they don't give the reason to review, so there is no new info and easy to be missed.
What's the point of heavy cruisers post-BBA?
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CA in real life is never a better heavy attack option. That's BB for. They didn't spam CA but build bigger BB.
Within the context of the question I was answering, I don't care about the historical examples. They're talking about meta in the game, so we really only have to consider the meta within the game. Historicity might be a good reason to bend the stats and such towards favouring BB over CA, but we aren't currently there and haven't received much indication we're actually going to get there. Wait out on latest from higher, I guess.
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Frankly both CLs and CAs should have been their own medium gun category from the start rather than split up IMHO. Same with being a separate battle line and target compared to light screens or capital ships
Even the largest flotilla leader type destroyers are typically only approximately half the weight of even the smallest cruisers
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It is unfortunately like asking the question of what is the point of BC/BB/SHBB since heavy attack is supposed to hit exclusively them.
Unless heavy ships, with heavy guns can be good at engaging light ships, there will be no point in building any of them.
Which, by the way, may be a case with new patch. Impact of speed was halved, as per that DD, so fast light ships will not be as invulnerable as they used to be.
Hit profiles will also probably be reviewed, and maybe CA guns will have a decent hit change when firing on cruisers.
As for reasons to build them, will depend on how much utility they would provide vs CL.
Unless heavy ships, with heavy guns can be good at engaging light ships, there will be no point in building any of them.
Which, by the way, may be a case with new patch. Impact of speed was halved, as per that DD, so fast light ships will not be as invulnerable as they used to be.
Hit profiles will also probably be reviewed, and maybe CA guns will have a decent hit change when firing on cruisers.
As for reasons to build them, will depend on how much utility they would provide vs CL.
What is it that decide if are a light cruiser and heavy? When have enough Naval exp and finish research on 1940 cruisers i go crazy sometimes and create different kinds. Light cruisers as uboat hunters. Heavy cruisers with lots of medium guns. I Even tried a cruiser design with as many AA guns i could fit. But that cruiser ended up as a heavy with only 5 navy manufactering slots.
Only difference is the gun, if it has medium guns its a heavy cruiser.
Per definition in reality any cruiser with guns bigger than 6.1-inches/155mm was defined as a heavy cruiser as per the Naval Treaties of the era.
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A medium battery
If you go into the rapid fire gun section, you can get light cruiser guns
It's a bit of a nuisance that they're separate, and I believe they're changing it for the next update
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