Firing from smoke is pretty easy and Rochester makes it about as comfortable as it can get for an American heavy cruiser. Furthermore, her good concealment and decent smoke-firing properties give her a comfortable buffer. Without Surveillance Radar to worry about, there's no reason to push in too close which may help reduce the amount of 'death by over-extending'. Skill Ceiling: Low / Moderate / HIGH / Extreme Skill Floor: Simple / CASUAL / Challenging / Difficult Low DPM & fire setting for a pure-gunship heavy cruiser. Good anti-aircraft firepower for a tier VIII cruiser.Ĭompetitive concealment and decent stealth range while firing in smoke for a 203mm armed cruiser.ĭoes not have to choose between Hydroacoustic Search and Defensive AA Fire. Great gun fire angles, especially to the rear (it's about time I got to review another ship with these). In compensation, give her access to Defensive AA Fire and Hydroacoustic Search and a Smoke Generator consumable.Īccess to 'American Piercing' AP shells with higher shell damage, penetration and auto-ricochet angles. Quick Summary: Imagine a Baltimore-class cruiser with slight tweaks (generally nerfs) across all performance parameters and strip out her access to Surveillance Radar. To the best of my knowledge, the statistics discussed in this review are current as patch 0.10.9. The following review of Rochester, the tier VIII premium American heavy cruiser, was sponsored by my patrons on Patreon who helped me afford this ship.

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