Premium Ship Review - USS California - World Of Warships

[@mrnoodles1184]

by far one of the best looking ships in the game

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

I mean, I'll still take New Mexico in the beauty contest, but she's a gorgeous blend of new and old! :) They are all thicc! :D USN Standards for life!

[@flfar3445]

@@Whiskey11Gaming i think pommern is a beaut , along with nagato amagi kaga

[@kevinc.3579]

Btw I really missed your ship reviews. I know you live stream, but these reviews are great.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

Haven't even done a live stream in ages either! Real life interfering sucks! Hoping to get back to doing more of BOTH!

[@evilwookiee7655]

I agree Kevin. Whiskey's reviews, down the line videos and hilarious commentary are really what got me into WoWs.

[@kevinc.3579]

No, you’re not stuck at 21 knots. You’re stuck at around 17 knots with any minor rudder shifts.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

Fair observation. In a straight line, 21 knots ;)

[@charlescdt6509]

So its a slow HE Secondary BB. You just sold me for when I need to get them fire started.

[@SkyRaider-31]

Recommend using prop mod 2 pracitly doubles speed in reverse reduced speed bleach when turning and better jucking shots at long distances

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

How does the California have the same or worse torpedo protection compared to the New Mexico when it has wider and extend bulges compared to new mex

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

It should be 45% probably

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

Just WG things apparently! Lol

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

@Ronan McDonald looks like oklahoma is going to be the tier 5 so Nevada if they ever did it would be a tier 6.

[@AnkaraMessi-p8g]

I have an idea of a battleship: It has 1x2 19 inch gun (two cannons in that gun) in the front and it has very thick armour(284mm at the least to 950mm, reloading speed is over the top for like 8-12 secs. Good secondary armament (4x2 205mm AP shells , 8x1 100mm HE shells) to repel DD attacks. However, it's ship speed is only 15 knots because of the heavy armour. Best way to play this is to give fire support at the back. Eh I guess it wouldn't be much fun.

[@christianjohnson9190]

Love California, can't wait for Nevada and Oklahoma, as well as other pearl harbor bbs

[@themysticsomeone2089]

YES the Tennessee class they are my favorites and my home states battleship/super dreadnought and I just adore them

[@megalodon7916]

Actually, that’s a 1945 refit. All the 20 mm guns are in double mounts, which she received in 1945, not 1943.

[@Lukos0036]

All the pain and anguish of the early US grind at late tier.

[@jakelewis8133]

My great grandpa served on this ship 1942-46

[@Cowboys-bm4wh]

Sure would like to see some more wows videos from you if you can get around to it. Thanks for the video.⚓️

[@patricklenigan4309]

California is one of my favorite ships in my fleet

[@brianberthold3118]

so i have bought the Sims (cuz it was a buck) Albany (cuz i live the great white fleet look) Texas and Arizona (cuz both ships i like) im thinking of buying another ship or 2 do i A) stay in tiers i am (W Virginia 1941) or B) just go right to tier 10 im thinking USN Battleship or Cruiser but i think i want to stick to the heavy line (Pensacola) and im not sure what premium ships would be heavy Cruiser's

[@outwardpanicjoe8950]

USS West Virginia 1944 need to be next tho I'm not sure if they will ever get around to it but with California it might be possible.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

I wouldn't hold your breath. It'd probably end up st T8 due to being a straight upgrade over the Colorado. Certainly a lot closer to having her in game. Maybe with the new USN BB split they'll consider it... but I doubt it.

[@patricklenigan4309]

@@Whiskey11Gaming they did similar to the Belfast!

[@flfar3445]

how was her secondarys? and range

[@McNubbys]

Can't find a reason to home state😐(As I am playing 41 WeeVee)

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

The Updated WeeVee would be a great ship to be as the final hull for Colorado... or Maryland. But Wee Vee is definitely going to be hard to balance as a T8, and is a huge step in power creep at T7. Hard ship to balance really.

[@McNubbys]

Was venting my disappointment as a Californian😔 I still like the idea of a slow brawler, but she is slow, she needs armor and hit points.

[@haroldchase1881]

Frankly I love this BB at the moment I have a 60 % win rate

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

She can indeed punish but it's just horribly inconsistent. Like in this video, broadside New Mexico, not that far away, three hits, no citadel... earlier, 5 hits and two citadels. Colorado is more consistent with its punch than California is.

[@armsinrius]

Is new mexico so easy to citidal now?

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

I don't think so, if you have any downward trajectory to the shells it should make it through to the citadel. The "turtleback" armor is actually pretty steeply angled so it doesn't do what a turtle back would normally do.

[@patricklenigan4309]

Um...pretty sure USN syandard bbs used all or nothing...

[@isak7026]

please come back

[@midend]

its concealment will be its redemption factor. mitigate slow shells with shorter range ambush unloads. constantly hanging around light cruiser concealment range. colorado hits 14.61 top concealment, as comparison

[@redv6camaro]

#bringbackURPeacekeeper

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

I managed to play half a dozen games without wanting to destroy a monitor... so... that's a step in the right direction! :D Hoping for live streams next week... hoping... depends on if we "finish" my house here this week or not.

[@redv6camaro]

Thats why I play on a laptop. Forces me to keep from throwing it

[@Canhan167]

Do the HMS Devonshire next

[@paulschauer6273]

This ship on console is tier five and our mm spread means yourll only ever see one up two down or two up if you fail platoon this ship is at a sweet spot in tier five there isn’t much that can 1v1 her and I adore her I nicknamed my ship “OOF” because anyone that fights her gets “oofed”

[@SkyRaider-31]

Not only that but it gets 30sec reload and not 34sec I love it

[@TK-fk4po]

That Montana build. 🤔

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

What about it?

[@TK-fk4po]

Whiskey's Gaming Lounge BFT AFT? I don’t think they do much for a Montana any more. I go full tank.

[@haradimitroula3175]

Thicc

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

Very!

[@josemiec6512]

@@Whiskey11Gaming what is your adjective for Vermont then? SUPER MEGA EXTRA THICC?

[@radioactiveboi842]

But why not West Virginia 1944?

[@usstexasbb3555]

For me I like the ship cuz it's a Tennessee class battleship and I don't care what the reviews are I just like the ship I really want to play it but can't afford plus I do like it cuz of the anti aircraft armament and she is EXTRA THIICCC

[@painzx3ify]

Shake Dat Azz. Boom goes the dynamite.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

Nice :)

[@joanromba6972]

I'm getting her just because she's named after my home state. I don't care how bad she is.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

I really don't think she's that bad. She's not amazing, but she is far from terrible, IMO.

[@joanromba6972]

So are you going to review Greyhound (the new Tom Hanks U-boat film released just this July)? It's sooo bad. The CGI is worse than WoWS cinematics. Midway was soooooo much better.

[@radioactiveboi842]

"I'm just a white travelling girl" Get it?

[@radioactiveboi842]

Oh great bots again

[@kevinc.3579]

Piece of useless shit. My favorite is Colorado and second is Arizona. This thing is horrid. Played 3 games and sold it.