World of Warships- Tennessee First Impressions: The Doom Turtle We Deserve! Or Another Letdown?

[@zeketerry3419]

Got Tennessee out of a crate yesterday and took her out for a spin. I currently live in Arkansas, but work in Tennessee, so when someone in CHAT asked, "Hey, how's Tennessee?" My reply was, "Crime sucks, but the BBQ is pretty damn good!" Thank you! Thank you! I'll see myself out.

[@wynlord]

@zeketerry3419 , Ha! Tennessee SUCKS! Don't move here! If you must move here, I understand Memphis is nice.😉

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

@@zeketerry3419 Tennessee is still pretty nice. If you avoid the bigger cities. Anything bigger than Murfreesboro is not a place to be. And Memphis sucks.

[@zeketerry3419]

@@wynlord Eh, it grows on ya. Like a fungus. Born and raised in the Memphis area, so ... I know where to go and where NOT to.

[@petewilkinson1832]

The reason it's only 20 kts is because those big humps the 5" guns sit on hide a pair of paddle wheels - it doesn't have propellers it's a side-wheeler 😅🎉

[@Apollyon-er4ut]

I'm grinding this out for sure. I'm old enough to have grown up around WW2 vets. Family friend J. McDonald was a jr. officer on Tenn., Dec.7. Latter, AA gunnery officer on Essex. Now, I'll have both. Does seem weird that with this ship people consistently OVER lead the ship.

[@wynlord]

@Apollyon-er4ut, Ditto, Dad and his three brothers were in the Pacific. My mom's two brothers were in North Africa and Italy. My 1st wife's father was on the Astoria at Savo Island.

[@AreJay_Kira]

@@Apollyon-er4ut because they aren’t use to shooting at it yet. Sadly when I was using a CV in the escort mission for Ruon in Operations everyone, literally every NPC and player ship left the Tennessee behind. Then in another operation the defend the base from multiple waves while escorting the Des Moines pretending to be CV Lexington one. That Tennessee pushed out too far beyond the boundary line trying to get close enough to shoot his guns. Sadly no other ships were able to support him and he foundered not long after even with me and others telling him to get back. That mission AA is a pain, don’t expect CVs to cover you from making foolish mistakes like that.

[@faynk.6247]

15:10 Wisconsin: "am I a joke to you ?" also we might be witnessing yet another unofficial US BB line. The uncitadelable hyper accurate BB with Tennessee and Wisconsin.

[@15Med3]

gotta get New Jersey in there soon too!

[@SaiIor_Moon]

@@15Med3 New Jersey, basically Tier IX Wisconsin....so the same accuracy, no funny button 👀

[@faynk.6247]

​@@SaiIor_MoonWashington at tier 9 would be good, basically a North Carolina at tier 9 with Wisconsin accuracy and no funny button.

[@SaiIor_Moon]

@@faynk.6247 Ahhhh, I like that! That works too!! 🥰

[@kennysjamshack2410]

I love this ship. Slow as hell but I like hitting everything I aim at. Even at long range. Everyone is always way ahead of your so u almost never get shot at. It is really not a ship for inexperienced players tho, but it helps you learn how to aim if you don't already.

[@danielsherrill7085]

I had a confederate and high caliber, and 4 kills in my second game with her, and I had only been shot at twice all game. She's slow as a real turtle, and if you touch the rudder at all, she's slower. 😂😂

[@albert1101]

The Tennessee main guns have VERY similar specs to the Rhode Island - that is a GOOD thing!

[@frankfletcher_1]

>Today I open KZbin >SLM video with hawk tuah thumbnail >Today I close KZbin

[@shironee_2384]

Come on Sealord, you can't just gave us cliffhanger on that Vladivostok at the end there!

[@sealordmountbatten]

He perished

[@MiataMix]

Take that long range mod off the ship, use the spotter plane. Take the turret rotation off. And run brisk. Played it all night and had 100k plus avg games through ten games. Kept up with everyone almost with brisk and concealment.

[@waynelawrence5220]

You are spot on, the base range and the spotter work just fine. Anything to help with turret rotation on this ship is mandatory.

[@Schorch1962]

Thanks Sea Lord, nice review. After getting disappointed by the "accuracy" of Kansas i`m sure i`ll love the Tennessee, i`ll get her for free. Colorado, West Virginia 44 and California are my tier 7 "snails" and they`re ok for me. Yes, California sucks sometimes with her dispersion, but all those snails are good when it is a standard battle with 1 base per team. If some opponents push to cap the base, i`m there or close enough to ruin someones day. At this point, those ships perform great. For sure Tennessee is a great counter against Ipiranga which has weak armor and any cruiser showing a little too much side.

[@clmwrx]

Is ipiranga armor really that weak tho? Doesn't feel too weak playing it but I don't have many games in her yet.

[@Schorch1962]

@@clmwrx Yes, she`s a battlecruiser, not a tanky BB. Fast, but at the price of less armor. Sometimes i can shoot a few cits on her with the small AP rockets of Aquila. One game i had a 30K salvo on a broadside Ipiranga - with my Fuso at 15 - 16 KM range. Had 3 random battles with my Ipiranga and always ate much damage from cruiser HE and AP. When 203 mm japanese cruiser AP from a Myoko can eat 8 - 10K out of your ship, then you learn fast what her weak spot is. Take a look how much damage my Ipiranga ate from the first Iowa salvo and how much damage she ate from a cruiser, she also burns like hell, even i skilled fire prevention: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJmvqIqmZ76WZ6c

[@clmwrx]

@Schorch1962 she has 32mm armor no???

[@clmwrx]

@Schorch1962 she's a bb not battle cruiser. Just has insane handling like a battle cruiser. Not the best armor but it beats battle cruisers like the Germans and British armor

[@wynlord]

I have all the ships offered in this event, with the exception of the Tennessee. I plan on grinding through the event regardless of whether it pops out of a box or not. Tempted to buy it outright for the huge influx of flags and bonuses you get.

[@crazyg1zm0]

I will very much grind for this. I am a new player so will be a good addtion to a limited roster of ships

[@spiderz8144]

Terrible loss we had yesterday, but good playing a match with you.

[@sirtogii5216]

Nice to see WG are giving newer players a chance to earn credits without spending cash on the game. I will definitely grind the missions but doubt I will play her much. Just find slow BBs dull. Heck, the Atlantico is slow but gets away with it thanks to ridiculous secondaries and that is 5 knots faster....

[@Xollistrea]

reminder that t8 ships have the best economy for operations, which provides plenty of broadsides for you to hollow out

[@NarcissisticTree]

So to get it as ftp you just have to go up through the chain with the t6 ship container, t7, etc, right?

[@Kraigen44]

Had the luckiest pulls on the crates today. managed to get the Tennessee, Enterprise, and Hayuga in one 25 container block. needless to say I am going to cursed with bad luck for a while now.

[@Oi40ozCasualty]

If you know how to use her. The Cali can be absolutely BRUTAL!

[@jensgaus781]

Rolling around with some accuracy. Being uptiered must be a delight ... OK, it's for free, but that's about it.

[@jonathanbaron-crangle5093]

4:10 I had 4 fires on me once in a Nelson, got lucky enough to be able to disengage, DC came off cool-down so mashed that button, then heal came off cool-down, from nearly dead to back with 50+% health :)

[@patrickhall2590]

Tennessee is a tier v tech line battleships in legends

[@Virgilfinnatell]

Someday we’re gonna get a BB with Elbing dispersion. And I’m all for it

[@billwalker9509]

It will be interesting to see whether FOMO is the way to go for the first week or the missions. I say that for we do not know how much harder and time consuming each subsequent mission will be.

[@IntelCorei-KProcessor-go2to]

A month later and I can report that the missions are so easy that even a co-op bot can complete this grind.

[@Potato_Factory_]

LUCKY YOU!! i hope i get to aquire this ship i been wanting tohis BB ever since i seen it at tier 5 on Legends

[@richardchampion4826]

I jumped off the bridge, a picked it up yesterday, to me it's a mixed bag. To me, she's a better fix at tier 7.

[@ArterialCanine]

In some regards I think the snail pace of these bb’s are its saving grace, aside from being constantly spotted by an SS that can out pace you.

[@keeganfox1864]

PSA for those of you doing the Leyte Gulf Mission Chain Completing the first 5 mission chains will grant you Tennessee for free if you dont immediately buy her $100 Admiral Pack, For those of you participating to get Enterprise, please note you HAVE to the complete ALL SIX(?) of the mission chains to unlock enterprise to be PURCHASED. Tennessee is the only free to get vessel out of this event if you dont happen to get any out of the crates you can earn/buy with free tokens. Unknown what Enterprise's purchasing price will be depending on what kind of bundle they sell her in as part of the unlock TL;DR Tenny is free, Enterprise is Unlock Option to Purchase

[@windfire5380]

WE just don't know how playable the missions are for getting this ship free. Unlike a dockyard ship, you can NOT see the future missions to see if they become absurd.

[@jamesboudreau2121]

Looks like the 1944 edition, bristling with AA.

[@sealordmountbatten]

Yup, it’s the post-Pearl Harbor Modernization

[@billwalker9509]

Really surprised you didn't take Brisk.

[@sealordmountbatten]

100% could be a viable pick, but I didn’t want to pay to respec Halsey.

[@dutch0770]

Hawk Tua!

[@malguskerensky]

Little sad at the speed and smaller caliber guns, however it is still one of the very few ships I am strongly considering getting. Been looking forward to TN and the Enterprise (that Ghost camo looks really slick!).

[@FrostBeam009]

Youre getting the ship for free if you just play.

[@Sandman253]

I think I've used up all My luck for the next 12 months I got Tennessee when I purchased 5 crates.

[@Tundraviper41]

At least Tennessee does not have the same shot-traps the Kansas has.

[@clmwrx]

I friggin hate how you have to click on these missions in armory. I played a lot of games yesterday before realizing I had to do this lol

[@johnnycage3668]

She really spit hard on those main guns. Good work Hailey. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

I want the Tennessee. I hope I can get my computer fixed in time.

[@drxym]

Got this in a Leyte crate. Seems to be pretty fast loading but it's bloaty and slow. Great for starting fires.

[@stanhebda5228]

Had the Tennessee drop one the 1st container from the combat missions

[@snorkman2]

I might just drop this here: Rochester T8 smoke cruiser: 203mm 15.9km main guns - smoke fire penalty 6.9km = A very good ship. Auckland T8 smoke cruiser: 203mm 16km main guns - smoke fire penalty *8km* = A very bad ship. Only reason I say this is because I have the beautiful NZ camo but *8km* fire penalty is just unplayable.

[@AreJay_Kira]

@@snorkman2 camos don’t impact the detection of the ship anymore. At least not on WoWS for PC. Not sure about Legends.

[@patton1602]

Return of the Fattleships

[@aight111]

356mm with better dispersion and tankier than constellation with the same gun and good dispersion

[@mikehenthorn1778]

The GC used to be like this too. Then WG decided we cant have accurate guns.

[@Todd.P]

I have no electricity due to hurricane damage. My cellphone is not for gaming.

[@WizavPRO]

I've played with it and I love it. I enjoy playing Minnesota so this one was very much welcome. Lower caliber guns but oh boy they do hit the target :D I remember in my 1st game hitting Colorado over 20k from 18 miles. It kinda reminds me on Vanguard, but even more precise.

[@TheColdbrews]

This might be worth grinding but it really doesn't look like it's worth the cash .

[@Donny2200]

Any1 else reading the chat as they all realize its sealord😂

[@ma6netho]

dead eye is back boys, team with most Tennessee is a shure win

[@blazethunderwind3666]

Hawk Tuah girl 😂😂😂 painted me a picture of what this ship is all about 😂😂😂

[@simonconte7299]

Missed collab opportunity!

[@tsuaririndoku]

NGL I forgot California Exist in the game.

[@j_taylor]

I got slapped by a California yesterday and asked in chat when the heck did California get to actually hit things. 😂

[@SaiIor_Moon]

Honestly, with the release of Tennessee, California has (sadly) officially become the "Tier VII Alabama". Why use her when Wee Vee '44 exists? And if you want a Tennessee-class, you go for Tennessee over her sister. California literally has nothing going for her, even after the (SMALL) buff she got (which I'm still grateful for, at least WG buffed her at all....).

[@tsuaririndoku]

@@SaiIor_Moon Why did you want to use California at all if New Mexico Existed? And I didn’t say New Mexico is a good BB either.

[@SaiIor_Moon]

@@tsuaririndoku Very simple reason: *aesthetics matter to me!* I LOVE the Tennessee-class battleships 🥰 So that's why I used California, regardless of her poor stats. However, I used her so extensively (600+ random battles at 55% or higher WR) and honed my BB skills in her, while recognizing her few strengths and many weaknesses.

[@SaiIor_Moon]

@@j_taylor RNGesus, that's what :P California's gunnery did not receive any accuracy buffs...though it probably should hehe

[@Serpent1277]

I got it today and oh boy… slow is too fast word to describe this ferarri 😂

[@nastynate1219]

Where is Task Force 34, the world wonders ?

[@周翔宇-q9o]

GG

[@angusdad4231]

Chasing the IJN decoy CVs. Not Halsey’s finest hour. Ching Lee vs Yamato now that’s an alternate universe I wonder. Glad it didn’t happen for the souls on both sides.

[@adayhr]

It feels more accurate than Big Wisky?

[@sealordmountbatten]

Yes, it is cruiser dispersion

[@TurkeyNutz]

Just got Tennessee in a shitty crate from the first mission chain. Soooooooo painfully slow, guns are nice though. Crazy 0.2% chance to drop.

[@milesalpha1]

Play Star Trek missions and they count toward Leyte Gulf. It is exceptionally easy to get the Tennessee free.

[@quisidia5304]

My most played ships is California so...i guess i will try to grind for get Tennessee^^

[@SaiIor_Moon]

@@quisidia5304 Tennessee effectively replaces California for me. California (even after the small buff which was crucial) simply doesn't bring enough to the table to justify itself in any role in Tier VII. Especially if she's compared to Wee Vee '44, let alone Tennessee a tier higher. I love her, but she's just not at the level she should be for her tier.

[@quisidia5304]

@@SaiIor_Moon Maybe. With Tennessee, California will suffer what i call " Sister ship syndrom " ( Like Jean Bart vs Richelieu ) . For these two, i can say " it's ok " because it's a free tech ship and a premium one but for California vs Tennessee...i don't know why Tennesse isn't T7 like California. WG logic i guess^^

[@SaiIor_Moon]

@@quisidia5304 Yeah, basically she's become like Alabama compared to Massachusetts, but a Tier lower. Just barely average, but not really excelling in any particular role. 🤷‍♀️ And yeah, I thought Tennessee would be the "main battery" variant of the premium Standards in Tier VII, but instead she ended up in Tier VIII. Not that I'm complaining, I actually quite like her there 🥰

[@tsuaririndoku]

Guys, those who wants to try the PTS Star Trek event. Make sure you select super ships. Lmao

[@wynlord]

23.8 knots when unspotted.

[@crow917]

Yay gonna earn it!

[@jackcasse]

Fyi, the Star Trek event makes the grind for this ship barely a grind at all.

[@kirkmyers2116]

How do you put the view to the spotting plane?

[@dj4634]

When you activate the spotting plane, hit your C key.

[@kirkmyers2116]

@@dj4634 thank you, very much!

[@extremesheepdawg6379]

I will end up with the big E. Don’t play C V s so of course…

[@FullMetalYankee]

Love its accuracy, even if its speed is *dread*ful.

[@andraskovacs8959]

I guess I'll pass... sniper turtle couldn't be farther away from my playstyle... I'd rather play Massa with its slow shells and short range.

[@ThemightyEnterprise]

Can we get a list of top ten or five best looking ships in the game?

[@stevebarnett-f5o]

Just no, not for me, another glacially slow standard. Traded California which I got in a container for Ashitaka. Yes, I know I am out of step.

[@crapmalls]

Where do i get this doom turtle?

[@sealordmountbatten]

0:42

[@robmarsh6668]

So beefy.

[@jfloop77]

Crappy 350mm guns that don't pen anything, slower than snail with broken leg, dispersion that looks good on paper but sometimes play out same as Massa, secs are horrible. I'm not sure what that ship is supposed to achieve in the current meta. Not a brawler, not a sniper, not a fast BB like frenchies. North Carolina is a much better ship with guns that actually pen things. IMO Tennessee is one of the worst ships out there even if compared to tech tree ships.

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

Too bad i hate those slow Fattleships.

[@reaperone7325]

me and the people who like this comment will get the Enterprise 😁

[@AreJay_Kira]

Yeah plan on getting Enterprise. But will not be paying $98 or straining to get the quests done to get the Tennessee. It has too many flaws to be useful to me. But hay it’s a good ship for DD and CV players to snipe.

[@lightbluewaves5526]

Shut up attention seeker

[@LaunchpadGamingGuy]

Nice

[@punkboyandy8452]

Already have it…..

[@naval76legends15]

I want enterprise 😢

[@Fizwalker]

Where do you get your info on being able to purchase the ship? It's not even in the Armory.... Where do you see this nonsense?

[@davidconlin32]

sorry to say this but im not spending money on this game it supposed to be free i dont have money to buy stuff

[@dodgedaytona7435]

Ill stick to my champagne.

[@SuziQ499]

Donkey and the carrot WG are a horrid company.

[@scootypooper]

hello