[2019] Italian Cruisers: the Ships’ History

We have spent plenty of time with these ships in testing with our various community programs to work and tweak their balance ahead of their release. We are confident we will be releasing them in a comfortable position were they will interact well with the other ships already in the game. It is never our intention to release ships that are not balanced as that only creates unrest within the community - something we do try to avoid.

Regarding "paper" ships, they do hold merit in terms of naval history. We have to consider the natural progression for ships and sometimes these designs make better fits for tech tree progression than others available. That doesn't mean that other ships and designs won't make it into the game in the future.

Crusiers are in a very healthy position at the moment within the game meta and balance. Yes, they do have the ability to get dev. struck, however this can easily be mitigated by proper positioning, timing movements, and knowing your armor. As with every armament, they all have their pros and cons. While SAP does have a better Pen value than HE, it does lose the ability to set fires.

Fem,

My apologies for not clarifying; in a random battle sense.

Of course competitive modes have more nuances to them which does alter meta.