User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-27797576-20150629180203/@comment-10905876-20150630045828

Interesting, while going that path is tempting, I think I'll go with the other cruiser route with Intrepid to avoid the Emerald and County classes.

Also, I can see why you like the Renown so much, she's still a low enough tier to not end up in a huge battleship slug out, but powerful enough to beat the daylights out of most other lower tier ships. About the only thing I really worry about are torpedoes, and occasionally a heavy cruiser. But her armor is thick enough to stop even most heavy cruisers, with an 8" deck and 10" belt. Hehe, against destroyer guns she's basically impenetrable hehehehe. Don't you love it when you have a bunch of destroyers pinging away with their guns, and forgetting to use torpedoes? They're so easy to pick off, and heavy guns make quick work of them.