Clan Battles went pretty well yesterday. At least I think so. I wasn’t stuck in a destroyer the whole time like I expected.

It’s not all good news.

There’s just no way for me to make Shikishima work this season. She’s just not meant for Clan Battles and no combination of equipment and commander skills can really bring her up to Yamato’s level. The latter ship is just too well balanced while also meeting the most important gunnery thresholds. Shikishima’s guns are significantly bigger, but Yamato has more of them, they’re more accurate, and most importantly, everyone knows that. Yamato has the psychological factor going for her; she doesn’t just overmatch most other ships, she can reliably hit them.

So whenever our primary battleship mains aren’t slotted in I’ll be volunteering with Yamato since she just works. There are no aircraft carriers and only a few Dutch cruisers showing up, so Shikishima’s superior AA is kind of a moot point. She only really wins out in the secondary guns department, and that’s something you have to build into to get even passable results … and that just leaves her six twenty-inch guns even less accurate, since you’re giving up the aiming systems modification for the secondaries mod. Once again, Yamato has the edge.

It’s also nice to get good, honest feedback that’s to the point and specific enough to remember.

There’s not a lot to say for Monday. I don’t know when Sunday and Monday switched on being my ‘do almost nothing and relax’ day, but here we are. I’m expecting to have something finished by tomorrow, whether that’s Fleeing Victory #11, an LGT Editing session, or just … something worth mentioning. We’ll see.

That’s all for now.