User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-27820070-20150626061921

Anyways, I have got a battle to share.

I loaded up my HMS Renown and entered matchmaking. Right in the lobby, I can already see what I am up against, and it didn't look very pretty. 5 battleships entered the lobby, and another 2 Battlecruisers entered the lobby as well. Then, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, and 1 destroyer entered the lobby, and the match started.

Thank god it wasn't a game where there was subs, but I would have rather face off against a submarine rather than a battleship. The enemy grabbed 1 Yamato from the lobby, a Nagato, a Colorado, an Ise, a Myoko, and a Shimakaze. My team consisted of 1 Iowa, a HMS Dreadnaught, 2 Renowns, a County,and this poor, poor Kuma. Looks like the odds are against our favors...by over a long margin.

(To put that in perspective, that would be a WoT match where the enemy has 1 tier X, 1 tier IX, 2 tier VIII, 1 tier VII, with a fail platoon tier V. Our team would have one tier X, 2 tier VIII, 1 tier VII, 1 tier VI, and a fail platoon tier IV.)

Anyways, the match started. Almost immediately, our team's Myoko rage quits the match. Our own Kuma speeds off right into a open ocean, and gets gunned down by the enemy battleship squadron. Not even 2 minutes into the match, and we are already down 4 to 6.

Now, the Renown might have terrible range, but when the guns hit, they really hurt. I fire my first 4 shots at the Shimakaze that just popped into my range. All 4 shots hit, and racked the ship. It turned into a flaming column and exploded. Of course, that meant that I have to reload.

During the time I was reloading, our Iowa loses a gunfight with the Nagato. However, that brought the Nagato down to critically low health, and soon, it was the Dreadnaught that comes in and swoops the kill. It is now 3 versus 4.

I switch targets and fired at the enemy Myoko, heavily damaging it. However, it was too late for me to do much, as it comes in behind the Dreadnaught and torpedoes the life out of it. My second salvo hits it square in the middle of his ship, and sinks the Myoko.

It is at this time where my friendly Renown finishes destroying the County-class that appeared in his range. All of the sudden, it was now 2 versus 2. It was two Renowns versus an Ise, and a dreaded Yamato.

Luckily, the Yamato was not having a very good game. He was still 600 range out of us, and there was an island separating us two. He had attempted to flank a Battlecruiser with a battleship far heavier and slower then the Battlecruisers.

The Renown is certainly well armed, but it is not well armored by any stretch of the imagination. Almost instantly, the Ise penetrates my Renown, bringing down nearly half my health. The good news was, that the Ise didn't have good armor either. The other Renown and I fired a combined salvo, smashing right through his ship and inflicting critical damage. I reached secondary gun range, and ripped him apart with my puny 4" guns.

Right. Now we just have to face off...against...a Yamato.

The Yamato took so long to finish traversing the island that it ended up turning back and going the original route, meaning that he would have to clear the horizon and give himself the most presentable target ever. The Yamato would also have to get hit by a full broadside of both the renowns, and would only be able to fire it's forward two guns.

The Yamato pops out...and then I realize, it is a 510mm Yamato. It has enough power to one-shot either of us. The Yamato turns in towards us, fires...and misses with all 6 rounds!

Since he turned in, he can now only show 2/3rds of his firepower. He would also be vulnerable enough to be flanked. That is exactly what happened, as I smashed the right of the Yamato, and my ally smashes the left of it.

Now, the Renown has terrible armor, but it is quick enough to flank a Yamato, and put tons of shots to it. The Yamato turns to fire at the other renown, and fires at it, knocking it out. However, we both did so much damage, that my next salvo would be the one that finally ends the Yamato.

Basically, the moral of the story is this.

DON'T

MESS

WITH

THE

RENOWN.

IT DOES NOT PLAY CLEAN.