World of Warships - Learn to Play: Tier VI American Cruiser USS Pensacola
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Let's keep the momentum going! Join me as we explore the American heavy cruiser branch, starting with Tier VI's USS Pensacola.
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Meet Pensacola
04:52 - Survivability
06:08 - Armor
11:00 - Maneuverability & Concealment
13:28 - Main Battery & Ricochet Angles
21:00 - Depth Charges
21:10 - AA Defenses
22:41 - Upgrades
24:30 - Consumables & Flags
25:20 - Commander Skills
28:16 - Sample Gameplay
For many years I disregarded the American heavy cruisers because they lacked torpedoes. In a world where I could play Myoko or Hipper, why would I give up torpedoes to play an all-gun cruiser like Baltimore? It was more than 3 years after the release of the game that I really began to wrap my brain around these ships - how they worked and what made them good - and I have loved the line ever since. Join me as I explain how it is that Pensacola and her successors remain so deadly more than 8 years after World of Warships' release. In this video I'll talk about how I build my Pensacola, why I fit her out that way, how I recommend playing her, and follow all of that up with a game demonstrating the ship in action.
Enjoy!
My Pensacola build: wowsft.com/ship?index=PASC106...
American heavy/light cruiser line split from Updates 0.7.5 and 0.7.6:
wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Up...
wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Up...
worldofwarships.com/en/news/g...
UPGRADES EQUIPPED:
Upgrade Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 3: Main Battery Modification 2
Upgrade Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1
SIGNALS EQUIPPED:
Juliet Charlie, Victor Lima, India X-Ray, November Echo Setteseven, November Foxtrot, Sierra Bravo, Sierra Mike
COMMANDER SKILLS:
Grease the Gears, Gun Feeder, Priority Target, Focus Fire Training, Adrenaline Rush, Heavy AP Shells, Concealment Expert
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One of your very best videos. Pausing to explain correct (or incorrect!) tactics with respect to the situation and ship's abilities is what sets you apart from the other guys. That's your wheelhouse. You can learn something from this vid even if you have no interest in Pensacola.
I am a Thai person who just came to follow you for the first time. and I like history Very American warship
Welcome!
Thank you for this video. I was strugling so much with this ship and for months I stoped play american line. But I have watched your video few days ago, changed configuration to recommended by you and ... My God! This ship plays so much better. Keep recording this series: it really helps people. 👍👍
Glad it helped!
Same thing for me. I really appreciate his advices. Such a good vibe with him. 🤙♥️
Love the "Learn to play" series, thank you for the insight!
I was excited when I unlocked my first radar cruiser Baltimore. I was sadly disappointed. I kept dieing. I finally got the mods and Halsey on it. That helped a lot. Now I like the ship.
Thank you... I was planning on starting this line (one of the few lines still to do). Very interesting info...
About A month ago I got to the Cleveland, I've since gotten pretty okay at it and just yesterday I started trying american Heavies. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for that Raptor - very nice
It's truly amazing how these videos always come out at exactly the right time for me, when you did the German cruiser line guides, I was grinding the German cruisers, and now that I'm grinding the us heavy cruisers, your guide comes out. Thank you for these, I would be a much worse player without them.
Glad to help!
Wow SeaRaptor this was super thorough. Thank you for making this very helpful video for this ship! It's already helping my game dude!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it. Thank you for the american cruisers
This was the very first video I watched form you, and it was exactly what I needed to learn about this ship. Thank you and subscribed :)
Awesome, thank you!
I'm hardcore excited for the L2P: US CA's, i'll be looking forward to all of them, especially the Buffalo.
Honestl as a Closed Beta Veteran, Pensacola always seemed to suffer from three things, she was too high a tier really when you look at her both historically and ability wise, her horrible (for a cruiser) concealment, and for the fact that she had to contend with *CLEVELAND* of all ships as the T6 preceding her. Considering they didn’t really do much to Cleveland when they moved her to T8 and she’s still one of my favorite light cruisers should tell you something the sort of expectations Cleveland gave us before the line split.
There's a reason I still refer to her as "Cheatland".
Great advice Sea Raptor! As you said, hydro is a must and to keep moving or slowing, juking is important. A good way for people to learn how to keep moving is to use the ship in Operations a few times to get to know it. Thanks! o7
This is perfect. I just unlocked the P'cola yesterday and have been frusterated.
The guns don’t have the punch of Baltimore +, but the flatter arcs are easier to shoot. Down side, can’t shoot over islands as easily, an issue a time or two in this game.
Well played. The 25mm armor is a challenge, but the 16mm on the light cruisers is even more so. With subs being more and more the OP choice over carriers, I am always taking the hydro when there is a choice. That may be a bit dogmatic, you make some good points.
I think in the middle tiers - particularly with this AA range - hydro is the superior choice over DFAA 99 times out of 100. By the time you get to Baltimore at T8 - whose AA is excellent, and who has longer-range depth charge strikes - I think the choice is less clear-cut.
Pensacola was a brutal follow up after the Cleveland at tier 6.
Add Incoming Fire and Radio Location and that's my build. The RL helps me clean up DDs as needed. Pensacola is much fun for Dev Striking cruisers.
Great Vid. I like the ship a lot. I do like Demo expert on my build though but that's me, it seems to help with getting more flags and damage.
Perfectly good skill for the ship. For any heavy cruiser, really.
What ya mean getting more flags..do flags still get awarded from battles is there any info on that and how to aquire them ?
You got me motivated to dust off Pensacola. Been playing a few Buffalo games recently and enjoying that ship more than I did when I ground the line.
imo, i feel grinding the line makes it harder to enjoy the ships. So when the line is finally maxed, the other's tend to be more fun.
I've found this as well for some reason. I think there's just the simple joy of going back and playing a ship because you *want* to, versus feeling like you *have* to.
Nice one, was not very excited on going in this line but u got me motivated. Btw what's the voice mod you are using for commander's audio. Wanna try it out 😂
That's Duke Nukem. He's been my XO for a long time.
This is great thankyou! What are citadels good for? Just extra damage?
Shell damage in World of Warships is based on three main types of shell hits: overpenetration, full penetration, and citadels.
An overpenetration will hit for ~10% of the shell damage value you see listed in port. A full penetration will hit for ~33%. Those two types of hits can generally occur nearly anywhere on a ship, depending on the shell being fired and exactly where it lands.
Citadel damage can ONLY come from shells that land in the citadel of an enemy ship. Ships that have citadels - basically anything that's not a destroyer or submarine - can show you where their citadel spaces are via the armor profile tool in port. Shells that strike the citadel do 100% of the max shell damage you see listed in port. Striking the citadel of an enemy ship is quickest way to deal maximum damage, which is why armor profiles and ship positioning and so on are so important.
Hello! Great video! I am a new WOW player, used to play WOT back in the day. I just got the Pensacola, have 0 exp, learning my way in the game. Dumb question here, which will be my best choice regarding ammo? AP or HE? , should i fire one more often tha n the other?Thanks in advance
As a cruiser, if you aren't sure what ammo to fire defaulting to HE is always pretty safe. Truthfully, it depends on what you are firing at and what angle they have to you.
+ Destroyer or submarine, any angle: HE
+ Narrow-beam cruiser, battleship, or carrier: HE
+ Broadside cruiser, battleship, or carrier: AP
Basically, if you're shooting at something smaller than you (DD or SS), fire HE. If you are shooting something equivalent or larger (CA, BB, CV), fire AP if they are broad to you and HE otherwise. The American heavy cruisers - like Pensacola - in particular get big benefits from firing AP as often as they can.
@@SeaRaptor Thanks so much. You have a new subscriber
Yeah , it doesn’t get any better with the New Orleans at vii .
The only two nations I enjoyed the 6-8 climb was France and Spain .
For some reason I really like the Balereas .
I have the Pensacola
So basically take hydro as you never know what you are going to get. Is there really a way to know if you are getting a CV?
There is not. When you take DFAA, you are rolling the dice that you will see a CV. Sometimes you will, sometimes you won't.
pensacola is a true florida woman
Basically, any ship that has defensive AA as an option has bad base AA.
I strongly disagree, but it's true for these particular ships because their base AA range simply isn't worth the opportunity cost of giving up the hydro.
My pensa detacbility by sea 15.8 why commander?
Her detection should only be that high when she fires. Her surface detection starts around 13.5km or so, and can drop if you invest in the 4-point commander skill called "Concealment Expert".
I really hate that ship. So easily get blown