To make matters worse, she is larger and responds more sluggishly than Edinburgh, making it more difficult to dodge enemy fire. A Neptune exposed with her broadside to enemy cruisers with armor-piercing rounds loaded - or battleships at any angle - can expect to take heavy damage if not wiped off the map in short order. On the downside, she has slightly less armor protection than Edinburgh, but - more worryingly - a much higher citadel. While this impairs her ability to close with and actively hunt enemy destroyers, it isn't a serious handicap as long as her commander has the Concealment Expert skill. She retains both Edinburgh’s Specialized Repair Teams and access to Surveillance Radar, but her detection range is notably higher indeed, Neptune has the highest detection radius of all British cruisers. Finally, Neptune’s anti-aircraft suite is one of the most punishing in the game - especially with a commander who has the Level 4 skill Manual Fire Control for AA Armament - as her new Mk XXV main battery guns also function as dual-purpose guns and provide a significant contribution to her AA. She carries two quadruple-tube torpedo launchers per side, allowing her to devastate unwary ships that attempt to pursue her, sit in smoke, or come around islands. Other aspects of Neptune’s firepower are greatly improved as well. The range is improved as well, though the shells still lose velocity quickly, making it a challenge to hit anything smaller than a battleship at long range. The traverse rate sees a noticeable improvement. She upgrades from the Mk XXIII 152mm rifle of her immediate predecessors to the Mk XXV, which - with a base reload time of just 5.0 seconds - represents full 50% boost in her rate-of-fire (70% with the appropriate upgrade).
The main improvement from Edinburgh to Neptune is a vast increase in firepower. Neptune represents the pinnacle of evolution for the Royal Navy's twelve-gun cruisers and is the last ship in the British cruiser line to sport the triple-barreled, quadruple turret configuration that captains of Fiji and Edinburgh are well-acquainted with by this point.
The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".
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