Originally Posted by Fairimear
Im using a 120 ebve crew on monty.
in gb it is a great ship.
BUT it is a losers ship.
it can't take part in a winning battle because everything in some bb4 outrange it in a chase.
So you are effectively not getting a part in a game your team has won fairly easy.
on adverage my score in games where my team wins fast is around 40k.
in close games with a braw between 2-3 bb at the end monty does ok.
In lossing games the monty is a beast. if my teams on run. i can easy score 200k.
BUT that being said there are still bb that have ability to hit me at their max range when chassing me. that i am only able to hit because im running.
thus the monty is a underdog ship. combined with it's larger size its a faiv for bombing.
So yes overal the monty is a fairly frustrating ship to play 80% of the time. the other 20% you love it.
I would hesitate to give it more range. As i could see it getting a bit ott.
but i think with the RM/SN/KM all having a huge range advantage its time either those nations had a speed nerf or monty had a speed buff.
i dont think its right that a h44 can both range keep and keep distance on a monty.
Personally i think the montys gb speed should be put up to 44knt/s oh.
So it can take advantage of mistakes made by h44 ect.
you can say. the monty has higher ap or dmg. or can 1 shot. great i can 1 shot a bb3. because bb4/5 just stay out of range no matter what if they are not idiots.
ill give u that Monty on a chase equals almost BB3 in range (maybe the lesser range BB4, maybe the most range BB3)
But in a "easy win" battle most of the times enemy team its fully blinded, besides all that it takes for monty to sink "anything" its 2 shots from their front turrets or 1 shot from the entire "Atomic" gunpack.
Also monty have a decent ressistance, its not a L2, but its way ahead from what a SY or H44 can take.
With good 110+ engys monty should run at 40 with plenty of OH time... this will allow the tactic of "getting in an out" (like its done with IOWA). it has a bigger sprite than Iowa/Missouri, but man how nice is that punch.
1 full Hit of Monty can leave a BB6 in "orange", thats a lot to say...
hangtime its an issue, but its not so hard to get used to it. BTW have anyone had the need of use AP anytime with monty?
