recommended. As previously mentioned it benefits more from good support and its one of the more nimble SN BBS.

Also, some players find the lines on the IM irritating to use since, in order to point its guns the way it does, it lays them out FRONT BACK FRONT BACK, instead of FRONT FRONT BACK BACK, causing lines like;

\ / \ /
SHIP

instead of

\ \ / /
SHIP

IM, it's a cheater boat

well since i'm AAing my way with PCA to SN BB4, i have both BB3s :)
so i'm nerf free (unless those few "skilled balancers" gonna nerf SN AA too...) >.<