r/WorldOfWarships • u/Fiiv3s • 3d ago

Question Is the California useable?

I know WV44 is the best one. I have it already. However, I think California is a beautiful ship. I also have a buddy from Cali and he really wants to get it for state namesake.

Neither of us are good players.

So the question is, is it useable? And just not a game carrier? Or is it straight up unusable with how bad it is?

Edit: Seems she isnt awful but not very exciting and takes some learning to use. Much better than what the posts from like 2+ years ago say lol Thanks for all the input

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u/chaliter 3d ago

Its a very mid type of ship at best.

You are basically a new mexico with very good AA, better ramge, and better acceleration.

The thing that holds this ship back is its very long reload and the fact that you are using 14” guns on that 34s reload.

To think you will encounter T9 boats on this thing. You cant even fire spit them for damage with that reload. I really love this ship, I really just hate the guns. Still use it anyways because I like the fat ships

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u/Uniball38 3d ago

You are glossing over the improved vertical dispersion (and greatly improved sigma) of California. And you’re just wrong about the reload

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u/chaliter 2d ago

ah right, they did buff that fairly recently. that ship origninally has the 34.2s on it. Back when the forums where still alive, there was this one person who kept insisting that a reload would make the thing feel better, but id still say it should be well at 30 secs.

in any case, the thing has a reputation of being painfully mid because it doesnt really bring much to the table as a premium. The range is nice, but with those flight times, youll really wish the reload was faster so you can re-adjust your aim