I highly value Priority Target and I wanted the extra charge of smoke with Superintendent (though you're not always going to get to use it). You're going to want to pair that with Inertial Fuse for HE Shells along with the usual light-cruiser suspects of Concealment Expert and Last Stand is also recommended. YOU MUST TAKE HEAVY HE & SAP SHELLS for Dido. Why haven't you taken Heavy HE & SAP Shells yet? Aiming Systems Modification 1 is the only upgrade worth considering in slot three.Īnd finally, Steering Gears Modification 1 is also the only upgrade worth taking.Start with Main Armaments Modification 1. Her reset timer is also longer than her tier VIII cousin, with an 80 second wait time instead of 70 seconds. However, the smoke clouds only last for 35 seconds each (Belfast '43's smoke lasts for 40). It starts with five charges and emits smoke for 15 seconds. However, it's very much its own beast with no direct clones that I could find. While active, it increases sustained damage by 50% and quadruples flak explosion damage.ĭido comes with a Short-Burst Smoke Generator reminiscent of that found on Belfast '43 and British destroyers. It starts with three charges and it has a 40 second active period and an 80 second reset timer. Her Defensive AA Fire consumable is standard for a non-American cruiser at this tier. It comes with unlimited charges and a 60 second reset timer. One of these is a bad idea.ĭido's Damage Control Party is standard for a cruiser. The most variety you're going to find in optimized Dido builds comes from commander skill selection, and that's mostly focused around whether or not to take Inertial Fuse for HE Shells or to emphasize fire setting instead. She just doesn't hurt things quickly enough for bold plays barring a torpedo strike, so this is a ship that requires patience, caution and even more patience. Dido's carry potential is somewhat limited, however, by the issues with her penetration and damage output. They'll all serve you well here and help pad some of the ship's obvious weaknesses. Map awareness, map positioning, proper smoke use habits, commander skill builds, ammunition juggling, using and abusing concealment, etc. Rinse and repeat.įor veteran players, there's a lot to know. Skill Ceiling: Low / Moderate / HIGH / Extremeĭido has a nice, comfortable skill floor for inexperienced players. Skill Floor: Simple / CASUAL/ Challenging / Difficult Uses cruiser dispersion instead of destroyer dispersion. Very thin citadel protection, vulnerable to even 203mm AP overmatching. Large battery of ten 133mm guns that fires both HE and AP.Įxcellent acceleration and decent agility. She's agile with good concealment and boasts a Short-Burst Smoke Generator. Quick Summary: A fragile British light cruiser with ten, slow-firing destroyer-calibre guns. So let's see if reaching into the Box o' Gimmicks™ has saved us from unfun design choices. The silver lining (supposedly) is that they gave her smoke. Instead we got Dallas with much weaker guns. I was expecting Nürnberg levels of rapid-fire. Wargaming seems to have developed allergies for rapid-fire ships over the course of 2021 (to say nothing of AA specialists), with ships increasingly having longer and longer (and unfun) reloads and Dido's implementation obviously suffers from this new design direction. This ship has definitely been one I've highly anticipated knowing how important it is to not only Royal Navy enthusiasts but also players in the Commonwealth nations where she might be used (with modifications) to represent HMNZS Bellona or HMNZS Black Prince. A quick forums search finds talk about these ships going all of the way back to the game's launch, with players eagerly looking forward to more "Atlanta-style" ships. Now Dido is a ship that players have wanted for a long time. I'm putting those reviews on hold to get a (relatively) faster one out. My AA project has ballooned out of control which I feared it might. I have a half-finished Giuseppe Verdi and Kearsarge reviews archived before I got distracted with mapping sustianed AA DPS (kinda important when talking about Kearsarge's planes). It's been a while, and not for the lack of trying. Posting this review is not an endorsement of current goings on nor is it a statement about them. The purpose of this review is to support the players, not the company behind the product. Please be aware that her performance may change in the future. To the best of my knowledge, the statistics discussed in this review are current as of patch 0.11.1. The following is a review of Dido, to tier VI premium British light cruiser, supported by my patrons on Patreon.
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