After forever it seems, I have gotten my FIRST research ship, the Paolo Emilio!
It is an interesting ship, most players I know feel I was crazy to go for this ship because it is supposedly boxed into a specific role by World Of Warships. But I read an in-depth review of it written by Little White Mouse and she noted that it has some surprising features. I also did some research from other players (players who were also wrapped up in naval history) and learned that the Paolo was originally designed (or at least considered to be more like) a light cruiser, larger than a typical destroyer.
Well, my favorite ships to play are light cruisers in game. They have next to no armor so you really need to "dance around" and hide when you can, and then appear and fire off as many rounds at a target as you can. Another nice feature of light cruisers are torpedoes; most have them.
So it occurred to me that, hey, if I treat this over-sized destroyer as a light cruiser, and play to protect myself from being hit but hit as often as I can I should be good, right?
I learn to play ships in co-op mode (which means people vs bots) so the score is not necessarily very indicative of how a random match (player vs player) or a clan battle would go, but even so in my second battle with this ship I was the top scorer in the match and here are the results:
I am not displeased with that. In co-op mode it is every man for him/herself. People play co-op to earn easy points, to earn badges, to "practice" a new ship, etc. I have no idea if I can have success in a random match, will have to try that, but I am encouraged to find that with my gun range, and reload speed build, I can play this destroyer like a "light cruiser" and survive.
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