World of Warships Colorado Colorado Ranked Battles

I put off American bbs forever, and considered free xping past the Colorado. Not only is there historical basis for it (her gun crews had to be artificially limited because they were reloading too fast), but it keeps her within her intended role.

If you really want to buff the Colorado, buff her rate of fire. The moment you start increasing the speed of American dreadnoughts though, then you start reading into other nation's territories by allowing them to perform roles they weren't intended for (kiting, flanking, chancing, etc). The line is designed to capitalize on a player's knowledge of positioning, angling, and target choice, which is why it's such a great line to learn from. It's rarely the 'best' in each category, but it's very strong enough across the board. The American battleship line is meant to be 'Reliable' in the categories where it counts: Reliable main battery performance, reliable armor, reliable AA, superb firing angles, excellent turning radius and rudder shift, decent concealment, strong TDS and low flooding chance, etc. While I would welcome a speed boost to the good ole US Standards, the only problem I see with that is that it's taking these ships out of the intended design philosophy of the American BB line. This will make a big difference, especially in Colorado's case. Since Normandie and Lyon do not even have WWI configurations in the game, and Bayern's is 'questionable' owing to its greatly increased engine power from what it had when it was actually built, I believe Colorado and New Mex (not Arizona, WV '41, or possibly WV '44) ought to get more powerful engines to bring them up to about 23-24 knots. Frankly, the mid-tier tech tree ships need to get some ahistorical buffs.

World of Warships Colorado Colorado Ranked Battles