[2022] WG's double-standard balancing policy

Flint and Atlanta were both “nerfed” by the removal of AFT from the cruiser commander skills, but indirectly as the AFT values were not values inherent to the ship. People rightly felt that the two ships suffered from the lack of a range-extender choice and the two ships were subsequently BUFFED to include a longer range than standard.

Atlanta is in a fine state very comparable to the pre-commander rework state, while Flint makes up for the shorter range with American smoke. Both have their drawbacks and both have their strengths, but both are still very capable.

I would hardly call it “hosed”.

You are correct that US 127mm HE pens 26mm with IFHE and 21mm without, but this hardly “hosed them”. The only significant different there is that they no longer penetrate heavy cruisers plated with 27, which means American and German Heavy cruisers in some areas.

26mm still allows penetrating of most same-tier Battleships on the extremities or even the deck and upper hull areas of some others. That’s the single most significant armor threshold for a T7 light cruiser.

This is not remotely true.

Balance changes happen all the time to every ship class and we’re not shy about explaining why.

Please be careful making sweeping statements about malicious intent. There’s a difference between having a constructive discussion about balance and claiming malevolent intent.

Blys is still a great ship. She has the biggest AP broadside of any T7 destroyer, second largest HE salvo, along with a decent range, decent ballistics, smoke, and second-best torpedo reload. Blys doesn't quite have the niche she used to, but it's honestly a great ship.

Sims, Akatsuki, and Mahan have worse overall WR's.
Blys was released in 2015. Being widely used and old is often a recipe for a ship not having very good results - just look at the stats for the German and American BB lines. Their win rates are terrible and it's partly due to the fact that new players in NA are familiar with those ships and try them first - hurting the WR.

I mean... I like it

Maybe they will

That's not what I said.