Now that said, with this high-profile release covered and my feels (hopefully) clearly broadcast, I'm taking some much needed time off. I think they are some of the most interesting warships of the Second World War. Quick Summary: A tier VII, prototype version of the North Carolina-class battleship with twelve 356mm guns instead of nine 406mm guns. She's highly accurate but her guns don't hit very hard, even for 356mm rounds. On top of this, she's super squishy. WebCalifornia is more of a dry heat while Florida is more humid It's generally sunny more so in california than in florida. The North Carolina Tar Heels (18-11, 10-8 ACC) and Florida State Seminoles (9-20, 7-11) tangle Monday in Tallahassee. I'm constantly fighting with her rudder or her guns and she has nothing I value to compensate for it. This screenshot makes me sad. So California has good concealment! California is a longer ranged Arizona with slightly improved damage output between better AP shells and a faster reload. California uses American battleship dispersion with 1.9 sigma versus Florida's battlecruiser dispersion with 1.7 sigma. Florida feels appreciably more accurate than most other American battleships, though her lower sigma value will make her feel only slightly better than ships like California or Arizona. Make it that maybe it's worth making a sneakierBB build to sort of flank an enemy team when in a faster one then surprise them., Unless you remove skill entirely - there will never be no 'optimal build' for a ship, even a type may still have one that is considered overall 'better' than the others - but they can at least make it choosing to run secondary build on German and French BB's is a choice in style more than a handicap. VERDICT: Honestly, some of the best AA defence we've seen in a long time. I'm kinda shocked. USS California's inclusion in World of Warships bothers me on so many levels. This can be especially problematic if you've boosted her range and there are silly things like a bored Musashi or Champagne itching for targets. I imagine I would like it a lot more than Rado or Calibut, certainly not more than Scharnhorst., Fun things I learned in training matches this week. Simply tragic. Well, I guess that settles that. California's secondaries are crap and they didn't have to be. In their hot shooting performance, the Tar Heels saw four players make three or more made 3s in a game the first time in program history. Mouse, while knowledgeable, is subject to her own personal biases, likes, preferences, just like the rest of us. Thanks for your hard work. The last piece of her squishy puzzle is her effective health pool. Florida's hit point pool is small for a tier VII battleship. Heck, it would be on the low end for a tier VI battleship. This isn't enough to damn her in of itself -- she's not so low that she's on Viribus Unitis levels of parody. But a smaller hit point pool means that she heals less penetrating damage with her Repair Party. While this has no impact on fire and flooding damage (as their damage amount scales with the starting hit points of the ship), 10,000 damage worth of penetrations hurts Florida more than other tier VII battleships. But there's more. Florida comes with one fewer charges of her Repair Party, so this deficit is felt even more.. For me, Ship Comrade allowed me to greatly increase the quality of my reviews. This long format, like you're seeing here with Florida, was facilitated entirely by having my content written for Ship Comrade. Critter8 encouraged CCs like myself and @Aetam to host our content on his site. As you can imagine, writing for a web-page is much more forgiving than writing for a forum post -- it didn't have to all be written in a single sitting, for example. In going over Ship Comrade's archives, it was a treat to watch how my reviews grew in size and ambition. My early reviews were usually written in an afternoon and seldom held more than four or five jpegs. Florida's review has nearly thirty and has been written over the course of a week.. I for one wouldn't have spent a nickel on your game without her. To be fair, I might actually like it based on the gun performance, but I have no real use for a squishy BB. The LSU Tigers womens basketball team strung together its second-straight win since a disappointing loss to South Carolina on Sunday, beating Florida on the road 90-79. That hurts given her inability to overmatch 25mm armour that's so commonplace within her matchmaking spread. 356mm guns lack overmatching ability against targets with 25mm+ extremities. Here's what the numbers tell us. It isn't anywhere near as vulnerable. Taylor Jones. Here's a better view of how deep California's belt extends. Would you prefer if they decided based on other CCs instead? The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and was only the third in February following the upset of the Tennessee Volunteers to open the month along with a WebThats a ship that was designed with this exact style of combat in mind, and I would buy the shit out of a BC Lexington. The only thing to watch out for is if one your DD/CL uses smoke and hide all other ships, MO will target you and you don't want that with Florida's armor. WebFlorida and California are remarkably similar for their warm climates, beaches, tourist destinations, immigrant populations, and more, but both states could not be more That depends on the player. Aside from a few times, the last run of Narai had me using no other vessel than Florida. I've very much enjoyed using her there. As pointed out, she is squishy. If you nose on to MO and the CO that shows later on (and they take a liking to you), they'll very easily citadel you. If you angle properly however, you will bounce them all day long (minus the occasion stray that can and will hurt). Avoid going nose on against any of the BB's regardless, and sure as spork do not show too much side either. This would have made her functionally as fast as Nagato under manoeuvres. You probably want Expert Marksman over Adrenaline Rush on your first pass. Thus cutting through all of the crap, California's only significant change is her range increase over Arizona and she pays for this with truly appalling gun fire arcs. The Florida at tier VII is based on the North Carolina-class of battleships as it was initially designed. After World War I, to stop the naval arms race that was raging between the different nations, multiple treaties were signed, including the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936. And another premium ship to skip, even Zoup has a different opinion. Build for fire-resistance first, then double back for your other skills. This means, gunnery wise, you're paying more money for a worse experience. The historical design was called for a ship with nine 250 mm guns in three triple turrets with two superfiring at the front and one at the rear. All they had to do was drop the reload down to sub 30 seconds and I think more people would be interested in her. Why she has such high reload on s I have spent a TON! Floridas games this season have gone over 6.5 goals 37 of 62 times. In Florida, the water is generally colder than in California. Florida Gov. The Gators average only 0.2 more points than the Wildcats allow (69.3). Oh no you didn't! California has tier VI firepower with tier VII range. Thank you for the preemptive warning, I mean review on this one. This picture is the best thing I could think of to illustrate CA's introduction to Once upon a time, seeing a ship with this much AA would have made me very excited. Hard pass, ladies and gentlemen. Overall, the accuracy is very good, but not "crazy". Thank you for the preemptive warning, I meanreview on this one. Her improved dispersion via sigma will only be apparent over the course of multiple games rather than individual matches. The Wildcats score just 1.4 fewer points per game (67.4) than the Gators give up (68.8). And finally, as nice as the extra damage is, these are still 356mm guns. What to do? California will cost you around 10,000 for a worse experience, tier for tier. Okay fine Germany get's 1/4 that allows theirs to even wreck BB's when they hit weaker armour spots, fine, USN 127 mm guns should still have some decent range and be able to aim someplace they do damage on non-DD's and not just be fire starters. Horrible rudder shift time of 15.4 seconds. Flak Bursts: 5 explosions for 1400 damage per blast at 3.5km to 5.8km.Long Ranged (up to 5.8km): 157.5dps at 75% accuracyMedium Ranged (up to 4.0km): 269.5dps at 75% accuracyShort Ranged (up to 2.0km): 318.5dps at 70% accuracy. California is very sneaky for a tier VII battleship. Delaware: $2,137. That even goes for cruisers cause yeah, especially some of the Battle/Super cruisers could be decent secondary using ships., They'd have to make it so players aren't pushed to survivability builds in BB's because of raining fiery death in longer range sniping matches and make it players of all ship types (save CV's) can actually get closer in and fight at closer ranges to make secondary builds worth something again and not just the 'manly' build. While tier VI carriers have to respect your AA firepower they can still strike you. I'll play a shoddy ship back to back for hundreds of games provided she's fun (I've done it too -- I loved Atlanta before Surveillance Radar was a thing). Alec Lasley. Summary so far: California's concealment is meant to be her saving grace. The ship is showing to be in the top part of her class per the numbers so far. On the other hand, . Ouch. I don't know why Wargaming decided to neuter Florida's fire setting so badly. I guess this will encourage players to reach for AP whenever possible. Keep in mind that these values do not include the fire resistance of their opponents nor the ship's accuracy. Fire resistance values against the opponents Florida usually faces is anywhere between 30% to 45% or so. So if you're managing to hit with 1/3 of Florida's shells against a tier VIII target, then instead of 4 fires and change, you're more likely going to see one per minute. Maybe. Her turning radius of 760m is decent. It's not amazing, but it's alright. They decelerate like normal battleships. THIS should be your mission statement. Same old, same old. This is largely owing to what should be her main selling feature being laughable. Shells which fuse inside this bulge but outside of the hull spaces underneath result in zero damage penetrations. The Soviets infamously have it too. This is a top-down view of California with her 343mm belt highlighted in red. I have 2 battles in it in randoms but only because I've been playing a lot of ranked plus grinding out the Minnesota. I wanna gloat like a happy teaboo, but Florida's health is just too appallingly low for me for me to brag with good conscience. Her lacking an entire Repair Party charge just feels mean. By The final difference is cost. No, really. Really highlights the value of crossing the T - which, of course, no one doesbecause it doesnt work in WoWS. Wargaming knows it too. She's boasting not only tier VIII AA firepower at tier VII but good tier VIII firepower at tier VII. Carriers must anticipate that she will always have Defensive AA Fire ready and it's best to bait its use by ducking in and out of her 5.8km bubble and then waiting it out, even if she's not your primary target. Florida is effectively a no-fly zone for tier VI carriers because of this consumable and raw AA power combination which is a pretty impressive boast. Add on a catapult fighter and Florida duplicates this for tier VIII carriers too, at least until she comes under sustained HE attack. Rather than look for something new or novel, Wargaming played it safe. Queens are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread. She's just not fun and you can get a similar (and better!) The average cost of living in Florida is about Fair enough. Granted I have California too (mostly due to 1. Historical Ship and 2. Native Californian) but she is a slow girl relegated to sitting The most dangerous shots come from medium to long range where shells have a bit of drop going for them to strike beneath the waterline and angle towards the citadel. But given CA's epic history, it does irritate me to see so much love lavished on their napkinwaffe RU BB and KM CV lines, while CA gets this treatment. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbooks lines around the North Carolina vs. Florida State odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.. North California faces a lot more opponents that can easily best her extremity and deck armour -- not only with battleship caliber AP but also HE spam from cruisers with enough base penetration to out-muscle her structural protection. Long range is nice, so flex those aiming skills you've acquired, but her gun caliber and long reload will largely limit the impact this has. Queens are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread. Florida is 10-6 when scoring more than 69.3 points. All they had to do was drop the reload down to sub 30 seconds and I think more people would be interested in her. Lert really helped me appreciate the game play of the "American Bricks" way back in 2016. In their past 10 matchups, the Panthers are 6-4-0 to earn 80.0% of the possible points. Florida's secondaries are too short ranged to be worth specializing into. They also lack the accuracy buff that makes Massachusetts and Georgia such units. These twin factors are enough to discourage anyone from spending skills or upgrade slots on them, to say nothing of Florida's durability issues (which I will [edited] about at length below).. She has excellent AA firepower. Thank you for having the integrity to call WG out on their shenanigans. California VS Florida Beaches the BIGGEST Differences EXPLAINED Her horrible gun fire angles necessitate that she swing out and show a lot more broadside in order to bring the weight of fire to bear on targets. And I'm a Native CAn. There's a pretty hard cap on how far skill will take you with this ship. Coz no mehbote to gudbote rating, except angry anime girl gif, I give this rating 5 out of 10. Usually it comes down to the captain to decide if a ship is worth it or not. For example, I loved the Hipper class and Prinz Eugen while most view The net effect is that though California has a 20.5 knot top speed, she's usually flirting with much less -- as little as 15.3 knots at 4/4 engine settings. You need speed to reach thatposition in time, but if you do, you can sink MO in two salvos, allowing you to not rely on torps by other ships to take it down. I find california to have more of a culture than florida. California is a ship without game play identity. The totals have gone OVER in 7 of Queens' 11 last games at home. Despite constant suggestions to give her improved accuracy and/or range on her secondaries, Wargaming wouldn't budge on keeping them standardized. As a result, Florida is growing; and California is watching an out-migration of the wealthy, the middle class and major employers. Once you start shooting atbroadside targets? They need radar to have some limitation - be it not going through rocks or only working for the ship using it (and only mini map spots for the team). Florida basketball got back on the winning track on Tuesday night with a 77-67 win over the Georgia Bulldogs on the road in the penultimate regular-season game for the Gators. Obsolete and irrelevant before she even hits the water. Big, punchy guns are a must. I prefer durability to agility, but I need one of those two elements to be present. If a battleship can't manage these things, they've got a big, uphill battle to win my affections. Some of them still manage it. Scharnhorst, for example, doesn't have the main battery guns to wow me, but she still pulls off a win between her secondaries, fish and the combination of speed and tankiness. I've tried to keep an open mind while play testing Florida, but good gravy, my time in her has not been pleasant. I'm under no illusions that this is very clearly a me problem. Florida herself is a well balanced ship. I just hate her. She doesn't have any one element of this trifecta that I enjoy in my battleships. Florida seems to have the speed to get to this position. No. Tweak are play and all that way, far more interesting. We already got that game play and at a better price and matchmaking. They could have made California powerful. Even then, it's often not enough. Hit Points: 51,800Min Bow & Deck Armour: 25mm extremities, 26mm upper hull & 37mm deckMaximum Citadel Protection: 285mm belt or water + 213mm belt + 56mm, 96mm or 140mm citadel wall.Torpedo Damage Reduction: 26%. Well, this accidentally turned into a much longer review than I had intended. I was originally just going to line up Florida alongside California, compare the two and then pull a surprise-reveal that they both suck equally. Instead, I learned last week that Ship Comrade, the site run by @Critter8 that has hosted my reviews since the first quarter of 2016 was going to close down. Instead of working on how to cleverly cast shade on anyone that enjoyed either one of these tier VII American premium battleships, I spent the better part of two days going through years worth of archived jpegs and text, reflecting on the years I've spent writing for World of Warships and all of the help, support and encouragement Critter8 provided me. Take this review lightly. Mouse, while knowledgeable, is subject to her own personal biases, likes, preferences, just like the rest of us. I HATE w The two are merely cosmetic swaps of each other, providing the same benefits. Skill Floor: Simple / Casual / CHALLENGING / DifficultSkill Ceiling: Low / Moderate / HIGH / Difficult. Base/Minimum Surface Detection: 13.5km / 11.79kmBase/Minimum Air Detection Range: 9.69km/ 8.72kmDetection Range When Firing in Smoke: 11.71km. LOCATION: Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida. I swear, she posts these right when I'm off to work now to give other people a chance to reply first :P. Take this review lightly. She has greatly improved anti-aircraft firepower and she's more stealthy. It had a good run.. UNC heads to Tallahassee to face Florida State (9-20, 7-11) on Monday (7 p.m., ESPN) in the final road game of the regular season. Every CL which sneak at you can pen you for days. According to FBI data, there were a total of 1.3 million violent offenses reported in 2020, or 388 for every 100,000 people -- a 5% increase from 2019. Mileage probably determined on if you want a premium USN BB for Narai or not. 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