Best Currently Available (and affordable) Premium Ship for Credit Farming - AKA: This question again
After plenty reading, I'm hearing the most important factor is being able to perform well with your ship above all else. I'm a returning player who hasn't touched the game in a few years, but my two all-time favorites were the St. Louis and Phoenix. Mostly the St. Louis though, due to its absurd number of cannons, high ROF, and ability to set fires. Watching the damage trickle and opponents wither away from slow burns was great. I've also enjoyed some BBs as well, particularly the ones with decent range--I find that's important for me as I'll easily overextend myself and run straight into a pile of enemies if not given the chance to sit back for a minute and read the situation.
Not looking to spend boatloads of IRL cash, nor do I necessarily need the absolute best algorithmically, scientifically proven credit-per-second to USD ship. Just looking for a solid one. It seems tiers 6-9 are the usual picks, but many that I've seen mentioned here over the past few months are no longer available in the premium shop.
Cruisers and BBs, I suppose. But for anyone finding this here or in a Google search, give me your DD recommendations as well!
Posted Jan 18, 2023, 6:24 AM UTC
With the economic rework pretty much any t9 premium ship will do the job. Some ships like KII with Kobayashi camo or old Missouri used to have a built-in credit bonus but if you haven't them you can't get them now (you can buy KII, but not the credit boost).
The best credit farm would be a ship in which you perform, obviously, t9 because they earn more credits than other tiers, with perma eco booster and red credit booster.
I gotcha. Any good firestarters in tier 9? I've heard the Mainz is (or was) supposed to be a good one for raw damage. Assuming, of course, that raw damage is still partly how credits are earned.
What's the highest tier you've played so far? If your current ones are tier 3's and 4's, it's going to be very tough to jump to tier 8 or 9 straight from there.
^This
Tier 9's are going to be matched with superships, not a good idea if you're not ready for them.
Oh, I’ll edit my post. Should have stated that explicitly. My highest tier to date is a 7, the Shchors (or however they spell it), then the tier 6 Bayern.
Since you're 'only' at Tier VII, continue the grind on those two lines until at least Tier IX before you decide on a paid premium, so you get the hang of the matchmaker and gameplay vs Tier X/superships, otherwise any recommendation provided may be double-edged.
If you don't mind getting something lower tier, try out Lazo for 83k coal (or if you've got the FXP and don't mind gambling, though not much time left for it), you can fish for her via the Legendary Commander's Supply bundles (or get the whole lot if you've got enough FXP). You can play it in pretty much the same fashion as Shchors, while serving as a captain trainer for the VMF CL line.
If you're spending money, buy premium time. It far more valuable than a premium ship. It increases the credits earned on every ship you play. With premium time you should earn enough credits while grinding to purchase the tier 8. The tier 9 may require you grind some credits though. You can get multiple tier 8 without having to grind for credits. At that point you can decide which tier 9 and 10 you would like to shoot for. This should also give you an idea on what play style you enjoy. You can then pick a fitting tier 9 premium that you will enjoy playing.
Without knowing you're skill level I can say whether you'll perform well at tier 9 or not right now.
I know I'll get down voted for promoting borderline cancer, but kearsarge, lately it has been treating me quite well, but I'm also quite used to using tiny tim planes and the 16in/45 guns. Fun ship, play at mid range with the dispersion module and blap cruisers and bb's not paying attention and when a target doesn't present itself, you launch planes and go do some spotting and slam a cruiser or bb camping behind/next to an island. Plus, if you have friends who has an enterprise and another kearsarge go form up an American 899 div and assert historical dominance by carrier sniping Kaga's and Shokaku's.
Mainz is overall a fantastic cruiser... in randoms, but also and especially in operations.
Well, actually, u earn any kind of eco per the percentage u do to an enemy vessel. So if u do, in example, ~10k on a dd, it's ~50%, that's great. U do 20k to a bb. It's ~20%, and it's not worth the same. That is what most ppl don't even understand. If u do like 20% to 5 ships and some guy run over a sub and did 100% just there, he will score higher = more bxp/ credits
so what youre saying is i should get a premium ship thats good at destroying DDs and Cruisers.. hmmm Would that likely be a gu nboat DD or a cruiser? I dont play battleships.
Yeah credits are based off of damage dealt. Mainz is pretty great, 17.5 range, 12 barrels of 150 mm, 6 second reload and 950 m/s.
It doesn't have the greatest armor, so you should be kiting a lot, but it's basically a never-ending rain of high explosive shells.
It's based on the % dealt to individuals. 10k on a dd is, for example, ~50%, 10k on a bb ~10%. So, maxing out damage on one target is more rewarding. This is why bbs should shoot dds more often, also cause dds win games.
Gronningen for FXP as a DD is a fire starter. Plus, one of the few tier 9 that stays competitive when uptiered in the current meta. Insane reload, USA smoke duration, 5km hydro, excellent AA, and good credit earning ship, especially with the bonus against higher tier ships (10&Supers).
eugen ,spee warspite and ashtaka also have those built in credit boosters if you had the national or kobyash camos,might be forgetting a few