Okhotnik

She more to act as an CL roles instead of being DD roles but never theless i already rasied towards Devs side let us see if she will able to receive some love?

I’ve  got a pretty good sytem going. I may actually make a second review vid of this one because the more I play the more I’m surprised by what I’ve been able to get away with.
Here is what I’m currently doing.
I rush forward (not using speed boost) once I get to where I think I will be in gun range I turn broadside and slow down. I try to vary my speed between full and 1/2 once I’m detected but opponents are not. If/once opponents are detected (the ones close by) I’ll leave my speed to 1/2 for a bit to draw some fire and maybe some torps. Then I will speed up and turn around and rush away from the fight while incoming fire and torps try to hit me.
The Okhotnik is so narrow that with your stern facing the incoming fire and using speed boost to clear the area you are a tough target and will likely not get hit and torps will pass safely to each side by the time they catch up to you.
Your team mates by this time should have made contact themselves with the reds that were firing at you but the red torp capable ships are on reload so your team mates have 1 less thing to worry about for a short time. The red ships won’t be able to chase you through your team mates so they will then start attacking your team. This is where it gets fun.
Loop around the battle using islands and team mates for cover. You will be shocked at how close you can safely get to red ships preoccupied with your team mates.
Get close, fire torps, back off on the reload stay behind your teams CA’s and/or BB’s and watch for distracted reds and make torp runs as opportunity presents.Shooting the whole time except when trying to attack a distracted ship. Dont shoot at them they will pay attention to you.
Always approach head on for the final bit of the torp run. Make yourself as small and fast a target as possible bots can still hit you reliably but most people can’t.
I was at first being much less agressive on the torp side of gameplay and that was working too, I just found it boring. My kill ratio has gone down so has the win rate slightly that means I’m dying more often than when I played more conservatively like in my review but its way more fun the way I’m playing it now.


That all being said if the devs were to give her a bit more range on the guns, say out to 10km she’d be more effective and versatile than she is now. In fact if the devs gave her the same range as the Krasny but keep the slower reload and the lower fire chance the Okhotnik could be played more simply as a CL however she would lose some of her uniquenes so I’m not sure how I’d feel about that yet.