And I pity the poor newbie that buys here thinking that her AA will always be strong. While I would like to think most will stick to SAP, I know there's going to be someone out there who wonders why they can't make the ship's ammo work. Even her ammunition choice has a pitfall with her AP being heavily situational. Knowing where to setup and when to shoot or not is life and death in this ship and that's only going to frustrate inexperienced players. She's too fragile and too reliant on using (and abusing) spotting mechanics to stay alive. San Diego is not a good ship for new players. Skill Ceiling: Low / Moderate / HIGH/ Extreme Skill Floor: Simple / Casual / CHALLENGING / Difficult Her Main Battery Reload Booster only provides a 33.3% speed increase and a painfully long 180 second reset timer. When her Defensive AA Fire consumable is on cooldown, her AA is weak. Painfully short-ranged torpedoes with only a 4.5km reach. No HE shells whatsoever, so unable to start fires. Low damage on her SAP shells for their calibre. Slow base reload for a 127mm armed ship of 5.5 seconds. Her armour may as well be made of paper, providing almost no protection to even destroyer calibre guns. Tiny hit point pool for a tier VIII cruiser at 27,900hp. Unlike most American cruisers, she has torpedoes!Īgile, with a small turning radius and good rate of turn.Ī Repair Party that always queues a minimum of 50% of damage received.Ī Hydroacoustic Search on its own slot (as opposed to sharing it with DFAA).Ī Special Defensive AA Fire consumable with a shorter reset timer and increased sustained DPS.Īnd access to a limited Main Battery Reload Booster. She has access to semi armour piercing (SAP) ammunition. Heavy armament of sixteen 127mm guns, capable of delivering a 14-gun broadside. Please be aware that her performance may change in the future. To the best of my knowledge, the statistics discussed in this review are current as of patch 0.11.11. The following is a review of San Diego, the tier VIII premium American Cruiser, brought to you by my patrons on Patreon.
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