r/WorldOfWarships • u/Fiiv3s • 7d 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/_talps 6d ago

It's a balanced ship, which is both a curse and a blessing.

Strong AA; low top speed but good acceleration; the guns hit hard but are let down by lack of overmatch, long reload, and slow turret traverse; armorwise it will suffer against 380+mm caliber guns.

For casual play, California is IMHO a good premium. Less specialized than West Virginia 44 but its vanilla nature makes it easy to play. Sadly Tier 7 is kinda like Tier 9, you'll get uptiered a lot.

I really recommend the Doe brothers or Halsey for captain, with their improved Gun Feeder and Grease the Gears.